List of snooker players
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This is a list of professional snooker
players.
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
players.
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- Hugh Abernethy
- Joven Alba
- Shokat AliShokat AliShokat Ali is an English snooker player of Pakistani descent, who represents Pakistan in international tournaments. Ali turned professional in 1991, but his best performance in professional competition came ten years later in the 2001 Thailand Masters where he reached the quarter-fnals, beating...
(born 1970) - Mark AllenMark Allen (snooker player)Mark Allen is a Northern Irish professional snooker player. He won the World Amateur Championship in 2004. The following year he turned professional and took only three seasons to reach the elite top 16...
- Anda Zhang
- Leonardo Andam
- Ian Anderson
- Pankaj AdvaniPankaj AdvaniPankaj Arjan Advani is an Indian Billiards and Snooker player. A winner of seven World Titles in Billiards and Snooker, he is considered to be the one of the best Billiards Player India has produced...
- Javed Ansari
- Justin AstleyJustin AstleyJustin Astley is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2001, but lost his place. He returned for the 2005/2006 season, but he couldn't defend his place. In the 2009/2010 season he reached the finals of the last two events of the International Open Series and was ranked...
- Au Chi-waiAu Chi-waiAu Chi-wai , is an amateur snooker and pool player from Hong Kong. In snooker, he won , the Silver Medal in the Snooker Doubles event at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan. Au was also the second runner-up of 2009 Asian Snooker Championships...
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- Sam BairdSam BairdSam Baird is a professional snooker player from England. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season, by winning the EBSA Pro-Ticket Tour Play-Offs.-Amateur:* Silver Waistcoat Tour - 2006/7* Gold Waistcoat Tour - 2008/9...
- John Bear
- Simon BedfordSimon BedfordSimon Bedford is an English professional snooker player. His best run to date in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship beating Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 10–6 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in...
- Bernard BennettBernard BennettBernard Bennett was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards, who competed in the late 1960s and 1970s, and was a professional player for nearly 30 years, although he spent most of his latter playing years in relative obscurity well down the rankings.He entered the 1969...
- Mark BennettMark Bennett (snooker player)Mark Bennett is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Newport.After winning the Welsh amateur title in 1985, he turned professional the followiing year. He was ranked in the top 32 for four seasons between 1991 and 1995, reaching a high rank of 24 in 1993...
- Stuart BinghamStuart BinghamStuart Bingham is an English professional snooker player. He was the 1996 English Amateur and World Amateur champion, but for many years was something of a journeyman professional. He had a run of strong results in late 2005, to earn him a top 32 world rankings place he has yet to lose...
- Jonathan Birch
- Nigel BondNigel Bond-External links:*...
- Alfred Borg
- Alex BorgAlex BorgAlex Borg is a professional Maltese snooker player. He regularly appeared as wild card in the Malta Grand Prix, where throughout the events history he managed to beat the likes of Nigel Bond and John Higgins. He has also competed as a wild card in the Malta Cup...
- Mark BoyleMark Boyle (snooker player)Mark Boyle is a Scottish professional snooker player. He first entered the professional tour for the 2006/07 season.-Amateur:Billiards* 2003 Scottish Billiards Championship* 2004 Scottish Billiards ChampionshipSnooker...
- Luca BrecelLuca BrecelLuca Brecel is a Belgian snooker player, widely considered one of the most promising upcoming snooker talents.-Amateur career:In April 2009, he became the youngest European under-19 champion at 14 years of age....
- Karl Broughton
- Jordan BrownJordan Brown (snooker player)Jordan Brown is a Northern Irish professional snooker player, who is making his debut on the Main Tour for the 2009/2010 season.-External links:* * *...
- Wayne Brown
- Alfred BurdenAlfred BurdenAlfred "Alfie" Burden is an English professional snooker player who lives in London.-Career:Burden originally had his eyes set on making a career as a professional footballer, but a badly broken leg curtailed this ambition. He spent a couple of seasons at Arsenal F.C. as a schoolboy apprentice,...
- Jamie BurnettJamie BurnettJamie Burnett is a professional snooker player from Hamilton, Scotland.-Career:During the qualifying stages of the 2004 UK Championship, he achieved the impressive feat of becoming the first ever player to compile a break over 147 in a professional match, in which he made a break of 148 against...
- Karl Burrows
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- Andrew Cairns
- John CampbellJohn Campbell (snooker player)John Campbell is a former Australian professional snooker player, who was over 6 feet tall, who consistently reached the last 16 of many ranking tournaments, peaking at number 18 in the world rankings in 1986...
- Marcus CampbellMarcus CampbellMarcus Campbell is a Scottish professional snooker player. He lives in Erskine. He has been ranked within the worlds top 64 for 9 consecutive seasons and is currently ranked at 24.-Career:...
- Ali Carter
- Franky Chan
- Bob ChaperonBob ChaperonRobert "Bob" Chaperon is a retired Canadian professional snooker and billiards player.-Career:Chaperon's greatest achievement was winning the 1990 British Open, beating Alex Higgins 10–8 in the final. He reached at least one other ranking quarter-final, the 1987 Grand Prix...
- Tony ChappelTony ChappelTony Chappel is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Pontarddulais in Swansea, a professional between 1984 and 2001.-Career:...
- Eddie CharltonEddie CharltonEdward Francis Charlton AM was an Australian professional snooker and English billiards player. He remains the only player to have been world championship runner-up in both snooker and billiards without winning either title...
- Martin Clark
- Wayne CooperWayne Cooper (snooker player)Wayne Cooper is a former English professional snooker player from Bradford, born 9 June 1978. He first qualified for the main tour in 1997, but soon dropped of the main tour and had remained as an amateur for 11 years. Wayne Cooper manage to regain his place in the 2008/09 pro tour by finishing top...
- Jamie CopeJamie Cope-External links:***...
- Gareth CoppackGareth CoppackGareth Coppack is a professional snooker player from North Wales.His best run to date was to the third qualifying round of the 2008 World Championship. He enjoyed victories over Kurt Maflin and Paul Davies , before he was defeated by John Parrott, 3–10.-References:***...
- Matthew CouchMatthew CouchMatthew Couch is an English professional snooker player from Scunthorpe. A professional since 1992, Couch has had little success in ranking events, although he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in 1998, and his highest break is 141 from 2002.He returned to the Main Tour for the...
- Stephen CraigieStephen CraigieStephen Craigie is an English professional snooker player from Newcastle. As a junior he won a number of tournaments and he managed to secure his place on the Main Tour for the first time in the 2008/2009 season by winning the European Under-19 Championship.However he was unable to retain his...
- Jeff Cundy
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- Dominic DaleDominic Dale-External links:**...
- Alex DaviesAlex Davies (snooker player)Alex Davies is a. professional snooker player. He was on the WPBSA Main Tour for the 2007/2008 season, but dropped off. He is the youngest person ever to win the English Amateur Championship, in 2003.-External links:**...
- Anthony DaviesAnthony DaviesAnthony Davies is a former Welsh professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1991, and his best performance was at the 1995 Thailand Open, where he reached the quarter-finals. His highest professional break was 147, in the 1995 Thailand...
- Paul Davies
- Fred Davis
- Joe DavisJoe DavisJoe Davis, OBE was a British professional player of snooker and English billiards....
- Mark DavisMark Davis (snooker player)Mark Davis is an English professional snooker player from St. Leonards in Sussex, England. The highlights of his career so far have been winning the Benson & Hedges Championship in 2002 – earning him an appearance at the Masters – and winning the 2009 Six-red World Championship.- Career :Davis...
- Steve DavisSteve DavisSteve Davis, OBE is an English professional snooker player. He has won more professional titles in the sport than any other player, including six World Championships during the 1980s, when he was the world number one for seven years and became the sport's first millionaire...
- Paul DavisonPaul DavisonPaul Davison is a professional snooker player from Pickering, North Yorkshire.He has qualified for the snooker main tour on a few occasions, and has managed to do so for the 2008/2009 and 2010/2011 season.-Career:...
- Matthew Day
- Ryan DayRyan Day-External links:* * *...
- Joe Delaney
- Tom DennisTom DennisTom Dennis was an English professional snooker and English billiards player.Dennis reached the finale of the World Championship in 1927, 1929, 1930 and 1931 but was beaten every time by Joe Davis. The closest Dennis came to defeating Davis was in the 1931 tournament, when the pair were the only...
- Ding JunhuiDing JunhuiDing Junhui is a Chinese professional snooker player. Ding Junhui is China's most successful player ever, having become only the second teenager, after John Higgins, to win three ranking titles...
- Les Dodd
- Ken DohertyKen DohertyKen Doherty is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the only player ever to have been world amateur and world professional champion...
- Walter DonaldsonWalter Donaldson (snooker player)Walter Donaldson was a Scottish professional snooker player.He turned professional at age 16, in 1923. He contested many world championships, finally achieving victory in 1947 after Joe Davis had retired from the tournament, and again in 1950...
- Jim DonnellyJim DonnellyJim Donnelly is a Scottish former professional snooker player who now coaches. He was seeded 29th in the world rankings for the 1982/83 season. He played in the 1982 World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre, the first Scottish professional player to do so, where he was eliminated in the...
- Graeme DottGraeme DottGraeme Dott is a Scottish professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. He won the 2006 World Championship, which was his first ranking title after four previous runner-up spots...
- Tony DragoTony DragoTony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8–6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...
- Adam DuffyAdam DuffyAdam Duffy is an English professional snooker player.Duffy qualified for the 2011/2012 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final Q School event.-External links:*...
- Steve Duggan
- Mike Dunn
- John DunningJohn Dunning (snooker player)John Dunning was an English professional player of snooker. Considered a Yorkshireman through and through, he was eleven times Yorkshire amateur champion. In 1964, he became CIU champion, beating Geoff Thompson in the final, making this his best win as an amateur...
- Nick DysonNick DysonNick Dyson is an English professional snooker player. He is one of a few players to have scored more than one 147 in tournament play. He has reached the last 32 of eight tournaments, including the 1991 and 2001 World Championship, but never progressed beyond this stage...
- Martin Dziewialtowski
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- Peter EbdonPeter EbdonPeter "Ebbo" Ebdon is an English professional snooker player and former world champion renowned for his remarkably focused, determined style of play.-Early years:...
- Ray EdmondsRay EdmondsRay Edmonds is a former English professional player of English billiards and snooker. He twice won the World Amateur Snooker title, and won the World Professional Billiards Championship in 1985.-Playing career:...
- Keith Ee
- Patrick EinslePatrick EinslePatrick Einsle is a German professional snooker player.Einsle turned professional in 2006/2007, after receiving a Main Tour wildcard from the WPBSA following the withdrawal of Paul Hunter. He dropped off the tour in the same season....
- Reanne EvansReanne EvansReanne Evans is a female English professional snooker player. She is the reigning WLBSA World Ladies Snooker Champion, having won the title for the seventh successive year in April 2011...
- Clive EvertonClive EvertonClive Everton , is a Welsh veteran BBC snooker commentator, journalist and author. He began his BBC career on the radio, but has been commentating on the television from the 1978 World Championship through to the present...
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- Ann-Marie Farren
- Patsy FaganPatsy FaganPatsy Fagan is a retired Irish professional snooker player.A talented snooker player who won the first UK championship in 1977 , Fagan seemed destined for a long and successful professional career in the game, but he became affected by a reluctance, possibly psychological, to play shots with the...
- Leo FernandezLeo FernandezLeo Fernandez is a current amateur and former professional snooker player born in Limerick, Ireland and living in London, England. He is currently competing on the Pontins International Tour , attempting to gain promotion to the Main Tour to regain professional status...
- Jason FergusonJason Ferguson (snooker player)Jason Ferguson is a former professional snooker player. He reached the World Snooker Championship on three occasions, and was for four seasons ranked in the world's top 32 players, reaching a peak position of #28....
- Igor FigueiredoIgor FigueiredoIgor Almeida Figueiredo is a Brazilian professional snooker player.-Career:He received a wild card onto the main tour for 2010/2011, having been a runner-up to Alfie Burden in the 2009 IBSF World Championship. He also competed on the PIOS tour where he finished 12th in the rankings after the eight...
- Dave FinbowDave FinbowDavid "Dave" Finbow is a former English professional snooker player from Worcester. In his career he managed to beat players such as Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ken Doherty and James Wattana. Throughout his career he reached five quarter-finals in ranking tournaments, as well as the last 16 of many events...
- Allison FisherAllison FisherAllison Fisher is an English professional pool player.-Biography:Fisher grew up in Hadlow, Kent. She won her first world title at the age of 17. To date, she has won over 80 national titles and 11 world titles in total. She even entered the men's snooker rankings, but never progressed into the...
- Jack Fitzmaurice
- Tom FordTom Ford (snooker player)-External links:*...
- Geoff Foulds
- Neal FouldsNeal FouldsNeal Foulds is a former English professional snooker player and is now a commentator on the sport.-Career:Foulds quickly climbed the rankings after turning professional in 1983, reaching no. 3 within four years. He won his first ranking tournament in 1986, the BCE International, beating Cliff...
- Danny FowlerDanny FowlerDanny Fowler born in Pudsey, West Yorkshire is an English former professional snooker player. In the 1993 World Championship, Fowler played the defending two-time World Champion Stephen Hendry in the first round but lost 1–10....
- Peter Francisco
- Silvino FranciscoSilvino FranciscoSilvino Francisco is a retired South African professional snooker player.Francisco comes from a snooker-playing family. His brother Mannie and nephew Peter both played at a high level, Mannie having been a runner-up in the World Amateur Billiards Championship on several occasions, and Peter having...
- Marco FuMarco FuMarco Fu Ka-chun , commonly known as Marco Fu, is a professional snooker player from Hong Kong. He currently resides in Happy Valley. He is best known for winning the 2007 Grand Prix, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final, and for being runner-up in the 2008 UK Championship...
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- Marcel Gauvreau
- Michael GeorgiouMichael GeorgiouMichael Georgiou is an English professional snooker player from Forest Hill, born 18 January 1988. He qualified for the main tour by winning the 2007 World under-21 Championship in India.-References:****...
- Matt Gibson
- David GilbertDavid Gilbert (snooker player)David Gilbert is an English professional snooker player. Gilbert is a former World Snooker Young Player of Distinction. Gilbert practices in Tamworth, Staffordshire at 'Tamworth Cue Sports Leisure Club'.-Career:...
- Nigel Gilbert
- Rodney GogginsRodney GogginsRodney Goggins is an Irish professional snooker player.Born in County Wexford. He earned his place on the 2007/08 professional Tour by finishing top of the Irish senior rankings last season. Goggins won the IBSF World under-21 Championship in 1999 when he beat Rolf de Jong of the Netherlands 11–4...
- Martin GouldMartin GouldMartin Gould is an English professional snooker player from Pinner in the London Borough of Harrow. He practises at the Whetstone Snooker Club. He works part-time as a debt collector, where he picked up his nickname "Solid Gould"....
- David Grace
- David Gray
- Mark GrayMark Gray (pool player)Mark Gray is an English professional pool player and former pro snooker player. Gray was a member of the victorious five-man Team Europe in the 2008 Mosconi Cup, December 11–14, in Malta...
- David Greaves
- Gerard GreeneGerard GreeneGerard Greene is a left-handed Northern Irish professional snooker player, who has represented Northern Ireland in international events , as his parents are from Belfast. He lives in Rainham in Kent...
- Terry GriffithsTerry GriffithsTerrence "Terry" Griffiths OBE is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit. He won the World Championship in 1979 at the first attempt, and reached the 1988 final. He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982, making him one of seven players to have...
- Adrian GunnellAdrian GunnellAdrian Gunnell is an English professional snooker player from Telford. He has reached the last-16 in four world ranking events , but has yet to progress beyond that stage...
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Andy Hatt ( City of Edmonton Champion )- David Hall
- Mike HallettMike HallettMike Hallett is an English professional snooker player and television sports commentator.-Career:Hallett was a consistently solid snooker player, but never achieved the very top ranks...
- Anthony HamiltonAnthony Hamilton (snooker player)Anthony Hamilton is an English professional snooker player noted for his strong break-building technique and distinctive appearance. He has spent five seasons ranked among the game's top 16, and fifteen in the top 32, reaching a career-high at number #10 in the world in the 1999/2000 season...
- Bjorn HaneveerBjorn HaneveerBjorn Haneveer is a Belgian professional snooker player. Haneveer also commentates on snooker matches for Dutch Eurosport.-Career:...
- Quinten HannQuinten HannQuinten Hann is an Australian former professional snooker player who now plays professional pool. He was the 1999 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion and 1994 world under 21 champion. His highest break is 143...
- Dave HaroldDave HaroldDavid 'Dave' Harold is an English professional snooker player from Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England. He is known by the nicknames of "the Hard Man" and "the Stoke Potter"...
(born 1966) - Bob Harris
- Vic Harris
- Barry HawkinsBarry HawkinsBarry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player. He has reached three ranking semi-finals, and spent five seasons inside the top 32 of the rankings. He has also played in the World Championship the last six years running.-Early career:Before taking up snooker professionally he was an...
- Kristjan Helgason
- Euan HendersonEuan HendersonEuan Henderson is a retired Scottish professional snooker player. In his twelve year professional career he reached only one ranking final, in the 1996 Grand Prix albeit without beating any of the game's established leading players, although his 6-3 semi-final win over Welsh veteran Mark Bennett...
- Stephen HendryStephen HendryStephen Gordon Hendry, MBE is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21. He has won the World Championship a record seven times and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years between 1990 and 1998, and again...
- Drew HenryDrew HenryDrew Henry is a former Scottish professional snooker player, who spent five seasons in the top 32 in the rankings in his career, peaking at #18.-Career:...
- Andy HicksAndy HicksAndy Hicks is an English professional snooker player currently from Cornwall. Hicks, nicknamed "The Cream of Devon", has been a World Snooker Championship semi-finalist and was ranked within the worlds top 32 for many seasons but has never broken into the top 16.-Career:Although a professional...
- Alex HigginsAlex HigginsAlexander Gordon "Alex" Higgins , also known by his nickname of Hurricane Higgins, was a Northern Irish professional snooker player who was twice World Champion and twice runner-up. Higgins earned the nickname The Hurricane because of his speed of play...
- John Higgins
- Andrew HigginsonAndrew HigginsonAndrew Higginson is an English professional snooker player, currently living in Widnes. He is best known for reaching the final of the 2007 Welsh Open as a virtual unknown...
- Liam HighfieldLiam HighfieldLiam Highfield is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, with finishing second in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:...
- Stacey Hillyard
- Jan Hinfelaar
- Keen Ho
- David HoganDavid Hogan (snooker player)David Hogan is an Irish professional snooker player. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season, by winning the 2009 EBSA European Championship but dropped off the same season. He regained a place for the 2011/2012 season by finishing top of the Irish rankings.-External links:*...
- Michael HoltMichael Holt (snooker player)Michael Holt is a professional snooker player from Nottingham, England. , he has reached the quarter finals of three ranking tournaments – the 1999 UK Championship, the 2003 LG Cup, and the 2005 Grand Prix.-Career:...
- Kevin Van Hove
- Pat HoulihanPat HoulihanPatrick "Pat" Houlihan was an English snooker player. He was born in Deptford, London.He turned professional in 1971 at the age of 42 after many years as an amateur including beating future world champion John Spencer 11-3 at Blackpool Tower during the 1965 World Amateur Championship...
- Declan HughesDeclan HughesDeclan Hughes is a professional snooker player from Northern Ireland. He played on the main tour for the 2008/2009 season. After failing to win a match in the seasons opening events, he did not compete in the remainder of tournaments....
- Eugene HughesEugene HughesEugene Hughes is an Irish snooker player. He reached his highest professional World Ranking of 20 in 1986. In 1985 and the following years 1986 & 1987 he won his only professional titles, as a member of the successful all-Irish team in the World Team Championships, alongside Alex Higgins and...
- Robin HullRobin HullRobin Hull is a Finnish professional snooker player. For some time he was the sole Nordic player on the game's main tour, although his accent reflects the fact that he was largely raised in London, and his father is English....
- Paul HunterPaul HunterPaul Alan Hunter was an English professional snooker player. His media profile developed swiftly and he became known as the "Beckham of the Baize" because of his good looks and flamboyant style....
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- Steve JamesSteve James (snooker player)Stephen James is an English professional snooker player.-Career:A former postman, the high point of his career was his sole ranking title – the Mercantile Credit Classic in 1990, beating Australian Warren King 10–6 in the final...
- Jin LongJin LongJin Long is a Chinese professional snooker player. He has managed to regain a Main Tour place by winning the 2008 Asian Championship, beating Aditya Mehta 7–3 in the final, having had spells on the tour on three previous occasions...
- Shailesh JogiaShailesh JogiaShailesh Jogia, commonly known as "Joe", is a British professional snooker player of Indian extraction, born in Leicester, England on 13 November 1975. He lives in the Hertfordshire town of Letchworth.he now lives back in leicester...
- Kuldesh JohalKuldesh JohalKuldesh Johal is a professional snooker player. He has qualified for the main tour for the 2008/2009 season by finishing comfortably ranked number one on the Pontins International Open Series, where he earned a record 1070 points from the eight events. He previously contested the 2002/2003 season...
- Joe JohnsonJoe Johnson (snooker player)Joe Johnson is an English former professional snooker player. He is best known as the surprise winner of the 1986 World Championship.- Career :...
- Mark Johnston-AllenMark Johnston-AllenMark Johnston-Allen is a former professional snooker player. He reached the final of the 1991 European Open while ranked #59 in the world, a run which included a 5–0 win over Stephen Hendry, though he was beaten 9–7 by Tony Jones for the title. He reached the final of the same event again a year...
- Bradley Jones
- Jak JonesJak JonesJak Jones is a Welsh professional snooker player. He became a professional in 2010, by winning the 2010 European Under 19 Snooker Championship.-External links:***...
- Jamie JonesJamie Jones (snooker player)-Early career:In 2002, he became the youngest ever player to make a 147 in an official event, making it aged 14, a record that has since been beaten by Judd Trump....
- Tony Jones
- Wayne JonesWayne Jones (snooker player)Wayne Jones is a former Welsh professional snooker player. Despite never breaking into the top 16, he reached the last 16 and quarter-finals of many ranking events. His most notable run was to the final of the Mercantile Credit Classic in 1989 with victories over the likes of Jimmy White, where he...
- Mark JoyceMark JoyceMark Joyce is an English professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the European Under-19 Championship in 2001, the English Open in 2005 and the English Amateur Championship in 2006, beating Martin O’Donnell 8–3 in the final.Joyce also...
- Michael JudgeMichael Judge-External links:**...
- Jordan Van Der Jarvis
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- Issara KachaiwongIssara KachaiwongIssara Kachaiwong , is a Thai professional snooker player.-Career:He participated in 2005 Southeast Asian Games. He played in the 2006 Grand Prix in October in Aberdeen....
- Mark KingMark King (snooker player)Mark King is an English professional snooker player. He has not yet won a ranking tournament, but came close when he was a beaten finalist in the 1997 Regal Welsh Open and the 2004 Irish Masters.- Career :...
- Warren KingWarren King (snooker player)Warren King is a former professional Australian snooker player. His best run in a ranking event was to the final of the Mercantile Credit Classic in 1990, where he lost 10-6 to Steve James. He never managed to get into the top 32, his highest ranking being 35...
- Tony KnowlesTony Knowles (snooker player)Anthony Knowles is an English professional snooker player. He was a three times semi-finalist in the World Professional Snooker Championship in the 1980s.-Career:...
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- John LardnerJohn LardnerJohn Lardner is a professional snooker player. His best performance came in the 1999 World Snooker Championship, where he reached the last 32. He reached a peak world ranking on 67 in 2000/2001.-Early life:...
- Rod LawlerRod LawlerRod Lawler is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1990. His best run in a ranking tournament was in 1996, when he reached the final of the International Open, beating World Champion Stephen Hendry 5–3 in the second round, but his run ended in the final where he lost...
- Fred Lawrence
- James Leadbetter
- Andy LeeAndy Lee (snooker player)Andy Lee is an English professional snooker player from Hinckley, born 27 November 1980. He has qualified for the main tour for the 2008/2009 season by beating Adam Duffy 6–3 in the 2008 English Pro Ticket Tour Play-offs...
- Stephen LeeStephen LeeStephen Lee is a professional snooker-player from Trowbridge, Wiltshire, England, whose smooth cue action is regarded by some pundits as the most natural in the game. He has won four ranking titles, and spent 10 seasons in the Top 16 of the world rankings before dropping out for the snooker...
- Liang WenboLiang WenboLiang Wenbo is a Chinese professional snooker player. He is left-handed and ranked as China's number 2 player, after Ding Junhui. Liang is based at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England, United Kingdom.-Career:...
- Horace LindrumHorace LindrumHorace Lindrum was an Australian professional snooker and carom billiards player. He was the great grandson of Australia's first billiards champion, the grandson of the great billiard coach, Frederick William Lindrum II, and nephew of Frederick William Lindrum III and Walter...
- Peter LinesPeter LinesPeter Lines is an English professional snooker player from Leeds. He practices at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds.He qualified for the World Championship in 1998, compiling a magnificent 141 total clearance in the process before losing 10–3 to John Parrott in Round One...
- Jack LisowskiJack LisowskiJack Lisowski is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, by finishing first in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:He was runner-up to Mitchell Mann in the 2007 Junior Pot Black....
- Li HangLi HangLi Hang is a Chinese professional snooker player, who is making his debut on the Main Tour for the 2008/2009 season. He managed to qualify by winning the ACBS Asian Under-21 Championship. He competed in the 2008 Jiangsu Classic, finishing last in his group, although he managed to beat the 2008...
- Liu ChuangLiu ChuangLiu Chuang is a Chinese professional snooker player.-Early life:Liu grew up in Liaoning province in northeast China. Near his parents' house there was a snooker table and when he was 10 he played on it and liked it a lot...
- Liu Song
- Steve Longworth
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- Craig MacGillivray
- Scott MacKenzie
- Murdo MacLeod
- Kurt MaflinKurt MaflinKurt Maflin , is a Norwegian professional snooker player.-Career:He began playing snooker at the age of four, achieving a high break of 25 by the time he was five. He increased his time spent at the table practising...
- Stephen MaguireStephen MaguireStephen Maguire is a Scottish professional snooker player.-Early career:Maguire almost qualified for the 2000 World Championships, leading eventual semi-finalist Joe Swail 9–6 in the final qualifying round before losing 9–10, but first served notice of his true potential by knocking out Stephen...
- Atthasit Mahitthi
- Perrie MansPerrie MansPierre "Perrie" Mans is a retired professional snooker player from South Africa, who first won the South African professional championship in 1965, and went on to win it 19 times in total.-Career:...
- Stewart Mann
- Dave Martin
- Stefan MazrocisStefan MazrocisStefan Mazrocis is an international standard Dutch amateur snooker player. He was born of Latvian/English parentage, spent his early snooker years of snooker in Leicester, England honing his snooker skills. He has recorded three maximum breaks in a single day...
- James McBain
- Chris McBreenChris McBreenChris McBreen is a professional New Zealand snooker player, living in Germany. He was runner-up in the Oceania Play-Offs, however Glen Wilkinson who beat him decided not take his place on the Main Tour.- External links :* *...
- Clark McConachyClark McConachyClark McConachy, MBE was a New Zealand professional player of English billiards and snooker.His endurance and longevity as a sportsman was astonishing. He was the New Zealand professional billiards champion from 1914 until 1980...
- Ian McCullochIan McCulloch (snooker player)-External links:**...
- David McDonnell
- Anthony McGillAnthony McGill (snooker player)Anthony McGill is a Scottish professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, after finishing fourth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:He was runner-up to Stuart Carrington in the 2006 Junior Pot Black....
- Dermot McGlincheyDermot McGlincheyDermot McGlinchey is a professional snooker player from Northern Ireland. He has qualified for the 2010/2011 professional Main Tour by topping the Northern Ireland rankings.-References:**...
- Rory McLeodRory McLeod (snooker player)Rory McLeod is an English professional snooker player. After ten years on the Challenge Tour he reached the Main Tour professional ranks for the 2001/2002 season, paving the way for a solid journeyman career.-Career:...
- Alan McManusAlan McManusAlan McManus is a Scottish professional snooker player, known for his tactical play and safety shots, giving rise to his nickname "Angles" McManus.-Career:...
- Jim MeadowcroftJim MeadowcroftJim Meadowcroft is a retired English professional snooker player who has latterly been a coach and a commentator on the game....
- Aditya MehtaAditya MehtaAditya Mehta is an Indian professional snooker player, who has been nominated a main tour place for the 2008/2009 season. He was the first Indian to play on the main tour since Yasin Merchant did in the 1990s...
- Mei XiwenMei XiwenMei Xiwen is a Chinese professional snooker player. He made his debut on the Main Tour in the 2009/2010 season, as the ACBS Asian nomination, but dropped off the tour after just one season.-References:* * *...
- Christopher Melling
- Tony Meo
- Yasin MerchantYasin MerchantYasin Merchant, born 17 December 1966 is India's first professional snooker player. He was won the National Snooker championships on 3 occasions, in 2001, 2000 and 1991...
- Jimmy MichieJimmy Michie-External links:***...
- Steve MifsudSteve MifsudSteve Mifsud is a Maltese Australian professional snooker player. He was a winner of the IBSF World Amateur Championship in Cairo, Egypt in 2002, beating Tim English 11–6 in the final which enabled him to get on the main tour for the 2002/2003 season, although he later dropped off...
- Graham MilesGraham MilesGraham Miles is a retired English snooker player.Miles turned professional in 1969. He first gained recognition in 1974, when he reached the final of the World Championship. Although he lost 22–12 to Ray Reardon, this turned out to be the highlight of his career...
- Robert MilkinsRobert Milkins- External links :* * * *...
- Brian Morgan
- Darren MorganDarren MorganDarren Morgan is a Welsh snooker player, who won the World Amateur Championship in 1987, and played on the main World Snooker tour from 1988 through 2007. He earned just under £1 million in prize money, reached a high ranking of 8, and was ranked within the top 16 for many years despite never...
- Paddy Morgan
- David MorrisDavid Morris (snooker player)David Morris, born in Kilkenny, Ireland, on 27 November 1988, is an Irish snooker player, who is widely considered a rising star of the game.-Early career:Aged 16, he reached the quarter finals of the U21 World Snooker Championships...
- Doug MountjoyDoug MountjoyDoug Mountjoy is a retired Welsh snooker player. Although he only won two ranking titles, he did so in successive tournaments in 1988/1989 – and while in his mid 40s. In more recent years he was the coach to the United Arab Emirates snooker association between 1997 and 1999.- Early life...
- Vincent MuldoonVincent MuldoonVincent Muldoon is an Irish professional snooker player. After being a successful junior player , he became a professional in 2008...
- Lasse Münstermann
- Shaun MurphyShaun Murphy (snooker player)Shaun Murphy is an English professional snooker player, who won the 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight cue action and his long potting. He is known for his dedication and for being a devout Christian.Born in Harlow, England, Murphy turned...
- Stephen Murphy
- Terry Murphy
- Tommy Murphy
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- Steve NewburySteve NewburySteve Newbury is a former Welsh professional snooker player from Neath.After a strong amateur record he turned professional in 1984. His best runs in professional ranking tournaments were a few quarter-final appearances as well as a semi-final run. He reached a highest ranking of 19 in...
- Tom NewmanTom Newman (billiards player)Tom Newman was an English professional player of snooker and English billiards.He established himself as one of the best billiards players of the 1920s, appearing in every World Professional Billiards Championship final between 1921 and 1930, and winning the title six times.Newman was a great...
- Christopher Norbury
- Andrew NormanAndrew NormanAndrew Norman is an English professional snooker player who lives in Bristol, who turned professional in 2001. He has progressed up the ranking list between 2005 and 2007, jumping 30 places...
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- Fergal O'BrienFergal O'BrienFergal O'Brien is an Irish professional snooker player. He has won one ranking title and reached two other major finals, and spent three seasons as a top 16 player.-Career:...
- Brendan O'DonoghueBrendan O'DonoghueBrendan O'Donoghue is an Irish professional snooker player. He hails from Nenagh. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season.-External links:****...
- Daniel O'Donoghue
- Bill Oliver
- Dene O'KaneDene O'KaneDene O'Kane is a professional snooker player from New Zealand. He reached the quarter-finals of the World Championships in 1987 and 1992. He made his World Championship debut in 1985, losing to David Taylor in the first round. He appeared in the world championships six times, but never in...
- Jamie O'Neill
- Ronnie O'SullivanRonnie O'SullivanRonald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan , is an English professional snooker player known for his rapid playing style and nicknamed "The Rocket". He has been World Champion on three occasions , and is second on the all-time prize-money list, with career earnings of over £6 million, behind only Stephen...
- Gary Owen
- Marcus Owen
- Ken Owers
- Martin O'Donnell
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- Lee PageLee PageLee Page is a professional Snooker player from Kidderminster. He first entered the professional tour for the 2006/07 season, but was unable to retain his place for the following season's tour. He has qualified the second time for 2009/10 season-External links:****...
- Andrew PagettAndrew PagettAndrew Pagett is a Welsh professional snooker player.He became a professional in 2003, and first qualified for the Main Tour in 2008/2009, but lost his place after just one season. He regained his place for the 2010/2011 season by topping the Welsh rankings...
- Munraj PalMunraj PalMunraj Pal is a professional snooker player who lives in Derby. He got back onto the professional Tour in 2007/2008 by finishing fifth on the Pontin’s International Open Series Order of Merit. In the 2000 World Championship he reached the 6th qualifying round, eventually losing 10–8 to David Gray...
- John ParrottJohn ParrottJohn Parrott MBE is an English professional snooker player and TV personality.He won the World Snooker Championship in 1991, defeating Jimmy White in the final. Two years earlier he had lost 3–18 to Steve Davis, the heaviest final defeat in modern times...
- Terry Parsons
- Fraser Patrick
- Karl Payne
- Joe PerryJoe Perry (snooker player)-External links:*...
- Stuart PettmanStuart PettmanStuart Pettman is an English professional snooker player. The ginger-haired Preston native has qualified for the World Championship three times, in 2003, 2004 and 2010. He beat 2005 champion Shaun Murphy in qualifying to reach the 2004 World Championships...
- Barry PinchesBarry Pinches-External links:**...
- Gary Ponting
- Ian PreeceIan PreeceIan Preece is a Welsh professional snooker player, from the city of Newport, Wales. He appeared in main tour after much success as a junior including becoming the youngest winner of the World Amateur Championship in 1999.-Career:...
- Mick PriceMick Price (snooker player)Michael "Mick" Price is a retired English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1988 and is best known for being Ronnie O'Sullivan's opponent when O'Sullivan scored the fastest 147 break in the game's history, at the 1997 World Championship. O'Sullivan eventually won the match by...
- Jason Prince
- John PulmanJohn PulmanJohn Pulman was an English professional snooker player who dominated the game throughout the 1960s....
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- Jackie ReaJackie ReaJack 'Jackie' Rea is a retired snooker player from Northern Ireland.Rea was born in Dungannon, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland...
- John ReaJohn Rea (snooker player)John Rea is a retired Scottish snooker player.The highlight of Rea's career came in the 1989 Scottish Professional Championships when he beat Murdo MacLeod to become the Scottish champion....
- Ray ReardonRay ReardonRay Reardon, MBE is a retired Welsh snooker player. He dominated the sport in the 1970s, winning six World Championships in that decade...
- Dean ReynoldsDean ReynoldsDean Reynolds is an English professional snooker player.-Career:Before turning professional, Reynolds won the first-ever Junior Pot Black in 1981, beating Dene O'Kane, another future professional, with a 2- aggregate score of 151–79.He twice reached a ranking tournament final, but lost both times,...
- James Reynolds
- Lee Richardson
- Lewis Roberts
- Jimmy RobertsonJimmy Robertson (snooker player)Jimmy "Robbo" Robertson is an English professional snooker player.He was on the main tour for 2002/2003 where he was the youngest player on the tour...
- Neil RobertsonNeil Robertson (snooker player)Neil Robertson is an Australian professional snooker player and the 2010 World Champion and World #4...
- Alain RobidouxAlain RobidouxAlain Robidoux is a Canadian snooker player; he played on the World Snooker tour from 1988 to 2005 and continues to play in events in Canada.-Career:...
- David RoeDavid RoeDavid Roe is a former English professional snooker player, and a four-time ranking tournament quarter-finalist.Roe began his professional career for the 1986/1987 season...
- Colin Roscoe
- Stephen RowlingsStephen RowlingsStephen Rowlings is a professional snooker player from Preston. He first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season.-External links:****...
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- Noppon SaengkhamNoppon SaengkhamNoppon Saengkham is a professional snooker player from Thailand. He won the 2009 IBSF World Under-21 Championship, and with this he has qualified for the 2010/2011 main tour.-Amateur:* Thailand Student Games; 2008...
- Supoj SaenlaSupoj SaenlaSupoj Saenla is a Thai professional snooker player who lives in Chiang Mai.-Career:Saenla joined the professional tour for the first time in 2007. He earned his place on the tour by winning the biggest title of his career – the 2007 ACBS Asian Championship. He beat India’s Yasin Merchant 7–0 in...
- Brian Salmon
- Noppadol SangnilNoppadol SangnilNoppadol Sangnil is a professional snooker player from Thailand. He first entered the professional tour for the 2001/02 season.-External links:***...
- Chris Scanlon
- Mark SelbyMark SelbyMark Anthony Selby is an English professional snooker and pool player. Runner up in the World Snooker Championship 2007, he was the 2006 WEPF World Eight-ball Champion. Selby has won the Masters on two occasions, the Welsh Open and the Shanghai Masters...
- Matthew SeltMatthew SeltMatthew Selt is an English professional snooker player from Romford. He qualified for the professional tour by finishing seventh on the Pontin’s International Open Series in 2006/2007...
- Troy ShawTroy ShawTroy Shaw is an English professional snooker player. Shaw won the second leg of minor ranking tournament the Strachan Challenge in 1993, beating Nigel Bond in the final. He continued as a pro until at least 2000, a year in which he enjoyed a purple patch in the qualifying events -External links:...
- Mohammed Shehab
- Warren SimpsonWarren SimpsonWarren Simpson was an Australian professional snooker player.In 1971, he reached the final of the World Snooker Championship, losing 37-29 to John Spencer which was played in Sydney, Australia in November 1970....
- Eddie Sinclair
- Chris SmallChris SmallChristopher "Chris" Small is a retired Scottish professional snooker player. His career was ended by the spinal condition ankylosing spondylitis.-Career:...
- Sidney Smith
- Willie Smith
- Billy SnaddonBilly SnaddonBilly Snaddon is a Scottish former professional snooker player. He reached the World Snooker Championship first round five times, but never progressed past this stage...
- John SpencerJohn Spencer (snooker player)John Spencer was an English professional snooker player who won the World Professional title at his first attempt, was the first winner at the Crucible Theatre, was the inaugural winner of the Masters and Irish Masters and was the first player to make a 147 break in competition...
- Lee SpickLee SpickLee Spick is an English snooker player. He has reached the last 48 of ranking events on four occasions, twice in the World Championship and twice in the China Open.-Career:He reached the last 48 of the 2006 World Championship and the 2007 China Open...
- Craig SteadmanCraig SteadmanCraig Steadman is an English professional snooker player.Steadman reached the quarter final at the 2006 IBSF World Championships in Amman, Jordan, where he was eliminated by Manan Chandra 6-3. He reached the final of the European Snooker Championships 2008 but was defeated 7-6 by David Grace...
- Robert StephenRobert StephenRobert Stephen is a Scottish professional snooker player from Glasgow, born 27 June 1984. He first qualified for the main tour for the 2006/2007 season having topped the Scottish rankings the year before. However he struggled with only two victories in the whole season and dropped off the main tour...
- Kirk StevensKirk StevensKirk Stevens is a Canadian professional snooker player.Stevens started playing young, achieving his first aged just 12. He turned professional aged 20, and reached the semi-finals of the World Championship aged 21...
- Matthew StevensMatthew StevensMatthew Stevens is a Welsh professional snooker player. Stevens has won two of the game's most prestigious events, the Benson and Hedges Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been the runner-up in the World Snooker Championship on two occasions, in 2000 and 2005...
- Roy StolkRoy StolkRoy Stolk is a former professional snooker player from the Netherlands. In 2006-07 he was on the Main Tour, by winning the Polish Open. At the end of the season he slipped off.-External links:* * *...
- Sean StoreySean StoreySean Storey is an English professional snooker player.His best ranking performance to date came in the World Championship in 2003, where he bowed out in the last 16, losing 7-13 to John Higgins. Previously he had qualified for the World Championship in 2001, but lost 10-9 to Joe Swail after...
- Passakorn SuwannawatPassakorn SuwannawatPassakorn Suwannawat is a Thai professional snooker player.Suwannawat turned professional in the 2006/2007 season. He dropped off the main tour after just one season....
- Joe SwailJoe Swail-External links:*...
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- James TattonJames TattonJames Tatton is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 1996 and his highest break is 142.-References:*...
- David TaylorDavid Taylor (snooker player)David Taylor is a semi-retired English professional snooker player. He won the World and English Amateur Championships in 1968, before the success of those wins encouraged him to turn professional. Although an excellent player, Taylor never quite reached the very top of the game...
- Dennis TaylorDennis TaylorDennis Taylor is a retired snooker player, and current BBC snooker commentator. Winner of two ranking events, he is best known for winning the 1985 World Championship, beating World number one Steve Davis on the final black in one of the sport's most memorable finals...
- Nick Terry
- Tian PengfeiTian PengfeiTian Pengfei is a professional snooker player from the People's Republic of China.-Career:Tian first competed on the main tour in the 2006/2007 season, dropping off the tour in the following season....
- Thanawat ThirapongpaiboonThanawat ThirapongpaiboonThanawat Thirapongpaiboon is a Thai professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010 as the Asian nomination following his run to the semi-finals of the 2010 Asian Championship...
- Cliff ThorburnCliff ThorburnClifford Charles Devlin Thorburn CM, known as Cliff Thorburn is a retired professional Canadian snooker player...
- Willie ThorneWillie ThorneWilliam Joseph "Willie" Thorne , is a former English professional snooker player and now a sports commentator.Thorne became national under-16 champion at both snooker and English billiards in 1970...
- Judd TrumpJudd TrumpJudd Trump is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. He enjoyed considerable success in youth tournaments before turning professional in 2005. On 3 April 2011, Trump won his first ranking title, beating Mark Selby 10–8 in the final of the China Open...
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- Ricky WaldenRicky Walden-External links:**...
- Anthony Walker
- Lee WalkerLee WalkerLee Walker is a Welsh professional snooker player.Walker reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 1997, with victories over Dave Harold 10–7 and Alan McManus 13–10, before he lost 13–8 to Alain Robidoux...
- Nick WalkerNick WalkerNick Walker is an English former professional snooker player, born in Chester, England on August 4, 1973. He turned professional in 1991, and reached the last 16 of three world ranking events before his retirement in 2005. His highest professional break was 144, in the 2002 Regal Welsh...
- Patrick WallacePatrick WallacePatrick Wallace is a former professional snooker player from Dungannon in Northern Ireland. He is an accountancy graduate from Queens University, Belfast...
- James WattanaJames WattanaJames Wattana is a Thai professional snooker player.-Career:...
- Daniel WellsDaniel Wells (snooker player)Daniel Wells is a Welsh professional snooker player, from Neath.-Early career:He was awarded the inaugural Paul Hunter Scholarship. This gave him the chance to practise in the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, alongside professional players, such as Peter Ebdon and Ding Junhui.He first qualified...
- Bill WerbeniukBill WerbeniukWilliam Alexander "Bill" Werbeniuk was a Canadian professional snooker and pool player. Recognisable for his girth, he was nicknamed "Big Bill"...
- Barry West
- Jimmy WhiteJimmy WhiteJames Warren "Jimmy" White MBE is an English professional snooker player. Nicknamed the "Whirlwind" and popularly referred to as the "People's Champion", White is a multiple World Championship finalist renowned for losing each of the six finals he contested.White's extensive list of achievements,...
- Michael WhiteMichael White (snooker player)Michael White is a Welsh professional snooker player from Neath. He is the resident professional at the Whitez Snooker Club in the Uplands, Swansea.-Early career:...
- Adam WicheardAdam WicheardAdam Wicheard is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, after finishing first in the 2009/2010 English rankings....
- Mark WildmanMark WildmanMark Wildman is an English snooker and pool commentator, and a retired professional player of snooker and English billiards...
- Matthew Wiles
- Gary Wilkinson
- Mark WilliamsMark Williams (snooker player)Mark James Williams, MBE is a Welsh professional snooker player who has been World Champion twice, in 2000 and 2003. Often noted for his single-ball potting, he has earned the nickname, The Welsh Potting Machine...
- Rex WilliamsRex WilliamsRex Williams , son of Minnie Roberts and William Williams, is a retired English professional snooker and billiards player.Williams was an excellent junior player in both snooker and billiards. His professional career began in 1951, during a period of decline in snooker...
- Cliff WilsonCliff WilsonCliff Wilson was a Welsh professional snooker player. He managed to get to into the world's top 16 in 1988 at the age of 55; a remarkable feat for someone with very poor eyesight and a number of other ailments.- Amateur years :...
- Gary Wilson
- Kyren WilsonKyren WilsonKyren Wilson is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010, after finishing fifth in the 2009/2010 PIOS rankings.-Amateur years:...
- Ben WoollastonBen Woollaston-External links:**...
- Ashley Wright
- Jim WychJim WychJim Wych is a sports announcer and former Canadian professional snooker and pocket billiards player. He reached the quarter-final of the Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship in his debut year of 1980, a "first" for any overseas player and duplicated this feat again in 1992...
- Paul Wykes