If you have watched snooker for any length of time, then you will be aware of Joe Perry. He is a British snooker player, who has spent a number of seasons at the lower end of the sport. He also enjoyed a few years at the top of the sport. He made it to the Top 16 of the game in 2002. But he has also spent three seasons below the top 20.
Joe Perry has been dubbed "the Fen Potter" as well as "the Gentleman". A member of the Cambridgeshire region, he turned professional in 1992 and he has been a full-time professional since 2003. His brother, Ken, has also been a professional.
Perry is a regular presence on the world stage, although he hasn't won a major ranking competition. In 2011, he was among the top eight provisional ranking for the first time. In 2015, he won a minor rank event. He was a participant in a battle against Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Masters this year.
Perry has represented the UK Championship in the finals and the European Open in the semi-finals. He reached the quarter-finals for the World Championship. He reached semi-finals in the UK Championship in 2004 and lost to David Gray. He won the semi-finals of the UK Championship in 2004 against Judd Trump. However, he lost to Stephen Hendry in 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 European Open final in 2001. He then went on to win the Welsh Open in late spring of that year. In 2014, he participated in the Wuxi Classic.
In the same year he beat Matthew Stevens (Marco Fu) and Jamie Cope and reached the semi finals of Masters. As a result, he won his second ranking title. Later that year, he participated in both the Welsh Open (Xuzhou Open) and the Xuzhou Open. 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. On his way to the top, he has won the Welsh Open, the Welsh Open Masters and the Xuzhou Open. He has also conducted courses to help others learn the game.
During his career, he has made a number of attempts to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan. He won a 9-5 victory in the first round of 2008 UK Championship. He was just one frame away the Masters 2017 Finals, but he lost against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
He beat Mark Selby in round one of the 2018 World Championship. He also won 2015's Xuzhou Open. He has also taught a variety of courses and been a BBC guest commentator.