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Franky Chan

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Franky Chan
Born (1965-03-17) 17 March 1965
Sport countryHong Kong
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[1]) 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.[2] He played in the Hong Kong Masters and the 1988 Kent Cup,[1][3] and was a semi-finalist at the 1989 World Amateur Snooker Championship where he was defeated 2-8 by Ken Doherty.[4]

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.[2][1] He became the first professional player from Hong Kong.[5]

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.[1] 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.[1] In the British Open, Chan was defeated 5–0 by Stephen Hendry;[1] 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.[6]

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.[7] 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.[1][8] Chan finished the season ranked 42nd, also a career-best.[9][1]

By the end of the 1993–94 snooker season, Chan had slipped to 118th in the rankings.[10] He did not play professionally again after that season and was ranked 310th in 1995.[11]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1986/
87		 1987/
88		 1988/
89		 1990/
91		 1991/
92		 1992/
93		 1993/
94		 1994/
95		 1995/
96
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 53 42 79 118 310
Ranking tournaments
Thailand Classic[nb 4] 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[nb 5] 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[nb 6] Tournament Not Held QF MR NR Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Masters Not Held LQ Tournament Not Held
Hong Kong Challenge[nb 7] 1R 1R 1R 1R A Tournament Not Held
Belgian Challenge Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Kent Classic[nb 8] 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. 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. Hayton & Dee 2004, p. 289.
  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.

Books

  • Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
  • Smith, Terry, ed. (1990). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Seventh ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. ISBN 978-0-7207-1955-0.
  • Smith, Terry, ed. (1991). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Eighth ed.). London: Pelham Books. ISBN 978-0-7207-1983-3.