Elliot Slessor (born 4 August 1994) is an English professional

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player. In May 2013, Slessor qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first Q School event.

Career

Slessor began playing snooker at the age of eight after his aunt bought him a table for Christmas. He joined the main snooker tour in May 2013 after he won through

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courtesy of a 4–0 victory over

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2013/2014 season

Slessor's first wins as a professional were at the qualifying rounds of the

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5–4 against Jamie Clarke and 5–2 against

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, before losing 5–2 to Simon Bedford. His debut at the main stage of a ranking event came at the Indian Open by seeing off

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4–2. In New Delhi he lost 4–2 to Mark Davis. Slessor also suffered first round exits at the

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and Welsh Open 6–2 to

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and 4–1 to

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respectively. He finished his first season on tour ranked world number 112.

2014/2015 season

Slessor automatically played in the opening rounds of the

and Welsh Open, where he was knocked out 6–4 by David Gilbert and 4–3 by

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. He qualified for the China Open by coming back from 3–1 down against

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to win 5–4. He then raced into a 3–0 lead over

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and held on to beat him 5–3 and play in the last 32 of a ranking event for the first time in his career. Slessor faced reigning world champion

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and was thrashed 5–0. He played in Q School to try and win his place back on the tour as he finished the season as the world number 91. Slessor was beaten in the third round of the

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4–1 by Oliver Brown and was docked three frames in the second round of event two after arriving late and went on to lose 4–1 against Alex Taubman.

2015/2016 season

Slessor played in five of the six

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events and reached the main draw in all of them. His only win came against

4–0 at the Gdynia Open, before losing 4–1 to

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in the second round. Slessor gained a two-year tour card starting in the 2016–17 season after coming through qualifying from the EBSA Play-Offs at the end of the 2015–16 season. Slessor beat Jamie Clarke 4–3 in the final round.

2016/2017 season

Slessor got to the second round of four ranking events in the 2016–17 season, but lost all of them. This did include a 4–3 victory over home favourite Mark Williams in the opening round of the Welsh Open, where Slessor made a break of 90 in the final frame.

2017/2018 season

In Indian Open, Slessor got to the quarter-final, by beating

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4–3, Joe Perry 4–3, by leading 3–0,

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4–1, before losing Mark King 2–4. Slessor got his best ranking finish in his career in the Northern Ireland Open. He beat

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in the third round by 4–1, before losing 2–6 by Mark Williams.

Performance and rankings timeline

References

External links

Elliot Slessor
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