Franky Chan
| Born | 17 March 1965 |
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| Sport country | Hong Kong |
| Professional | 1990–1996 |
| Highest ranking | 42 (1992/1993) |
| Best ranking finish | Quarter-final (1992 Strachan Open) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳偉明 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈伟明 | ||||||||||||
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Franky Chan (Chinese: 陳偉明; born 17 March 1965[1]) is a former professional snooker player from Hong Kong.
Career
[edit]Chan started playing snooker when he was 12 and became a professional player in 1990.[2] He played in the Hong Kong Masters and the 1988 Kent Cup,[1][3] and was a semi-finalist at the 1989 World Amateur Snooker Championship where he was defeated 2-8 by Ken Doherty.[4]
Chen defeated amateurs Guy Dennis and Marcus Campbell and then professional Mike Darrington in the 1990 Professional Play-offs to secure a place as a professional for the 1990–91 snooker season.[2][1] He became the first professional player from Hong Kong.[5]
Chan's first season on tour saw runs to the last 16 at two ranking events, the Asian Open and the Dubai Classic, and to the last-32 stage at the 1991 British Open.[1] In the 1990 Asian Open, he defeated Jason Smith, David Roe, Wayne Jones and Darren Morgan, before losing 1–5 to Tony Chappel; the Dubai Classic saw victories over Joe Grech, Nigel Gilbert, Cliff Wilson and Jimmy White, but then was beaten 2–5 by Rex Williams.[1] In the British Open, Chan was defeated 5–0 by Stephen Hendry;[1] having started the season without a ranking, he finished it 53rd, already within the top 64 who automatically kept their place on tour for the following season.[6]
In the non-ranking 1991 Belgian Challenge, Chan reached the quarter-finals, where he faced White again, and this time lost 0–5; however, only sixteen players featured in the event and Chan had won his last-16 match against Neal Foulds to reach this stage.[7] Later in the 1991–92 season, he recorded the best finish of his career when he faced Nigel Bond in the quarter-finals of the ranking 1992 Strachan Open, although he lost 1–5.[1][8] Chan finished the season ranked 42nd, also a career-best.[9][1]
By the end of the 1993–94 snooker season, Chan had slipped to 118th in the rankings.[10] He did not play professionally again after that season and was ranked 310th in 1995.[11]
Performance and rankings timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 1986/ 87 |
1987/ 88 |
1988/ 89 |
1990/ 91 |
1991/ 92 |
1992/ 93 |
1993/ 94 |
1994/ 95 |
1995/ 96 | ||||||||
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| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 53 | 42 | 79 | 118 | 310 | ||||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Thailand Classic[nb 4] | Not Held | NR | 3R | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | |||||||||
| Grand Prix | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | A | A | ||||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | 1R | LQ | 1R | LQ | A | A | ||||||||
| Welsh Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | LQ | LQ | A | A | |||||||||||
| International Open | A | A | A | Not Held | LQ | LQ | A | A | |||||||||
| European Open | Not Held | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | |||||||||
| Thailand Open[nb 5] | NR | Not Held | 3R | LQ | LQ | WD | A | A | |||||||||
| British Open | A | A | A | 2R | LQ | 1R | LQ | A | A | ||||||||
| World Championship | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | A | ||||||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| The Masters | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| Classic | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||
| Strachan Open[nb 6] | Tournament Not Held | QF | MR | NR | Not Held | ||||||||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||
| World Masters | Not Held | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong Challenge[nb 7] | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||
| Belgian Challenge | Tournament Not Held | QF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||
| Kent Classic[nb 8] | A | 1R | A | A | NH | A | Not Held | ||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
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| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| DQ | disqualified from the tournament | ||||
| NH / Not Held | event was not held | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | event is/was no longer a ranking event | |||
| R / Ranking Event | event is/was a ranking event | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event | |||
| PA / Pro-am Event | means an event is/was a pro-am event | |||
- ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
- 1 2 3 He was an amateur
- ↑ New players don't have a ranking
- ↑ The event was called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989) and the Dubai Classic (1990/1991–1994/1995)
- ↑ The event was called the Thailand Masters (1986/1987 and 1991/1992) and the Asian Open (1990/1991–1992/1993)
- ↑ The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993-1993/1994)
- ↑ The event was called the Hong Kong Masters (1986/1987-1988/1989) and the World Series Challenge (1990/1991)
- ↑ The event was called the Kent Cup (1986/1987–1988/1989 and 1990/1991)
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hayton & Dee 2004, p. 289.
- 1 2 Smith 1990, p. 21.
- ↑ "Parrott shows Chinese snooker". Snooker Scene. May 1998. p. 17.
- ↑ "Snooker Finals Open Today". The Times-Transcript. 18 November 1989. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Smith, Terry (2 June 1990). "Davis bows out to a standing ovation". The Daily Telegraph. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Smith 1991, pp. 14–15.
- ↑ Hayton & Dee 2004, p. 161.
- ↑ "Strachan Open, Strachan Challenges". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ↑ "Official world rankings 1991–2". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1992. pp. 24–25.
- ↑ "World Rankings: 1993–94 end of season list". Snooker Scene. June 1994. pp. 22–24.
- ↑ "Snooker: the end of season world rankings". Snooker Scene. June 1995. pp. 24–27.
Books
- Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
- Smith, Terry, ed. (1990). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Seventh ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. ISBN 978-0-7207-1955-0.
- Smith, Terry, ed. (1991). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Eighth ed.). London: Pelham Books. ISBN 978-0-7207-1983-3.