Jim Wych (born 11 January 1955) and reached the world championship quarter-final stage again in 1992. Wych also reached the quarter-finals of two other ranking tournaments, the 1986 British Open and the 1989 European Open. He reached the final of the men's doubles at the 1991 World Masters, playing with Brady Gollan. and 1999, Wych retired from professional snooker in 1997 and now works mainly as a television pool and snooker commentator, including for Sky Sports, where he started working in the early 1990s.
Career finals
Non-ranking finals: 4
{| class="wikitable"
! Outcome
! No.
! Year
! Championship
! Opponent in the final
! Score
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|1.
| 1980
| Canadian Professional Championship
| Cliff Thorburn
| style="text-align: center" | 6–9
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|2.
| 1981
| Pot Black
| Cliff Thorburn
| style="text-align: center" | 0-2
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
|3.
| 1986
| Canadian Professional Championship <small>(2)</small>
| Cliff Thorburn
| style="text-align: center" | 2–6
|}
Amateur finals: 2 (2 titles)
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="80"| Outcome
!width="20"| No.
!width="50"| Year
!width="250"| Championship
!width="200"| Opponent in the final
!width="100"| Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 1979
|
|
| 10–7
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2.
| 1999
| <small>(2)</small>
|
| 6–4