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| Born | 14 February 1988 Neath, Neath Port Talbot, Wales[1] |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Wales |
| Nickname | The Welsh Warrior[2] |
| Professional | 2006/2007, 2008/2009, 2010–2019, 2020–present |
| Highest ranking | 27 (as of October 2022) |
| Current ranking | 50 (as of 30 September 2024) |
| Maximum breaks | 1 |
| Century breaks | 162 (as of 2 October 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Semi-final (x3) |
Jamie Jones (born 14 February 1988)[3] is a Welsh professional snooker player from Neath. At the age of 14 he was the youngest ever player to make a maximum 147 break in competition, a record that has since been beaten by Judd Trump. At the 2012 World Snooker Championship, Jones reached his first ranking quarter-final. He made his second appearance in the quarter-finals of a Triple Crown tournament at the 2016 UK Championship.
Jones made his first official maximum break in the third frame of his last-64 match against Lee Walker at the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic. It was his first professional maximum break.
In October 2018, Jones was suspended from the snooker tour pending a match-fixing investigation. The match in question was a 2016 International Championship qualifier between former world champion Graeme Dott and Jones's good friend and compatriot David John.
In January 2019, Jones was acquitted of match-fixing following a hearing at which he was represented by sports barrister Craig Harris. However, he admitted to having prior knowledge of an approach to fix the aforementioned match and failed to report it, so was subsequently banned for a year himself. While his ban finished in October 2019, due to missing out most of the 2018–19 season, he ended the campaign outside of the top 64 and officially dropped off the tour.
Jones officially rejoined the tour two seasons later, coming through the second Q-School event of 2020, defeating Michael Georgiou. He had come close to regaining professional status in Event 1, only losing in the penultimate round to compatriot Lee Walker, who also went on to gain a tour card.
- ^ "Snooker star on how cutting grass helped him following ban from sport". 14 October 2019.
- ^ Spratt, Kieran. "Jamie Jones Proud Of Comeback". The Sportsman. Archived from the original on 20 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ "Jamie Jones".