Simon Bedford

Simon Bedford
Born (1976-02-08) 8 February 1976 (age 48)
Bradford, West Yorkshire, England
Sport country England
Professional1995–2001, 2002–2006, 2008–2014
Highest ranking63 (2005/06)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (x4)

Simon Bedford (born 8 February 1976) is an English former professional snooker player.[1]

Career

Bedford's best performance in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship; he beat Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 6–10 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in 2008, beating two-time World Champion Mark Williams en route. He qualified to return to the Main Tour for the 2008–09 season by finishing fourth in the 2007/2008 Pontins International Open Series rankings.

In the 2012–13 season, he became the only player to beat World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, after a 4–3 win from 2–3 behind in the first main round of the third UK event of the Players Tour Championship in September.[2]

At the beginning of the 2013–14 season, in qualifying against Barry Pinches for the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open, a 19-year-old record from the qualifying stage of the 1994 British Open was broken. The match lasted 449 minutes and 46 seconds, the longest ever best-of-nine-frame match in the history of professional snooker.[3] The previous record was 434 minutes and 12 seconds in the match between Ian Williamson and Robby Foldvari in 1994.[4] The Bedford/Pinches match began on 31 May 2013 and ended on 1 June 2013; Bedford won 5–4, after being 4–0 up. He only entered six further events during the season, winning five matches. After a first round defeat in the UK Championship in November he did not enter another tournament, resulting in his relegation from the main tour as he ended the season ranked 99th in the world.[5] Bedford returned to play in 2017 Q School and was knocked out in the fifth round of the first event and the second round of event two.[6]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1995/
96 		1996/
97 		1997/
98 		1998/
99 		1999/
00 		2000/
01 		2001/
02 		2002/
03 		2003/
04 		2004/
05 		2005/
06 		2008/
09 		2009/
10 		2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2018/
19
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2] 323 215 119 128 139 [nb 3] [nb 2] 93 73 63 [nb 2] 72 65 [nb 4] [nb 5] 84 [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters Tournament Not Held 2R
World Open[nb 6] LQ LQ A LQ A LQ A LQ 1R 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ A WR A A
European Masters[nb 7] LQ LQ NH LQ Not Held A LQ 1R LQ LQ Tournament Not Held LQ
UK Championship LQ LQ A LQ A LQ A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A
Scottish Open[nb 8] LQ LQ A LQ A LQ A LQ LQ Tournament Not Held NR NH A
German Masters[nb 9] LQ LQ A NR Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ A A
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held DNQ
Welsh Open LQ LQ A LQ A LQ A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ A A
Indian Open Tournament Not Held A LQ
Players Championship[nb 10] Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ
China Open[nb 11] Not Held NR LQ A LQ A Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ A A
World Championship LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ A A
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ LQ A A A A A
Former ranking tournaments
Asian Classic[nb 12] LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 13] LQ LQ A LQ A LQ A NR Tournament Not Held
British Open LQ LQ A LQ A LQ A LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held NR LQ Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held LQ Tournament Not Held
Wuxi Classic Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event LQ LQ NH
Australian Goldfields Open[nb 14] NR Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ NH
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ NR
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 event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b c New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ^ a b He was an amateur.
  4. ^ Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points.
  5. ^ Players qualified through Players Tour Championship Order of Merit started the season without ranking points.
  6. ^ The event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (1995/1996-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010)
  7. ^ The event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999), the European Open (1995/1996-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005-2005/2006)
  8. ^ The event was called the International Open (1995/1996-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  9. ^ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
  10. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Finals (2010/2011-2013/2014)
  11. ^ The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)
  12. ^ The event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  13. ^ The event was called the Thailand Open (1995/1996-1996/1997)
  14. ^ The event was called the Australian Masters (1995/1996)

Tournament wins

Non-Ranking Wins: (2 titles)

  • UK Tour Event 3 – 1998
  • UK Tour Event 3 – 2000

Pro-am wins

Amateur wins

References

  1. ^ "Bedford cruises into next round". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ^ "Simon Bedford". RKG Snooker. Archived from the original on 26 September 2020.
  3. ^ Hendon, David. "Record Shattered Slowly". Snooker Scene Blog. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  4. ^ Turner, Chris. "Various Snooker Records". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 10 February 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  5. ^ "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 7 July 2014.
  6. ^ "Simon Bedford 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.