Stuart Carrington

Stuart Carrington
Born (1990-05-14) 14 May 1990
Grimsby
Sport country  England
Professional 2011/12, 2013–present
Highest ranking 59
Current ranking 64 (as of 2 May 2016)
Career winnings £74,977[1]
Highest break 141 (2015 Ruhr Open)
Century breaks 28[2]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (four times)

Stuart Carrington (born 14 May 1990) is an English professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Steven Hallworth and Ian Glover in Grimsby.[3]

In May 2011, Carrington qualified for the 2011/2012 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final Q School event.[4]

Career

Debut season

Carrington managed to win just two matches during the 2011/2012 season.[5] He finished the season without a world ranking and will not play on the main tour in the 2012/2013 season.[6]

2012/2013 season

Carrington played in eight out of twelve PTC events during the 2012/2013 season, with his best results being last 32 defeat at the 2012 Scottish Open earned him a place in the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-offs.[7] At the event Carrington beat Jeff Cundy 4–2 and Adam Wicheard 4–0 to claim a place back on the snooker tour for the 2013/2014 season and 2014/2015 season.[8]

2013/2014 season

Carrington beat Ken Doherty 6–3 to qualify for the International Championship. In his debut at a ranking event he defeated Michael Leslie 6–4, before losing 6–3 to Mark Davis in the second round.[9] At the UK Championship, Carrington enjoyed 6–2 and 6–1 wins over Ben Woollaston and John Astley, but was then whitewashed 6–0 by Mark Selby.[10] He met Selby once more in the first round of the China Open and lost 5–3.[11] Carrington came close to qualifying for the World Championship as he saw off Andrew Norman 10–5, Jack Lisowski 10–7 and Nigel Bond 10–5 to reach the final round, where Ryan Day beat him 10–5.[12]

2014/2015 season

Carrington lost in the first round of the UK Championship and Welsh Open 6–3 to Nigel Bond and 4–3 to Marcus Campbell respectively.[9] He reached the second round of the Indian Open due to Marco Fu's withdrawal and was beaten 4–1 by Li Hang, with his solitary frame coming courtesy of a 138 break which was the highest of the tournament.[13] In World Championship qualifying, Carrington defeated Joel Walker 10–6 and Peter Ebdon 10–7 to reach the final round for the second year in a row.[9] He made a century break to force a decider against Li Hang which Carrington won and he made his debut in the event against Judd Trump.[14][15] Carrington lost the first session 7–2 and then won three of the first four frames of the second, but went on to be beaten 10–6, despite coming close to making his first Crucible century with efforts of 99 and 97.[16] Carrington broke into the top 64 in the end of season rankings as the world number 63.[17]

2015/2016 season

At the Paul Hunter Classic Carrington knocked out Tony Drago, Mike Dunn, Matthew Stevens and Mark Davis to reach the quarter-finals of a professional event for the first time, where he lost 4–2 to Shaun Murphy. Murphy also ended his tournament at the last 16 of the Bulgarian Open and Carrington would go on to finish 34th on the European Order of Merit.[18] He held on from 4–1 up on Liam Highfield to win 6–4 in the first round of the UK Championship, before losing 6–3 to Judd Trump.[19] After narrowly overcoming Jamie Cope 5–4, Carrington beat five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 to qualify for the German Masters.[20] There, he squandered a 3–0 lead over Mark King to lose 5–4.[21] He also lost in the second round of the Welsh Open 4–1 to Neil Robertson. Carrington qualified for the China Open but was forced to withdraw from the event due to illness.[22]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2015/
16
Ranking[23][nb 1] UR UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3] UR[nb 2] 79 63
Ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open NH LQ A LQ LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters A LQ A A LQ LQ
International Championship Not Held A 2R LQ LQ
UK Championship A LQ A 3R 1R 2R
German Masters A LQ A LQ LQ 1R
Welsh Open A LQ A 1R 1R 2R
World Grand Prix[nb 4] A LQ A LQ NR DNQ
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 5] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A LQ A 1R LQ WD
World Championship A LQ A LQ 1R LQ
Variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out A A A A A
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking A LQ LQ NH
Indian Open Not Held LQ 2R 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.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ He was an amateur.
  4. ↑ The event was called the World Open (2010/2011) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

Finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2013 English Amateur Championship England Ben Harrison 10–2

References

  1. ↑ http://cuetracker.net/Players/Stuart-Carrington/Prize-Money/Per-Season
  2. ↑ http://www.cuetracker.net/Players/Stuart-Carrington/Career-Total-Statistics
  3. ↑ "Stuart Carrington Q&A". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Brave Gilbert Comes Through Final Event". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  5. ↑ "Stuart Carrington 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  6. ↑ "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season" (PDF). Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  7. ↑ "Stuart Carrington 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  8. ↑ "Einsle, Carrington and Jones Earn Tour Places". worldsnooker.com. World Snooker. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 "Stuart Carrington 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  10. ↑ "Stuart Carrington pays for a slow start in UK Snooker Championship defeat to Mark Selby". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Grimsby snooker pro Stuart Carrington targets World Championships". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Stuart Carrington knocked out of World Snooker Championship". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Indian Open Snooker: Classy Wilson eases into pre-quarters". Business Standard. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Grimsby cueman Carrington qualifies for World Championship". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  15. ↑ "Sweet 16 Through to Sheffield". World Snooker. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  16. ↑ "Stuart Carrington defeated by Judd Trump despite brave effort". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  17. ↑ "World Rankings After 2015 World Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 8 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  18. ↑ "European Order of Merit 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  19. ↑ "Grimsby cueman Stuart Carrington through to second round of UK Championship". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  20. ↑ "Ronnie O'Sullivan sees German Masters hopes ended". Daily Mail. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  21. ↑ "Stuart Carrington: Grimsby potter eliminated from German Masters". Grimsby Telegraph. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  22. ↑ "Stuart Carrington 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 April 2016.
  23. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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