Joel Walker (snooker player)
Joel Walker ( born March 16, 1994, Sheffield, England ) is an English snooker player.
Career
Joel Walker took first time in 2010 participated in professional tournaments. With open for amateurs Players Tour Championship, he joined four of the five tournaments in his hometown of Sheffield and won with a victory over the world ranking player Liu Chuang least a moderate success. In May 2011 he attempted to qualify via the Q School for the Snooker Main Tour. In the second tournament, he came up in round four, but then missed against Simon Bedford the entry into the qualifier. The following year he again took part in the English PTC tournaments, but never got beyond the first round. Also in the Q School, he was twice unsuccessful, but then he succeeded with a win over Justin Astley in the last tournament the Main Tour qualifying for the next two seasons.
In his first year as a pro made it the Englishman only once in the second qualifying round of a world ranking tournament by defeating Cao Yupeng in the Wuxi Classic in 2012. At the Scottish Open He reached under the last 32 and defeated it two top -32 players. He thus secured about this PTC tournament a few ranking points, which brought him to the end of the season at No. 90. The 2013/14 season began Walker with the successful qualification for the Wuxi Classic 2013 against Ian Burns. In the main tournament in China, he also won the opening match against Alex Davies and managed with the Round of 32 is reached at a world ranking tournament his best result until then.