22 Facts About Jack Lisowski

Jack Lisowski was born on 25 June 1991 and is an English professional snooker player from Churchdown, Gloucestershire.

Jack Lisowski has made one maximum break in professional competition.

Jack Lisowski began playing "snooker" at the age of 7, using ping-pong balls on a carpet.

Jack Lisowski made his first century break at the age of 10.

Jack Lisowski was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in the 2007 Junior Pot Black.

In 2009 Jack Lisowski was awarded the Paul Hunter Scholarship, which would allow him to practise with professional players.

Jack Lisowski was awarded the Rookie of the Year Award at the World Snooker Annual Award Ceremony.

Jack Lisowski reached the quarter-finals of Event 6 and Event 9 and went one better in Event 5, where he was knocked out in the last 4 by his compatriot and eventual winner, Andrew Higginson.

Jack Lisowski only won one more match in his attempts to qualify for the remaining six ranking events and finished the season ranked world number 40.

Jack Lisowski beat Ian Burns and Jamie Burnett to qualify for the China Open, then saw off Zhou Yuelong to advance to the last 32.

Jack Lisowski played in nine minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events during the season, and reached the final in the first one by seeing off Trump in the quarter-finals, and Mark Williams in the semis.

Jack Lisowski climbed five place in the world rankings during the season to finish at number 35, his highest position until that point.

However, Jack Lisowski conceded six frames in a row to be beaten by the world number 94 in a performance he described as rubbish.

Jack Lisowski revealed that he had turned to fellow player Robert Milkins for some guidance on his game.

Jack Lisowski's ranking dropped 11 spots during the year to finish at 53rd in the world.

Jack Lisowski's ranking increased by 14 spots over the course of the season to end up at 39th in the world.

Jack Lisowski defeated Shaun Murphy, Robert Milkins, Zhao Xintong and Mark Selby to set up a meeting with Judd Trump in the final, calling his semi-final victory over Selby "the best performance of [my] career".

Jack Lisowski was in three quarter-finals too throughout the season, at the 2020 UK Championship, the 2021 Players Championship and the 2021 Tour Championship.

Jack Lisowski stated afterwards that he had been playing fearfully at the end because he was "guarding the lead, which is the worst thing you can do".

Jack Lisowski credited his improvement in performance to the influence of mentor Peter Ebdon, who he began working with in late 2021.

Jack Lisowski married his American girlfriend, Jamie Livingston, in Cheltenham, on 23 February 2015.

Jack Lisowski's grandfather was a Ukrainian displaced person who settled in England at the end of World War II.