Christopher Keogan
Born (1992-08-26) 26 August 1992
Doncaster, Yorkshire, England
Sport country England
Professional2016–2018
Highest ranking91 (June 2017)[1]
Best ranking finishLast 16 (x1)

Christopher Keogan (born 26 August 1992) is an English former professional snooker player.

Career

From the town of Doncaster, Yorkshire in England, Keogan started playing snooker at the age of 6. In his early years he was coached by Steve Prest and at age 13 was widely considered one of the most promising upcoming snooker talents, with then world champion Shaun Murphy tipping Keogan as a future world champion himself.[2] At the first event of the 2016 Q School, Keogan defeated highly rated youngsters Jamie Clarke and Adam Stefanow as well as former professionals Lü Chenwei and Joel Walker before he reached the final round against Marc Davis whom he defeated 4–0, a win which gave Keogan a two-year card to the World Snooker Tour for the 2016–17 season and 2017–18 seasons.[3][4] He lost in the last 64 of four events during his first season as a professional.[5] He dropped off the tour at the end of the 2017/18 season but entered the 2018 Q School in an attempt to win back a place.[6]

Personal life

Keogan is a keen football fan and is a supporter of Doncaster Rovers. Keogan is also an enthusiastic badminton player. His childhood idol was Paul Hunter.[2] He has three older siblings one brother and two sisters.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/
14		 2015/
16		 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2019/
20
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 90 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters NH MR 1R 1R 3R
International Championship LQ A LQ LQ A
China Championship Not Held NR LQ A
English Open Not Held 1R 1R A
World Open LQ NH LQ LQ A
Northern Ireland Open Not Held 1R 1R A
UK Championship A A 1R 1R A
Scottish Open Not Held 1R 2R A
European Masters Not Held LQ LQ A
German Masters LQ A LQ LQ A
World Grand Prix NH DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A 2R 1R A
Shoot-Out NR 1R 1R A
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open NH MR 1R 1R A
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ
World Championship LQ A LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic LQ Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open LQ LQ Not Held
Shanghai Masters A A LQ LQ NR
Paul Hunter Classic MR 2R 1R NH
Indian Open LQ NH LQ LQ NH
China Open LQ A LQ LQ NH
Performance Table Legend
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
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

References

  1. ↑ "WORLD RANKINGS After 2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Chris, 13, could be a world snooker champ one day". Doncaster Free Press. 20 April 2006. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Q School Event One Qualifiers". World Snooker. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "World Snooker: Five Chinese players earn two-year tour cards". BBC Sport. 24 May 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
  5. ↑ "Christopher Keogan 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  6. ↑ "Grace Remains on Course for Tour Return". 22 May 2018.
  7. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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