Stuart Pettman

Stuart Pettman (born 24 April 1975) is an English former professional snooker player. 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. He spent 11 seasons on the professional snooker tour, with a highest ranking of 35 (2009/10 season).

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.

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		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	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	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	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	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	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held	Non-Ranking Event	1R	NR	Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	NR	Not Held	NR	Tournament Not Held
Scottish Open	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	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.

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1

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