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| Born | 8 February 1976 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England |
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| Sport country |  England |
| Professional | 1995–2001, 2002–2006, 2008–2014 |
| Highest ranking | 63 (2005/06) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 32 (x4) |
Simon Bedford (born 8 February 1976) is an English former professional snooker player. [1]
Bedford's best performance in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship; he beat Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 6–10 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in 2008, beating two-time World Champion Mark Williams en route. He qualified to return to the Main Tour for the 2008–09 season by finishing fourth in the 2007/2008 Pontins International Open Series rankings.
In the 2012–13 season, he became the only player to beat World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, after a 4–3 win from 2–3 behind in the first main round of the third UK event of the Players Tour Championship in September. [2]
At the beginning of the 2013–14 season, in qualifying against Barry Pinches for the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open, a 19-year-old record from the qualifying stage of the 1994 British Open was broken. The match lasted 449 minutes and 46 seconds, the longest ever best-of-nine-frame match in the history of professional snooker. [3] The previous record was 434 minutes and 12 seconds in the match between Ian Williamson and Robby Foldvari in 1994. [4] The Bedford/Pinches match began on 31 May 2013 and ended on 1 June 2013; Bedford won 5–4, after being 4–0 up. He only entered six further events during the season, winning five matches. After a first round defeat in the UK Championship in November he did not enter another tournament, resulting in his relegation from the main tour as he ended the season ranked 99th in the world. [5] Bedford returned to play in 2017 Q School and was knocked out in the fifth round of the first event and the second round of event two. [6]
| Tournament | 1995/ 96 | 1996/ 97 | 1997/ 98 | 1998/ 99 | 1999/ 00 | 2000/ 01 | 2001/ 02 | 2002/ 03 | 2003/ 04 | 2004/ 05 | 2005/ 06 | 2008/ 09 | 2009/ 10 | 2010/ 11 | 2011/ 12 | 2012/ 13 | 2013/ 14 | 2018/ 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ranking [7] [nb 1] | [nb 2] | 323 | 215 | 119 | 128 | 139 | [nb 3] | [nb 2] | 93 | 73 | 64 | [nb 2] | 72 | 65 | [nb 4] | [nb 5] | 84 | [nb 3] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Riga Masters | Tournament Not Held | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Open [nb 6] | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | 1R | 1R | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | A | WR | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Masters [nb 7] | LQ | LQ | NH | LQ | Not Held | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Championship | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scottish Open [nb 8] | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | NR | NH | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German Masters [nb 9] | LQ | LQ | A | NR | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh Open | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Open | Tournament Not Held | A | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship [nb 10] | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Open [nb 11] | Not Held | NR | LQ | A | LQ | A | Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Masters | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Classic [nb 12] | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thailand Masters [nb 13] | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | A | NR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| British Open | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Irish Masters | Non-Ranking Event | LQ | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Trophy | Tournament Not Held | NR | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bahrain Championship | Tournament Not Held | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuxi Classic | Tournament Not Held | Non-Ranking Event | LQ | LQ | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Goldfields Open [nb 14] | NR | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | NR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
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| 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 | event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | event is/was a ranking event. | |||
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