Stuart Pettman

Stuart Pettman
Born (1975-04-24) 24 April 1975 (age 49)
Preston, Lancashire, England
Sport country England
Professional1992–2011
Highest ranking35 (May–July 2010)[1]
Best ranking finishSemi-final (2009 China Open)

Stuart Pettman (born 24 April 1975) is an English former professional snooker player and author. The Preston native 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.[2] He spent 11 seasons on the professional snooker tour, with a highest ranking of 35 (2009/10 season).[3]

Career

He had ten last-32 defeats before he first reached the last 16 of a ranking event. He started 2007/2008 strongly, reaching the last 16 of the opening Shanghai Masters (winning 4 matches before benefitting from Ronnie O'Sullivan's withdrawal) and then qualifying for the final stages of the Grand Prix by winning all 7 group games. His form tailed off after this, but he had a strong run in the 2009 China Open, defeating Mark Allen, Ali Carter and Graeme Dott to reach his first career semi-final. Pettman qualified for the 2010 World Championship, but was beaten 10–1 in the first round by Ding Junhui. Following 10–2 defeats by Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry in 2003 and 2004 respectively, this means Pettman's win–loss ratio of frames played at the Crucible is 5–30.

Pettman retired from professional snooker after the 2010/2011 season. He wrote a book entitled Stuart Pettman: As Sometimes Seen On TV about his experiences on the World Snooker Tour.[4]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1992/
93 		1993/
94 		1994/
95 		1995/
96 		1996/
97 		1997/
98 		1998/
99 		1999/
00 		2000/
01 		2001/
02 		2002/
03 		2003/
04 		2004/
05 		2005/
06 		2006/
07 		2007/
08 		2008/
09 		2009/
10 		2010/
11
Ranking[5] [nb 1] 370 187 123 89 87 76 68 60 55 58 47 38 47 52 53 62 37 35
Ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held 2R 1R LQ LQ
World Open[nb 2] LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ 3R LQ RR LQ LQ LQ
UK Championship LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ 1R LQ 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
German Masters[nb 3] Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ NR Tournament Not Held LQ
Welsh Open LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ 1R LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Players Tour Championship Grand Final Tournament Not Held DNQ
China Open[nb 4] Tournament Not Held NR LQ LQ LQ LQ Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ SF LQ LQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship[nb 5] Tournament Not Held 2R A 2R
The Masters LQ A LQ LQ LQ LQ A A A A LQ LQ A A A A LQ A A
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held 2R
Former ranking tournaments
Asian Classic[nb 6] LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not Held Non-Ranking Event 1R NR Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 7] LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ 1R NR Not Held NR Tournament Not Held
Scottish Open[nb 8] LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R 2R 2R 1R LQ LQ LQ 1R Tournament Not Held
British Open LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event LQ LQ LQ NH NR Tournament Not Held
Malta Cup[nb 9] LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ NH LQ Not Held LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ NR Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held NR 2R LQ 2R Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held LQ Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Strachan Open MR LQ LQ Tournament 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.
  1. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  2. ^ The event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001, 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  3. ^ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
  4. ^ The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)
  5. ^ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)
  6. ^ The event was called the Dubai Classic (1992/1993-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  7. ^ The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)
  8. ^ The event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  9. ^ The event was called the European Open (1992/1993-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1

Outcome Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1999 Merseyside Professional Championship England Stuart Bingham 1–5

Further reading

  • Pettman, Stuart. Stuart Pettman: As Sometimes Seen on TV. ISBN 978-616-7019-56-7.

References

  1. ^ "World rankings after 2010 PTC1" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  2. ^ "2004 Embassy World Championship Stage 3 Qualifying". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 25 December 2008. Retrieved 27 April 2016.
  3. ^ "profile cuetracker.net". Archived from the original on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2012.
  4. ^ "Stuart Pettman".
  5. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2017.