Tony Chappel (born 28 May 1960) is a former Welsh professional snooker player, whose career spanned seventeen years from 1984 to 2001.
Career Tony Chappel was born in Wales, on 28 May 1960. He started playing snooker aged 14. He reached the final of the 1974 Welsh Boys' Championship, won the title in 1976, and retained it in 1977. He was also runner-up in the Welsh Youth Championship in 1977. In 1982 he became an "apprentice professional" employed by the Mackworth Billiards company, where he was coached by Terry Griffiths, the 1979 World Snooker Champion. That year, he defeated professional Cliff Wilson in the final of a pro-am tournament at Ealing Snooker Centre.
Chappel was accepted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association as a professional player in 1984. Some of the players he defeated during his career include: Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths, John Parrott, Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus, Stephen Lee and Ken Doherty. His best finish was one semi-final appearance, at the 1990 Asian Open, where he lost just 5–6, to Dennis Taylor. He also reached the quarter-finals and last 16 of other tournaments throughout his career, his last run to this stage of an event being the last 16 of the 1997 Welsh Open.
He qualified for the main stage of the World Snooker Championship in 1990, losing 4–10 to Tony Knowles in the last 32.
He was relegated from the professional tour after finishing 115th in the rankings at the end of the 2000/01 snooker season. In April 2013 Chappel took part in the preliminary qualifiers for the 2013 World Snooker Championship. He beat David Singh 5–2 in the second round. but then lost 5–1 to Patrick Wallace in the third round.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1984/85 1985/86 1986/87 1987/88 1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 1991/92 1992/931993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonNew players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking68495851414337524853534546477690He was an amateurRanking tournamentsAustralian Goldfields OpenThe event was also called the Australian Masters (1984/1985-1987/1988 and 1995/1996), the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and the Australian Open (1994/1995-1995/1996)Non-Ranking EventNHLQTournament Not HeldNon-RankingTournament Not HeldAAAAAUK Championship1R2R1R3R1R1R2RLQLQ2RLQLQ1RLQ1RLQLQAAAAAAAGerman MastersThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)Tournament Not HeldLQLQLQNRTournament Not HeldAAAAAWelsh OpenTournament Not Held1R1R1R1R3R3R2R2RLQLQAAAAAAAWorld Grand PrixTournament Not HeldNRDNQTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQChina OpenTournament Not HeldNRLQLQLQANHAAAAAWorld ChampionshipLQLQLQLQLQ1RLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAALQAAANon-ranking tournamentsWorld Seniors ChampionshipTournament Not HeldATournament Not HeldLQFQFLQLQThe MastersAAAAAALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAAAAAShoot-OutTournament Not HeldWDTournament Not HeldAAAAAFormer ranking tournamentsCanadian MastersNHNon-RankingLQTournament Not HeldThe ClassicLQLQLQ1R3R1R2RLQTournament Not HeldStrachan OpenThe event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993-1993/1994)Tournament Not Held1RMRNRTournament Not HeldAsian ClassicThe event was called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), the Dubai Classic (1989/1990-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)Tournament Not HeldNR2RLQLQ1R1RLQLQLQTournament Not HeldMalta Grand PrixTournament Not HeldNon-Ranking EventLQNRTournament Not HeldThailand MastersThe event was called the Asian Open (1989/1990-1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)Non-RankingNot Held1RSF1RLQLQ1RLQLQLQLQLQLQANRTournament Not HeldBritish Open1RLQ1R1R2R1RLQ1RLQLQ1RLQ1RLQLQLQLQAATournament Not HeldEuropean OpenThe event was called the European Open (1988/1989-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2002/2003) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)Tournament Not Held2R3R1R1RLQLQLQQF1RNHLQNot HeldAATournament Not HeldScottish OpenThe event was also called the International Open (1984/1985, 1986/1987-1989/1990 and 1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)LQ2R1R1R1RLQNot HeldLQLQ1RLQ1R1RLQLQLQAANHMRNot HeldWorld OpenThe event was called the Grand Prix (1984/1985-2000/2001) and the LG Cup (2001/2002-2002/2003)LQLQ1R2R1RLQLQLQ3RLQ2RLQLQLQLQLQLQAAAAANot HeldFormer non-ranking tournamentsWorld MastersTournament Not Held3RTournament Not HeldWelsh Professional ChampionshipQFQFSFQF1RSFSFTournament Not HeldStrachan ChallengeTournament Not HeldRMRLQLQTournament 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.PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
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