Gareth Allen
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Allen at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
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| Born | 9 September 1988 Mynydd Isa, Flintshire |
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| Sport country |  Wales |
| Nickname | G-Force |
| Professional | 2015– |
| Highest ranking | 93 |
| Current ranking | 112 (as of 2 May 2016) |
| Career winnings | £3,782[1] |
| Highest break | 127 (2014 Gydia Open[1] |
| Century breaks | 12[1] |
| Best ranking finish | Last 64 (2013 Welsh Open) |
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Gareth Allen (born 9 September 1988 in Mynydd Isa, Flintshire) is a Welsh professional snooker player.
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Career
Allen started playing snooker aged three,[2] joining his local snooker club and playing on full sized table at twelve.[2] In a lengthy amateur career, Allen made his debut for the Welsh international side aged eighteen,[2] where he reached the last 16 of the 2010 Amateur World Snooker Championship and narrowly missed out on a professional tour card in 2013, where he lost in the final to Robin Hull in the EBSA European Snooker Championships.[2] He was also a regular competitor in Players Tour Championship events, where in the professional rounds he beat pros such as Kurt Maflin, Alfie Burden, Andrew Norman, Joel Walker and Nigel Bond.[2]
He was also a regular competitor in the end of season Q School events since their introduction and in 2012 he lost in a quarter-final match against Paul Davison, which would have gained him pro tour status had he won.[3] However, his run did enable him to feature in several ranking events during the 2012/2013 season, with the highlight being a win over then top 32 player Rory McLeod 4–2 in qualifying in his home event the 2013 Welsh Open. His next match against John Higgins was televised, which he lost 4–1.[4]
In 2015, Allen was successful in Q School and earned a tour card for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons by beating Alex Taubman 4–2 in his final match of Event 2.[5][4][2] He won his first match as a professional by beating Adam Edge 5–3 in Australian Goldfields Open qualifying, but lost 5–1 to Jamie Burnett in the second round. Allen saw off Barry Pinches and Aditya Mehta both 5–1 in the qualifying rounds for the Shanghai Masters, before losing by a reversal of this scoreline to Li Hang. He made his debut at the venue stage of a ranking event in York for the UK Championship and was defeated 6–1 by Liang Wenbo. Allen is currently on a run of 13 successive losses dating from August 2015.[6]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2010/ 11 |
2011/ 12 |
2012/ 13 |
2013/ 14 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
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| Ranking[7][nb 1] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 3] | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Australian Goldfields Open | NH | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | LQ | A | A | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| International Championship | Not Held | LQ | A | A | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | LQ | A | A | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | LQ | A | A | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Open | Not Held | A | A | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship Grand Final[nb 4] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| China Open | A | A | LQ | A | A | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Six-red World Championship[nb 5] | A | NH | A | A | RR | A | ||||||||||||||||||
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| World Open | A | A | LQ | A | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
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| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. | |||
- ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 He was an amateur.
- ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
- ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
- ↑ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)
Finals
Amateur finals: : 2 (2 runner-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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| Runner-up | 1. | 2010 | Welsh Amateur Championship | Andrew Pagett |
0–8 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2013 | European Amateur Championships |  Robin Hull |
2–7 |
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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External links
- Official Website
- Gareth Allen at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database
- Profile on Pro Snooker Blog
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World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association:
Top ten Welsh male snooker players after the 2016 World Grand Prix |
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