John Hargreaves (born 2 December 1945) is an English former professional

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player.

Snooker career

As an amateur, he won the 1981 Pontins Spring Open, beating

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7–2 in the final. Hargreaves turned professional in 1983. He was beaten in his first matches in the qualifying rounds of the

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(0–5 by

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), the 1983 UK Championship (4–9 by

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and the 1984 World Snooker Championship (5–10 to Eddie McLaughlin. He did however record wins over Warren King (5–3) and Billy Kelly (5–4) in the qualifying rounds of the 1984 Classic before losing 1–5 to

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in the third qualifying round. Having failed to gain any ranking points, we was unranked in the

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. Following the

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, during which he did not progress beyond the qualifying rounds of any tournament, Hargreaves was the lowest ranked of 102 players in the

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. Despite again failing to get past the qualifying rounds during the

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, Hargreaves improved his ranking to 92nd, a career high. He again failed to reach the final stages of any tournament in the

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, and in the

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played only one match, losing 4–5 to Morra in the first qualifying round of the 1987 International Open. It was to be his last professional tournament appearance.

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

References

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