Andrew Pagett

Andrew Pagett

Pagett at the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic
Born	(1982-04-25) 25 April 1982 (age 42) Newport, Wales
Sport country	Wales
Nickname	The Welsh Wizard [1]
Professional	2008–2009, 2010–2012, 2013–2015, 2021–present
Highest ranking	42 (June–July 2011, October 2011) [2] [3]
Current ranking	93 (as of 2 February 2025)
Best ranking finish	Last 32 (x5)

Andrew Pagett (born 25 April 1982) is a Welsh professional snooker player.

Career

Early career

He played on Challenge Tour from 2003 to 2005, and first qualified for the Main Tour in 2008–09, but lost his place after just one season. He regained his place for the 2010–11 season by topping the Welsh rankings. He is a practice partner of Mark Williams.

2010/2011 season

Pagett qualified for the 2011 World Snooker Championship after winning four qualifying matches. He knocked out Zhang Anda, Bjorn Haneveer and Nigel Bond, before beating Andrew Higginson 10–6 to qualify for the final stages of a major event for the first time, ^[4] where he was defeated 10–7 by Jamie Cope.

2011/2012 season

Pagett began the 2011–12 season ranked 71st in the world meaning he would have to win four qualifying matches to reach the ranking event main draws. ^[5] However, after attempting to qualify for all eight tournaments he only won two matches; one at the Australian Goldfields Open and the other at the German Masters. ^[6] Pagett played in 11 of the 12 minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, with his best finishes coming in Event 4 and Event 9, where he reached the last 32. He was ranked number 82 on the PTC Order of Merit. ^[7] Pagett finished the season without a world ranking and will not play on the main tour in the 2012–13 season. ^[8]

2012/2013 season

Pagett could only enter Players Tour Championship events in the 2012/2013 season, taking part in seven of them. His best finish came in the third European Tour event in Belgium, where he beat Raf van de Maele, Robbie Williams, Stuart Bingham, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and former world champion Neil Robertson, before losing to Mark Allen 1–4 in the semi-finals. ^[9] It was this result which largely contributed to him finishing 55th on the Order of Merit to claim one of the eight spots on offer to players not on the main tour for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. ^[10]

2013/2014 season

Pagett made a dream start to the season as in his first match he defeated world number one Mark Selby 5–3 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China where he lost 2–5 to David Gilbert in the first round. ^{[11] [12]} Later in the year he reached the last 32 of a ranking event for only the second time in his career at his home tournament the Welsh Open. Pagett beat Marcus Campbell 4–0 and Gerard Greene 4–3, before losing 0–4 to Stephen Maguire. ^[12] Pagett ended his first season back on the tour ranked world number 103. ^[13]

2014/2015 season

After losing in the qualifying rounds of the first three events of the 2014–15 season, Pagett beat Rory McLeod 6–3 to play in the International Championship, where he lost 1–6 to Peter Ebdon. He was knocked out of the first round of both the UK Championship and Welsh Open 6–2 by Mike Dunn and 4–2 by McLeod respectively. Pagett's only win at the venue of a ranking this year was a 4–2 success over Zack Richardson at the Indian Open, before he lost 1–4 to Chris Wakelin in the second round. ^[14] He was relegated from the tour at the end of the season as the number 80 in the world rankings and did not enter Q School. ^[15]

2020/2021 season

Pagett regained his place on the professional circuit following his victory at the 2020 EBSA European Snooker Championship. However, he had to have surgery to correct a perforated bowel which required 4–6 months rest and rehabilitation. His place was therefore deferred to the 2021-22 World Snooker Tour. ^[16]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2003/ 04	2004/ 05	2008/ 09	2010/ 11	2011/ 12	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2016/ 17	2018/ 19	2019/ 20	2020/ 21	2021/ 22	2022/ 23	2023/ 24	2024/ 25
Ranking [17] [nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	[nb 3]	71	[nb 3]	103	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 4]	[nb 3]	82	[nb 5]	87
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Not Held		Non-Ranking Event								A	RR	RR	RR	RR
Xi'an Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held														LQ
Saudi Arabia Masters	Tournament Not Held														3R
English Open	Tournament Not Held							A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R
British Open	A	A	Tournament Not Held									3R	LQ	LQ	LQ
Wuhan Open	Tournament Not Held													LQ	1R
Northern Ireland Open	Tournament Not Held							A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
International Championship	Tournament Not Held					LQ	1R	A	A	A	Not Held			LQ	LQ
UK Championship	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ
Shoot Out	Not Held			Non-Ranking Event				A	A	2R	A	2R	1R	1R	1R
Scottish Open [nb 6]	A	Tournament Not Held						A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
German Masters	Not Held			LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	2R	WD
Welsh Open	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	3R	1R	A	A	A	A	1R	LQ	1R	LQ
World Open [nb 7]	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	A	A	A	Not Held			LQ	WD
World Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held							DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship [nb 8]	Not Held			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held								DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	LQ	A	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Northern Ireland Trophy	Not Held		LQ	Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship	Not Held		LQ	Tournament Not Held
Wuxi Classic [nb 9]	Not Held		Non-Ranking Event			1R	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open	Tournament Not Held				LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	Non-Ranking		Not Held			Non-Ranking
Paul Hunter Classic	NH	Pro-am		Minor-Ranking Event				A	2R	NR	Tournament Not Held
Indian Open	Tournament Not Held					LQ	2R	A	A	Tournament Not Held
China Open	NH	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters	Tournament Not Held						MR	A	A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters	Tournament Not Held											LQ	Not Held
Gibraltar Open	Tournament Not Held						MR	A	A	2R	A	1R	Not Held
WST Classic	Tournament Not Held												2R	Not Held
European Masters [nb 10]	A	A	Tournament Not Held					A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship [nb 11]	Not Held		A	2R	NH	2R	RR	RR	A	A	Not Held		LQ	Not Held

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.
PA / Pro-am Event				means an event is/was a pro-am event.

1. From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
2. He was an amateur
3. New players don't have a ranking
4. He was an amateur who qualified for the main tour, but his tour card was deferred until the following season
5. Players qualified through the Q School started the season without ranking points
6. The event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)
7. The event was called the LG Cup (2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005, 2008/2009)
8. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2011/2012 and 2013/2014–2014/2015)
9. The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009)
10. The event was called the European Open (2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005)
11. The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 9 (4 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2003	EBSA European Snooker Championship	David John	3–7
Winner	1.	2005	Welsh Amateur Championship	Michael White	6–4
Runner-up	2.	2007	PIOS – Event 2	Kuldesh Johal	4–6
Winner	2.	2010	Welsh Amateur Championship	Gareth Allen	8–0
Runner-up	3.	2016	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Soheil Vahedi	1–8
Runner-up	4.	2019	Challenge Tour – Event 2	Jake Nicholson	1–3
Winner	3.	2019	Challenge Tour – Event 3	Robbie McGuigan	3–1
Runner-up	5.	2019	Challenge Tour – Event 7	Dean Young	1–3
Winner	4.	2020	EBSA European Snooker Championship	Heikki Niva	5–2

References

1. "Andrew Pagett". World Snooker Tour . Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
2. "Rankings after PTC1 2011" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
3. "Issued after the Players Tour Championship 2011 – Event 7" (PDF). World Snooker . 11 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
4. "Pagett thanks Mark Williams after qualifying success". BBC Sport . 14 March 2011. Retrieved 27 March 2011.
5. "Rankings after 2011 World Championship" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2011.
6. "Andrew Pagett 2011/2012". snooker.org. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
7. "Order of Merit". snooker.org. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
8. "Official World Snooker Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season" (PDF). World Snooker . 8 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 23 May 2012.
9. "Andrew Pagett 2012/2013". snooker.org. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
10. "Order of Merit 2012/2013". snooker.org. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
11. "Mark Selby suffers Wuxi Classic defeat by Andrew Pagett". BBC Sport . 27 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
12. "Andrew Pagett 2013/2014". snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
13. "Prize Money Rankings After the World Championship 2014" (PDF). World Snooker . Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
14. "Andrew Pagett 2014/2015". snooker.org. Retrieved 24 April 2015.
15. "World Rankings After 2015 Betfred World Championship". World Snooker . Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
16. "Andrew Pagett Tour Card Deferral". 28 September 2020. Archived from the original on 28 September 2020.
17. "Ranking History". snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

External links

• Cue sports portal

• Andrew Pagett at the World Snooker Tour
• Andrew Pagett at snooker.org