Daniel Wells (snooker player)
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Daniel Wells at the 2013 German Masters
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| Born |
21 July 1988 Neath, Glamorgan |
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| Sport country |
 Wales
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| Professional | 2008– |
| Highest ranking | 62 (April 2017) |
| Current ranking | 67 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £89,759 |
| Highest break | 136 (2015 German Masters Qualifying) |
| Century breaks | 52 |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (2016 World Open, 2017 China Open) |
Daniel Wells is a Welsh professional snooker player, from Neath. He has twice come through Qualifying School to play on the professional snooker tour.
He was awarded the inaugural Paul Hunter Scholarship. This gave him the chance to practise in the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, alongside professional players, such as Peter Ebdon and Ding Junhui.
He first qualified for the Main Tour for the 2008/2009 season by finishing ranked fifth on the International Open Series rankings.
He had consistent results on his first spell on the main tour, winning his first qualifying match in most events, apart from defeat in the first qualifying round to Stefan Mazrocis in the Grand Prix. This was followed by a run to the penultimate qualifying round of the Bahrain Championship where he lost to veteran John Parrott 3–5.
An impressive run to the last 16 of the Masters Qualifying tournament included a 5–4 win over Crucible quarter-finalist Liang Wenbo. He followed this with a defeat to Li Hang in the first qualifying round of UK Championship 3–9.
However, at the World Championship, Wells needed a good run of results to ensure his place on the tour for the following season. A sequence of 10–9 wins over Li Hang, Ian Preece and Marcus Campbell took him to the final qualifying round where he lost 9–10 to Barry Hawkins in the final qualifying match. In his 4 qualifying matches, he played the maximum 76 frames. His ranking rose to No. 70 as a result of his exploits that season.
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