# Gary Ponting > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Ponting > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Gary_Ponting.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ponting > Source revision: 1335303072 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English snooker player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}} {{Use British English|date=February 2019}} {{BLP sources|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox snooker player |name = Gary Ponting |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|01|17|df=y}} |birth_place = |death_date = |death_place = | Sport country = {{ENG}} | Professional = 1993–2002 | High ranking = 49 (1999/2000) | Official maximums = | Best finish = Quarter-final (x2) | Ranking wins = | World champ = }} '''Gary Ponting''' (born 17 January 1975) is an [English](/source/English_people) former professional [snooker](/source/snooker) player.{{Cite web|url=https://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=163|title=Gary Ponting Player Profile|website=www.snookerdatabase.co.uk|access-date=31 December 2021|archive-date=31 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231115517/https://www.snookerdatabase.co.uk/PlayerDetails.aspx?playerKey=163|url-status=dead}} ==Career== Ponting was born in 1975, and turned professional in 1993. He reached the last 32 of the [1994 World Championship](/source/1994_World_Snooker_Championship), losing 2–10 to [Willie Thorne](/source/Willie_Thorne), and the same stage of the 1996 Thailand Open, where [Peter Ebdon](/source/Peter_Ebdon) whitewashed him 5–0. He then progressed to the last 16 of another four ranking events, most notably at the [1998 UK Championship](/source/1998_UK_Championship), where he made five century breaks including a 138, which was the highest of his career. He reached a career-high ranking of 49th for the [1999–2000 season](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_snooker_season), retaining his top-64 place until the start of the [2002–03 season](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_snooker_season). Having suffered a loss of form, however, he entered only one further tournament, the [2003 World Championship](/source/2003_World_Snooker_Championship), where he lost 1–10 in qualifying to India's [Manan Chandra](/source/Manan_Chandra). By 2003, Ponting's ranking had slipped to 73rd and he lost his professional status at the age of 28. == Performance and rankings timeline == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" |- ! Tournament ! colspan="2"|[1993/
94](/source/1993%E2%80%9394_snooker_season) ! [1994/
95](/source/1994%E2%80%9395_snooker_season) ! [1995/
96](/source/1995%E2%80%9396_snooker_season) ! [1996/
97](/source/1996%E2%80%9397_snooker_season) ! [1997/
98](/source/1997%E2%80%9398_snooker_season) ! [1998/
99](/source/1998%E2%80%9399_snooker_season) ! [1999/
00](/source/1999%E2%80%932000_snooker_season) ! [2000/
01](/source/2000%E2%80%9301_snooker_season) ! [2001/
02](/source/2001%E2%80%9302_snooker_season) ! [2002/
03](/source/2002%E2%80%9303_snooker_season) |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Ranking](/source/Snooker_world_rankings) |align="center" colspan="2"|New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking |align="center"|[173](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1994%2F1995) |align="center"|[113](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1995%2F1996) |align="center"|[74](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1996%2F1997) |align="center"|[85](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1997%2F1998) |align="center"|[75](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1998%2F1999) |align="center"|[49](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_1999%2F2000) |align="center"|[53](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_2000%2F2001) |align="center"|[53](/source/Snooker_world_rankings_2001%2F2002) |align="center"|He was an amateur |- |colspan="20"|'''Ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[LG Cup](/source/World_Open_(snooker))The event was called the Grand Prix (1993/1994–2000/2001) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1996_Grand_Prix_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1999_Grand_Prix_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[British Open](/source/British_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[QF](/source/1998_British_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[QF](/source/2000_British_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[UK Championship](/source/UK_Championship) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[3R](/source/1997_UK_Championship) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[3R](/source/1998_UK_Championship) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1999_UK_Championship) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Welsh Open](/source/Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1998_Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1999_Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2000_Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2001_Welsh_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[European Open](/source/European_Masters_(snooker))The event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Scottish Open](/source/Scottish_Open_(snooker))The event was called the International Open (1993/1994-1996/1997) |align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1994_International_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[3R](/source/1996_International_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[3R](/source/2000_Scottish_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/2002_Scottish_Open_(snooker)) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[World Championship](/source/World_Snooker_Championship) |align="center" colspan="2" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1994_World_Snooker_Championship) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |- |colspan="20"|'''Non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[The Masters](/source/Masters_(snooker)) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |colspan="20"|'''Former ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Asian Classic](/source/Dubai_Classic)The event was called the Dubai Classic (1993/1994-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[German Masters](/source/German_Masters)The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998) |align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Malta Grand Prix](/source/Malta_Grand_Prix) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[China Open](/source/China_Open_(snooker))The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999) |align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Thailand Masters](/source/Thailand_Masters)The event was called the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997) |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1996_Thailand_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |- |colspan="20"|'''Former non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[Strachan Challenge](/source/Strachan_Open) |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[1R](/source/1994_Strachan_Challenge_%E2%80%93_Event_2) |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |- ! colspan="6"|Performance table legend |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | lost in the quarter-finals |- | align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF | lost in the semi–finals | align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F | lost in the final | align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W''' | won the tournament |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A | did not participate in the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD | withdrew from the tournament |} {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || means an event was not held. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || means an event is/was a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |} {{Reflist|group=nb}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ponting, Gary}} Category:English snooker players Category:1975 births Category:Living people Category:Long stubs with short prose {{England-snooker-bio-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Gary Ponting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ponting) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Ponting?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.