snooker.org Frontpage
2026/2027: What's new | Live | Results | Upcoming | Calendar | Winners | Main Tour players | Match stats

Ian Preece
[ - ] [ + ]

Male; Wales (Wales); Born: 23 Jun 1982 (age )
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 2003; Last season as pro: 2017; Highest ranking: 55; Other sources: CueTracker; Wikipedia

2019/2020
World Championship Qual (21‑28 Jul 2020)
Q Rd 3 Wales Matthew Stevens [28] 6-4 Wales Ian Preece (a)   Details 
Q Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) 6-5 England John Astley [69] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) 6-5 Brazil Igor Figueiredo [92]   Details 
Challenge Tour 5 (28‑29 Feb 2020)
Rd 1 Wales Andrew Pagett (a) [1] 3-1 Wales Ian Preece (a) [17]  
Challenge Tour 4 (19‑20 Oct 2019)
Rd 3 England Ashley Hugill (a) [18] 3-1 Wales Ian Preece (a) [11] Head to head
Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) [11] 3-1 England Mark Vincent (a)  
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) [11] 3-1 Switzerland Luis Vetter (a)  
Challenge Tour 3 (5‑6 Oct 2019)
Rd 2 England Sanderson Lam (a) 3-2 Wales Ian Preece (a) [6] Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) [6] 3-0 Jamaica Rory McLeod (a) [14] Head to head
Challenge Tour 2 (21‑22 Sep 2019)
Rd 1 England Simon Blackwell (a) 3-2 Wales Ian Preece (a) [5]  
Challenge Tour 1 (31 Aug - 1 Sep 2019)
QF England Oliver Brown (a) 3-2 Wales Ian Preece (a) Head to head
Rd 3 Wales Ian Preece (a) 3-0 England Luke Pinches (a)  
Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) 3-0 England Sydney Wilson (a) Head to head
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) 3-1 England Paul S Davison (a) Head to head
Riga Masters (26‑28 Jul 2019)
Rd 2 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [32] 4-2 Wales Ian Preece (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-2 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene   Details 
Riga Masters Qual (10‑13 Jun 2019)
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-3 England David Gilbert [7] Head to head Details 
Preece was 3-0 down and needed a snooker in the fifth frame
2018/2019
Q School 3 (30 May - 4 Jun 2019)
Rd 3 England Paul S Davison 4-2 Wales Ian Preece (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-1 China Liu Jiaming (a)   Details 
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-3 Jamaica Rory McLeod Head to head Details 
Q School 2 (24‑29 May 2019)
Rd 4 England Sydney Wilson (a) 4-1 Wales Ian Preece (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-2 Scotland Michael Collumb (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-2 England Ashley Hugill Head to head Details 
Q School 1 (18‑23 May 2019)
Rd 5 China Wang Zepeng (a) 4-1 Wales Ian Preece (a)   Details 
Rd 4 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-3 England Andy Hicks (a)   Details 
Rd 3 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-1 China Guan Zhen (a)   Details 
Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-1 England David Nelson (a)   Details 
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-0 England James Welch (a)   Details 
2017/2018
World Championship Qual (11‑18 Apr 2018)
Q Rd 1 China Zhou Yuelong [32] 10-1 Wales Ian Preece [83] Head to head Details 
Gibraltar Open (7‑11 Mar 2018)
Rd 1 Jamaica Rory McLeod [40] 4-3 Wales Ian Preece [66] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018)
Rd 2 England Robbie Williams [55] 4-0 Wales Ian Preece [81]   Details 
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [81] 4-2 China Zhao Xintong [75]   Details 
Shoot-Out (8‑11 Feb 2018)
Rd 2 England Stuart Carrington [42] 81-21 Wales Ian Preece [69]   Details 

Break 69
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [69] 58-1 England Oliver Brown (a) Head to head Details 
China Open Qual (27‑30 Jan 2018)
Q Rd 2 Wales Mark J Williams [2] 6-1 Wales Ian Preece Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (19‑22 Dec 2017)
Q Rd 1 China Niu Zhuang [106] 5-1 Wales Ian Preece [78]   Details 
Scottish Open (11‑17 Dec 2017)
Rd 1 China Zhou Yuelong [27] 4-1 Wales Ian Preece [74] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (28 Nov - 10 Dec 2017)
Rd 1 China Yu Delu [53] 6-2 Wales Ian Preece [77] Head to head Details 
Northern Ireland Open (20‑26 Nov 2017)
Rd 1 England Jamie Curtis-Barrett [109] 4-1 Wales Ian Preece [74]   Details 
Shanghai Masters (13‑18 Nov 2017)
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [3] 5-1 Wales Ian Preece [78]   Details 
International Championship (29 Oct - 5 Nov 2017)
Rd 1 England Tom Ford [32] 6-5 Wales Ian Preece [76]   Details 
English Open (16‑22 Oct 2017)
Rd 2 India Aditya Mehta [78] 4-2 Wales Ian Preece [79]   Details 
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [79] 4-0 China Mei Xiwen [72]   Details 
Shanghai Masters Qual (11‑13 Oct 2017)
Q Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece [78] 5-4 England Oliver Lines [62] Head to head Details 
European Masters (2‑8 Oct 2017)
Rd 1 China Lyu Haotian 4-2 Wales Ian Preece [75]   Details 
International Championship Qual (26‑29 Sep 2017)
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [76] 6-4 England Mark Davis [34]   Details 
Indian Open (12‑16 Sep 2017)
Rd 1 England Michael Holt [15] 4-2 Wales Ian Preece [69]   Details 
Paul Hunter Classic (22‑27 Aug 2017)
Rd 2 Ireland Ken Doherty 4-1 Wales Ian Preece [52]   Details 
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [52] w/o Wales Darren Morgan (a)   Details 
China Championship (16‑22 Aug 2017)
Rd 1 England David Grace [44] 5-4 Wales Ian Preece [77]   Details 
World Open Qual (6‑9 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1 England Joe Perry [20] 5-2 Wales Ian Preece [74]   Details 
European Masters Qual (3‑4 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [75] 4-1 England Sanderson Lam Head to head Details 
Indian Open Qual (1‑2 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [69] 4-0 England Oliver Lines [50] Head to head Details 
China Championship Qual (3‑6 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [77] 5-0 England Ricky Walden [21]   Details 
Riga Masters Qual (31 May - 2 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [35] 4-3 Wales Ian Preece [70] Head to head Details 
2016/2017
World Championship Qual (5‑12 Apr 2017)
Q Rd 2 China Zhou Yuelong [37] 10-8 Wales Ian Preece [111] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [111] 10-7 England Ian Burns [60]   Details 
Shoot-Out (23‑26 Feb 2017)
Rd 1 England Andrew Higginson [38] 65-34 Wales Ian Preece [93]   Details 
Welsh Open (13‑19 Feb 2017)
Rd 1 England John Astley [77] 4-1 Wales Ian Preece [105] Head to head Details 
China Open Qual (24‑27 Jan 2017)
Q Rd 1 China Tian Pengfei [49] 5-1 Wales Ian Preece [101]   Details 
Scottish Open (12‑18 Dec 2016)
Rd 2 England Robert Milkins [32] 4-0 Wales Ian Preece [105]   Details 
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [105] 4-3 England Michael Wild [104]   Details 
German Masters Qual (6‑9 Dec 2016)
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Selt [28] 5-2 Wales Ian Preece [105]   Details 
UK Championship (22 Nov - 4 Dec 2016)
Rd 1 Scotland Graeme Dott [27] 6-1 Wales Ian Preece [102]   Details 
Northern Ireland Open (14‑20 Nov 2016)
Rd 1 China Zhang Anda [77] 4-0 Wales Ian Preece [96]   Details 
English Open (10‑16 Oct 2016)
Rd 3 Wales Mark J Williams [13] 4-1 Wales Ian Preece [105] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece [105] 4-1 England Craig Steadman [113]   Details 
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece [105] 4-1 England Oliver Lines [60] Head to head Details 
Shanghai Masters Qual (30 Aug - 2 Sep 2016)
Q Rd 4 England David Gilbert [22] 5-2 Wales Ian Preece Head to head Details 
Q Rd 3 Wales Ian Preece 5-2 England Chris Wakelin [70]   Details 
Q Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece 5-3 China Yu Delu [62] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece 5-1 Great Britain (Isle of Man) Darryl Hill [73]   Details 
World Open Qual (31 May - 2 Jun 2016)
Q Rd 1 China Yu Delu [61] 5-3 Wales Ian Preece Head to head Details 
Indian Open Qual (28‑30 May 2016)
Q Rd 1 England Mike Dunn [27] 4-2 Wales Ian Preece   Details 
2015/2016
Q School 2 (17‑22 May 2016)
Rd 5 England John Astley (a) 4-1 Wales Ian Preece (a) Head to head Details 

Preece earns a spot on the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 Main Tour via the Q School Order of Merit
Rd 4 Wales Ian Preece (a) w/o England Gareth Green (a)   Details 
Rd 3 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-2 India Hrithik Jain (a)   Details 
Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-0 England Adam King (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (11‑16 May 2016)
Rd 5 China Chen Zhe (a) 4-2 Wales Ian Preece (a)   Details 
Rd 4 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-1 Scotland Michael Collumb (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-1 England Kuldesh Johal (a)   Details 
Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-1 England Jake Nicholson (a)   Details 
Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) 4-1 Wales Ben Jones (a)   Details 
2009/2010
World Championship Qual (24 Feb - 9 Mar 2010)
Q Rd 4 England Simon Bedford 10-4 Wales Ian Preece  
China Open Qual (2‑5 Feb 2010)
Q Rd 2 England Mark Joyce 5-4 Wales Ian Preece  
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece 5-3 England Lee Spick  
Welsh Open Qual (19‑22 Jan 2010)
Q Rd 1 China Li Hang 5-4 Wales Ian Preece Head to head
UK Championship Qual (23‑30 Nov 2009)
Q Rd 1 England Ben Woollaston 9-4 Wales Ian Preece Head to head
Grand Prix Qual (21‑24 Sep 2009)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 5-2 Wales Ian Preece  
Shanghai Masters Qual (3‑6 Aug 2009)
Q Rd 1 Wales Daniel Wells 5-3 Wales Ian Preece Head to head
2008/2009
Welsh Open (16‑22 Feb 2009)
Rd 1 Scotland Stephen Maguire 5-0 Wales Ian Preece  
World Championship Qual 1 (5‑25 Feb 2009)
Q Rd 5 Wales Daniel Wells 10-9 Wales Ian Preece Head to head
China Open Qual (21‑24 Jan 2009)
Q Rd 2 Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi 5-3 Wales Ian Preece  
2007/2008
World Championship Qual 1 (3‑11 Jan 2008)
Q Rd 7 England Adrian Gunnell 10-9 Wales Ian Preece Head to head

12-101 (101), 0-101 (58), 1-95 (56), 8-70 (51), 1-65, 107-2 (80), 12-75 (74), 119-6 (119), 28-68 (63), 65-53 (IP 53), 64-37 (57), 74-53 (56), 70-0 (51), 66-24 (65), 62-3, 70-11 (59), 48-72 (54), 0-66 (66), 55-22
Q Rd 6 Wales Ian Preece 10-9 England Alex Davies  

71-4, 74-0 (69), 65-44, 100-20 (100), 103-0 (102), 107-16 (67), 9-121 (100), 74-49, 14-91 (69), 63-26, 13-80, 48-63, 48-62, 18-62 (50), 66-12 (66), 0-129 (129), 32-70 (57), 28-63, 63-22
2006/2007
China Open (25 Mar - 1 Apr 2007)
Wild Card China Li Hang (a) 5-4 Wales Ian Preece Head to head
World Championship Qualifier Rounds 1-4 (24 Feb - 2 Mar 2007)
Q Rd 3 Ireland Joe Delaney 10-7 Wales Ian Preece  

104-12 (56), 8-61 (60), 5-68 (68), 34-64, 13-72, 15-64 (63), 79-5 (62), 65-22, 30-67 (61), 72-10 (63), 68-50, 58-8, 17-67, 63-0, 57-37, 59-20, 62-14
Q Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece 10-8 England Ben Woollaston Head to head

30-90 (61), 19-68, 92-6 (53), 80-36 (50), 135 (135)-0, 1-83 (57), 55-42, 1-126 (126), 1-64, 72-11, 1-68, 66-6, 74-9 (67), 61-34, 20-64 (63), 92-16 (52), 50-64, 72-28
Welsh Open (11‑18 Feb 2007)
Rd 1 England Mark Selby 5-0 Wales Ian Preece  
2003/2004
World Championship Qual (10‑20 Feb 2004)
Q Rd 4 England David Finbow (a) 10-9 Wales Ian Preece (a)  
Q Rd 3 Wales Ian Preece (a) 10-5 England Luke Simmonds (a)  
Q Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) 9-0 England Joe Johnson (a)  
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) 10-8 England Justin Astley (a)  
British Open (8‑16 Nov 2003)
Q Rd 1 England Adrian Gunnell (a) 5-3 Wales Ian Preece (a) Head to head
LG Cup (4‑12 Oct 2003)
Q Rd 1 England Andrew Norman (a) 5-1 Wales Ian Preece (a)  
2002/2003
World Championship Qual (21‑31 Jan 2003)
Q Rd 3 England Rod Lawler (a) 10-5 Wales Ian Preece (a)  
Q Rd 2 Wales Ian Preece (a) 10-8 England Troy Shaw (a)  
Q Rd 1 Wales Ian Preece (a) w/o Wales Matthew Farrant (a)