User:Montgomery15/sandbox/Jamie Rous
Jamie Rous
[edit]| Born | January 18, 1972 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  England |
| Professional | 1991–1997, 1998/1999 |
| Highest ranking | 260 (1995/1996) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 128 (1994 UK Championship) |
Jamie Rous (born 18 January 1972) is an English former professional snooker player.
Career
[edit]Born in 1972, Rous turned professional in 1991. He reached the sixth qualifying round of the 1992 Dubai Classic during his second season, where he lost 2–5 to Pat Houlihan; the victory over Rous was 62-year-old Houlihan's final as a professional.
Frank Dezi defeated him 5–4 at the same stage of the 1993 UK Championship, but he went one round better at that season's British Open, where he overcame Englishman Mark Williams, former World Championship finalist Graham Miles and Cary Kikis before losing in the seventh qualifying round, 3–5 to Sean Lanigan. Having been the victim of Houlihan's final victory, Rous's 5–1 win over Miles was the latter's last-ever match.
Rous improved his form the following season, losing in the last 128 at the UK Championship to Euan Henderson, and rose to his highest ranking, 260th, for 1995/1996. However, he declined sharply over the next two years, and was relegated from the main tour in 1997.
With the advent of the secondary UK Tour that year, Rous attempted to regain his professional status by entering Event 1 and the 1998 World Championship; he was unsuccessful in both efforts.
Rous next played in 2015, when he entered qualifying for that year's World Seniors Championship. He won his first match, defeating Tony Knowles 2–1 - compiling his highest competitive break, a 43, in the process - but lost in the second round, 0–2 to Robin Hull.