Jackson Page

Jackson Page (born 8 August 2001 in Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He is a former European U-21 champion[2] and the former Under-18 World Snooker Champion and in 2017 also became the Under-18 European Snooker Champion.[3][4]

Jackson Page
Born (2001-08-08) 8 August 2001
Ebbw Vale, Blaenau Gwent
Sport country Wales
NicknameAction Jackson[1]
Professional2019–present
Highest ranking46 (June 2023)
Current ranking 52 (as of 16 October 2023)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (x5)

Career

In February 2016, Page entered the 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship as the number 13 seed and advanced to the final where he was defeated 2–5 by fellow countryman Tyler Rees.[5][6] Later that year, Page competed in the 2016 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship where he again advanced to the final and defeated the number 1 seed Yun Fung Tam 5–4.[7]

At the age of 15, Page was awarded a wildcard to the 2017 Welsh Open. In the first round, he beat Jason Weston 4–3 on a re-spotted black.[8] In the second round, he defeated John Astley by the same scoreline to reach the round of 32, before losing 0–4 to Judd Trump.[9] In the qualifiers for the 2017 World Championship he was edged out 9–10 on the final pink by Martin O'Donnell in the first round.[10]

Page turned professional in 2019 after winning the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships in Israel.[11] His best results from his first two seasons on the tour were reaching the last 16 of the September 2020 European Masters, where he was whitewashed 0–5 by Trump, and the last 32 of the 2020 Scottish Open, where he lost 1–4 to his mentor and practice partner Mark Williams. He was relegated from the main professional tour after losing 5–6 to Kacper Filipiak in the 2021 World Championship qualifiers.[11] However, he quickly regained his professional standing, defeating Michael Georgiou at the 2021 Q School to win another two-year tour card.[12] He reached the last 16 of the 2021 Northern Ireland Open, but lost 3–4 to Ricky Walden despite having led 3–2.[13]

In the 2022 World Snooker Championship qualifying rounds, Page won four matches, defeating opponents including Joe Perry and David Grace, to reach the main stage of the tournament. He made his Crucible debut against former world finalist Barry Hawkins and won his first-round match 10–7, making back-to-back total clearances of 128 and 135 in the final two frames.[14] In the second round, Page again faced Williams, but lost the first seven frames and went on to a 3–13 defeat, losing the match with a session to spare. Williams made six centuries in the match.[15]

Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19		 2019/
20		 2020/
21		 2021/
22		 2022/
23		 2023/
24
Ranking[16][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 72 [nb 4] 66 46
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR RR RR
European Masters A LQ A 2R 4R 1R 2R 1R
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R LQ LQ
English Open A A A 1R 1R LQ LQ 1R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held 1R
Northern Ireland Open A 1R A 2R 2R 3R 1R 1R
International Championship A LQ A LQ Not Held
UK Championship A 1R A 1R 1R 1R LQ
Shoot Out A A A 1R 1R 2R 2R
Scottish Open A 1R A 1R 3R 2R LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
German Masters A LQ A LQ LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open 3R 2R 1R 1R 1R LQ 1R
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Open A LQ A 1R Not Held
Tour Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship A A A A Not Held LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Indian Open A 1R A Tournament Not Held
Paul Hunter Classic A LQ 4R NR Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters A 1R A 1R Tournament Not Held
China Championship NR A A LQ Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not Held 2R Not Held
Gibraltar Open A 1R LQ 2R 1R 2R Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 4R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Haining Open A A A 3R NH A Not Held
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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points

Career finals

Amateur finals: 8 (5 titles)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2016 European Under-18 Championship Wales Tyler Rees 2–5
Winner 1. 2016 World Under-18 Championship Hong Kong Yun Fung Tam 5–4
Winner 2. 2017 European Under-18 Championship Israel Amir Nardeia 5–3
Runner-up 2. 2017 European Under-21 Championship Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher 4–6
Winner 3. 2018 European Under-18 Championship (2) Austria Florian Nüßle 5–3
Winner 4. 2018 Welsh Amateur Championship Wales Ian Sargeant 8–1
Runner-up 3. 2018 Challenge Tour – Event 3 England Barry Pinches 2–3
Winner 5. 2019 European Under-21 Championship Republic of Ireland Ross Bulman 5–1

References
  1. "Jackson Page". wst.tv. Archived from the original on 17 March 2023. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. "Jackson Page Wins European Under-21 Championship". 22 February 2019.
  3. "Jackson wins his maiden world title". IBSF. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  4. "Page wins European Under-18 title". World Snooker. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. "EBSA 2016 - UNDER 18S CHAMPIONSHIPS - FINALS". Welsh Snooker. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  6. "Marathon Man Rees King Of Europe". European Billiards & Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 13 February 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  7. "IBSF - WORLD UNDER 18S RESULT". Welsh Snooker. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. "Jackson Page, 15, beats Jason Weston in first round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  9. "Jackson Page: 15-year old schoolboy progresses to third round of Welsh Open". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  10. "Jackson Page: Welsh teenager beaten in World Championship qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  11. "Jackson Page". WPBSA. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  12. "Jackson Page Among First Q School Graduates". SnookerHQ. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  13. Hungness, Carl (15 October 2021). "Northern Ireland Open: Quarter-Finals Draw and Preview". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  14. "New Chapter For Brilliant Page". World Snooker. 17 April 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  15. "Williams Makes Six Centuries In Page Rout". World Snooker. 22 April 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  16. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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