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Jamie Cope (born
September 12,
1985,
Longton,
Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire,
England) is an
English professional
snooker player. He has reached the finals of two ranking tournaments. He has a fast, entertaining style of play (being nicknamed "Shotgun" due to his speed around the table and aggressive playing style.
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and has proved that he can compete at top level.
Cope has an impressive record as a junior, but dropped off the Main Tour after two largely unsuccessful seasons. However, he finished top in the Challenge Tour for emerging players in the
2004/05 season, winning two of its four tournaments. This enabled him to return to the Main Tour.
His 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. He reached the last 16 of the season-opening
Grand Prix tournament. Later in the
2005/2006 season he reached the same stage of the
Welsh Open and
China Open. Those three last-16 defeats were all 5-4. During the season he claimed wins over
Joe Perry,
Steve Davis,
John Parrott and
Alan McManus.
On
October 23,
2006, Cope made a 147 break in a match against
Michael Holt during the Grand Prix in
Aberdeen,
Scotland. He was only the third player to achieve a 147 in the tournament's history, after
Ronnie O'Sullivan and
John Higgins. (Tom Ford has since become the fourth man to make a 147 at the Grand Prix, on
October 15,
2007.)
After progressing from the group stages, Cope defeated
Robert Milkins in the last-16 to reach his first quarter-final in ranking events. He beat Joe Perry again in a closely fought match which required a deciding ninth . Eventually, Cope won after a slip-up by Perry on . In the semi-finals, Cope defeated
Mark King 6-3, but he lost 5-9 to
Australian competitor
Neil Robertson in the final. Cope had struggled early in the match and fell 2-8 behind. He briefly rallied to claim the next three frames, but Robertson won the fourteenth frame to clinch the title.
On
March 31,
2007, Cope progressed into the final of the China Open against
Graeme Dott, after beating
Barry Hawkins on the last (not ) of the final frame in the semi-finals. However, he lost the final, again by 5 frames to 9.
In the 2007-2008 season, he reached the last 32 of the
Shanghai Masters losing 5-2 to
John Higgins. He failed in the Grand Prix 2007 to progress beyond the group stages, finishing 6th in his group due to not winning a match. He reached the last 32 of the
Northern Ireland Trophy, but lost 5-1 to
Neil Robertson. In the 2007
UK Championship Cope produced a very good performance in beating world number 1
John Higgins 9-3 in the last 32. He then beat
Barry Hawkins 9-8 in the last 16 before losing to eventual champion
Ronnie O'Sullivan in the Quarter-finals. He will make his
World Championship debut against
Peter Ebdon, after beating former
British Open champion
Fergal O'Brien in qualifying.
He has made a
break of 155, the maximum that's realistically possible, by taking advantage of a — in a witnessed practice match.
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