Cope, Jamie

Joined professionals in 2001. The first two years he stayed in the main tour , but then lost his place and descended into a challenge tour . Nevertheless, he played well there and finished the season as number one. This allowed him to get back into the snooker elite. Jamie convincingly spent the third year in the main tour and qualified for most of the tournaments. After this season, he became the 48th. Cope's talent began to be fully revealed in 2006, when he sensationally became a Grand Prix finalist. In this tournament, he made his highest series of 147 points . Jamie did not stop at this and soon reappeared in the final of a major rating tournament - China Open . The Englishman's rival was then the current world champion Graham Dott . Beginning at Cope did not work out, and he quickly found himself on the verge of failure, losing to the Scot with a score of 2: 8. But he got ready and managed to win three games in a row, rejecting the threat of a major defeat from himself. Losing 5: 9 was not such a bad result for the young Jamie Cope. Moreover, in the world rankings, he rose to twenty-second place.

Cope was expected to win in the 2007/08 season , but he could not show good results, except for the quarterfinals in the UK championship . And at the world championship he stumbled already at the stage 1 / 16th, giving way to Peter Ebdon in the decisive frame. According to the results of two years, he became the nineteenth.

In 2008 , at the Shanghai Masters tournament , Jamie Cope made the maximum break for the second time in his professional career, and thus became the eighth player in the entire history of snooker, who managed to make the maximum more than once.

• Cope's maximum series on the Shanghai Masters video

In the 2010/11 season, Cope showed consistently good results in rating tournaments, and for the first time in his career he made his way to the Top 16 of the official rankings. In addition, he became the semifinalist of the prestigious but non-rated Masters tournament and finalist of the Hainan Classic invitation. In the same season, he made his 100th Century Break and again reached the 1/8 finals of the World Championship (for the first time he went out to 1/8 of the World Cup in 2009).

Jamie Cope - the most successful player in the junior and amateur arenas. At one time he won 50 different tournaments and championships. He also owns one of the most famous records in the world of snooker: he made the first break in the entire history of 155 points. This event occurred in 2005 in a demonstration match, therefore it is considered an unofficial record.

Finals of rating tournaments: 2 (0 wins, 2 losses)

Finals of non-rated tournaments: 3 (2 wins, 1 loss)

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