Franky Chan

Franky Chan
Personal information
Born (1965-03-17) 17 March 1965 (age 61)
Sport
CountryHong Kong
SportSnooker
Professional1990–1996
Highest ranking42 (1992/1993)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (1992 Strachan Open)
Franky Chan
Traditional Chinese陳偉明
Simplified Chinese陈伟明
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Wěimíng
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingCan4 Wai5 Ming4
IPA[tsʰɐn˩ wɐj˩˧.mɪŋ˩]

Franky Chan (Chinese: 陳偉明; born 17 March 1965) is a former professional snooker player from Hong Kong.

Career

Chan started playing snooker when he was 12 and became a professional player in 1990. He played in the Hong Kong Masters and the 1988 Kent Cup, and was a semi-finalist at the 1989 World Amateur Snooker Championship where he was defeated 2-8 by Ken Doherty.

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. He became the first professional player from Hong Kong.

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. 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. In the British Open, Chan was defeated 5–0 by Stephen Hendry; 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.

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. 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. Chan finished the season ranked 42nd, also a career-best.

By the end of the 1993–94 snooker season, Chan had slipped to 118th in the rankings. He did not play professionally again after that season and was ranked 310th in 1995.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1986/
87		 1987/
88		 1988/
89		 1990/
91		 1991/
92		 1992/
93		 1993/
94		 1994/
95		 1995/
96
Ranking 53 42 79 118 310
Ranking tournaments
Thailand Classic 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 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 Tournament Not Held QF MR NR Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Masters Not Held LQ Tournament Not Held
Hong Kong Challenge 1R 1R 1R 1R A Tournament Not Held
Belgian Challenge Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Kent Classic A 1R A A NH A Not Held
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
DQ disqualified from the tournament
NH / Not Heldevent was not held
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a ranking event
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 1 2 3 He was an amateur
  3. ↑ New players don't have a ranking
  4. ↑ The event was called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989) and the Dubai Classic (1990/1991–1994/1995)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Thailand Masters (1986/1987 and 1991/1992) and the Asian Open (1990/1991–1992/1993)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993-1993/1994)
  7. ↑ The event was called the Hong Kong Masters (1986/1987-1988/1989) and the World Series Challenge (1990/1991)
  8. ↑ The event was called the Kent Cup (1986/1987–1988/1989 and 1990/1991)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Hayton & Dee 2004, p. 289.
  2. 1 2 Smith 1990, p. 21.
  3. ↑ "Parrott shows Chinese snooker". Snooker Scene. May 1998. p. 17.
  4. ↑ "Snooker Finals Open Today". The Times-Transcript. 18 November 1989. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Smith, Terry (2 June 1990). "Davis bows out to a standing ovation". The Daily Telegraph. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Smith 1991, pp. 14–15.
  7. ↑ Hayton & Dee 2004, p. 161.
  8. ↑ "Strachan Open, Strachan Challenges". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  9. ↑ "Official world rankings 1991–2". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1992. pp. 24–25.
  10. ↑ "World Rankings: 1993–94 end of season list". Snooker Scene. June 1994. pp. 22–24.
  11. ↑ "Snooker: the end of season world rankings". Snooker Scene. June 1995. pp. 24–27.

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