Billy Snaddon (born 7 July 1969) is a Scottish former professional snooker 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, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Lee and Stephen Hendry 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) International World Championship.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04RankingNew players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.745936333532322424264067Ranking tournamentsLG CupThe event was also called the Grand Prix (1991/1992–2000/2001)LQ3RLQLQLQ3R3R2R1R2R1RLQLQBritish OpenLQLQ1R2R1R1R2R1R1R2R1RLQLQ UK Championship2R2RLQ1RLQ3R1R1R1R1R1RLQLQ Welsh OpenLQ2R1RLQ3R1R1R2R1RLQLQLQLQ European OpenThe event was also called the Irish Open (1998/1999)LQLQLQ1RLQLQNHQFNot HeldQFLQLQ Irish MastersNon-Ranking EventLQLQ Players ChampionshipThe event was also called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Scottish Open (1997/1998–2002/2003)NH3RLQ2R3R1R1R1R2R2R1RLQLQ World ChampionshipLQLQ1R1RLQ1RLQLQ1R1RLQLQLQ Non-ranking tournaments Masters Qualifying EventThe event was also called the Benson and Hedges Satellite Championship (1991/1992) and the Benson and Hedges Championship (1992/1993–2002/2003)LQ1R2R2R1R1R1R1R1R3R4R3R2R The MastersLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ Former ranking tournaments ClassicLQTournament Not Held Strachan Open2RMRNRTournament Not Held Asian ClassicThe event was also called the Dubai Classic (1991/92–1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)LQ1RLQLQLQLQTournament Not Held German OpenTournament Not Held1RLQ1RTournament Not Held Malta Grand PrixNot HeldNon-Ranking Event1RNRNot Held China OpenThe event was also called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)Tournament Not HeldNRFLQ1RLQNot Held Thailand MastersThe event was also called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)LQLQLQLQ1RLQLQ1RQFLQLQNRNH Former non-ranking tournaments King's CupNHAAWTournament Not Held Poland MastersTournament Not Held QFTournament Not Held Scottish MastersAA1RQFLQALQLQLQLQAANH
Performance Table LegendLQ lost in the qualifying draw#R lost in the early rounds of the tournament(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)QF lost in the quarter-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held means an event was not held.NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
Career finals Ranking finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 1999 China International John Higgins 3–9
Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 1994 King's Cup Noppadon Noppachorn 8–4
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