Ryan Day (born 23 March 1980, in Pontycymer, Bridgend, Wales), is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is known as a very solid breakbuilder and is one of only 27 players to have made over a century of centuries.
He was named Young Player of Distinction of the season 2000/2001 by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). He won the 2001 Benson & Hedges Championship. With this win, he qualified for the 2002 Masters, whe...
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Ryan Day (born 23 March 1980, in Pontycymer, Bridgend, Wales), is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is known as a very solid breakbuilder and is one of only 27 players to have made over a century of centuries.
He was named Young Player of Distinction of the season 2000/2001 by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA). He won the 2001 Benson & Hedges Championship. With this win, he qualified for the 2002 Masters, where he defeated Dave Harold, before losing 0-6 to Stephen Hendry. He also won the WPBSA Challenge Tour 2001/2002 and was named WPBSA Newcomer of the Year 2002. Due to problems with his liver in 2003, his results suffered badly.
In 2004, however, he qualified for the World Snooker Championship and he led John Higgins 9-7 in the first round, becoming the first player to score 3 centuries in his first Crucible match, but lost the last 3 frames. As some consolation, Higgins commented that Day was "going to be a top player for many years to come". ...
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