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{{Infobox snooker player |
{{Infobox snooker player |
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|name = Billy |
|name = Billy Castle |
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| image = Billy Castle PHC 2017-1.jpg |
| image = Billy Castle PHC 2017-1.jpg |
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| caption = Castle at the [[2017 Paul Hunter Classic]] |
| caption = Castle at the [[2017 Paul Hunter Classic]] |
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| Sport country = {{ENG}} |
| Sport country = {{ENG}} |
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| Professional = 2017–2021 |
| Professional = 2017–2021 |
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| High ranking = 88 |
| High ranking = 88 (June 2018) |
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| Official maximums = |
| Official maximums = |
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| Best finish = |
| Best finish = Quarter-final ([[2022 Snooker Shoot Out]]) |
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| Other wins = |
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| World champ = |
| World champ = |
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'''Billy Joe Castle''' (born 14 July 1992 in [[Marchwood]], [[Hampshire]]) is an English |
'''Billy Joe Castle''' (born 14 July 1992 in [[Marchwood]], [[Hampshire]]) is an English professional [[snooker]] player. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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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 snooker season|2017–18]] and [[2018–19 snooker season|2018–19]] seasons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/kleckers-books-tour-spot/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519034020/http://www.worldsnooker.com/kleckers-books-tour-spot/|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 May 2017|title=Kleckers Books Tour Sport|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]]|accessdate=14 May 2017}}</ref> Prior to this Castle appeared in the 2015 [[English Amateur Championship]] final, losing 6–10 to Michael Rhodes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Castle is English Amateur Championship runner-up|url=http://www.cuestars.co.uk/news.php?id=824|publisher=cuestars.co.uk|accessdate=3 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518075340/http://www.cuestars.co.uk/news.php?id=824|archive-date=2015-05-18|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017 he won the tournament by defeating [[David Lilley (snooker player)|David Lilley]] 10–8.<ref>{{cite web|title=Billy Castle crowned English Amateur Champion 2017|url=https://www.mysnookerstats.com/billy-castle-english-amateur-champion-2017/|publisher=mysnookerstats.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=879039393809518597|user=TheEASB|title=#EASBFinals2017 English Amateur...|accessdate=2 July 2017|date=25 June 2017}}</ref> |
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==Performance and rankings timeline== |
==Performance and rankings timeline== |
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! [[2015–16 snooker season|2015/<br/>16]] |
! [[2015–16 snooker season|2015/<br/>16]] |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref name="Ranking history">{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=6 February 2011}}</ref><ref group="nb">It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season</ref> |
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|align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="AMA">He was an amateur</ref> |
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|align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="UR">New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking</ref> |
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|align="center"|[[Snooker world rankings 2018/2019|88]] |
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|align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="QS">Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points</ref> |
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|align="center"|[[Snooker world rankings 2020/2021|86]] |
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|colspan="10"|'''Ranking tournaments''' |
|colspan="10"|'''Ranking tournaments''' |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 UK Championship|1R]] |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 UK Championship|1R]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 UK Championship|1R]] |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 UK Championship|1R]] |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]] |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker Shoot |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker Shoot Out|Shoot Out]] |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 Snooker Shoot |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2018 Snooker Shoot Out|3R]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 Snooker Shoot |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2019 Snooker Shoot Out|2R]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Snooker Shoot Out|4R]] |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Snooker Shoot Out|4R]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Snooker Shoot Out|1R]] |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Snooker Shoot Out|1R]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[2022 Snooker Shoot Out|QF]] |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[German Masters]] |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[German Masters]] |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[European Masters (snooker)|European Masters]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]] |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Turkish Masters]] |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Turkish Masters]] |
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|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Gibraltar Open]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Gibraltar Open|1R]] |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2020 Gibraltar Open|1R]] |
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|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Gibraltar Open|1R]] |
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2021 Gibraltar Open|1R]] |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Tour Championship (snooker)|Tour Championship]] |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Tour Championship (snooker)|Tour Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
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|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |
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|colspan="10"|'''Former ranking tournaments''' |
|colspan="10"|'''Former ranking tournaments''' |
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| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |
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| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|VF / Variant Format Event || means an event is/was a variant format event. |
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{{Reflist|group=nb}} |
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==Career finals== |
==Career finals== |
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===Amateur finals: |
===Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)=== |
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!width="20"| No. |
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!width="200"| Opponent in the final |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Lilley (snooker player)|David Lilley]] |
| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[David Lilley (snooker player)|David Lilley]] |
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| align="center"|10–7 |
| align="center"|10–7 |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2022 |
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| [[2022–23 Q Tour#Event 4|Q Tour – Event 4]] |
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| {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Andrew Higginson]] |
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| align="center"|5–4 |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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{{Commons category}} |
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* {{WST player|billy-castle|archive=20230922142832}} |
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*[http://www.worldsnooker.com/players/billy-joe-castle/ Billy Joe Castle] at ''worldsnooker.com'' |
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*[http://cuetracker.net/players/billy-joe-castle Billy Joe Castle] at ''CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database'' |
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Castle, Billy |
{{DEFAULTSORT:Castle, Billy}} |
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[[Category:English snooker players]] |
[[Category:English snooker players]] |
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[[Category:Living people]] |
[[Category:Living people]] |
Latest revision as of 14:21, 3 December 2024
Born | Marchwood, Hampshire, England | 14 July 1992
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Sport country | England |
Professional | 2017–2021 |
Highest ranking | 88 (June 2018) |
Best ranking finish | Quarter-final (2022 Snooker Shoot Out) |
Billy Joe Castle (born 14 July 1992 in Marchwood, Hampshire) is an English professional snooker player.
Career
[edit]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
[edit]Tournament | 2015/ 16 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2021/ 22 | |||||
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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 | ||||||||
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Haining Open | MR | A | A | 2R | Not Held |
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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. |
Career finals
[edit]Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)
[edit]Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2015 | English Amateur Championship | Michael Rhodes | 6–10 |
Winner | 1. | 2017 | English Amateur Championship | David Lilley | 10–7 |
Winner | 2. | 2022 | Q Tour – Event 4 | Andrew Higginson | 5–4 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Kleckers Books Tour Sport". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
- ^ "Castle is English Amateur Championship runner-up". cuestars.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 3 May 2015.
- ^ "Billy Castle crowned English Amateur Champion 2017". mysnookerstats.com.
- ^ @TheEASB (25 June 2017). "#EASBFinals2017 English Amateur..." (Tweet). Retrieved 2 July 2017 – via Twitter.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External links
[edit]Wikimedia Commons has media related to Billy Joe Castle.
- Billy Castle at the World Snooker Tour (archived)