BirthDecember 231991

Kyren Wilson

Kyren Wilson, English snooker player

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Monday, December 23 199135 years ago
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Kyren Wilson

At a glance

Born 1991-12-23.

Known as: snooker player. Citizenship: United Kingdom.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Personal life Wilson and his wife Sophie have two sons. [ 1 ] He is a Chelsea F.C. supporter and is close friends with darts player Ricky Evans . [ 2 ] ^ "Emotional Kyren Wilson hails family support after first World Snooker Championship title" . RTÉ.ie . 7 May 2024 . Retrieved 7 May 2024 . ^ "Kyren Wilson: Five things about new world snooker champion" . The Independent . PA Sport. 6 May 2024. Archived from the original on 7 May 2024.

Kyren Wilson is an English professional snooker player from Kettering. He is a former World Snooker Champion and has won 10 ranking titles.

Path and career

Career Early career (2009–2013) During the 2009–10 season , Wilson won the sixth event of the  International Open Series having already finished runner-up in the third event, and he finished the season fifth in the rankings. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This gave Wilson a place on the World Snooker Tour for the 2010–11 snooker season . [ 3 ] In the UK Championship he defeated Paul Davison 9–6 and Ian McCulloch 9–8, before losing 4–9 to Rory McLeod in the third round. [ 4 ]

Career finals Ranking finals: 18 (10 titles) Legend World Championship (1–1) Other (9–7) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref. Winner 1. 2015 Shanghai Masters Judd Trump 10–9 [ 1 ] Runner-up 1. 2016 Indian Open Anthony McGill 2–5 [ 2 ] Runner-up 2. 2017 World Open Ding Junhui 3–10 [ 3 ] Runner-up 3. 2017 English Open Ronnie O'Sullivan 2–9 [ 4 ] Winner 2. 2018 Paul Hunter Classic Peter Ebdon 4–2 [ 5 ] Winner 3. 2019 German Masters David Gilbert 9–7 [ 6 ]

Why this date

Kyren Wilson appears on our December 23 calendar for 1991 as a birth entry.

December 23 through the years

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Also in 1991

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  • March 14EscondidaEscondida, one of the most productive copper mines in the world, was officially inaugurated.
  • September 12Space Shuttle DiscoveryNASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-48 to deploy the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite.
  • September 17EstoniaEstonia, North Korea, South Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, the Marshall Islands and Micronesia join the United Nations.
  • September 17LinuxThe first version of the Linux kernel (0.01) is released to the Internet.
  • September 5Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989The current international treaty defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, comes into force.
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December 23 1991 — 35 years ago, on a Monday.

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