Billy Castle

Billy Joe Castle (born 14 July 1992 in Marchwood, Hampshire) is an English professional snooker player.

Billy Castle
Castle at the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1992-07-14) 14 July 1992
Marchwood, Hampshire, England
Sport country England
Professional2017–2021
Highest ranking88 (June 2018)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (2022 Snooker Shoot Out)

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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 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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