Billy Castle

Billy Castle
Castle at the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992 (age 32)
Marchwood, Hampshire, England
Sport country England
Professional2017–2021
Highest ranking88 (June 2018)
Best ranking finishQuarter-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
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
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. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ a b He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. ^ Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points
  5. ^ The event was called the Riga Open (2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2015 English Amateur Championship England Michael Rhodes 6–10
Winner 1. 2017 English Amateur Championship England David Lilley 10–7
Winner 2. 2022 Q Tour – Event 4 England Andrew Higginson 5–4

References

  1. ^ "Kleckers Books Tour Sport". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Castle is English Amateur Championship runner-up". cuestars.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
  3. ^ "Billy Castle crowned English Amateur Champion 2017". mysnookerstats.com.
  4. ^ @TheEASB (25 June 2017). "#EASBFinals2017 English Amateur..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2 July 2017 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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