Darren Appleton

Darren Appleton is an English professional pool player born on 8 February 1976, best known for eight-ball, nine-ball and ten-ball. He started playing at twelve and was once the top-ranked player in British-style eight-ball pool. In 2008 he won the inaugural WPA World Ten-ball Championship, beating Wu Jia-qing in the final, and in 2012 he became a nine-ball world champion by winning the WPA World Nine-ball Championship over Li Hewen. He was twice runner-up in the WEPF Eight-ball Pool World Championship, joined the International Pool Tour in 2006 and won the Straight Pool Challenge at the Derby City Classic in 2008.