Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Ishpreet Singh Chadha (born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season.

Ishpreet Singh Chadha
Born (1996-05-30) May 30, 1996
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Sport country India
Professional2023–present
Highest ranking93 (October 2023)
Current ranking 93 (as of 16 October 2023)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (2023 British Open)

Career

From Mumbai, Maharashtra,[1] he and fellow-Mumbai native Kreishh Gurbaxani have been described as a prodigies of Indian former-professional snooker player Yasin Merchant.[2]

In April 2022, Chadha beat Pushpender Singh to win Bangalore Snooker Academy’s all-India Open snooker championship.[3] In December 2022, Chadha was crowned the SAARC Snooker champion in Dhaka, defeating Ahsan Ramzan on the way to the final, and then fellow Indian Brijesh Daman in the final.[4] That month he defeated Pankaj Advani to win the 6-Red Snooker National Championships in Indore.[5]

Chadha reached the final of the Asia-Oceania Q School in Bangkok in June 2023, with a run that included victories over Pakistan’s Sharjeel Mahmood Asmat and Yu Kiu Chang of Hong Kong.[6][7] In the final round he defeated Hon Man Chau to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2023–24 snooker season.[8]

2023/24

He started the season being entered into the draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England, from 26 June 2023.[9] He began his career with a credible draw against top-16 player David Gilbert, and finished his round-robin group stage with a win over Sean O'Sullivan.[10] In August 2023, he defeated Manasawin Phetmalaikul 4-1 to qualify for the final stages of the 2023 British Open.[11] At the event, he secured the biggest win of his career against former world champion Stuart Bingham. In September 2023, he also beat Anthony McGill to qualify for the 2023 Wuhan Open.[12]

Personal life

He was formerly a competitive esports player.[13]

Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2016/
17		 2023/
24
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League NR RR
European Masters A 1R
British Open NH 2R
English Open A LQ
Wuhan Open NH 1R
Northern Ireland Open A LQ
International Championship A LQ
UK Championship A
Shoot Out A
Scottish Open A
World Grand Prix DNQ
German Masters A
Welsh Open A
Players Championship DNQ
World Open A
Tour Championship NH
World Championship A
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship 2R
Former ranking tournaments
Indian Open 1R 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.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2021 Indian Amateur Championship India Malkeet Singh 6–3
Runner-up 1. 2022 Asian Championship Iran Amir Sarkhosh 0–5

References
  1. "Ishpreet Singh Chadha in sparkling form". Magzmumbai.com. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. "All India Snooker Open: Yasin Merchant, Ishpreet Singh Chadha, Kreishh Gurbaxani record easy first round wins". Freepressjournal.in. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  3. "Ishpreet crowned champion". The Times of India. 4 April 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. "Ishpreet Singh Chadha crowned SAARC Snooker Champion". Thebridge.in. 7 December 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. "Ishpreet Singh wins 6-Red Snooker Nationals, beats Pankaj Advani in final". Sportscafe.in. 13 December 2022. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  6. "Chahdha scores impressive win". wst.tv. 9 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  7. "Asia-Oceania Q school - Final day line up". wst.tv. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  8. "Singh set for Pro tour". wst.tv. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
  9. "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  10. "Gilbert grabs winners week slot". wst.tv. 13 July 2023. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  11. "Singh when you're winning". wst.tv. 14 August 2023. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
  12. "Singh scores huge win over Bingham". wst.tv. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  13. Wolstenholme, Luke (23 August 2023). "How esports helped a snooker player go pro". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
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