Billy Snaddon

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.

Career

Snaddon began life as a footballer, but turned to snooker after a hip disease ended his football career, turning professional in 1991. He reached the last sixteen of seven ranking events before finally reaching a quarter-final, in the 1998 Irish Open.

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.

In 2016, he won in both the team, and seniors individual, categories at the Blackball (pool) International World Championship.

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		74	59	36	33	35	32	32	24	24	26	40	67
Ranking tournaments
LG Cup	LQ	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ	3R	3R	2R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	LQ
British Open	LQ	LQ	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	LQ
UK Championship	2R	2R	LQ	1R	LQ	3R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ
Welsh Open	LQ	2R	1R	LQ	3R	1R	1R	2R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
European Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	NH	QF	Not Held	QF	LQ	LQ
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event	LQ	LQ
Players Championship	NH	3R	LQ	2R	3R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	LQ	LQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Masters Qualifying Event	LQ	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	3R	4R	3R	2R
The Masters	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Classic	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open	2R	MR	NR	Tournament Not Held
Asian Classic	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
German Open	Tournament Not Held	1R	LQ	1R	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held	Non-Ranking Event	1R	NR	Not Held
China Open	Tournament Not Held	NR	F	LQ	1R	LQ	Not Held
Thailand Masters	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	QF	LQ	LQ	NR	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
King's Cup	NH	A	A	W	Tournament Not Held
Poland Masters	Tournament Not Held	QF	Tournament Not Held
Scottish Masters	A	A	1R	QF	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	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.

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1999	China International	Scotland John Higgins	3–9

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1994	King's Cup	Thailand Noppadon Noppachorn	8–4

External links

at Snooker.org