Scott Donaldson

Scott Donaldson
Born (1994-03-19) 19 March 1994
Perth, Scotland
Sport country  Scotland
Professional 2012–
Highest ranking 65 (March–June 2014)[1][2][3]
Current ranking 83 (as of 31 October 2016)
Career winnings £62,174[4]
Highest break 137 (2012 Q School Event 3)[5]
Century breaks 16[4]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2013 Wuxi Classic, 2014 Welsh Open, 2016 European Masters)
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Scott Donaldson (born 19 March 1994) is a Scottish professional snooker player.

Donaldson turned professional in 2012 after winning the 2012 EBSA European Snooker Championships and gained a two year tour card for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 snooker seasons.

Career

Debut season

Donaldson did not participate on 2012 Wuxi Classic and 2012 Australian Goldfields Open, which both were held before the EBSA European Snooker Championships.[6] His first match as a professional was a 4-2 win over Liam Highfield in the minor-ranking PTC Event 1.[7] The tournament formed part of the Players Tour Championship events, with Donaldson playing in all ten tournaments, with his best result coming in European Tour Event 1, where he beat Ricky Norris and Chris Norbury, before losing 3–4 to Michael Wild in the last 32. He was placed 70th on the Order of Merit.[8]

His best run of results for the ranking event came in Shanghai Masters Qualifying, where he defeated Chen Zhe and Yu Delu, but then lost 1–5 to Nigel Bond.[7] Donaldson's season ended when he was beaten 6–10 by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the first round of World Championship Qualifying.[9] He finished his first year on tour ranked world number 89.[10]

2013/2014 season

In his opening match, Donaldson defeated Tom Ford 5–1 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China. In his first appearance in the first round of a ranking event he defeated Gareth Green 5–3 and then beat Jimmy Robertson 5–4, before losing 5–1 to Robert Milkins in the last 16.[11] He was knocked out by Barry Hawkins in the quarter-finals of the minor-ranking Bulgarian Open and in the semi-finals of the Asian Tour event, the Yixing Open.[11] He did not have to qualify for the UK Championship or the Welsh Open as all players on the tour began the events at the venue stage this season and Donaldson took advantage. In the UK he saw off Matthew Selt 6–4 and then secured what he called the best victory of his career to date by taking the last two frames against world number 13 Mark Davis in a 6–5 win.[12] He lost a high quality encounter 6–3 to Joe Perry in the last 32.[13] At the Welsh Donaldson saw off a trio of established players in Robert Milkins, David Gilbert and Andrew Higginson to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the second time this season, where he was whitewashed 4–0 by Ding Junhui.[14]

Donaldson's play in Asian Tour events this year helped him to finish eighth on the Order of Merit to qualify for the Finals for the first time.[15] He met reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and was comfortably defeated 4–0.[16] Donaldson's campaign ended with him at 65th in the world rankings, agonosingly short of reaching the top 64 who stay on tour.[17] However, his standing of 38th on the European Order of Merit earned him the third of eight spots on offer to non-qualified players to earn a two-year main tour card for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons.[18]

2014/2015 season

Donaldson began the season by qualifying for the 2014 Wuxi Classic, where he was beaten 5–3 by Chen Zifan in the wildcard round. He won four matches to qualify for the Australian Goldfields Open, which concluded with a 5–2 success over Kurt Maflin, before being whitewashed 5–0 by Stuart Bingham in the first round.[19] At the minor-ranking Yixing Open, Donaldson won four matches to reach the quarter-finals, but lost 4–1 against Robert Milkins. However, after a 6–4 loss to Marcus Campbell in the first round of the UK Championship, Donaldson lost a further eight matches in a row to end the season.[20][19]

2015/2016 season

At the Paul Hunter Classic, Donaldson beat Ashley Hugill 4–1, 2014 world champion Mark Selby 4–2 and Martin Gould 4–2 to reach the last 16 where he lost 4–1 to Mark Williams. He came close to qualifying for the International Championship by winning two successive frames to force a decider against Mark Allen, but lost it.[21] Donaldson finished 59th on the European Order of Merit which was high enough to earn him a new two-year card for the snooker tour.[22]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17
Ranking[23][nb 1] UR UR[nb 2] 89 65[nb 3] 93 81[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] Tournament Not Held Minor-Ranking LQ
Indian Open Not Held LQ LQ NH LQ
World Open A LQ 1R Not Held LQ
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 2R
Shanghai Masters A LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R
European Masters Tournament Not Held 2R
English Open Tournament Not Held 2R
International Championship NH LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 4R
UK Championship A LQ 3R 1R 1R 2R
Scottish Open NH MR Tournament Not Held
German Masters A LQ LQ LQ LQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR DNQ
Welsh Open A LQ 4R 1R 1R
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR
Players Championship[nb 5] DNQ DNQ 1R DNQ DNQ
China Open A LQ LQ LQ LQ
World Championship A LQ LQ LQ LQ
Ranking & variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out Variant Format Event
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic NR A 3R WR Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open A A LQ 1R 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.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
VF / Variant Format Event means an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. 1 2 Players qualified through European Tour Order of Merit started the season without prize money ranking points.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014−2015/2016)

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the Players Championship 2014" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  2. ↑ "World Rankings after the China Open 2014" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  3. ↑ "Prize Money Rankings after the World Championship 2014" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Career-total Statistics for Scott Donaldson - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 16 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "2012 Q School - Event 3 - Centuries". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Donaldson Excited By Tour Debut". World Snooker. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  7. 1 2 "Scott Donaldson 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  8. ↑ "Issued after Munich Open 2013 (ET6)" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 7 January 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  9. ↑ "Betfair World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  10. ↑ "Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
  11. 1 2 "Scott Donaldson 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 June 2013.
  12. ↑ "UK Championship: Perth snooker star Scott Donaldson fights back to record 'best win'". The Courier. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "UK Snooker Championship: Perth star Scott Donaldson's run ends". The Courier. Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "O'Sullivan cruises into Welsh Open quarter-finals". ESPN (UK). Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
  16. ↑ "Ronnie O'Sullivan makes progress in Players' Championship". BBC Sport. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  18. ↑ "European Order of Merit 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  19. 1 2 "Scott Donaldson 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  20. ↑ "UK Snooker Championship: Perth potter Scott Donaldson gracious in defeat after exit". The Courier.co.uk. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Scott Donaldson 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  22. ↑ "European Order of Merit 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  23. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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