Duane Jones (born 30 April 1993) is a former Welsh professional snooker player.
Career
Junior Jones started playing snooker aged twelve, joining his local snooker club and playing on full sized tables after being impressed at how easy Jimmy White made the game look on television. He later became Welsh under-16 captain and the youngest player to win the singles in the Aberdare Valley Snooker League.
Amateur During the 2010–11 season, Jones started to feature in Players Tour Championship events, as well as Q School and ranking events as a top up player. In the 2013 Welsh Open, Jones beat former World Championship semi-finalist Andy Hicks in the opening round of qualifying 4–3, before a narrow 4–3 defeat to former world champion Neil Robertson in the following round. Jones, lost at the final stage of Q School in 2013 (to Lee Spick) and 2014 (to Chris Melling), however these performance did earn him the chance to compete in more ranking events as a top up amateur player. The most notable result he recorded being a 5–2 win over top 16 player Joe Perry with breaks of 141, 137, 75 and 74 to qualify for the 2014 China Open, where he lost 5–3 to Yu Delu in the first round.
Professional Jones was successful in the 2015 Q School and earned a tour card for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons by beating Zhao Xintong 4–3 in his final match of the second event, in a black ball finish in the deciding frame. His first win as a professional came at attempt number one as he defeated Sam Thistlewhite 5–1 in the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers, before falling 5–1 to Sam Baird. Jones only won one more match in the rest of the season, which included losing his last eight.
Jones qualified for the 2016 Indian Open with a 4–2 victory over Yu Delu and narrowly beat Liam Highfield 4–3 in the first round to reach the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time, where he lost 4–1 to Peter Ebdon. He got to the second round in three of the four Home Nations tournaments, but was knocked out each time. He finished the year outside the top 64, but immediately regained his professional status with a victory in event two of Q-School. Wins over Simon Bedford, Peter Delaney, Declan Brennan, Hao Hu and Alex Davies ensured Jones would be back on the tour for the next two seasons.
Jones regained a tour card by coming through the 23/24 Q Tour Global Playoff, winning event 1.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking118Players qualified through Q School started the season without prize money ranking points79Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points887569Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventRRRRRRRRRRRRSaudi Arabia MastersTournament Not Held3R3RWuhan OpenTournament Not HeldA3RLQEnglish OpenTournament Not Held2R1R1R1R1RLQLQALQLQBritish OpenTournament Not Held3RLQA1RLQXi'an Grand PrixTournament Not HeldLQLQNorthern Ireland OpenTournament Not Held2R2R1R1R1R1RLQLQLQLQInternational ChampionshipNot HeldAAAALQLQLQ1RNot HeldALQLQUK ChampionshipAAWDAA1R1R1R1R1R1R1RLQLQLQLQShoot OutNon-Ranking Event1R2R1R1R2R3R1R3R3R2RScottish OpenNot HeldMRNot Held2R1R1R1R1R1RLQLQLQLQGerman MastersAAALQLQLQLQLQSFLQ1RLQLQALQLQWorld Grand PrixTournament Not HeldNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWelsh OpenAALQ1R1R1R1R1R3R1R1RLQLQ2RLQLQWorld OpenAALQANot Held1R1RLQLQNot HeldA2RLQTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAAAAALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQFormer ranking tournamentsWuxi ClassicNon-RankingLQAATournament Not HeldAustralian Goldfields OpenNHALQAALQTournament Not HeldShanghai MastersAAALQALQLQLQNon-RankingNot HeldNon-RankingIndian OpenNot HeldAANH2R1R1RTournament Not HeldChina OpenAAA1RAALQ2RLQTournament Not HeldRiga MastersThe event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)Tournament Not HeldMinor-RankLQLQLQWDTournament Not HeldChina ChampionshipTournament Not HeldNRLQLQLQTournament Not HeldWST Pro SeriesTournament Not HeldRRTournament Not HeldTurkish MastersTournament Not HeldLQTournament Not HeldGibraltar OpenTournament Not HeldMR2R1R1R2R1R2RTournament Not HeldWST ClassicTournament Not Held1RNot HeldEuropean MastersTournament Not HeldLQLQ1RLQ3R1RLQ3RNot HeldFormer non-ranking tournamentsSix-red World ChampionshipANHAAAAAAAANot HeldLQNot Held Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held means an event was not held.NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
Career finals Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2008 Junior Pot Black 0–1Winner 1. 2012 Welsh Amateur Championship 8–4Winner 2. 2013 IBSF World 6-Reds Snooker Championship 6–4
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