Jamie Cope

Jamie Cope D.O.B. 12 Sep 1985




Lives Longton, Stoke on Trent



Last 5 Seasons18-19-22-48-85



Turned Pro 2001



Best Ranking Performance Runner-up - Grand Prix 2006, China Open 2007



Last season World Snooker Tour prize money

£44,060



Highest Tournament Break 147 - Grand Prix 2006, Roewe Shanghai Masters 2008

Cope showed an impressive level of consistency during the 2009/10 season, winning his opening match in all six ranking events.

He reached the last 16 of the Roewe Shanghai Masters, Grand Prix and totesport.com Welsh Open, and the last 32 of the other three events.

At the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship, Cope faced Ali Carter at the Crucible, needing to win the match to earn a place among the top 16 of the official rankings for the first time.

However, the Stoke potter fell to a 10-4 defeat and gave a stark assessment of his frailty after the match. “I’m disappointed but I beat myself again,” he said. “That’s my main problem, I’m not mentally strong enough in these sorts of matches. It is something I have got work on over the summer because it is costing me too many matches now.

I was really confident coming into the match, but when I started losing frames I started losing a bit of confidence. I just completely beat myself in the first session and that’s why I lost. I think I am going to see a sports psychologist, because I do honestly think it is my only problem stopping me from challenging for titles. I am just not strong enough mentally for some reason.”

In the 2008 Roewe Shanghai Masters, the player nicknamed the Shotgun for his explosive, attacking style made a 147 break in match against Mark Williams – the second maximum of his career.

He reached the last 16 at the Crucible in 2009 and pushed eventual champion John Higgins all the way, losing 13-12 having led 12-10. “Jamie’s going to be feeling devastated but I have no doubt in my mind that he’ll come back one day and win it,” said Higgins. “Players like him are the future of this game.”

In 2006/07, Cope reached two major televised finals to establish himself as a name to watch for years to come.

The first was at the Grand Prix in Aberdeen. He fired out a warning during the group stages with a maximum break in a match against Michael Holt. It was his first competitive 147 and was worth a £20,000 bonus. Cope has made hundreds of maximums in practice and is the only player ever known to make a 155 in practice, the highest possible break.

After progressing from the round robin phase, he went on to beat Robert Milkins, Joe Perry and Mark King before losing 9-5 to Neil Robertson in the final.

He didn’t have to wait too long to taste that final atmosphere again. After qualifying for the China Open in Beijing, he beat Yang Qintain, Mark Williams and Stuart Bingham to reach the quarter-finals then whitewashed Shaun Murphy 5-0 and edged out Barry Hawkins 6-5 in a black ball finish.

But again Cope had to settle for the runner-up cheque as he lost 9-5 to Graeme Dott in the final. "I think it’s just a question of getting that winning belief," he said. "Once I get my first title it will set me off and by the law of averages I must win one eventually."

Cope had an outstanding record as a junior, winning nearly 50 tournaments.