James Leadbetter

James Leadbetter
Born (1980-12-23) 23 December 1980 (age 43)
Sport country England
Professional2003/2004, 2006/2007
Highest ranking76 (2006/2007)

James Leadbetter (born 23 December 1980) is an English former professional snooker player.[1]

Career

Leadbetter was born in 1980, and turned professional in 2003. His début season was without any success, and he dropped off the main tour at the end of the 2003/2004 season, but regained his place in 2006.

The highlight of the 2006/2007 season was a run to the last 64 of the 2007 World Championship, where Leadbetter defeated retired professional Les Dodd 10–8, Chris Norbury 10–9 and Stuart Pettman 10–3, before being defeated 7–10 by former World Champion John Parrott, who that year would reach the last 16 in his final appearance at the Crucible Theatre.

These performances earned Leadbetter £4,500 and ranked him 76th in the world, but this was not enough for him to retain his place on tour for the 2007/2008 season, and he immediately became an amateur once more. His subsequent attempts to re-qualify as a professional that season were unsuccessful, despite a run to the semi-final of one PIOS event in 2008, where he was defeated by Simon Bedford.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2001/
02 		2002/
03 		2003/
04 		2004/
05 		2006/
07 		2010/
11
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
World Open[nb 4] A A LQ A LQ A
UK Championship A A LQ A LQ A
Welsh Open A A LQ A LQ A
Players Tour Championship Grand Final Tournament Not Held DNQ
China Open A Not Held A LQ A
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQ LQ LQ A LQ A
Former ranking tournaments
Players Championship[nb 5] A A LQ Tournament Not Held
British Open A A LQ A Not Held
Irish Masters NR A LQ A NR NH
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held LQ NH
Malta Cup[nb 6] A A LQ A LQ NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Merseyside Professional Championship A A A 1R Not Held
Performance Table Legend
LQ 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-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD 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.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ a b c d He was an amateur
  3. ^ a b New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. ^ The event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005, 2006/2007)
  5. ^ The event was called the Scottish Open (2001/2002–2002/2003)
  6. ^ The event was called the European Open (2001/2002–2003/2004)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2003 Challenge Tour - Event 4 England Kurt Maflin 2–6

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2005 PIOS – Event 2 England Mark Joyce 3–6
Winner 1. 2013 Snookerbacker Classic 2014 - Qualifier 7 - Leeds England Sydney Wilson 4–3

References

  1. ^ "James Leadbetter Player Profile". www.snookerdatabase.co.uk. Archived from the original on 29 December 2021. Retrieved 29 December 2021.