Career
He kept this record until December 2011, when Hossein Vafaei became the World Amateur Championship at the age of 17 years and 81 days. He managed to reach the last 32 of an event for the first time at the 2009 Welsh Open with victories over Peter Lincolnshire, Andrew Higginson and Stuart Bingham but was beaten 0–5 by Stephen Maguire. However the remainder of the 2008/2009 season was poor and saw him in danger of dropping off the main tour, however he was awarded a wildcard from World Snooker which enabled him to compete on the tour for the 2009/2010 season.
However, he was unable to keep his place and so has slipped off the main tour.
