English snooker player
Steven Hallworth
(born 1 December 1995) is an English former professional
snooker
player. He is the only ever qualified professional from Lincoln. He is a practice partner of
Stuart Carrington
.
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Career
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Junior
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Hallworth started playing snooker aged 10 after trying
pool
on a family holiday.
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He then found success in junior and amateur levels and was given the opportunity to play future World Champion
Mark Selby
aged 12 in 2009, after winning that year's Under-17 Lincoln and District Billiards and Snooker Association crown.
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He was also one 8 finalists in the 2010 Rileys Future Stars competition run by
Ronnie O'Sullivan
, but lost out to
Joel Walker
.
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Amateur
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Hallworth then progressed on to
Players Tour Championship
events in 2011 and the
2013 Q School
, but it wasn't until the
2013?14
when Hallworth started to progress to the main rounds of PTC events, a 4?3 defeat to
Kurt Maflin
in the
Paul Hunter Classic
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and a 4?0 loss to former World Champion
Mark Williams
in the
Antwerp Open
.
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It was also Hallworth's televised debut.
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Hallworth's performances in the EBSA Amateur Cup Events were enough to qualify him for the six-man play-off event, with three players winning two-year professional tour cards on the
World Snooker Tour
, with a win in the Antwerp event.
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Hallworth beat
Martin Ball
4?1 in the first round, before beating
Mitchell Travis
4?3 in the final round to earn place on the tour the
2014?15
and
2015?16
seasons.
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Professional
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Hallworth failed to qualify for the opening two ranking events in the
2014?15 season
, but did secure his first win as a professional, beating
Zak Surety
5?4 in the first qualifying round of the
Australian Goldfields Open
.
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All 128 players on the snooker tour automatically play in the first round of the
UK Championship
and in Hallworth's debut at the venue stage of a ranking event he lost 6?1 to
Mark Williams
. In the
Welsh Open
first round he took
Shaun Murphy
to a deciding frame but lost it to be edged out 4?3.
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Hallworth led reigning
Indian Open
champion
Michael White
4?0 in the opening round of
World Championship
qualifying, before losing seven frames in a row and went on to be defeated 10?8.
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He ended his first season on tour as the world number 116.
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A run of 10 consecutive defeats from June 2015 to December was ended when Hallworth overcame
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
5?4 in the
German Masters
qualifiers.
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He then beat
Andy Hicks
5?4 on the final black to play in a ranking event outside of the United Kingdom for the first time, but was whitewashed 5?0 by world number one
Mark Selby
.
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Hallworth dropped off the tour at the end of the season and failed to advance through the
2016 Q School
.
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Return to amateur status
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Hallworth defeated
Hossein Vafaei
4?3 to qualify for the
Indian Open
and narrowly lost 4?3 to
Stuart Bingham
in the opening round. The
Shoot-Out
was upgraded to a ranking event this season and Hallworth made the quarter-finals with wins over
Boonyarit Keattikun
,
Michael White
,
Daniel Wells
and
Li Hang
. His run came to an end at the hands of
Andy Hicks
. He whitewashed
Darryl Hill
4?0 at the
Gibraltar Open
, before losing 4?1 to
Nigel Bond
in the second round.
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Hallworth was a win away from earning a two-year tour card at the EBSA Play-off, but was bested 4?1 by
Gerard Greene
.
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At the end of the 2017/18 season, he entered the
2018 Q School
in an attempt to win back a place on the professional snooker tour. He earnt a credible victory over
Zhao Xintong
.
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In 2022/23 season he has reached the last 16 of the
2022 British Open
he beat
Barry Hawkins
4?3.
Performance and rankings timeline
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Performance Table Legend
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LQ
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lost in the qualifying draw
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#R
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lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
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QF
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lost in the quarter-finals
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SF
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lost in the semi-finals
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F
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lost in the final
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W
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won the tournament
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DNQ
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did not qualify for the tournament
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A
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did not participate in the tournament
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WD
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withdrew from the tournament
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NH / Not Held
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means an event was not held.
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NR / Non-Ranking Event
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means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
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R / Ranking Event
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means an event is/was a ranking event.
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MR / Minor-Ranking Event
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means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
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It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
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a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
He was an amateur
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a
b
New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
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The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012?2015/2016)
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The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015?2015/2016)
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