Welsh · Pontycymer, Bridgend, Wales · Born 23 March 1980Welsh professional snooker player, four-time ranking event winner and three-time World Championship quarter-finalist known as 'Dynamite'.
Ryan Day claimed the 2022 British Open twenty-four years into his professional career, adding to a playing record that includes four maximum 147 breaks and nearly 500 career centuries to establish him as one of Wales's most quietly prolific performers. He was named the WPBSA's Young Player of Distinction for 2000/01 and gradually built a reputation as one of the game's most prolific break-builders. Day reached three World Championship quarter-finals between 2008 and 2012 and climbed to a career-high ranking of world number six in 2009/10, but a maiden ranking title eluded him through four runner-up finishes. The breakthrough finally arrived in 2017, seventeen years into his professional career, when he won the Riga Masters, followed soon after by the Gibraltar Open in the same season. He added the Snooker Shoot Out in 2021 and the British Open in 2022, defeating Mark Allen in the final for the biggest title of his career. A prolific break-builder, Day has compiled close to 500 career century breaks and four maximum 147s, among the higher totals of his generation. He has represented Wales in various team events throughout a career now spanning more than 25 years. Day continues to compete on the main tour, running a snooker academy at his father's club in his hometown of Pontycymer to help develop young Welsh talent.
A long, consistent career capped by ranking titles won in his late 30s
How They Played
Prolific break-builder with a fluent scoring game
Lasting Impact
One of Wales's most durable modern professionals
Career Honours
- Won Riga Masters, maiden ranking title (2017)
- Won Gibraltar Open (2018)
- Won British Open, biggest title of his career (2022)