Joe Perry is a snooker player you are likely to have seen for some time. British snooker star, Perry spent several seasons at lower levels. He has also been a player in the upper reaches of the game for a few years. In 2002, he reached the Top 16 for the first time. But he has also spent three seasons below the top 20.
Joe Perry was referred to as "the Fen Potter" and also "the Gentleman." He was born in the Cambridgeshire region and turned professional in 1992. He has been a full-time professional ever since. His brother, Ken, has also been a professional.
Perry has been a constant fixture on the global stage, despite never having won a major ranking contest. He finished in the top 8 provisional rankings in 2011 and won a minor-ranking competition in 2015. This year, he made his fourth appearance at the Masters and was involved in a battle with Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Perry has participated in both the UK Championship finals as well the European Open finals. He also reached the quarter-finals at the World Championship. He reached the semi-finals at the UK Championship in 2004, but lost to David Gray. The following season, he defeated Stuart Bingham and Judd Trump, but he went on to lose to Stephen Hendry in the final.
He started his snooker career when he was twelve years old. In the early 1990s, he became a professional and a well-respected player. He reached the finals at the European Open in 2001. He then went on to win the Welsh Open in late spring of that year. He played in 2014's Wuxi Classic.
He also beat Marco Fu, Matthew Stevens and Jamie Cope in round one of the World Championship and reached the semi-finals at the Masters. He won his second ranking title. He was also involved in the Xuzhou Open and the Welsh Open later in the year. At the close of that season, his standings had fallen to a disappointing 14th.
Despite losing out to Stephen Hendry as well as Graeme Dott in the Welsh Open Masters, he was able to earn a spot in the top ten of the world rankings. He has won the Welsh Open Masters (Welsh Open Masters), and the Xuzhou Open. He has also taught people how to play the game.
He's tried to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan many times over his career. He won a 9-5 victory at the UK Championship's first round in 2008. He was just one frame from the Masters 2017 finals but lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan.
In the first round of the 2018 World Championship, he beat defending champion Mark Selby. He also won 2015's Xuzhou Open. In addition, he has a number of courses and has been a guest commentator for the BBC.