Date of Birth

23 March 1980

Home Town

Bridgend, Wales

Club

DNA Pontyclun

High Match Break

147 (Buckleys Challenge) 135 - 2002 World Championship

High Practice Break

147

Country Ranking

WSA 2003 No. 69

Achievements

Professional Career

2002-3 Embassy World Championship Last 48

2003 Regal Scottish Last 48

2002-3 EASB Open Tour Event 1 Winner

2002-3 EASB Open Tour Event 2 Winner

2002 LG Cup Last 32

2002 Promoted to WSA Main Tour

2002 WSA Newcomer of the Year

2002 Embassy World Championship Last 64

2001 B&H Championship Winner

2001 Regal Welsh Last 16

2001-2 WSA Challenge Tour Winner

2000-1 WSA Young Player of Distinction

Amateur Career

1998 IBSF World Championship Finalist

1998 Welsh Amateur Champion

1997 IBSF World Under 21 Quarter Final

1996, 97, 98 Welsh Under 21 Champion

1996, 97 Welsh Under 18 Champion

1994, 95, 96 Welsh Under 16 Champion

1993, 94 Welsh Under 15 Champion

1993 Welsh Under 14 Champion

Biography

Ryan started playing snooker since he was nine and has been enjoying success ever since.

Invincible as a Welsh Junior, he took his talents onto the world stage, reaching the final of the World Amateur Championship, losing on the final black of the match in Guangzhou, China.

He wrote his name into the record books in 1998, when along with Matthew Stevens and Tony Chappel he was one of 3 players to compile a 147 in the same event on the same day.

Since turning professional he has taken some highly rated scalps, most notably Steve Davis in the Regal Welsh, when Ryan recovered from 0-4 to clinch the match 5-4.

In 2001-2 he could do no wrong, topping the Challenge Tour rankings to regain his main tour place and winning the B&H Championship, which earned himself an appearance in the Benson & Hedges Masters. He played superbly to beat Dave Harold 6-3, but got a lesson from the master, taking a 6-0 drubbing from Stephen Hendry.