Ben Woollaston was born on 14 May 1987 and is an English professional snooker player from Leicester.
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10 Facts About Ben Woollaston
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Ben Woollaston has twice reached the final group stages of the Grand Prix in 2006 and 2007, enjoying a marginally better tournament in 2006 by winning two matches compared to none in 2007.
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Ben Woollaston fared much better in the minor ranking PTC events, as he was a losing quarter-finalist in four of the ten tournaments to finish 10th on the Order of Merit.
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Ben Woollaston climbed 10 spots in the rankings during the season to world number 33, his highest position to date.
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Ben Woollaston was defeated in the first round of the Australian Goldfields Open, the International Championship and the German Masters.
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At the Welsh Open, Ben Woollaston eliminated Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon, Mark Davis, Mark Allen and Ali Carter.
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Ben Woollaston made a match-winning 60 break to play John Higgins - who had been the favourite player for Woollaston growing up – in his first ranking event final.
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Ben Woollaston's ranking of 32 in the world after the event was at that point the highest he had ever finished a season.
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Ben Woollaston recorded a new career-high end of season world ranking of 27.
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Ben Woollaston married his wife Tatiana Torchilo, a Belarusian snooker referee, in Pinsk in June 2011, following a ten-month romance.
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