Paul McPhillips (born 27 March 1971) is a Scottish former professional

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player. He is best known as the regular practice partner of

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Amateur career

McPhillips was the UK Junior Champion in 1987. In 1990, he was defeated by

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in the final of the Scottish Amateur Championship.

Pro career

McPhillips turned Pro in 1991. In the 1992 Classic he reached the last 32 by defeating former world champion Joe Johnson. He defeated

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to reach the Last 16 of the 1994 Welsh Open but was beaten by

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and he also finished runners up to

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at the 1995 Benson & Hedges Championship in Edinburgh, he reached no. 59 in the

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as a result. At the 1997 British Open, he reached the last 16 but was narrowly defeated by Stephen Hendry. During the 1997/98 season, he defeated Michael Holt 6–5 to win the 1st event, in Event 4 he reached the last 16 and at Event 5 he reached the Quarter Final to claim the overall UK Tour. He had another notable victory in 3rd Qualifying round of the 2001 Embassy World Snooker Championship against Tony Jones. In the later stages of his career he reached the preliminary round at the

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. and at the

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he was defeated in the quarter finals by

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Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)

Amateur finals: 1

Results

*1989 WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 3 - Quarter Final *1991 Benson & Hedges Championship Satellite Championship - last 16 * 1992 Welsh Open last 64 * 1992 Classic (snooker) last 32 * 1993 Welsh Open last 64 *

1993 European Open (1992/1993) The 1993 Humo European Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in February 1993 at the Matchroom Schijnpoort in Antwerp, Belgium. Only the latter stages, from the last-16, were played in Antwerp. Steve Davis won the t ...

last 64 *

1994 British Open The 1994 British Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that was held from 30 March to 7 April 1994 at the Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, England. Ronnie O'Sullivan won the tournament by defeating James Wattana 9–4 in the final. T ...

last 64 * 1994 Grand Prix (snooker) last 64 * 1995 International Open last 64 * 1995 Welsh Open last 64 * 1996 Grand Prix (snooker) last 32 *1997 WPBSA Qualifying School - Event 2 - last 32 *1997 WPBSA Qualifying School - Event 3 - last 32 * 1997 International Open last 64 *1998 UK Tour - Event 2 - 32 *1998 UK Tour - Event 5 - Quarter Final *1998 UK Tour - Event 4 - last 16 *

2000 Grand Prix (snooker) The 2000 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the second of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2000/2001 season, following the British Open and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 13 to 22 October 2000 at the Telford ...

last 48 *2001

Challenge Tour (snooker) The Q Tour is a series of snooker tournaments, immediately below the level of the World Snooker Main Tour. The tour originally ran between the 1994–95 season and the 2004–05 season as professional non-ranking events. Due to the large numb ...

- Event 2 -last 16 *2001

- Event 1 -last 16 *2002

- Event 3 -last 32 *2002

- Event 4 -last 32

Player Stats

References

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