Career
He practices frequently with Kyren Wilson, David Gilbert and Mark Selby at the Atack Club in Nuneaton. Early career However his career nearly came to a halt at the age of 17 when he had to start working full-time as ASDA delivery driver to support himself financially, and only played snooker as a hobby. In 2012 Wakelin decided to give the game another go but soon had to face more difficulties as family issues resulted in a severe depression: "I could line up but I just couldn’t pot.
I thought I would never play again.
These results encouraged him to enter Q School in May. After having made it to the final round of the first event, he again reached the final round at the Event 3.
There he faced former professional Adam Wicheard, who led 2–0 before Wakelin hit back to lead 3–2. Then, in the sixth frame when Wakelin was already 23–0 up, Wicheard accidentally snapped his cue when leaning on it, and had to concede the match.
2013/2014 season Wakelin had a tough debut season as a professional as he lost his opening match in all the ranking tournaments aside from the United Kingdom Championship, where he defeated 22nd seed Ryan Day 6–5 before losing by the same scoreline to Jamie Burnett in the subsequent round.
Wakelin"s season ended when he was edged out 10–9 by Paul Davison in the first round of World Championship qualifying, with him ranked world number 106 after his first year on tour. 2014/2015 season Wakelin"s second season on the tour was a vast improvement on his first. He beat Tom Ford 5–2 to qualify for the 2014 Wuxi Classic and in his first appearance in a ranking event outside of the United Kingdom he overcame Joe O"Connor 5–2, before losing 5–2 to Shaun Murphy.
At the minor-ranking Ruhr Open, Wakelin overcame Matthew Stevens 4–1 and then fought back from 3–0 and needing two snookers in the deciding frame to beat Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 4–3.
At the Indian Open, Wakelin beat Rhys Clark 4–2, Andrew Pagett 4–1 and Nigel Bond 4–1 to play in the quarter-finals of a ranking event for the first time. He was 2–1 ahead of Michael White, but would lose 4–2.
lieutenant also gave him entry into the Grand Final where he whitewashed Robert Milkins 4–0, before Matthew Selt ousted Wakelin 4–2 in the second round.
