RICKY WALDEN (England)

Date of birth: 11/11/82
Home town: Bagillt, Wales
Turned professional: 2000
World ranking: 35
Last four seasons(working backwards): 36/36/48/78/99
Provisional ranking: 19
Prize money last season: £29,300
Prize money this season: £92,600
Total career prize money: £219,860
Career centuries: 78
Centuries last season: 9
Centuries this season: 20
Highest tournament break: 141 (2008 UK Championship)
Ranking titles: (1) 2008 Shanghai Masters

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP RECORD

2000: Quals – lost 5-4 to Sunit Vaswani
2001: Quals – lost 10-6 to Jeff Cundy
2002: Quals – lost 10-5 to Joe Johnson
2003: Quals – lost 10-6 to Craig Butler
2004: Quals – lost 10-4 to David Roe
2005: FQRd – lost 10-9 to Ian McCulloch
2006: Quals – lost 10-8 to Lee Spick
2007: FQRd – lost 10-6 to Mark Selby
2008: FQRd – lost 10-8 to Mark Allen

Crucible debut

First Round in World Championship 2009

v Mark Selby

Previous Meetings

Selby wins (3)
10-6 FQRd 2007 World Championship
5-2 Rd1 2008 China Open
6-5 Rd1 2009 Masters

Walden wins (1)
6-4 SF 2008 Shanghai Masters