Andrew Norman (born 27 June 1980) is an English former professional snooker player from Bristol.
Career Norman turned professional in 2001. 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. In 2009, he was ranked 75 in the World Rankings, however, since then he fell out of the top 100. In May 2011, he won a qualifying game at the 2011 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. 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.
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. 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.
Norman did not win a match at the venue of a full ranking event during the 2013–14 season. 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. 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.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.He was an amateur.New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.9992777258425474New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.83Ranking tournamentsWuxi ClassicThe event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009-2009/2010)Tournament Not HeldNon-Ranking EventALQWRAustralian Goldfields OpenTournament Not HeldLQALQLQShanghai MastersTournament Not HeldLQLQLQALQALQLQInternational ChampionshipTournament Not HeldALQLQUK ChampionshipAAAALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQALQA1R1RGerman MastersThe event was called the German Open (1997/1998)ANRTournament Not HeldALQALQAWelsh OpenAAAALQLQLQ1RLQLQ1RLQLQALQA1R1RPlayers Tour Championship FinalsTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQChina OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)NRAAALQNot HeldLQWRLQLQLQLQALQALQAWorld ChampionshipLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQALQLQLQLQNon-ranking tournamentsMastersLQAAALQLQLQALQLQLQLQLQAAAAAFormer ranking tournamentsThailand MastersAAAALQNRTournament Not HeldNRTournament Not HeldPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Scottish Open (1997/1998-2002/2003, 2012/2013)AAAALQLQLQTournament Not HeldMRNot HeldBritish OpenAAAALQLQLQLQTournament Not HeldIrish MastersNon-Ranking EventLQLQLQNHNRTournament Not HeldMalta CupThe event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the European Open (2001/2002-2003/2004)NHANot HeldLQLQLQLQLQLQNRTournament Not HeldNorthern Ireland TrophyTournament Not HeldNR2RLQLQTournament Not HeldBahrain ChampionshipTournament Not HeldLQTournament Not HeldWorld OpenThe event was called the Grand Prix (1997/1998-2000/2001, 2004/2005-2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004)AAAALQLQLQLQ3R2RRRLQLQALQALQNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsMerseyside Professional ChampionshipAAA1R3R1RA2RTournament Not Held Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD 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 Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2000 Challenge Tour – Event 2 Luke Fisher 6–3Runner-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 ScoreWinner 1. 2007 Pontins Pro-Am – Event 1 Craig Steadman 4–2Winner 2. 2009 Pontins Pro-Am – Event 1 Mitchell Mann 5–2Winner 3. 2018 Pink Ribbon Harvey Chandler 4–2
Amateur finals: 2 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 1999 English Amateur Championship David Lilley 5–8Runner-up 2. 2018 English Amateur Championship (2) Joe O'Connor 3–10
Seniors finals: 3 (3 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner1.2024 Senior Tour – Event 4 Philip Williams4–3Winner2.2024 Senior Tour – Event 5 Dean Galbally4–3Winner3.2024 Senior Tour – Event 6 Gerard Greene4–2
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