Ishpreet Singh Chadha ( hi, इशप्रीत सिंह चढ्ढा, born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the

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starting with 2023–24 snooker season.

Career

From

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, he and fellow-Mumbai native Kreishh Gurbaxani have been described as a prodigies of Indian former-professional snooker player

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. In April 2022, Chadha beat Pushpender Singh to win Bangalore Snooker Academy’s all-India Open snooker championship. In December 2022, Chadha was crowned the SAARC Snooker champion in

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, defeating Ahsan Ramzan on the way to the final, and then fellow Indian Brijesh Daman in the final. That month he defeated Pankaj Advani to win the 6-Red Snooker National Championships in

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. Chadha reached the final of the Asia-Oceania Q School in Bangkok in June 2023, with a run that included victories over Pakistan’s Sharjeel Mahmood Asmat and Yu Kiu Chang of Hong Kong. In the final round he defeated Hon Man Chau to earn a two-year card on the

starting with the 2023–24 snooker season.

2023/24

He started the season being entered into the draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the

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, England, from 26 June 2023. He began his career with a credible draw against top-16 player David Gilbert, and finished his round-robin group stage with a win over Sean O'Sullivan. In August 2023, he defeated Manasawin Phetmalaikul 4-1 to qualify for the final stages of the

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. At the event, he secured the biggest win of his career against former world champion

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. In September 2023, he also beat

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to qualify for the 2023 Wuhan Open. He earned a second victory of the season over Stuart Bingham to qualify for the World Open, winning 5-3. In January 2024, he recorded the biggest win of his career with a 5-2 win over World Champion

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at the

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Personal life

He was formerly a competitive

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player.

Performance and rankings timeline

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Singh Chadha, Ishpreet Indian snooker players Living people Date of birth unknown Sportspeople from Mumbai 1996 births