Ashley Carty

Ashley Carty
German Masters 2015
Born (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 29)
Rotherham, England
Sport country England
Professional2018–2022, 2023–present
Highest ranking67 (July 2024)
Current ranking 68 (as of 16 December 2024)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (2023 European Masters)

Ashley Carty (born 17 July 1995[1]) is an English professional snooker player.

Career

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At age 17, he reached the final of the 2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship, losing 0–6 to James Cahill.[2] He won the 2014 English Under-21 Championship, defeating Joe O’Connor 8–3 in the final.[3][1] The following year, competing as an amateur, he reached the last 32 of both the 2015 German Masters and the 2015 Welsh Open.[1]

At the third event of the 2018 Q School he earned a two-year professional tour card for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.[1] He achieved his first significant professional success when he defeated Ken Doherty and Neil Robertson in televised matches at the 2020 Championship League, topping his group.[2][4] At the 2020 World Snooker Championship, he defeated Ross Muir, Jimmy Robertson, and Robert Milkins in the qualifiers to reach the main stage of the event for the first time, but his Crucible debut ended with a 7–10 first-round defeat to Stuart Bingham.[1] He was ranked 77th in the world at the end of the 2019–20 season, outside the top-64 cutoff point,[5] but reaching the main stage of the World Championship secured him a two-year tour card for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.[6]

Carty finished the 2021–22 season ranked 75th in the world, and was relegated from the professional tour.[7] Carty stated that his father had been in hospital for almost five months with COVID-19 during the 2021–22 season, and he did not practice for much of that time.[8] However, he won the 2022/23 WPBSA Q Tour Playoff in March 2023,[9] beating Florian Nüßle 5–2 in the final, which earned him a new two-year tour card for the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons.[10] At the 2023 European Masters, he defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–1 in the last 32 and Ricky Walden 5–3 in the last 16 to reach the first ranking quarter-final of his career, where he lost 1–5 to Judd Trump.[11]

Personal life

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Carty lives in Thurcroft, Rotherham, with his girlfriend Chloe.[12]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Tournament 2011/
12
2012/
13
2013/
14
2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2017/
18
2018/
19
2019/
20
2020/
21
2021/
22
2023/
24
2024/
25
Ranking[13][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 81 [nb 4] 70 [nb 5] 69
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR 2R 2R
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held LQ
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 4R
English Open Tournament Not Held A A 1R 1R 1R 1R LQ LQ
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R 2R 2R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held 2R LQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held A A 1R 1R 2R 2R LQ LQ
International Championship NH A A LQ A A A LQ 1R Not Held LQ LQ
UK Championship A A A 1R A A A 1R 1R 2R 1R LQ LQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking Event A 1R 1R 3R 2R 1R 2R 3R
Scottish Open NH MR Not Held A A 2R 1R 2R LQ 2R LQ
German Masters A A A 1R A A A LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ
Welsh Open A A A 3R A A A 1R 2R 1R 1R LQ
World Open A A LQ Not Held A A LQ LQ Not Held LQ LQ
World Grand Prix Not Held NR DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Players Championship[nb 6] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A A A LQ A A A LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Championship League A A A A A A A A 2R A A A
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic NR A LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open A A LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters A A A LQ A A A Non-Ranking Not Held Non-Ranking
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event A 1R 1R NR Tournament Not Held
Indian Open Not Held LQ LQ NH A A 1R Tournament Not Held
China Open A A A 1R A A A 1R Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters[nb 7] Not Held Minor-Rank A 1R 2R LQ Tournament Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not Held NR A 1R LQ Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not Held LQ Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR 1R LQ 2R 1R 1R 1R Not Held
European Masters Tournament Not Held A A LQ LQ 3R 2R QF 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. ^ a b c d e f g He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. ^ Players who qualified via a World Championship Wildcard start without ranking points
  5. ^ Players qualified through Q Tour started the season without ranking points
  6. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2011/2012–2015/2016)
  7. ^ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

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Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2013 European Under-21 Snooker Championship England James Cahill 0–6
Winner 1. 2023 English 6-Red Championship England Shaun Wilkes 7–5
Winner 2. 2023 Q Tour – Playoff Austria Florian Nüßle 5–2

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Ashley Carty". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Ashley Carty". WPBSA. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  3. ^ "Berlin trip gives Rotherham's Carty ideal platform to shine". Yorkshire Evening Post. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  4. ^ Hercock, Richard (10 June 2020). "Rotherham's Ashley Carty has nothing to lose as he pockets his biggest pay day". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  5. ^ Huart, Matt (23 July 2020). "World Championship 2020: Tour Survival Blog". WPBSA. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  6. ^ "Snooker Continues To Lead Sport's Return With Tour Structure Plans". World Snooker. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  7. ^ Huart, Matt (9 April 2022). "World Championship 2022: Tour Survival Blog". WPBSA. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Ashley Carty: Rotherham player 'relieved' to be back on World Snooker tour". BBC Sport. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
  9. ^ Huart, Matt (13 February 2023). "WPBSA Q Tour 2023 | Play-Offs Information". WPBSA. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
  10. ^ "Carty Regains Tour Card". World Snooker. 5 March 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  11. ^ "Barry Hawkins returns to world top 16 after European Masters snooker win, Ronnie O'Sullivan at No. 1 – 'Massive relief'". www.eurosport.com. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  12. ^ Hercock, Richard (6 June 2020). "Ashley Carty swaps snooker pots for paint pots ahead of Championship League return". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
  13. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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