Joe Perry is someone you've probably seen snooker for a while. British snooker players, Perry has spent many seasons at the bottom end of the sport. He has also spent a few seasons at the top of the game. In 2002, he reached the Top 16 for the first time. However, he has spent three seasons outside 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. Ken, his brother was also a professional.
Perry has been a regular on the global stage, even though he has not won a major ranking event. In 2011, he was among the top eight provisional ranking for the first time. In 2015, he won a minor rank event. He participated in a battle alongside Ronnie O'Sullivan this year.
Perry has played in the finals of both the UK Championship and the European Open. He has also been to the quarterfinals of the World Championship. In 2004, he reached the semi-finals of the UK Championship, but he lost to David Gray. He was defeated by Stuart Bingham and Judd Trump the following season but lost to Stephen Hendry.
At the tender age of 12, he started his snooker journey. He rose to prominence as a professional in the 1990s. He reached the European Open final in 2001. In the spring of 2001, he won his second European Open final. He won the Welsh Open in late spring of that year. In 2014, he took part in 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. He participated in the Xuzhou Open as well as the Welsh Open later that year. He was a mere 14th player in the standings by the end of the season.
Despite falling to Stephen Hendry or Graeme Dott at the Welsh Open Masters, he is now in the top 50 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 taught people how to play the game.
He's tried to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan many times over his career. He won 9-5 in the first round at the 2008 UK Championship. He was just one frame away the Masters 2017 Finals, but he lost against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
In the first round, he defeated Mark Selby, the current champion. He also won the Xuzhou Open in 2015. He also has several courses and is a BBC guest commentator.