Kyren Wilson

Kyren Wilson
Wilson at the 2022 European Masters
Born (1991-12-23) 23 December 1991 (age 34)
Kettering, Northamptonshire, England
Sport country England
Nicknamethe Warrior
Professional2010/2011, 2013–present
Highest ranking4 (November 2020)
Current ranking 11 (as of 19 February 2024[needs update])
Maximum breaks5
Century breaks445 (as of 23 March 2024)
Tournament wins
Ranking5
World Champion2024
Medal record
Mixed snooker
Representing  Great Britain
World Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Wrocław Individual

Kyren Wilson (/ˈkaɪrən/; born 23 December 1991) is an English snooker player from Kettering. He is the current World Snooker champion. He has won five other ranking events. He has been a runner-up at two of the three Triple Crown events. He was a finalist at the 2018 Masters and the 2020 World Snooker Championship. Wilson's highest world ranking was fourth in 2020. He has made more than 400 century breaks including five maximum breaks.

Career finals

Ranking finals: 14 (6 titles)

Legend
World Championship (1–1)
Other (5–7)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2015 Shanghai Masters England Judd Trump 10–9
Runner-up 1. 2016 Indian Open Scotland Anthony McGill 2–5
Runner-up 2. 2017 World Open China Ding Junhui 3–10
Runner-up 3. 2017 English Open England Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–9
Winner 2. 2018 Paul Hunter Classic England Peter Ebdon 4–2
Winner 3. 2019 German Masters England David Gilbert 9–7
Runner-up 4. 2020 Welsh Open England Shaun Murphy 1–9
Runner-up 5. 2020 Gibraltar Open England Judd Trump 3–4
Runner-up 6. 2020 World Snooker Championship England Ronnie O'Sullivan 8–18
Winner 4. 2020 Championship League England Judd Trump 3–1
Runner-up 7. 2022 Gibraltar Open (2) England Robert Milkins 2–4
Winner 5. 2022 European Masters England Barry Hawkins 9–3
Runner-up 8. 2023 Tour Championship England Shaun Murphy 7–10
Winner 6. 2024 World Snooker Championship Wales Jak Jones 18–14

Non-ranking finals: 6 (3 titles)

Legend
The Masters (0–1)
Champion of Champions (0–1)
Other (3–1)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1. 2017 World Games England Ali Carter 3–1
Runner-up 1. 2018 The Masters Northern Ireland Mark Allen 7–10
Winner 2. 2018 Six-red World Championship China Ding Junhui 8–4
Runner-up 2. 2018 Champion of Champions England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–10
Runner-up 3. 2019 Paul Hunter Classic England Barry Hawkins 3–4
Winner 3. 2021 Championship League Invitational Wales Mark Williams 3–2

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Runner-up 1. 2009 PIOS – Event 3 England Paul Davison 4–6
Winner 1. 2010 PIOS – Event 6 England Liam Highfield 6–4