Joe Perry is a snooker player you are likely to have seen for some time. British snooker players, Perry has spent many seasons at the bottom end of the sport. He also enjoyed a few years at the top of the sport. He made it to the Top 16 of the game in 2002. He has been out of the top 20 for three consecutive seasons.
Joe Perry was referred to as "the Fen Potter" and also "the Gentleman." He is a Cambridgeshire resident and became professional in 1992. He's been a fulltime professional since 2003. Ken, his older brother, is also a professional.
Perry has been a regular on the global stage, even though he has not won a major ranking event. He finished in the top 8 provisional rankings in 2011 and won a minor-ranking competition in 2015. He was a participant in a battle against Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Masters this year.
Perry has been in the finals at both the UK Championship as well as the European Open. He also reached the quarter-finals at the World Championship. In 2004, he reached the semi-finals of the UK Championship, but he lost to David Gray. He defeated Stuart Bingham, Judd Trump and went on to lose in the final to Stephen Hendry.
After starting his snooker playing career at twelve, he rose to the top as a professional in the early 90s. He reached the finals at the European Open in 2001. In late spring 2001, he won the Welsh Open. He won the Welsh Open in late spring of that year. In 2014, he took part in Wuxi Classic.
In the same season, he beat Matthew Stevens as well as Marco Fu and Jamie Cope, reaching the semi-finals for the Masters. He won his second ranking title. Later that year, he participated in both the Welsh Open (Xuzhou Open) and the Xuzhou Open. He was a mere 14th player in the standings by the end of the season.
Despite losing out to Stephen Hendry as well as Graeme Dott in the Welsh Open Masters, he was able to earn a spot in the top ten of the world rankings. He has won the Welsh Open Masters (Welsh Open Masters), and the Xuzhou Open. And he has also run courses to teach people how to play the game.
During his career, he has made a number of attempts to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan. In the first round of the 2008 UK Championship, he won a 9-5 victory. He was just one frame from the Masters 2017 finals but lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan.
In the first round in the 2018 World Championship, he defeated Mark Selby who was the defending champion. He also won the Xuzhou Open in 2015. He has also taught a variety of courses and been a BBC guest commentator.