Ricky Walden
Ricky Walden at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
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| Born |
11 November 1982 Bagillt |
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| Sport country |
 England
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| Nickname | The Stamina Man Sticky Walden The Walnut |
| Professional | 2001– |
| Highest ranking | 6 (March 2015) |
| Current ranking | 17 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £1,314,223 |
| Highest break | 147 (2011 PTC10) |
| Century breaks | 233 |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 3 |
| Minor-ranking | 1 |
| Non-ranking | 2 |
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Ricky Walden (born 11 November 1982) is an English professional snooker player from Bagillt.
Walden turned professional in 2000 and it took him eight years to win his first ranking title at the Shanghai Masters. He has since won the 2012 Wuxi Classic and the 2014 International Championship and has been inside the top 16 in the season-ending rankings on four occasions. Walden has reached the televised stages of the World Snooker Championship on five occasions with his best result being a semi-finalist in 2013.
Walden was born in Chester but raised in Bagillt, north Wales, where he now lives once more, having spent some time living elsewhere in Flintshire. He was one of the Young Players of Distinction in a scheme run in 2000, designed to help young players develop their playing and media skills, alongside Shaun Murphy, Stephen Maguire and Ali Carter. In 2001 he won the World Under-21 Championship.
Walden began his professional career by playing UK Tour in 1999 (renamed the Challenge Tour in 2000), at the time the second-level professional tour. Then he played Challenge Tour in 2001 and entered Main Tour. He started the 2004/2005 season ranked at number 78 in the world, but climbed 30 places that year. He beat John Higgins twice that season, at the Grand Prix and UK Championship, and reached the Quarter-Final of the China Open.
In 2005/2006 his best run was to the last 16 in the China Open, which he achieved by beating Stephen Maguire. In 2006/2007 he had 2 last-32 appearance including the UK Championship, where he lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan 8–9. He lost to eventual finalist Mark Selby in qualifying for the World Championship.
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