Joe Perry is a snooker player you are likely to have seen for some time. British snooker player. He has had a few seasons at the lower levels of the game. But he has also had a couple of seasons in the top reaches of the game. He reached the Top 16 in 2002 for the first time. He has been in the Top 20 for three seasons.
Joe Perry has been called "The Fen Potter" and "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 is also a professional.
Perry has been a constant fixture on the global stage, despite never having won a major ranking contest. In 2011, he finished inside the top eight provisional rankings for the first time, and in 2015, he won a minor-ranking event. This year, he made his fourth appearance at the Masters and was involved in a battle with Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Perry has reached the finals of the European Open and UK Championship. He has also qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Championship. In 2004, he reached the semi-finals of the UK Championship, but he lost to David Gray. He beat Judd Trump in the semi-finals, but lost to Stephen Hendry at the final.
After starting his snooker playing career at twelve, he rose to the top as a professional in the early 90s. He reached the finals of the European Open in 2001. In spring 2001, he won in Wales the Open. In 2014, he participated in the Wuxi Classic.
In the same year, he defeated Matthew Stevens, Marco Fu, and Jamie Cope to reach the semi-finals in the World Championship. He won his second ranking title. Later in the year, he was involved in the Welsh Open and the Xuzhou Open. He had fallen to a lowly 14th place in the standings at the end.
Despite losing to Graeme Dott and Stephen Hendry, he has managed to secure a place in the top half of the world rankings. He won the Welsh Open Masters, Xuzhou Open and the Welsh Open Masters on his way up to the top. And he has also run courses to teach people how to play the game.
During his career, he has made a number of attempts to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan. In the first round of the 2008 UK Championship, he won a 9-5 victory. He was just one frame away of the Masters finals in 2017, but lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan.
He defeated Mark Selby, the defending champion, in the first round at the 2018 World Championship. He also won the Xuzhou Open in 2015. He has also been a guest commentator at the BBC and has taught many courses.