Aaron Canavan (born 10 August 1975) is an amateur snooker player from Jersey.

Career

He was the surprise winner of the 2018

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, beating

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along the way. He beat

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4–3 in the final. He won £10,000, and competed in the following World Snooker Championship qualifiers, losing 10–1 to

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in the first round. He also finished second in the 2019 Seniors 6-Red World Championship, losing to

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4–2 in the final.

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

* 2018

References

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