Jamie Cope was born on 12 September 1985 and is an English former professional snooker player.
25 Facts About Jamie Cope
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Jamie Cope reached his highest ranking, 13th, in September 2010, but thereafter developed a tremor which has been attributed to being either an essential tremor or the yips, which makes his cue arm shake.
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Jamie Cope was known for his fast, entertaining style, being nicknamed "Shotgun" due to his speed around the table and aggressive playing style.
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Jamie Cope had an impressive record as a junior, but dropped off the Main Tour after two largely unsuccessful seasons.
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Jamie Cope's stated intention in pre-season was to finish the year in the Top 48, a tough target which he technically achieved by default after Paul Hunter's illness.
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Jamie Cope reached the last 16 of the season-opening Grand Prix tournament.
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Jamie Cope has the distinction of being the first player in snooker history to post a verified 155 break achieved in a practice frame in 2005.
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On 23 October 2006, Jamie Cope made a 147 break in a match against Michael Holt during the Grand Prix in Aberdeen, Scotland.
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Jamie Cope was only the third player to achieve a 147 in the tournament's history, after Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins.
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Jamie Cope beat Joe Perry again in a closely fought match which required a deciding ninth.
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Jamie Cope briefly rallied to claim the next three frames, but Robertson won the fourteenth frame to clinch the title.
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On 31 March 2007, Jamie Cope progressed into the final of the China Open against Graeme Dott, after beating Barry Hawkins on the last of the final frame in the semi-finals, after requiring a snooker.
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Jamie Cope failed to progress beyond the group stages in the Grand Prix 2007, finishing sixth in his group, not winning a match.
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Jamie Cope made his debut at the Masters, where he reached the semi-final stage with wins over Shaun Murphy and Mark King.
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Therefore, Jamie Cope was now required to win a qualifying match to reach the main draw of the ranking events.
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Jamie Cope failed to do this in the next three tournaments, losing to Joe Jogia, Yu Delu and Ken Doherty, in attempting to qualify for the UK Championship, German Masters and Welsh Open respectively.
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Jamie Cope's season came to an end soon after this, as he lost in qualifying for the World Championship to Liu Chuang.
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Jamie Cope was ranked world number 27, meaning he had dropped 12 places during the year, the most of any player who finished the season inside the top 32.
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Jamie Cope played in eight of the ten Players Tour Championship events, but could not advance beyond the last 16 in any of them to finish 50th on the PTC Order of Merit.
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Jamie Cope said later that he was unable to control his arm in the second session of the match which had caused him to jab at the cue ball.
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Jamie Cope won four matches to qualify for the 2015 Shanghai Masters and then progressed through a wildcard match once in China.
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An extremely quiet season saw Jamie Cope reach the last 64 of five events, but he was unable to go any further in any of them.
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Jamie Cope ended the season at world number 76, outside the top 64 in the world rankings, and played in Q School.
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Jamie Cope was eliminated in the fifth round of event one and the second round of event two, and was consequently relegated from the professional snooker tour.
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Jamie Cope entered Q School in May 2018 in a bid to win back his place on the snooker professional tour.