Billy Castle
English snooker player
![]() Castle at the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic | |
Born | (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 (age 32) Marchwood, Hampshire, England |
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Sport country | ![]() |
Professional | 2017–2021 |
Highest ranking | 88 (June 2018) |
Best ranking finish | Quarter-final (2022 Snooker Shoot Out) |
Billy Joe Castle (born 14 July 1992 in Marchwood, Hampshire) is an English professional snooker player.
Career
Castle came through the 2017 Q School by winning six matches to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.[1] Prior to this Castle appeared in the 2015 English Amateur Championship final, losing 6–10 to Michael Rhodes.[2] In 2017 he won the tournament by defeating David Lilley 10–8.[3][4]
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2015/ 16 | 2017/ 18 | 2018/ 19 | 2019/ 20 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 | |||||
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Ranking[5][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 88 | [nb 4] | 86 | [nb 2] | |||||
Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||
Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | ||||||||
British Open | Tournament Not Held | A | |||||||||
Northern Ireland Open | NH | 2R | 3R | 3R | 1R | A | |||||
English Open | NH | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | |||||
UK Championship | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | |||||
Scottish Open | NH | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | A | |||||
World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
Shoot Out | NR | 3R | 2R | 4R | 1R | QF | |||||
German Masters | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | |||||
Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
European Masters | NH | 3R | LQ | LQ | 1R | A | |||||
Welsh Open | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | |||||
Gibraltar Open | MR | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | WD | |||||
Tour Championship | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
World Championship | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||
Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Goldfields Open | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | LQ | Non-Ranking | Not Held | |||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | MR | 1R | 4R | NR | Not Held | ||||||
Indian Open | NH | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||
China Open | A | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||
Riga Masters[nb 5] | MR | LQ | LQ | LQ | Not Held | ||||||
International Championship | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | Not Held | ||||||
China Championship | NH | LQ | LQ | LQ | Not Held | ||||||
World Open | NH | LQ | LQ | LQ | Not Held | ||||||
WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | RR | NH | ||||||||
Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||
Haining Open | MR | A | A | 2R | Not Held |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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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. |
Career finals
Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2015 | English Amateur Championship | ![]() | 6–10 |
Winner | 1. | 2017 | English Amateur Championship | ![]() | 10–7 |
Winner | 2. | 2022 | Q Tour – Event 4 | ![]() | 5–4 |
References
- ^ "Kleckers Books Tour Sport". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "Castle is English Amateur Championship runner-up". cuestars.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Billy Castle crowned English Amateur Champion 2017". mysnookerstats.com.
- ^ @TheEASB (25 June 2017). "#EASBFinals2017 English Amateur..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2 July 2017 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External links
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