Stuart Pettman (born 24 April 1975) is an English former professional snooker player. 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. He spent 11 seasons on the professional snooker tour, with a highest ranking of 35 (2009/10 season).
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.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1992/931993/94 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 2010/11RankingNew players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking370187123898776686055584738475253623735Ranking tournamentsShanghai MastersTournament Not Held2R1RLQLQWorld OpenThe event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001, 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)LQ2RLQLQLQ1R1RLQLQLQLQ2RLQ3RLQRRLQLQLQUK ChampionshipLQLQLQ1RLQLQLQ2RLQ1RLQ1RLQ1RLQLQLQLQLQGerman MastersThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)Tournament Not HeldLQLQLQNRTournament Not HeldLQWelsh OpenLQLQLQ2RLQ1RLQ2RLQLQLQ2RLQLQLQLQLQLQLQTournament Not HeldDNQChina OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)Tournament Not HeldNRLQLQLQLQNot HeldLQLQLQLQSFLQLQWorld ChampionshipLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ1R1RLQLQLQLQLQ1RLQNon-ranking tournamentsSix-red World ChampionshipThe event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)Tournament Not Held2RA2RThe MastersLQALQLQLQLQAAAALQLQAAAALQAAShoot-OutTournament Not Held2RFormer ranking tournamentsAsian ClassicThe event was called the Dubai Classic (1992/1993-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)LQLQLQLQLQTournament Not HeldMalta Grand PrixNot HeldNon-Ranking Event1RNRTournament Not HeldThailand MastersThe event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)LQLQLQLQLQ1RLQLQLQ1RNRNot HeldNRTournament Not HeldScottish OpenThe event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)LQLQLQLQ2R2R2R1RLQLQLQ1RTournament Not HeldBritish OpenLQLQLQ1RLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQTournament Not HeldIrish MastersNon-Ranking EventLQLQLQNHNRTournament Not HeldMalta CupThe event was called the European Open (1992/1993-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)LQLQLQLQLQNHLQNot HeldLQLQLQ2RLQLQNRNot HeldNorthern Ireland TrophyTournament Not HeldNR2RLQ2RNot HeldBahrain ChampionshipTournament Not HeldLQNot HeldFormer non-ranking tournamentsStrachan OpenMRLQLQTournament Not Held 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.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
Career finals Non-ranking finals: 1 Outcome Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1999 Merseyside Professional Championship Stuart Bingham 1–5
Further reading
References
Profile at Pro Snooker Blog