Billy Snaddon (born 7 July 1969) is a Scottish former professional
snooker
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player. He reached the
World Snooker Championship first round five times, but never progressed past this stage. He spent 5 seasons ranked among the game's top 32, peaking at No. 24 in 2000.
Career
Snaddon began life as a footballer, but turned to snooker after a hip disease ended his football career, turning professional in 1991. He reached the last sixteen of seven ranking events before finally reaching a quarter-final, in the 1998 Irish Open.
He reached one ranking final in his thirteen-year career, in the 1999
Regal China International. A rank outsider in this tournament, he took out the top 16 players
James Wattana
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,
Ronnie O'Sullivan,
Stephen Lee and
Stephen Hendry
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''en route'' to the final before losing 3–9 to World Champion
John Higgins. Snaddon also reached the quarter-final of the
Thailand Masters a year later.
In 2016, he won in both the team, and seniors individual, categories at the
Blackball (pool)
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International World Championship.
Performance and rankings timeline
Career finals
Ranking finals: 1
Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)
References
External links
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Profile on globalsnooker.co.uk
1969 births
Living people
Scottish snooker players
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