Tony Knowles

Nationality: England

(England); Male; Born: 13 Jun 1955 (68 years)
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1980; Last season as pro: 2000; Ranking wins: 2;

Twitter: @tonyknowles8; Other sources: CueTracker

Info: He was one of a group of players known as the Magnificent Seven managed by Henry West, the others being Joe Johnson, Terry Whitthread, Patsy Fagan, John Virgo, Tony Meo, and Jimmy White.

2022/2023
Q School 2 (1-6 Jun 2023)
Rd 2		Wayne Townsend (a)	4	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
Q School 1 (26-31 May 2023)
Rd 2		Gary Britton (a)	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
World Seniors Championship (3-7 May 2023)
Rd 1		Mark Davis	3	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)	Knowles replaced Mohamed Khairy who had visa issues
2021/2022
Q School 3 (28 May - 2 Jun 2022)
Rd 3		Daniel Wells (a)	4	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	3	Andrew Turner (a)
Q School 2 (22-27 May 2022)
Rd 3		Joshua Thomond (a)	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	3	Marc Shaw (a)
Q School 1 (16-21 May 2022)
Rd 2		Lewis Ullah (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
World Seniors Championship (4-8 May 2022)
Rd 1		Lee Walker	3	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Tour 4 (18-20 Mar 2022)
Rd 1		Aidan Murphy (a)	3	-	0	Tony Knowles (a) [54]
Q Tour 3 (28-30 Jan 2022)
Rd 1		Eden Sharav (a) [36]	3	-	1	Tony Knowles (a) [50]
Q Tour 2 (10-12 Dec 2021)
Rd 1		Callum Beresford (a)	3	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Tour 1 (19-21 Nov 2021)
Rd 1		John Astley (a)	3	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
2020/2021
Q School 3 (8-13 Jun 2021)
Rd 4		Mark Lloyd (a)	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 3		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	1	Sean O'Sullivan (a)
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	3	Ryan Roberts (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	0	Garry Coulson (a)
Q School 2 (2-7 Jun 2021)
Rd 1		Kishan Hirani (a)	4	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
Q School 1 (27 May - 1 Jun 2021)
Rd 3		Raymond Fry (a)	4	-	3	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	0	Craig Steadman (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	1	Bradley Cowdroy (a)
World Seniors Championship (6-9 May 2021)
Rd 1		Jimmy White	3	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
2019/2020
World Seniors Championship (19-22 Aug 2020)
Rd 1		Peter Lines	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
World Seniors Championship (15-18 Aug 2019)
Rd 1		Chen Gang (a)	3	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
2017/2018
Seniors Masters (12 Apr 2018)
QF		John Parrott (a)	2	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
World Seniors (21-24 Mar 2018)
Rd 1		Johnny Farrell (a)	3	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
UK Seniors (23-26 Oct 2017)
QF		Stephen Hendry (a)	3	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	3	-	2	Gary Filtness (a)
2016/2017
Q School 2 (15-20 May 2017)
Rd 3		Jamie Clarke (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	1	Paul Burrell (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	1	Ben Robinson (a)
Q School 1 (9-14 May 2017)
Rd 2		Danny Connolly (a)	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	0	Russell Morgan (a)
World Seniors (22-24 Mar 2017)
Rd 1		Johnathan Bagley (a)	3	-	2	Tony Knowles (a) [7]
2015/2016
World Seniors Qual (21-22 Dec 2015)
Q Rd 2		Mark Davis	2	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
2014/2015
World Seniors Quals (20-21 Dec 2014)
Q Rd 1		Jamie Rous (a)	2	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
2013/2014
World Seniors Championship (19-20 Oct 2013)
Rd 1		Darren Morgan (a)	2	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
2012/2013
World Championship Qual (4-14 Apr 2013)
Q Rd 2		Justin Astley (a)	5	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
World Seniors Championship (27-28 Oct 2012)
QF		Nigel Bond	2	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	2	-	1	Karl Townsend (a)
Rd 1	86 by Townsend
2011/2012
Q School 3 (25-29 May 2012)
Rd 2		Habib Subah (a)	4	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	w/o			Sean O'Sullivan (a)
Rd 1	O'Sullivan qualified from Event Two.
Q School 2 (19-23 May 2012)
Rd 1		Gary Wilson (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Q School 1 (13-17 May 2012)
Rd 1		Nick Dyson (a)	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
World Seniors Championship (5-6 Nov 2011)
Rd 1		Jimmy White	2	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 8 (20-23 Oct 2011)
Q Rd 1		Robert Murphy (a)	w/o			Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 7 (5-9 Oct 2011)
Q Rd 1		James McGouran (a)	4	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 5 (21-25 Sep 2011)
Q Rd 1		Mitchell Mann (a)	w/o			Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 4 (25-28 Aug 2011)
Q Rd 2		Lasse Münstermann (a)	w/o			Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 3 (17-21 Aug 2011)
Q Rd 3		Ben Harrison (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	0	Les Dodd (a)
PTC 2 (6-10 Aug 2011)
Q Rd 1		Nick Jennings (a)	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 1 (18-22 Jun 2011)
Q Rd 1		Ian Glover (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
2010/2011
Q School 3 (23-28 May 2011)
Rd 1		Brijesh Damani (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Q School 2 (17-22 May 2011)
Rd 2		Li Yan (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	1	Najm Khan (a)
Q School 1 (11-16 May 2011)
Rd 1		Mike Hallett (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
World Championship Qual (3-13 Mar 2011)
Q Rd 1		Del Smith (a)	5	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
Euro PTC 6 (19-21 Nov 2010)
Rd 1		Joe Jogia [64]	4	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
Euro PTC 5 (12-14 Nov 2010)
Rd 1		Matthew Stevens [17]	w/o			Tony Knowles (a)
Euro PTC 4 (28-31 Oct 2010)
Rd 1		Stephen Maguire [6]	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
Euro PTC 3 (22-24 Oct 2010)
Rd 1		Tom Ford [35]	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 6 (14-17 Oct 2010)
Q Rd 1		Farakh Ajaib (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 5 (7-10 Oct 2010)
Rd 1		Stuart Bingham [25]	4	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	4	-	0	Eissa Al Sayed (a)
Euro PTC 2 (30 Sep - 3 Oct 2010)
Q Rd 2		Yannick Poulain (a)	4	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Euro PTC 1 (26-29 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 1		Markus Hertle (a)	w/o			Tony Knowles (a)
World Open Qual (21-24 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 1		Jamie Jones [79]	3	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 4 (14-16 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 2		Lee Page (a)	4	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 3 (6-8 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 2		Chris Norbury (a)	4	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
PTC 2 (9-11 Jul 2010)
Q Rd 1		Mitchell Travis (a)	4	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
World Seniors Championship Qual (29-30 May 2010)
Q Rd 1		Tony Drago	2	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
2008/2009
World Championship Qual 1 (5-25 Feb 2009)
Q Rd 4		Rodney Goggins	10	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Rd 3		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	9	Stefan Mazrocis
Q Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	2	Phil Seaton (a)
Q Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	1	Ali Bassiri (a)
2007/2008
World Championship Qual 1 (3-11 Jan 2008)
Q Rd 3		Sean Storey (a)	5	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Rd 3	73-21, 73-25, 70-52, 77-26, 77-45 (54)
Q Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	1	Ali Bassiri (a)
Q Rd 2	73-18, 68-8, 69-8, 67-34, 50-53, 67-0
2006/2007
World Championship Qualifier Preliminary Rounds (23 Feb 2007)
Q Rd 1		Del Smith (a)	5	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Rd 1	74-38, 57-48, 35-66, 41-91, 66-27, 42-55, 64-23, 7-55, 68-41
2005/2006
World Quals 1-3 (6-7 Jan 2006)
Q Rd 3		Gerrit bij de Leij (a)	5	-	3	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	0	Phil Seaton (a)
Q Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	2	Les Dodd (a)
2000/2001
World Championship Qual (20 Feb - 4 Mar 2001)
Q Rd 4		Jimmy Michie (a)	10	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Rd 3		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	9	Dene O'Kane (a)
Q Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	4	Colm Gilcreest (a)
1999/2000
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 2000)
Q Rd 2		Dean Reynolds (a)	10	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	8	Chris Shade (a)
1998/1999
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 1999)
Q Rd 4		Michael Judge (a)	10	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
Q Rd 3		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	5	Marcus Campbell (a)
Q Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	7	Avtar Sohanpal (a)
1996/1997
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 25 Mar 1997)
Q Rd 6		Barry Pinches (a)	10	-	6	Tony Knowles (a)
1995/1996
World Championship Qual (1 Jan - 22 Mar 1996)
Q Rd 4		Drew Henry (a)	10	-	8	Tony Knowles (a)
1994/1995
World Championship Qual (4-20 Jan 1995)
Q Rd 4		Stephen Lee (a)	10	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
1993/1994
World Championship Qual (8-19 Jan 1994)
Q Rd 4		Alex Higgins (a)	10	-	9	Tony Knowles (a)
1992/1993
World Championship Qual (20 Jun - 24 Sep 1992)
Q Rd 4		John Giles (a)	10	-	6	Tony Knowles (a)
1991/1992
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1992)
Rd 2		John Parrott (a)	13	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	4	Mark Johnston-Allen (a)
Rd 1	This was Johnston-Allen's first time at the crucible.
1990/1991
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 1991)
Rd 2		John Parrott (a)	13	-	1	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	8	John Virgo (a)
Shoot-Out (26-28 Sep 1990)
QF		Mike Hallett (a)	50	-	37	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 4		Tony Knowles (a)	66	-	16	Dean Reynolds (a)
Rd 3		Tony Knowles (a)	76	-	64	Cliff Thorburn (a)
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	120	-	0	Martin Clark (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	87	-	30	Eddie Sinclair (a)
1989/1990
World Championship (13-29 Apr 1990)
Rd 2		Terry Griffiths (a)	13	-	6	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	4	Tony Chappel (a)	This was Chappel's 1st (and only) Crucible appearance.
Masters (4-11 Feb 1990)
QF		Jimmy White	5	-	3	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	4	Terry Griffiths (a)
1988/1989
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 1989)
Rd 1		David Roe (a)	10	-	6	Tony Knowles (a)
Masters (21-29 Jan 1989)
QF		Steve Davis (a)	5	-	0	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	3	Mike Hallett (a)
1987/1988
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1988)
QF		Jimmy White	13	-	6	Tony Knowles (a)
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	13	-	7	Eddie Charlton (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	8	Danny Fowler (a)
Masters (24-31 Jan 1988)
Rd 1		Alex Higgins (a)	5	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
1986/1987
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1987)
Rd 1		Mike Hallett (a)	10	-	6	Tony Knowles (a)	Knowles led 6-5.
Masters (25 Jan - 1 Feb 1987)
Rd 1		Silvino Francisco (a)	5	-	2	Tony Knowles (a)
1985/1986
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1986)
SF		Joe Johnson (a)	16	-	8	Tony Knowles (a)
QF		Tony Knowles (a)	13	-	9	Kirk Stevens (a)
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	13	-	10	Silvino Francisco (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	9	Neal Foulds (a)
Masters (26 Jan - 2 Feb 1986)
SF		Cliff Thorburn (a)	6	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
QF		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	4	Eddie Charlton (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	1	Silvino Francisco (a)
1984/1985
World Championship (12-28 Apr 1985)
SF		Dennis Taylor (a)	16	-	5	Tony Knowles (a)	Knowles led 2-0.
QF		Tony Knowles (a)	13	-	10	Jimmy White	re-spotted black in frame 19
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	13	-	6	Doug Mountjoy (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	8	Tony Jones (a)	T. Jones' 1st time at the Crucible
Masters (27 Jan - 3 Feb 1985)
Rd 1		Doug Mountjoy (a)	5	-	3	Tony Knowles (a)
1983/1984
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 1984)
Rd 1		John Parrott (a)	10	-	7	Tony Knowles (a)	Parrott's 1st time at the Crucible. He progressed through qualifying after winning three rounds, beating Dennis Hughes 10�3, Clive Everton 10�2 and the 1978 World Snooker Championship runner-up Perrie Mans 10�0.
Masters (22-29 Jan 1984)
SF		Terry Griffiths (a)	6	-	4	Tony Knowles (a)
QF		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	1	Alex Higgins (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	5	-	2	Dennis Taylor (a)
1982/1983
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1983)
SF		Cliff Thorburn (a)	16	-	15	Tony Knowles (a)
QF		Tony Knowles (a)	13	-	9	Tony Meo (a)
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	13	-	12	Ray Reardon (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	3	Graham Miles (a)
1981/1982
World Championship (30 Apr - 16 May 1982)
QF		Eddie Charlton (a)	13	-	11	Tony Knowles (a)	Knowles led 11-6.
Rd 2		Tony Knowles (a)	13	-	7	Graham Miles (a)
Rd 1		Tony Knowles (a)	10	-	1	Steve Davis (a)
1980/1981
World Championship (7-20 Apr 1981)
Rd 1		Graham Miles (a)	10	-	8	Tony Knowles (a)	Knowles' 1st time at the Crucible. In the seventeenth frame, Knowles played a forceful shot on the black, to get a position on the final yellow. He failed to pot the black, which also was the frameball. Miles won that frame and took the next to win 10�8.

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