Franky Chan
| Born | 17 March 1965 |
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| Sport country | Hong Kong |
| Professional | 1990–1996 |
| Highest ranking | 42 (1992/1993) |
| Best ranking finish | Quarter-final (x1) |
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| Traditional Chinese | 陳偉明 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 陈伟明 | ||||||||||||
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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 Amatuer 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]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hayton & Dee 2004, p. 289.
- ^ a b Smith 1990, p. 21.
- ^ "Parrott shows Chinese snooker". Snooker Scene. May 1998. p. 17.
- ^ "Snooker Finals Open Today". The Times-Transcript. 18 November 1989. p. 35 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith, Terry (2 June 1990). "Davis bows out to a standing ovation". The Daily Telegraph. p. 36 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Smith 1991, pp. 14–15.
- ^ Hayton & Dee 2004, p. 161.
- ^ "Strachan Open, Strachan Challenges". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ "Official world rankings 1991–2". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 1992. pp. 24–25.
- ^ "World Rankings: 1993–94 end of season list". Snooker Scene. June 1994. pp. 22–24.
- ^ "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.