Billy Snaddon

Billy Snaddon (born 7 July 1969) is a Scottish former professional snooker player. He reached the World Snooker Championship first round five times, but never progressed past this stage. He spent 5 seasons ranked among the game's top 32, peaking at No. 24 in 2000.[1]

Billy Snaddon
Born (1969-07-07) 7 July 1969
Sport country Scotland
Professional1991–2004
Highest ranking24 (2000/01)
Best ranking finishRunner-up (x1)

Career

Snaddon began life as a footballer, but turned to snooker after a hip disease ended his football career, turning professional in 1991.[2] He reached the last sixteen of seven ranking events before finally reaching a quarter-final, in the 1998 Irish Open.[3]

He reached one ranking final in his thirteen-year career, in the 1999 Regal China International. A rank outsider in this tournament, he took out the top 16 players James Wattana, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Lee and Stephen Hendry en route to the final before losing 3–9 to World Champion John Higgins. Snaddon also reached the quarter-final of the Thailand Masters a year later.[1]

In 2016, he won in both the team, and seniors individual, categories at the Blackball (pool) International World Championship.[4][5]

Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 1991/
92		 1992/
93		 1993/
94		 1994/
95		 1995/
96		 1996/
97		 1997/
98		 1998/
99		 1999/
00		 2000/
01		 2001/
02		 2002/
03		 2003/
04
Ranking [nb 1] 74 59 36 33 35 32 32 24 24 26 40 67
Ranking tournaments
LG Cup[nb 2] LQ 3R LQ LQ LQ 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R 1R LQ LQ
British Open LQ LQ 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R LQ LQ
UK Championship 2R 2R LQ 1R LQ 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R LQ LQ
Welsh Open LQ 2R 1R LQ 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ
European Open[nb 3] LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ NH QF Not Held QF LQ LQ
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event LQ LQ
Players Championship[nb 4] NH 3R LQ 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R LQ LQ
World Championship LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Masters Qualifying Event[nb 5] LQ 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 4R 3R 2R
The Masters LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Classic LQ Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open 2R MR NR Tournament Not Held
Asian Classic[nb 6] LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
German Open Tournament Not Held 1R LQ 1R Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not Held Non-Ranking Event 1R NR Not Held
China Open[nb 7] Tournament Not Held NR F LQ 1R LQ Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 8] LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ 1R QF LQ LQ NR NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
King's Cup NH A A W Tournament Not Held
Poland Masters Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Scottish Masters A A 1R QF LQ A LQ LQ LQ LQ A A NH
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
  1. New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.
  2. The event was also called the Grand Prix (1991/1992–2000/2001)
  3. The event was also called the Irish Open (1998/1999)
  4. The event was also called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Scottish Open (1997/1998–2002/2003)
  5. The event was also called the Benson and Hedges Satellite Championship (1991/1992) and the Benson and Hedges Championship (1992/1993–2002/2003)
  6. The event was also called the Dubai Classic (1991/92–1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  7. The event was also called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  8. The event was also called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up1.1999China InternationalScotland John Higgins3–9

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner1.1994King's CupThailand Noppadon Noppachorn8–4

References
  1. "Snooker Profiles – Billy Snaddon". Sporting Life. Archived from the original on 6 July 2008. Retrieved 20 April 2011.
  2. "Snooker: Snaddon turns the tables on Wattana". The Independent. 21 October 1992. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  3. "Euro Player Profile: Billy Snaddon (Scotland)". globalsnookercentre.co.uk. Archived from the original on 8 November 2007.
  4. Smith, Iain (24 October 2016). "Proud Billy celebrates double world championship win". Alloa & Hillfoots Advertiser.
  5. "Individuals Roll of Honour". Blackball International. Archived from the original on 19 September 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.