Chris Norbury

Chris Norbury

Born	(1986-08-14) 14 August 1986 (age 38) Accrington, England
Sport country	England
Professional	2005–2007, 2009/10, 2013–2015
Highest ranking	72 (2006/07) [1]
Best ranking finish	Last 32 (x1)

Christopher Norbury ^[2] (born 14 August 1986) is an English former professional snooker player. He began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2003, at the time the second-level professional tour. ^[3] Norbury first entered Main Tour for the 2005–06 season, after finishing the 2004/05 Challenge Tour Rankings on the rank 5. ^{[4] [5]} He played in the latter stages of the Paul Hunter Classic in both 2008 and 2009, losing in the first round to Shaun Murphy 4–1 in 2008, and losing to Dave Harold 4–2 in 2009.

He runs Elite Snooker Club in Lostock Hall, Lancashire along with fellow professional player, Shokat Ali.

Personal life

Chris supports his local football, team Accrington Stanley. Chris is married.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2002/ 03	2003/ 04	2004/ 05	2005/ 06	2006/ 07	2009/ 10	2010/ 11	2011/ 12	2012/ 13	2013/ 14	2014/ 15
Ranking [6] [nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	[nb 2]	159	72	[nb 3]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	108
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic [nb 4]	Not Held					Non-Ranking			A	LQ	LQ
Australian Goldfields Open	Not Held							A	A	LQ	LQ
Shanghai Masters	Not Held					LQ	A	A	A	LQ	LQ
International Championship	Not Held								A	LQ	LQ
UK Championship	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	2R	1R
German Masters	Not Held						A	WR	A	LQ	LQ
Welsh Open	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	1R	1R
Indian Open	Not Held									LQ	LQ
Players Championship Grand Final [nb 5]	Not Held						DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
China Open	Not Held		A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	LQ	LQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	A	A
Former Ranking tournaments
Malta Cup [nb 6]	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy	Not Held			NR	LQ	Not Held
World Open [nb 7]	A	A	A	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	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. 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. The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2009/2010)
5. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
6. The event was called the European Open (2002/2003–2003/2004)
7. The event was called the LG Cup (2002/2003–2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005–2009/2010)

References

1. "Official Rankings". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 29 March 2007.
2. "Christopher Norbury". worldsnookerdate.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
3. "Chris Norbury – Season 2003/2004". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
4. "2005–6 Main Tour List". Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
5. "2004–5 Challenge Tour Rankings". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 19 December 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2012.
6. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

External links

• "Official player profile of Chris Norbury". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. "Players Alphabetical" section. Archived from the original on 28 November 2013.
• Profile on Global Snooker ^[usurped]
• Profile on Pro Snooker Blog