Zak Surety

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Zak Surety
File:Zak Surety PHC 2014-3.jpg
Born (1991-10-04) 4 October 1991 (age 32)
Basildon, Essex
Sport country  England
Professional 2014–
Highest ranking 80
Current ranking 85 (as of 2 May 2016)
Career winnings £16,143[1]
Highest break 133 (2015 German Masters Qualifying)
Century breaks 3[1]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2015 China Open)

Zak Surety (born 4 October 1991) is an English professional snooker player. He practises frequently with Stuart Bingham and Allan Taylor.[2]

Career

As an amateur, Surety based in Basildon[3] entered in Players Tour Championship events from their establishment in 2010, with his best result as an amateur being a run to the last 32 stages of the in 2012 UKPTC 3, with wins over Jack Lisowski and Oliver Lines in the main stages.[4] Surety also entered Q School in 2011, 2012 and 2013 in the hope of winning a main tour on place, however he was unsuccessful, but came close in the second event in 2013, losing 4–1 to Ryan Clark in final stage.[5] His Q School performances however won him a top up place in four professional ranking events in 2013/2014, but he failed to qualify for all four,[6] winning only one match,[6] 5–4 over Patrick Einsle in the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open.[6][7][8]

In April 2014, Surety won a place on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons after coming through the EBSA Amateur Cup play-offs with wins over Michael Tomlinson and Michael Georgiou, both 4–1.[9][10]

Debut season

Surety lost his first five matches as a professional, before beating Mark King 6–3 to qualify for the International Championship where David Gilbert defeated him 6–4 in the first round.[11] He was knocked out in the first round of the UK Championship and Welsh Open by Michael Holt and Graeme Dott respectively but qualified for the China Open by seeing off Li Hang 5–4. Surety won three frames in a row to beat Joe Swail 5–4 to reach the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time and quickly raced into a 4–1 lead over Robert Milkins.[12] Milkins cut the gap to 4–3, before Surety saw his best chance to win come in the next frame when he opened it with a 65 break, but he went on to lose it and the match in a deciding frame. Milkins apologised to Surety for his behaviour during the match afterwards.[13] Surety's debut campaign ended with a 10–8 defeat to Zhou Yuelong in the first round of World Championship qualifying, which saw him placed 97th in the world rankings.[11][14]

2015/2016 season

All players on the snooker tour receive entry to the first round of the UK Championship and Welsh Open and these were the only events Surety could reach in the 2015/2016 season. He lost 6–4 to Jack Lisowski in the first round of the UK and 4–1 to Joe Swail in the first round of the Welsh.[15] Surety has now dropped off the tour after being unable to break into the top 64 in the world rankings during his two year stay and will now enter Q School in an attempt to win his place back.[16]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16
Ranking[17][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3] 97
Ranking Tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open A A A LQ LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters A A A A LQ LQ
International Championship Not Held A A 1R LQ
UK Championship A A A A 1R 1R
German Masters A A A LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A A A 1R 1R
Indian Open Not Held LQ LQ NH
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A A A 2R LQ
World Championship A A A A LQ LQ
Former Ranking Tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non Ranking A LQ LQ NH
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
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

References

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