Joe Perry is someone you've probably seen snooker for a while. British snooker player. He has had a few seasons at the lower levels of the game. He also enjoyed a few years at the top of the sport. He made it to the Top 16 for his first time in 2002. He has been in the Top 20 for three seasons.
Joe Perry has been called "The Fen Potter" and "The Gentleman". A member of the Cambridgeshire region, he turned professional in 1992 and he has been a full-time professional since 2003. His brother, Ken, has also been a professional.
Although he has never won a major ranking event, Perry has been a regular fixture on the world stage. In 2011, he was among the top eight provisional ranking for the first time. In 2015, he won a minor rank event. He made his fourth Masters appearance and was in a fight with Ronnie O'Sullivan.
Perry has reached the finals of the European Open and UK Championship. He was also able to reach the quarter-finals in the World Championship. He reached the semifinals of the UK Championship 2004 but 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 finals in the European Open 2001. He then went on to win the Welsh Open in late spring of that year. He then played in the 2014 Wuxi Classic.
In the same year, he defeated Matthew Stevens, Marco Fu, and Jamie Cope to reach the semi-finals in the World Championship. He won his second ranking title. He participated in the Xuzhou Open as well as the Welsh Open later that year. By the end of that season, he had dropped to a lowly 14th in the standings.
Despite falling to Stephen Hendry or Graeme Dott at the Welsh Open Masters, he is now in the top 50 of the world rankings. He has won the Welsh Open Masters, the Welsh Open Masters, and the Xuzhou Open on his way to the top. He also runs courses to help people learn how to play the game.
He's made many attempts to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan over the course of his career. He won a 9-5 victory at the UK Championship's first round in 2008. He was just one frame from the Masters 2017 finals but lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan.
He defeated Mark Selby, the defending champion, in the first round at the 2018 World Championship. He won the 2015 Xuzhou Open. In addition, he has a number of courses and has been a guest commentator for the BBC.