Sam Craigie

Sam Craigie
Born (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993
Sport country  England
Professional 2011/2012, 2016–
Highest ranking 75 (August 2011, April–May 2012)[1][2]
Current ranking 96 (as of 31 October 2016)
Career winnings £9,587[3]
Highest break 137[3] (2012 China Open qualifying)
Century breaks 12[3]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2016 World Open)

Sam Craigie (born 29 December 1993) is an English professional snooker player from Newcastle. He enjoyed a successful junior career before turning professional in 2011.

Career

Early career

Craigie qualified for the 2011/2012 Main Tour after winning the 2010 IBSF World Under 21 Championships.[4] He defeated his brother Stephen 7–6 in the semi-finals before beating Li Hang 9–8 in the final to secure the title.

2011/2012 season

In his debut season on the snooker tour he was unranked and therefore needed to win four qualifying matches to make the main draws of the ranking events. He won two matches in attempts to reach both the Australian Goldfields Open and German Masters respectively and had his best set of results in qualifying for the China Open, where he beat Adam Wicheard, Liu Song and Gerard Greene, before losing to Ricky Walden 3–5 in the final round.[5] Craigie played in 11 of the 12 minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, with his best finish coming in Event 11 where he was defeated by Walden again, this time in the last 16 by 4 frames to 2.[5] Craigie finished his first season ranked outside of the top 64 who automatically retained their places for the 2012/2013 season and therefore dropped off the main tour.[6]

Following years

Craigie played in two events in the 2012/2013 season, but could only pick up one frame.[7] He did not enter an event in the following season, but did play in 2015 Q School, coming closest to rejoining the tour in the first event when he was defeated 4–2 by Adam Duffy in the last 32.[8]

2016/2017 season

In 2016, Craigie managed to receive a two-year tour card for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons after successfully qualifying through the EBSA Play-Offs in Sheffield, beating Adam Duffy 4–3 in the last round of the event.[9]

Personal life

Craigie's elder brother Stephen was also a professional snooker player.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13		 2015/
16		 2016/
17
Ranking[10] UR[nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 1] UR[nb 1] UR[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 3] Tournament Not Held MR 1R
Indian Open Tournament Not Held LQ
World Open A LQ A NH 2R
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event A
Shanghai Masters A LQ A A LQ
European Masters Tournament Not Held LQ
English Open Tournament Not Held WD
International Championship Not Held A LQ LQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 2R
UK Championship A LQ A A 2R
Scottish Open Not Held MR NH
German Masters A LQ A LQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held DNQ
Welsh Open A LQ A LQ
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR
Players Championship[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A LQ A A
World Championship A LQ A A
Ranking & variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out Variant Format Event
Former ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open NH LQ A LQ NH
Performance Table Legend
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.
RV / Ranking & Variant Format Event means an event is/was a ranking & variant format event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
VF / Variant Format Event means an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. 1 2 3 He was not on the main tour in that season. Therefore, he did not have a ranking.
  2. 1 2 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  4. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)

References

  1. ↑ "Rankings issued after the Players Tour Championship 2011 – Event 3". World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 24 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ "Rankings issued after the Bank of Beijing China Open 2012" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 2 April 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Career-total statistics for Sam Craigie - Professional". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "2010 IBSF World Under 21 Championships". Global Snooker. Retrieved 17 December 2010.
  5. 1 2 "Sam Craigie 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season" (PDF). Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Sam Craigie 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  8. ↑ "Sam Craigie 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  9. ↑ "Slessor and Craigie Win EBSA Play-Offs". World Snooker. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  10. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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