Joe Perry (snooker player)
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Perry at the 2014 German Masters
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| Born |
13 August 1974 Wisbech, England |
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| Sport country |
 England
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| Nickname | The Fen Potter The Gentleman |
| Professional | 1991– |
| Highest ranking | 8 (December 2016) |
| Current ranking | 9 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £1,889,316 |
| Highest break | 145 (2004 World Snooker Championship) |
| Century breaks | 242 |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 1 |
| Minor-ranking | 2 |
| Non-ranking | 2 |
Joe Perry (born 13 August 1974) is an English professional snooker player. Often referred to as the "Fen Potter" and also nicknamed "the Gentleman", he was born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. He climbed the rankings steadily after turning professional in 1991, and reached the top sixteen for the first time in 2002.
His first ranking final came at the 2001 European Open and he had to wait another 13 years for a second which came at the 2014 Wuxi Classic. Perry then won his first major ranking title at the 2015 Players Championship Grand Final, at the age of 40 and in his 23rd season as a professional.
He also won the minor-ranking 2013 Yixing Open and 2015 Xuzhou Open, and has also reached the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship in 2008, and back-to-back UK Championship semi-finals in 2004 and 2005.
Perry's breakthrough came when he reached the final of the European Open in 2001. He first reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 2004, beating then defending champion Mark Williams 13–11 along the way, also making the tournament's highest break of 145 (which remains Perry's best in competition), before losing to Matthew Stevens. He repeated this run in 2008 when he defeated Graeme Dott and Stuart Bingham, and bettered it by going on to beat Stephen Maguire 13–12 and earn his place in the semi-finals, which he narrowly lost to Ali Carter. Previously, he had also reached the last 16 on his Crucible debut in 1999, beating Steve Davis on the final black in the last 32.
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