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Jordan Brown

  • Title

    2021 BetVictor Welsh Open champion
  • Nationality

    Northern Irish
  • Turned Pro

    2009
  • Highest Tournament Break

    140
  • Location

    Antrim
  • D.O.B

    09 October 1987
  • Money List Earnings

    £112,000
  • Nickname

    The Antrim Ferrari

Ranking titles: One

Career highlights:

2012: Beats John Higgins 4-3 at a European Tour event in Glasgow in a match televised live on Eurosport. Reaches the last 32.
2018: Earns a tour card at Q School, beating Jamie Cope 4-1 in the final round of event two. Runner-up at the European Amateur Championship. Reaches the last 32 of the Paul Hunter Classic and the English Open.
2020: Comes through World Championship qualifying to earn a Crucible debut, beating Rory McLeod, Hossein Vafaei and Ryan Day. Loses a hard fought contest at the Theatre of Dreams 10-6 to Mark Selby.
2021: Wins his first ranking title at the BetVictor Welsh Open. Comes through a tough draw, beating the likes of Mark Selby and Stephen Maguire, before a tremendous 9-8 win over Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final. Becomes the fourth Northern Irishman to win a ranking event, after Alex Higgins, Dennis Taylor and Mark Allen. Number 81 in the world at the time, he is the lowest ranked player to win a ranking title since Dave Harold in 1993.

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