Kyren Wilson

Kyren Wilson (/ˈkaɪrən/;^[3] born 23 December 1991^[4]) 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.

Kyren Wilson

Wilson at the 2022 European Masters
Born	(1991-12-23) 23 December 1991 (age 34) Kettering, Northamptonshire, England[1]
Sport country	England
Nickname	the Warrior[2]
Professional	2010/2011, 2013–present
Highest ranking	4 (November 2020)
Current ranking	11 (as of 19 February 2024[needs update])
Maximum breaks	5
Century breaks	445 (as of 23 March 2024)
Tournament wins
Ranking	5
World Champion	2024
Medal record Mixed snooker Representing  Great Britain World Games 2017 Wrocław Individual

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	Judd Trump	10–9	[5]
Runner-up	1.	2016	Indian Open	Anthony McGill	2–5	[6]
Runner-up	2.	2017	World Open	Ding Junhui	3–10	[7]
Runner-up	3.	2017	English Open	Ronnie O'Sullivan	2–9	[8]
Winner	2.	2018	Paul Hunter Classic	Peter Ebdon	4–2	[9]
Winner	3.	2019	German Masters	David Gilbert	9–7	[10]
Runner-up	4.	2020	Welsh Open	Shaun Murphy	1–9	[11]
Runner-up	5.	2020	Gibraltar Open	Judd Trump	3–4	[12]
Runner-up	6.	2020	World Snooker Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8–18	[13]
Winner	4.	2020	Championship League	Judd Trump	3–1
Runner-up	7.	2022	Gibraltar Open (2)	Robert Milkins	2–4
Winner	5.	2022	European Masters	Barry Hawkins	9–3
Runner-up	8.	2023	Tour Championship	Shaun Murphy	7–10
Winner	6.	2024	World Snooker Championship	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	Ali Carter	3–1
Runner-up	1.	2018	The Masters	Mark Allen	7–10	[14]
Winner	2.	2018	Six-red World Championship	Ding Junhui	8–4	[15]
Runner-up	2.	2018	Champion of Champions	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9–10	[16]
Runner-up	3.	2019	Paul Hunter Classic	Barry Hawkins	3–4	[17]
Winner	3.	2021	Championship League Invitational	Mark Williams	3–2	[18]

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent	Score	Ref.
Runner-up	1.	2009	PIOS – Event 3	Paul Davison	4–6	[19]
Winner	1.	2010	PIOS – Event 6	Liam Highfield	6–4	[19]