Troy Shaw

Troy Shaw (born 6 October 1969) is an English former professional snooker player.

Troy Shaw

Born	(1969-10-06) 6 October 1969
Sport country	England
Professional	1991–2003
Highest ranking	74 (1994/95)
Career winnings	£86,715[1]
Highest break	133 (1993 Strachan Challenge Event 2, 1993 Asian Open)[2]
Century breaks	18
Best ranking finish	Last 16 (1993 British Open)
Tournament wins
Minor-ranking	1

Career

Competing on the main tour from 1991, Shaw won the second leg of minor ranking tournament the Strachan Challenge in 1993, beating Nigel Bond in the final. He reached his highest ranking, 74th, the following year, but thereafter suffered a decline in form and was relegated from the tour in 2003.[3]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1991/ 92	1992/ 93	1993/ 94	1994/ 95	1995/ 96	1996/ 97	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2001/ 02	2002/ 03	2003/ 04
Ranking[4]	[nb 1]	121	77	74	125	133	131	88	96	116	97	83	[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
LG Cup[nb 3]	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
British Open	1R	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	A
UK Championship	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
Welsh Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
European Open[nb 4]	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	LQ	Not Held		LQ	LQ	A
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event											LQ	A
Players Championship[nb 5]	NH	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open[nb 6]	LQ	MR	NR	Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic[nb 7]	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
German Open	Tournament Not Held				LQ	LQ	LQ	NR	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held			Non-Ranking Event					LQ	NR	Not Held
China Open[nb 8]	Tournament Not Held						NR	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 9]	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	NR	NH

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
DQ	disqualified 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.
RV / Ranking & Variant Format Event				means an event is/was a ranking & variant format 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.
VF / Variant Format Event				means an event is/was a variant format event.

1. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
2. He was not on the Main Tour.
3. The event was previously known as the Grand Prix (1990/1991–2000/2001)
4. The event was previously known as the Irish Open (1998/1999)
5. The event was also known as the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Scottish Open (1997/1998–2002/2003)
6. The event was also known as the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
7. The event was also known as the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and Asian Classic (1996/1997)
8. The event was also known as the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
9. The event was also known as the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/97)

Career titles

Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1993	Strachan Challenge – Event 2	Nigel Bond	9–4

References

1. http://cuetracker.net/Players/Troy-Shaw/Career-Total-Statistics
2. http://cuetracker.net/Players/Troy-Shaw/Career-Total-Statistics
4. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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