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Ricky Walden
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Nationality: England (England); Male; Born: 11 Nov 1982 (41 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 2000; Ranking wins: 3; Maximums: 1;
Ranking: 8; Euro Tour: 49; Asian Tour: 2
Homepage: rickywalden.co.uk; Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 2016) Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland John Higgins [8] 13-8 England Ricky Walden [9] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [9] 10-8 England Robbie Williams [57] Head to head Details  Pencil
China Open (28 Mar - 3 Apr 2016) Pencil
Final England Judd Trump [5] 10-4 England Ricky Walden [10] Head to head Details  Pencil

First session:
25-75 (71), 53-63, 65-33, 0-108 (108)
96-4 (90), 60-22, 72-60, 67-28 (59)

Second session:
67-40, 68-36, 65-35, 91-35 (69)
8-97 (64), 75-6 (59)

Referee: Jan Verhaas

This was Trump's second China Open trophy and fifth major ranking title.

Walden was also runner-up in last week's Players Championship Grand Final.

SF England Ricky Walden [10] 6-5 Scotland John Higgins [6] Head to head Details 
Higgins won the 10th frame as Walden went in-off on the black
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13-71, 82-5 (82), 90-24 (66), 14-80 (64)
113-0 (113), 48-72, 67-14, 105-9 (96), 7-99 (99), 57-67 (JH 52), 131-0 (131)

QF England Ricky Walden [10] 5-1 England Stuart Bingham [2] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 3 England Ricky Walden [10] 5-4 China Tian Pengfei [58] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Ricky Walden [10] 5-3 Wales Ryan Day [23] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [10] w/o Finland Robin Hull [55] Head to head  
Hull withdrew for health reasons
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PTC Finals (22-27 Mar 2016) Pencil
Final Northern Ireland Mark Allen [5] 10-6 England Ricky Walden [18] Head to head Details  Pencil

Session 1:
74-0 (59), 0-89 (85), 8-86
0-107 (85), 73-6 (51), 96-44 (80)
71-44, 73-33 (68), 78-35 (64)

Session 2:
83-11 (52), 1-68 (62), 0-92 (92), 51-59
72-38, 87-28 (61), 100-0 (67)

Referee: Colin Humphries

This was Allen's third major ranking title. His two first were the 2012 and 2013 Haikou World Open.

SF England Ricky Walden [18] 6-3 England Barry Hawkins [2] Head to head Details  Pencil

66-37 (57), 24-119 (119), 88-1 (63), 73-1 (73)
104-22 (104), 14-63, 87-47 (87), 27-67 (56), 61-44 (51)

73 (missed max) by Walden in the fourth frame

QF England Ricky Walden [18] 4-1 England Ali Carter [6] Head to head Details  Pencil
Rd 2 England Ricky Walden [18] 4-2 Hong Kong Marco Fu [3] Head to head  
Watch the final part of the match on YouTube (from 2-2 and 23-0)
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Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [18] 4-1 England Tom Ford [11] Head to head   Pencil
Championship League - Group 5 (22-23 Feb 2016) Pencil
Grp England David Gilbert 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp Scotland Graeme Dott 3-2 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-0 England Mark Davis Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Michael Holt 3-2 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Kyren Wilson 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2016) Pencil
Rd 2 China Yu Delu [54] 4-3 England Ricky Walden [11] Head to head  
Walden needed a snooker to force a decider
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Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [11] 4-3 Thailand James Wattana [111] Head to head   Pencil
Shoot-Out (12-14 Feb 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 England Stuart Bingham [1] 54-38 England Ricky Walden [8] Head to head   Pencil
China Open Qual (9-11 Feb 2016) Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [15] 5-4 England Barry Pinches Head to head   Pencil
Championship League - Group 4 (27-28 Jan 2016) Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-1 England Ben Woollaston Head to head   Pencil
Grp Wales Mark J Williams 3-2 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp Scotland Graeme Dott 3-2 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-0 Wales Michael White Head to head  
White arrived late and was docked two frames.
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Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp Australia Neil Robertson 3-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil

140 by Robertson is the highest break of the group

Championship League - Group 3 (25-26 Jan 2016) Pencil
SF Scotland Stephen Maguire 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head Details  Pencil

98-15 (67), 103-26 (92), 110-1 (110)

Grp Scotland Stephen Maguire 3-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil

Maguire had a 139 that earned him 500 pounds for highest break

Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-2 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head   Pencil
Grp Hong Kong Marco Fu 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-2 England Joe Perry Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-0 Wales Michael White Head to head   Pencil
Masters (10-17 Jan 2016) Pencil
Rd 1 England Mark Selby [3] 6-0 England Ricky Walden [12] Head to head   Pencil

71-53 (71, 52), 114-9 (113), 109-7 (66)
81-3 (81), 61-32, 84-38 (83)

Championship League - Group 2 (6-7 Jan 2016) Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-0 England Judd Trump Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Barry Hawkins 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Joe Perry 3-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-2 Wales Mark J Williams Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-1 England Robert Milkins Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Championship League - Group 1 (4-5 Jan 2016) Pencil
SF England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head Details  Pencil

117-5 (94), 82-40 (82), 140-0 (70, 70)

Two 70 breaks by O'Sullivan in the third frame!

Grp Wales Mark J Williams 3-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-1 England Barry Hawkins Head to head   Pencil

Walden had a 138 that earned him 500 pounds for highest break

Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-1 England Robert Milkins Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-2 Wales Ryan Day Head to head   Pencil
Grp England Ronnie O'Sullivan 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head   Pencil

Walden lost the first frame 18-0 after three consecutive misses. Watch on YouTube

German Masters Qual (17-20 Dec 2015) Pencil
Q Rd 1 England Alfie Burden [99] 5-3 England Ricky Walden [12] Head to head   Pencil
Euro Tour 5 (9-13 Dec 2015) Pencil
Rd 4 England Mark King [11] 4-2 England Ricky Walden [55] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 England Ricky Walden [55] 4-2 England Tom Ford [5] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Ricky Walden [55] 4-0 England Ian Burns [27] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [55] 4-0 England Louis Heathcote (a)     Pencil
UK Championship (24 Nov - 6 Dec 2015) Pencil
Rd 2 China Li Hang [54] 6-5 England Ricky Walden [11] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [11] 6-1 Brazil Itaro Santos     Pencil
Euro Tour 4 (4-8 Nov 2015) Pencil
Rd 3 England Stuart Carrington [17] 4-2 England Ricky Walden [57] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Ricky Walden [57] 4-3 Wales Michael White [25] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [57] 4-1 Scotland Fraser Patrick Head to head   Pencil
Asian Tour (19-23 Oct 2015) Pencil
Final China Ding Junhui [1] 4-3 England Ricky Walden [2] Head to head Details  Pencil

33-85 (79), 13-71, 81-30 (77)
26-94 (66), 89-0 (82)
76-45 (53), 74-0 (74)

Referee: Peggy Li (Li An)

Ding won his fourth minor ranking title and 19th professional title overall. It was his first tournament win since the 2014 Yixing Open (16 months).

SF England Ricky Walden [2] 4-1 England Robert Milkins [5] Head to head Details  Pencil

67-46 (61), 84-0, 78-0
40-71 (68), 109-14 (82)

QF England Ricky Walden [2] 4-1 Ireland Leo Fernandez (a)   Details  Pencil
Rd 4 England Ricky Walden [2] 4-1 China Lyu Haotian (a) Head to head   Pencil
Rd 3 England Ricky Walden [2] 4-1 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [28] Head to head   Pencil
Rd 2 England Ricky Walden [2] 4-2 Hong Kong Au Chi Wai (a)     Pencil
Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [2] 4-0 China Li Ningning (a)     Pencil
Euro Tour 3 (7-11 Oct 2015) Pencil
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene 4-3 England Ricky Walden [51] Head to head   Pencil
International Championship Qual (30 Sep - 3 Oct 2015) Pencil
Q Rd 1 China Tian Pengfei [69] 6-4 England Ricky Walden [1] Head to head  
Match was held over to Daqing.
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The defending champion Walden is out in his opening match.

Shanghai Masters (14-20 Sep 2015) Pencil
Rd 1 England Matthew Selt [27] w/o England Ricky Walden [9] Head to head  
Walden withdrew due to the birth of his first child on Mon 14 Sep
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Euro Tour 2 (26-30 Aug 2015) Pencil
Rd 1 Thailand Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-3 England Ricky Walden [17] Head to head   Pencil

142 by Dechawat

Euro Tour 1 (29 Jul - 2 Aug 2015) Pencil
Rd 3 England Ben Woollaston [28] 4-1 England Ricky Walden [7] Head to head   Pencil

142 by Walden

Rd 2 England Ricky Walden [7] 4-1 Isle of Man Darryl Hill     Pencil
Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [7] 4-3 England Zak Surety [67] Head to head   Pencil
Australian Open (29 Jun - 5 Jul 2015) Pencil
Rd 2 Scotland Stephen Maguire [11] 5-4 England Ricky Walden [7] Head to head   Pencil

142 by Walden which won him £2,500 for highest break in the televised stage.

Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [7] 5-3 England Andrew Higginson [36] Head to head   Pencil