Billy Snaddon

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Billy Snaddon
Born (1969-07-07) 7 July 1969 (age 54)
Sport countryFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Professional1991–2004
Highest ranking 24 (2000/01)
Best ranking finishRunner-up (x1)

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]

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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 LQLQLQ 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R 1R LQLQ
British Open LQLQ 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 2R 1R LQLQ
UK Championship 2R 2R LQ 1R LQ 3R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R LQLQ
Welsh Open LQ 2R 1R LQ 3R 1R 1R 2R 1R LQLQLQLQ
European Open [nb 3] LQLQLQ 1R LQLQNH QF Not Held QF LQLQ
Irish Masters Non-Ranking EventLQLQ
Players Championship [nb 4] NH 3R LQ 2R 3R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R LQLQ
World Championship LQLQ 1R 1R LQ 1R LQLQ 1R 1R LQLQLQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Masters Qualifying Event [nb 5] LQ 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 4R 3R 2R
The Masters LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
Classic LQTournament Not Held
Strachan Open 2R MRNRTournament Not Held
Asian Classic [nb 6] LQ 1R LQLQLQLQTournament Not Held
German Open Tournament Not Held 1R LQ 1R Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not HeldNon-Ranking Event 1R NRNot Held
China Open [nb 7] Tournament Not HeldNR F LQ 1R LQNot Held
Thailand Masters [nb 8] LQLQLQLQ 1R LQLQ 1R QF LQLQNRNH
Former non-ranking tournaments
King's Cup NHAA W Tournament Not Held
Poland Masters Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Scottish Masters AA 1R QF LQALQLQLQLQAANH
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew 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

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1. 1999 China International Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 3–9

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1. 1994 King's Cup Flag of Thailand.svg Noppadon Noppachorn 8–4

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.


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