Liam Graham (snooker player)
Liam Graham (born 12 September 2004)[1] is a Scottish snooker player. He won the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships in March 2023.
He made a break of 107 in the European Under 21 Snooker Championship and a break of 101 as an Amateur in the 2023 World Championship.
Made his professional debut in the Championship League on 3rd July 2023.
Early life
Graham first played snooker with his grandfather in Cathcart, Glasgow. He also practised as a youngster with Scottish professional Alan McManus.[2] He also practises with Fraser Patrick, Joel Connolly, Jordan Brown, and Mark Allen.[3]
Career
As the top Scottish ranked under-21 amateur player he received a wildcard into the Scottish Open in December 2022 where he played Michael Holt, losing narrowly 4-3.[4]
Graham won the 2023 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, held in Malta. He beat Ukrainian Iulian Boiko 5–2 in the final. With that win he was awarded a two-year tour card for the World Snooker Tour, starting from the 2023-24 snooker season.[5][6]
2023/24
Graham made his debut in a professional draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. In the round-Robin group stage he started with defeats to top-50 ranked Ben Woollaston and Jimmy Robertson but earned a 2-2 draw with the experienced Peter Lines.[7][8]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2018/ 19 |
2021/ 22 |
2022/ 23 |
2023/ 24 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | |||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | NH | A | A | RR | |||||
| European Masters | A | A | A | ||||||
| British Open | NH | A | A | ||||||
| English Open | A | A | A | ||||||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | A | ||||||
| International Championship | A | Not Held | |||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| Shoot Out | 1R | 1R | 1R | ||||||
| Scottish Open | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | ||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | ||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| World Championship | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Six-red World Championship | A | NH | A | ||||||
| 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 | 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. | |||
References
- ^ "Liam Graham". Eurosport. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "Graham grateful for McManus tutorship". wst.tv. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ Haigh, Phil (2 July 2023). "Liam Graham finds secret for success in Northern Ireland as he begins professional career". Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ "Snooker results: Scottish Open draw, schedule, results and how to watch on TV". Sporting Life. 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Liam Graham U21 european champion". ebsa.tv. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "GRAHAM WINS TITLE AND TOUR CARD". wst.tv. 18 March 2023. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Woolaston and Xiao win groups". wst.tv. 3 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.