Tyler Rees

Tyler Rees (born 6 February 1999 in Llanelli, Carmarthenshire) is a Welsh amateur snooker player. He was Under-18 European Snooker Champion in 2016.^[1]

Tyler Rees

Born	(1999-02-06) 6 February 1999 (age 26) Llanelli, Carmarthenshire
Sport country	Wales
Nickname	Marathon Man[1]

Career

In February 2016, Rees entered the 2016 EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship as the number 15 seed, he managed to advance to the final where he defeated fellow countryman Jackson Page 5–2 in the final to win the inaugural championship. As a result, Rees was awarded a place in the qualifying rounds for the 2016 World Snooker Championship.^[1] He lost 10–0 there to Jimmy Robertson.^[2] The following season Rees was awarded a wildcard entry in the 2017 Welsh Open.^[3] However he was defeated in the first round 4-1 by Jamie Jones. Rees was again awarded with a place in the qualifying rounds for the World Championship, where once again he was defeated at the first hurdle, losing 10–2 to China's Xiao Guodong.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2013/ 14	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19	2019/ 20
Ranking[4][nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Welsh Open	A	A	LQ	A	A	A
Players Championship[nb 3]	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	NR

Performance Table Legend
LQ	lost in the qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)	QF	lost in the quarter-finals
SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament
DNQ	did not qualify for the tournament	A	did not participate in the tournament	WD	withdrew from the tournament

NH / Not Held				means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
2. He was an amateur.
3. The event was called the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 3 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2016	EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships	Jackson Page	5–2
Runner-up	1.	2018	EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships	Simon Lichtenberg	3–6
Runner-up	2.	2020	Challenge Tour - Event 8	Lukas Kleckers	1–3