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He practices in Bar 8 in Rugby.[2] He turned professional in 2013 and won his first ranking title at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out.[3]Table of ContentsEarly career[edit]2013\/2014 season[edit]2014\/2015 season[edit]2015\/2016 season[edit]2016\/2017 season[edit]Performance and rankings timeline[edit]Career finals[edit]Ranking finals: 1[edit]Amateur wins[edit]References[edit]External links[edit]Early career[edit]Wakelin started playing snooker aged 8, when his parents Mark and Angie bought him his first mini snooker table, and by the time he was 11 he was successfully playing in the local league.[4] However, his career nearly came to a halt at the age of 17 when he had to start working full-time as an ASDA delivery driver to support himself financially, and only played snooker as a hobby. In 2012 Wakelin decided to give the game another go, but soon had to face more difficulties as family issues resulted in a severe depression: “I could line up but I just couldn\u2019t pot. I thought I would never play again. But thankfully with the help of my friends I managed to turn it around.”[5] Since then Wakelin reached the semi-finals of the 2013 English Amateur Championship, before making it through to the England’s Under 21 final (where he would later beat Hammad Miah).[4][6]These results encouraged him to enter Q School in May. After having made it to the final round of the first event, he again reached the final round at the Event 3. There he faced former professional Adam Wicheard, who led 2\u20130 before Wakelin hit back to lead 3\u20132. Then, in the sixth frame when Wakelin had been already 23\u20130 up, Wicheard accidentally snapped his cue when leaning on it, and had to concede the match.[6] As a result, Wakelin won a tour card for the 2013\u201314 and 2014\u201315 seasons.2013\/2014 season[edit]Wakelin had a tough debut season as a professional as he lost his opening match in all the ranking tournaments aside from the UK Championship, where he defeated 22nd seed Ryan Day 6\u20135 before losing by the same scoreline to Jamie Burnett in the subsequent round.[1] He had better results in the minor-ranking European Tour events, reaching the last 32 of the Rotterdam Open before going all the way to the quarterfinals of the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup, where he lost 4\u20132 to Judd Trump.[1] Wakelin’s season ended when he was edged out 10\u20139 by Paul Davison in the first round of World Championship qualifying, with him ranked world number 106 after his first year on tour.[7][8]2014\/2015 season[edit]Wakelin’s second season on the tour was a vast improvement on his first. He beat Tom Ford 5\u20132 to qualify for the 2014 Wuxi Classic and in his first appearance in a ranking event outside of the UK he overcame Joe O’Connor 5\u20132, before losing 5\u20132 to Shaun Murphy.[9] At the minor-ranking Ruhr Open, Wakelin overcame Matthew Stevens 4\u20131 and then fought back from 3\u20130 and needing two snookers in the deciding frame to beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4\u20133. A 4\u20132 win over Fergal O’Brien saw him reach the quarter-finals where he lost 4\u20131 to Judd Trump.[9] At the Indian Open, Wakelin beat Rhys Clark 4\u20132, Andrew Pagett 4\u20131 and Nigel Bond 4\u20131 to play in the quarter-finals of a ranking event for the first time.[10] He was 2\u20131 ahead of Michael White, but would lose 4\u20132.[11]Wakelin’s performances in the European Tour events this season saw him finish a lofty 22nd on the Order of Merit to earn a new two-year tour card.[12] It also gave him entry into the Grand Final where he whitewashed Robert Milkins 4\u20130, before Matthew Selt ousted Wakelin 4\u20132 in the second round.[13]2015\/2016 season[edit]Wakelin saw off Alex Taubman 5\u20131, Craig Steadman 5\u20130 and Liam Highfield 5\u20132 to reach the final qualifying round of the Australian Goldfields Open, but lost 5\u20133 to Jamie Jones.[14] A 6\u20134 victory over Peter Lines saw him qualify for the International Championship, where he lost 6\u20134 to Barry Hawkins having led 3\u20131.[15] Wakelin beat Matthew Stevens 6\u20135 on the final black in the first round of the UK Championship and apologized to his opponent for an exuberant celebration at the end in a win he described as one of his best.[16] He was defeated 6\u20132 by Michael Holt in the second round. Wakelin qualified for the China Open by eliminating Kurt Maflin 5\u20133 and was edged out 5\u20134 by Matthew Selt in the first round.[17] After beating world number 25 and former practice partner Ben Woollaston 10\u20139, Wakelin looked set to reach the final qualifying round for the World Championship after leading Anthony Hamilton 4\u20130 and 9\u20136, but went on to lose 10\u20139.[18]2016\/2017 season[edit]Wins over Allan Taylor and Anthony McGill saw Wakelin set up a third round encounter with Ronnie O’Sullivan in the third round of the English Open. Wakelin recovered from 2\u20130 down to triumph 4\u20133 in a performance that included a century and two other breaks above 50.[19] He then edged past Xiao Guodong 4\u20133 after trailing 3\u20131 to play in the quarterfinals, where he lost 5\u20130 to Stuart Bingham.[20][21] Wakelin was defeated 6\u20134 by Peter Lines in the second round of the UK Championship and 4\u20130 by Anthony Hamilton in the third round of the Scottish Open.[22] Wakelin ended a season inside the top 64 for the first time as he was the world number 63.[23]Performance and rankings timeline[edit]Performance Table LegendLQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)QFlost in the quarter-finalsSFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournamentDNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournamentNH \/ Not Heldmeans an event was not held.NR \/ Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is\/was no longer a ranking event.R \/ Ranking Eventmeans an event is\/was a ranking event.MR \/ Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is\/was a minor-ranking event.^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season^ He was an amateur^ New players on the Main Tour don’t have a ranking^ Players qualified through European Tour Order of Merit started the season without prize money ranking points^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012\/2013)^ The event was called the Riga Open (2014\/2015\u20132015\/2016)Career finals[edit]Ranking finals: 1[edit]Amateur wins[edit]English Under-21 Open \u2013 2013References[edit]External links[edit]  "},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki24\/chris-wakelin-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Chris Wakelin – Wikipedia"}}]}]