Stuart Pettman

Stuart Pettman
Born	24 April 1975 (age 49); Preston, Lancashire, England
Sport country	England
Professional	1992–2011
Highest ranking	35 (May–July 2010)
Best ranking finish	Semi-final (2009 China Open)

Last updated April 28, 2024

Stuart Pettman (born 24 April 1975) is an English former professional snooker player and author. The Preston native qualified for the World Championship three times, in 2003, 2004 and 2010. He beat 2005 champion Shaun Murphy in qualifying to reach the 2004 World Championships.^[2] He spent 11 seasons on the professional snooker tour, with a highest ranking of 35 (2009/10 season).^[3]

Career

He had ten last-32 defeats before he first reached the last 16 of a ranking event. He started 2007/2008 strongly, reaching the last 16 of the opening Shanghai Masters (winning 4 matches before benefitting from Ronnie O'Sullivan's withdrawal) and then qualifying for the final stages of the Grand Prix by winning all 7 group games. His form tailed off after this, but he had a strong run in the 2009 China Open, defeating Mark Allen, Ali Carter and Graeme Dott to reach his first career semi-final. Pettman qualified for the 2010 World Championship, but was beaten 10–1 in the first round by Ding Junhui. Following 10–2 defeats by Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry in 2003 and 2004 respectively, this means Pettman's win–loss ratio of frames played at the Crucible is 5–30.

Pettman retired from professional snooker after the 2010/2011 season. He wrote a book entitled Stuart Pettman: As Sometimes Seen On TV about his experiences on the World Snooker Tour.^[4] He has recently been playing American pool, including at the 2013 Derby City Classic, where he scored a high run of 117 in 14.1 Straight Pool, which is the record of the modern era on a 5x10 ft table. He is currently living in Bangkok, Thailand, where he manages a pool hall.^{[ citation needed ]}

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1992/ 93	1993/ 94		1994/ 95	1995/ 96	1996/ 97	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2001/ 02	2002/ 03	2003/ 04	2004/ 05	2005/ 06	2006/ 07	2007/ 08	2008/ 09	2009/ 10	2010/ 11
Ranking ^[5]^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}	370		187	123	89	87	76	68	60	55	58	47	38	47	52	53	62	37	35
Ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	Tournament Not Held																2R	1R	LQ	LQ
World Open ^{[nb 3]}	LQ	2R		LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	3R	LQ	RR	LQ	LQ	LQ
UK Championship	LQ	LQ		LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	1R	LQ	1R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
German Masters ^{[nb 4]}	Tournament Not Held				LQ	LQ	LQ	NR	Tournament Not Held											LQ
Welsh Open	LQ	LQ		LQ	2R	LQ	1R	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Players Tour Championship Grand Final	Tournament Not Held																			DNQ
China Open ^{[nb 5]}	Tournament Not Held						NR	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	SF	LQ	LQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ		LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship ^{[nb 6]}	Tournament Not Held																	2R	A	2R
The Masters	LQ	A		LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	A
Shoot Out	Tournament Not Held																			2R
Former ranking tournaments
Asian Classic ^{[nb 7]}	LQ	LQ		LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held			Non-Ranking Event					1R	NR	Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters ^{[nb 8]}	LQ	LQ		LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	NR	Not Held			NR	Tournament Not Held
Scottish Open ^{[nb 9]}	LQ	LQ		LQ	LQ	2R	2R	2R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	Tournament Not Held
British Open	LQ	LQ		LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event											LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	NR	Tournament Not Held
Malta Cup ^{[nb 10]}	LQ	LQ		LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	LQ	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	NR	Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy	Tournament Not Held														NR	2R	LQ	2R	Not Held
Bahrain Championship	Tournament Not Held																	LQ	Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Strachan Open	MR	LQ	LQ	Tournament 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.

↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001, 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
↑ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
↑ The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)
↑ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)
↑ The event was called the Dubai Classic (1992/1993-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
↑ The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)
↑ The event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
↑ The event was called the European Open (1992/1993-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1999	Merseyside Professional Championship	Stuart Bingham	1–5

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References

↑ "World rankings after 2010 PTC1" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
↑ "2004 Embassy World Championship Stage 3 Qualifying". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
↑ "profile cuetracker.net". Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
↑ "Stuart Pettman".
↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

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[6] From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.

[UR-7] New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

[8] The event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001, 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)

[9] The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)

[10] The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)

[11] The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)

[12] The event was called the Dubai Classic (1992/1993-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)

[13] The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)

[14] The event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)

[15] The event was called the European Open (1992/1993-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)

[1] "World rankings after 2010 PTC1" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2013.

[Global_Snooker_Centre_S3Q-2] "2004 Embassy World Championship Stage 3 Qualifying". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2016.

[3] "profile cuetracker.net". Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

[4] "Stuart Pettman".

[Ranking_history-5] "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2017.

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