Tony Chappel

Tony Chappel
Born (1960-05-28) May 28, 1960 (age 64)
Sport country Wales
Professional1984–2001
Highest ranking37[1]
Best ranking finishSemi-final (1990 Asian Open)

Tony Chappel (born 28 May 1960) is a former Welsh professional snooker player, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1984 to 2001.

Career

Tony Chappel was born in Wales, on 28 May 1960.[1] He started playing snooker aged 14. He reached the final of the 1974 Welsh Boys' Championship, won the title in 1976, and retained it in 1977.[2] He was also runner-up in the Welsh Youth Championship in 1977.[2] In 1982 he became an "apprentice professional" employed by the Mackworth Billiards company, where he was coached by Terry Griffiths, the 1979 World Snooker Champion.[3] That year, he defeated professional Cliff Wilson in the final of a pro-am tournament at Ealing Snooker Centre.[4]

Chappel was accepted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association as a professional player in 1984.[5][2] Some of the players he defeated during his career include: Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, John Parrott, Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus, Stephen Lee and Ken Doherty.[1] His best finish was one semi-final appearance, at the 1990 Asian Open, where he lost just 5–6, to Dennis Taylor.[1] He also reached the quarter-finals and last 16 of other tournaments throughout his career, his last run to this stage of an event being the last 16 of the 1997 Welsh Open.[1]

He qualified for the main stage of the World Snooker Championship in 1990, losing 4–10 to Tony Knowles in the last 32.[6][7]

He was relegated from the professional tour after finishing 115th in the rankings at the end of the 2000/01 snooker season.[8] In April 2013 Chappel took part in the preliminary qualifiers for the 2013 World Snooker Championship. He beat David Singh 5–2 in the second round. but then lost 5–1 to Patrick Wallace in the third round.[9]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1984/
85 		1985/
86 		1986/
87 		1987/
88 		1988/
89 		1989/
90 		1990/
91 		1991/
92 		1992/
93 		1993/
94 		1994/
95 		1995/
96 		1996/
97 		1997/
98 		1998/
99 		1999/
00 		2000/
01 		2001/
02 		2002/
03 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2015/
16
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] 68 49 58 51 41 43 37 52 48 53 53 45 46 47 76 90 [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open[nb 4] Non-Ranking Event NH LQ Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Tournament Not Held A A A A A
UK Championship 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R 2R LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ A A A A A A A
German Masters[nb 5] Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ NR Tournament Not Held A A A A A
Welsh Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 3R 2R 2R LQ LQ A A A A A A A
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR DNQ
Players Tour Championship Grand Final Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open Tournament Not Held NR LQ LQ LQ A NH A A A A A
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A A LQ A A A
Non-ranking tournaments
World Seniors Championship Tournament Not Held A Tournament Not Held LQ F QF LQ LQ
The Masters A A A A A A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A A A A A
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held WD Tournament Not Held A A A A A
Former ranking tournaments
Canadian Masters NH Non-Ranking LQ Tournament Not Held
The Classic LQ LQ LQ 1R 3R 1R 2R LQ Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open[nb 6] Tournament Not Held 1R MR NR Tournament Not Held
Asian Classic[nb 7] Tournament Not Held NR 2R LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event LQ NR Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 8] Non-Ranking Not Held 1R SF 1R LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A NR Tournament Not Held
British Open 1R LQ 1R 1R 2R 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ A A Tournament Not Held
European Open[nb 9] Tournament Not Held 2R 3R 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ QF 1R NH LQ Not Held A A Tournament Not Held
Scottish Open[nb 10] LQ 2R 1R 1R 1R LQ Not Held LQ LQ 1R LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ A A NH MR Not Held
World Open[nb 11] LQ LQ 1R 2R 1R LQ LQ LQ 3R LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A A A A A Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Masters Tournament Not Held 3R Tournament Not Held
Welsh Professional Championship QF QF SF QF 1R SF SF Tournament Not Held
Strachan Challenge[nb 6] Tournament Not Held R 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.
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. ^ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking
  3. ^ a b c d e f g He was an amateur
  4. ^ The event was also called the Australian Masters (1984/1985-1987/1988 and 1995/1996), the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and the Australian Open (1994/1995-1995/1996)
  5. ^ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
  6. ^ a b The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993-1993/1994)
  7. ^ The event was called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), the Dubai Classic (1989/1990-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  8. ^ The event was called the Asian Open (1989/1990-1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)
  9. ^ The event was called the European Open (1988/1989-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2002/2003) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)
  10. ^ The event was also called the International Open (1984/1985, 1986/1987-1989/1990 and 1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
  11. ^ The event was called the Grand Prix (1984/1985-2000/2001) and the LG Cup (2001/2002-2002/2003)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 292–294. ISBN 978-0-9548549-0-4.
  2. ^ a b c "Terry Griffiths to coach series of master classes". Neath Guardian. 18 February 1982. p. 3.
  3. ^ Smith, Terry (4 February 1982). "Tony gets the star build-up". Daily Mirror.
  4. ^ "Snooker tourney will be 'bigger and better'". Southall Gazette. 10 September 1982. p. 21.
  5. ^ "New professionals". Snooker Scene. June 1984. p. 20.
  6. ^ Downer, Chris. "1990 qualifying rounds". Crucible Almanac (2019 ed.). Bournemouth. p. 201.
  7. ^ "Embassy World Championship". Snooker Scene. Archived from the original on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Williams top, O'Sullivan second in end of season rankings". Snooker Scene. Birmingham: Everton's News Agency. June 2001. pp. 35–36.
  9. ^ "2013 Betfair World Championship Pre-Qualifiers results" (PDF). World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 January 2014. Retrieved 5 May 2013.