Joe Perry is a snooker player you are likely to have seen for some time. He is a British snooker player, who has spent a number of seasons at the lower end of the sport. He also enjoyed a few years at the top of the sport. He reached the Top 16 in 2002 for the first time. He has however spent three seasons not in the top 20.
Joe Perry is known as both "the Fen Potter", and "the Gentleman". He is a Cambridgeshire native and became a professional in 1993. He has been a fulltime professional as of 2003. Ken, his older 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 was among the top eight provisional ranking for the first time. In 2015, he won a minor rank event. He was a participant in a battle against Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Masters this year.
Perry has reached the finals of the European Open and UK Championship. He also reached the quarter-finals at the World Championship. He reached the semifinals of the UK Championship 2004 but lost to David Gray. He defeated Stuart Bingham, Judd Trump and went on to lose in the final to Stephen Hendry.
He began his snooker life at the age 12 and became a top professional in early 1990s. In 2001, he reached the final of the European Open. In the spring of 2001, he won his second European Open final. In 2014, he participated in the Wuxi Classic.
He also beat Marco Fu, Matthew Stevens and Jamie Cope in round one of the World Championship and reached the semi-finals at the Masters. He went on to win his second ranking title. He was also involved in the Xuzhou Open and the Welsh Open later in the year. At the close of that season, his standings had fallen to a disappointing 14th.
Despite losing to Stephen Hendry (Graeme Dott) and Stephen Hendry, he still managed to place in the top half world rankings. He has won three major tournaments on his path to the top: the Welsh Open Masters Masters, the Xuzhou Open Open, and the Welsh Open Masters Masters. He has also conducted courses to help others learn the game.
He's tried to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan many times over his career. In the first round of the 2008 UK Championship, he won a 9-5 victory. He was just one frame away the Masters 2017 Finals, but he lost against Ronnie O'Sullivan.
In the first round of the 2018 World Championship, he beat defending champion Mark Selby. He won the Xuzhou Open 2015 as well. He has also taught a variety of courses and been a BBC guest commentator.