If you have watched snooker for any length of time, then you will be aware of Joe Perry. He is a British player who has played snooker for many seasons. However, he also has a few seasons in the top tiers of the game. In 2002, he made it to 16th place for the first-ever time. He has however spent three seasons not in the top 20.
Joe Perry was referred to as "the Fen Potter" and also "the Gentleman." He is a Cambridgeshire resident and became professional in 1992. He's been a fulltime professional since 2003. Ken, his brother, is also a professional.
Although he has never won a major ranking event, Perry has been a regular fixture on the world stage. 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 qualified for the quarter-finals of the World Championship. He reached the semi finals of the UK Championship in 2004, but was defeated by David Gray. He beat Judd Trump in the semi-finals, but lost to Stephen Hendry at the final.
Having begun his snooker career at the age of twelve, he began to make his name as a top professional in the early 1990s. He reached the European Open final in 2001. In the spring of 2001, he won his second European Open final. In 2014, he participated in the Wuxi Classic.
In the same year he beat Matthew Stevens (Marco Fu) and Jamie Cope and reached the semi finals of Masters. He received his second ranking award. Later in the year, he was involved in the Welsh Open and the Xuzhou Open. He fell to a 14th-place finish 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 has won the Welsh Open Masters, the Welsh Open Masters, and the Xuzhou Open on his way to the top. And he has also run courses to teach people how to play the game.
He's made many attempts to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan over the course of his career. He won a 9-5 victory at the UK Championship's first round in 2008. He was just one frame away the Masters 2017 Finals, but he lost against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
In the first round in the 2018 World Championship, he defeated Mark Selby who was the defending champion. He also won the Xuzhou Open in 2015. He has also been a guest commentator at the BBC and has taught many courses.