Adam Duffy

Adam Duffy

Paul Hunter Classic 2016
Born	(1989-03-30) 30 March 1989 (age 35) Sheffield, England
Sport country	England
Professional	2011–2014, 2016–2018, 2022–present
Highest ranking	56 (June–August 2013)
Current ranking	92 (as of 24 March 2024[ needs update ])
Best ranking finish	Last 16 (x1)

Adam Duffy (born 30 March 1989) ^[1] is an English professional snooker player.

Duffy qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final 2011 Q School event. ^[2]

Career

Debut season

As a new player on the tour Duffy would need to win four qualifying matches to reach the main stage of the ranking event tournaments. He came closest to doing this in the sixth event of the year, the Welsh Open, where he received a bye through round one and then beat James Wattana and Jack Lisowski, before being whitewashed 0–4 by former world champion Peter Ebdon in the final qualifying round. ^[3] He also reached the last 16 of Event 2 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship series, which included a 4–0 victory over world number one Mark Selby. ^[4] Duffy finished his first year as a professional ranked world number 62, inside the top 64 who guarantee their places for the 2012–13 season. He was the second highest ranked of all the new players on the tour, after China's Yu Delu who was number 58. ^[5]

2012/2013 season

Duffy had a poor 2012–13 season as he lost his first six games and only won a total of four matches in ranking event qualifiers and two matches in Players Tour Championship tournaments. ^[6] He finished a lowly 108th on the PTC Order of Merit, but did end the season ranked world number 60, his highest ranking to date. ^{[7] [8]}

2013/2014 season

In his opening match, Duffy defeated Tony Drago 5–2 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China, but lost 5–3 to Lu Ning in the wildcard round. At the UK Championship Duffy beat Barry Pinches in a deciding frame to face reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round. ^[9] He led twice before the interval but went on to lose 6–3. ^[10] His results during the year meant that he dropped 31 places to world number 91 in the rankings to drop off the tour, with Duffy entering the 2014 Q School in an attempt to win his place back. ^[11] He came within two victories of doing so in the second event, but lost 4–3 to Lee Walker. ^[9]

2014/2015 season

Duffy entered all the European Tour events during the season, and thanks to his high Q School ranking he was able to enter a number of ranking tournaments as well. At the Paul Hunter Classic, Duffy overcame Ryan Day and Gerard Greene both 4–3, before losing 4–0 to Fergal O'Brien in the last 32. He qualified for the Indian Open by beating Jack Lisowski 4–2 and then edged out Gary Wilson 4–3 to play Judd Trump in the second round. ^[12] Duffy came from 3–1 down to level at 3–3, but would lose the deciding frame to the world number six in a three-hour match. ^[13] However, the display seemed to give him confidence heading into the World Championship as he defeated Martin Gould 10–6 and won seven of the last eight frames to beat Sam Baird 10–7. ^{[14] [15]} Duffy played Jamie Jones in an attempt to become the first player from Sheffield to play at the Crucible, but was narrowly beaten 10–8. Duffy felt he had run out of steam during the match against an opponent who had been playing in tournaments all year, while Duffy had his playing opportunities limited due to his amateur status. ^[16] In the first event of 2015 Q School, Duffy reached the final round and made breaks of 107, 93 and 70 against Eden Sharav but lost 4–3. ^[17]

2015/2016 season

In the first round of the 2015 UK Championship, Duffy pulled off a huge shock by eliminating world number nine and two-time winner of the event Ding Junhui 6–2. He credited the win to working hard on his game at the academy in Sheffield. ^[18] He forced a deciding frame against Joe Swail in the next round having been 5–3 down, but lost it. ^[19] He qualified for the China Open by beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–3, but would later withdraw from the event. Duffy lost in the final round of the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs to Sam Craigie, but by twice losing in the fifth round of the 2016 Q School he earned a two-year tour card via the Q School Order of Merit. ^{[20] [21]}

2016/2017 season

He played in the final qualifying round for the Shanghai Masters after winning three matches, but was edged out 5–4 by Robert Milkins. Duffy lost in the second round of both the Paul Hunter Classic and Northern Ireland Open 4–1 to Lee Walker and 4–3 to Peter Ebdon respectively. He was beaten in eight of his final nine matches of the season after this. ^[22]

2017/2018 Duffy had a very poor season. His best performance was reaching the last stage of the World Championship Qualifiers where he lost 10–2 to Xiao Guodong. There was controversy in the 2nd frame where the ref called a waistcoat foul when Duffy was reaching across to pot the brown. He only required the brown and blue to win the frame, however Guodong cleared up to take a 2–0 lead.

He dropped off the tour at the end of the 2017/18 season and entered the 2018 Q School to win back his tour place, but his best result was a loss in the final round of the second event to Craig Steadman. ^[23] He entered again in 2019.

Personal life

Duffy works part-time as a builder for his father's firm. ^[18] He is a big fan of Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2010/ 11	2011/ 12	2012/ 13	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19	2019/ 20	2022/ 23	2023/ 24
Ranking [24] [nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	62	60	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	86	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	88
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking Event										RR	RR
European Masters	Tournament Not Held						LQ	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R
British Open	Tournament Not Held										LQ	LQ
English Open	Tournament Not Held						1R	1R	1R	A	LQ	1R
Wuhan Open	Tournament Not Held											LQ
Northern Ireland Open	Tournament Not Held						2R	2R	1R	A	LQ	LQ
International Championship	Not Held		LQ	1R	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	NH	LQ
UK Championship	A	LQ	LQ	2R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	LQ	LQ
Shoot Out	Non-Ranking Event						1R	1R	4R	A	2R	1R
Scottish Open	Not Held		MR	Not Held			1R	1R	1R	A	LQ	LQ
World Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held				NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
German Masters	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ
Welsh Open	A	LQ	LQ	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	2R	A	LQ	2R
Players Championship [nb 4]	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Open	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ	A	NH	WD
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held								DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic	Non-Ranking		LQ	WR	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open	NH	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	1R	Non-Ranking		NH	NR
Paul Hunter Classic	Minor-Ranking Event						2R	1R	A	NR	Not Held
Indian Open	Not Held			LQ	2R	NH	LQ	WD	LQ	Not Held
China Open	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	Not Held
Riga Masters [nb 5]	Tournament Not Held				MR		1R	LQ	LQ	A	Not Held
China Championship	Tournament Not Held						NR	LQ	A	A	Not Held
Gibraltar Open	Tournament Not Held					MR	1R	1R	A	LQ	Not Held
WST Classic	Tournament Not Held										1R	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Shoot Out	A	A	1R	1R	A	A	Ranking Event
Six-red World Championship	A	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	LQ	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 Held				means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means 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
4. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)
5. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2012	Paul Hunter English Open	Craig Steadman	6–3

Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2019	Challenge Tour – Event 9	Matthew Glasby	3–1
Winner	2.	2020	Challenge Tour – Event 10	Kuldesh Johal	3–1
Runner-up	1.	2020	Challenge Tour – Playoffs	Allan Taylor	0–4

References

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5. "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
6. "Adam Duffy 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
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10. "UK Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan reaches third round". BBC Sport . Retrieved 11 April 2014.
11. "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
12. "Adam Duffy 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
13. "Trump Wins Despite Duff Display". World Snooker. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
14. "Eckington potter Duffy advances in quest for Crucible qualification". The Star. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
15. "Snooker: Adam Duffy one win away from making Crucible history in home city of Sheffield". The Star. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
16. "Snooker: Adam Duffy's Crucible dream wrecked by Jamie Jones". The Star. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
17. "Quartet Earn Tour Cards". World Snooker. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
18. "Amateur Duffy Shocks Ding". World Snooker. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
19. "Sheffield snooker ace Duffy 'gutted' at narrow UK Championship defeat". Sheffield Star . Retrieved 4 September 2016.
20. "Adam Duffy 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
21. "Q School Order of Merit 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
22. "Adam Duffy 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
23. "Brown Earns Tour Return". 25 May 2018.
24. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

External links

• Adam Duffy at the World Snooker Tour