If you have watched snooker for any length of time, then you will be aware of Joe Perry. He is a British snooker player, who has spent a number of seasons at the lower end of the sport. He has also been a player in the upper reaches of the game for a few years. He made it to the Top 16 for his first time in 2002. He has however spent three seasons not in the top 20.
Joe Perry has been called "The Fen Potter" and "The Gentleman". He is a native of the Cambridgeshire area and became a professional in 1992. Since 2003, he has been a full time professional. Ken, his brother is also a professional.
Perry has been a regular on the global stage, even though he has not won a major ranking event. Perry finished within the top eight provisional rankings in 2011, and won a minor ranking event in 2015. He participated in a battle alongside Ronnie O'Sullivan this year.
Perry has reached the finals of the European Open and UK Championship. He has also been to the quarterfinals of the World Championship. He reached the semi finals of the UK Championship in 2004, but was defeated by David Gray. He defeated Stuart Bingham, Judd Trump and went on to lose in the final to Stephen Hendry.
He started his snooker career when he was twelve years old. In the early 1990s, he became a professional and a well-respected player. He reached the European Open final in 2001. In late spring 2001, he won the Welsh Open. After that, he played in the Wuxi Classic in 2014.
He also beat Marco Fu, Matthew Stevens and Jamie Cope in round one of the World Championship and reached the semi-finals at the Masters. He went on to win his second ranking title. Later that year, he participated in both the Welsh Open (Xuzhou Open) and the Xuzhou Open. He fell to a 14th-place finish at the end.
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 teaches people how to play this game.
He's made many attempts to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan over the course of his career. He won a 9-5 victory in the first round of 2008 UK Championship. He was just one frame away of the Masters finals in 2017, 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 won the Xuzhou Open 2015 as well. He also has several courses and is a BBC guest commentator.