Andrew Norman (snooker player)

Andrew Norman (born 27 June 1980) is an English former professional snooker player from Bristol.

This article is about the English former professional snooker player. For other people named Andrew Norman, see Andrew Norman (disambiguation).

Andrew Norman
Andrew Norman at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1980-06-27) 27 June 1980
Sport country England
Professional2001–2010, 2011/2012, 2013–2015
Highest ranking42 (2007/08)
Career winnings£121,043[1]
Highest break133: 2006 Grand Prix (qualifying)
Century breaks27[1]
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2005 Grand Prix, 2006 Grand Prix)
Tournament wins
Non-ranking1

Career

Norman turned professional in 2001.[2] He progressed up the ranking list between 2005 and 2007, jumping 30 places. His consistency was epitomised in 2006 as he lost his opening match in just one of the seven ranking events and had his best result in Aberdeen at the Royal London Watches Grand Prix when he reached the last 16 before losing to the eventual winner, Neil Robertson. Norman works as a part-time van driver for his sponsor Hills Delivery during the summer. In 2009, he was ranked 75 in the World Rankings, however, since then he fell out of the top 100. On 16 May 2011, he won a qualifying game at the Snooker Q School to regain his tour card for the 2011–12 season.

Norman would need to win four qualifying matches to reach the main draws of the ranking events in the new season. He came closest to doing so in the first two events of the year, the Australian Goldfields Open and the Shanghai Masters, where on both occasions he won two matches before losing in the third qualifying round.[3] His performances throughout the season were not enough to see him enter the top 64 in the world rankings who retain their places for the 2012–13 season and dropped off the main tour.[4]

Norman could only enter Players Tour Championship events in the 2012/2013 season. He took part in 10 of them with his best finish coming in the European Tour Event 1 in Germany where he beat Ben Harrison, Nigel Bond, Phil Barnes and top 16 player Ricky Walden, before losing to Joe Swail 3–4 in the quarter-finals.[5] It was this result which largely contributed to him finishing 57th on the Order of Merit to claim one of the eight spots on offer to players not on the main tour for the next season.[6]

Norman did not win a match at the venue of a full ranking event during the 2013–14 season.[7] He played in seven of the eight European Tour tournaments with his best results being three last 32 defeats to be placed 60th on the Order of Merit and 110th in the world rankings.[8][9] Norman won only one match during the 2014–15 season, and following a 10–2 loss against Tom Ford at the 2015 World Championship qualifiers he decided to retire from professional snooker to concentrate on his coaching work at the South West Snooker Academy.[10]

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2001 Challenge Tour - Event 2 Luke Fisher 6–3
Runner-up 1. 2001 Challenge Tour - Event 3 Shaun Murphy 3–6

Pro-am finals: 3 (3 titles)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2007 Pontins Pro-Am - Event 1 Craig Steadman 4–2
Winner 2. 2009 Pontins Pro-Am - Event 1 Mitchell Mann 5–2
Winner 3. 2018 Pink Ribbon Harvey Chandler 4–2

Amateur finals: 2 (2 runners-up)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 1999 English Amateur Championship David Lilley 5–8
Runner-up 2. 2018 English Amateur Championship Joe O'Connor 3–10
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References
  1. "Career-total Statistics for Andrew Norman - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  2. "Euro Player Profile ANDREW NORMAN (England)". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 13 October 2004.
  3. "Andrew Norman 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  4. "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
  5. "Andrew Norman 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  6. "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 5 April 2013.
  7. "Andrew Norman 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  8. "European Order of Merit 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  9. "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  10. "SWSA South West Snooker Academy". Facebook. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
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