Simon Bedford (born 8 February 1976) is an English former professional snooker player.
Career Bedford qualified for the 1998 World Championship; he beat Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 6–10 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in 2008. He returned to the Main Tour for the 2008–09 season by finishing fourth in the 2007/2008 Pontins International Open Series rankings.
In the 2012–13 season, he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–3 in the first round of the third event of the Players Tour Championship.
At the beginning of the 2013–14 season, in a qualifying match against Barry Pinches for the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open, a 19-year-old record from the qualifying stage of the 1994 British Open was broken. The match lasted 449 minutes and 46 seconds, the longest ever best-of-nine-frame match in the history of professional snooker. The previous record was 434 minutes and 12 seconds in the match between Ian Williamson and Robby Foldvari in 1994. The Bedford/Pinches match began on 31 May 2013 and ended on 1 June 2013; Bedford won 5–4, after being 4–0 up. He only entered six further events during the season, winning five matches. After a first round defeat in the UK Championship in November he did not enter another tournament, resulting in his relegation from the main tour as he ended the season ranked 99th in the world. Bedford returned to play in 2017 Q School and was knocked out in the fifth round of the first event and the second round of event two.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2018/19RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.323215119128139He was an amateur.9373637265Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points.Players qualified through Players Tour Championship Order of Merit started the season without ranking points.84Ranking tournamentsRiga MastersTournament Not Held2RWorld OpenThe event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (1995/1996-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010)LQLQALQALQALQ1R1RLQ1RLQLQAWRAAEuropean MastersThe event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999), the European Open (1995/1996-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005-2005/2006)LQLQNHLQNot HeldALQ1RLQLQTournament Not HeldLQUK ChampionshipLQLQALQALQALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAScottish OpenThe event was called the International Open (1995/1996-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)LQLQALQALQALQLQTournament Not HeldNRNHAGerman MastersThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)LQLQANRTournament Not HeldLQLQLQAAWorld Grand PrixTournament Not HeldDNQWelsh OpenLQLQALQALQALQLQLQLQLQLQLQALQAAIndian OpenTournament Not HeldALQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Finals (2010/2011-2013/2014)Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQChina OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)Not HeldNRLQALQANot HeldLQLQLQLQLQALQAAWorld ChampionshipLQLQ1RLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQALQAANon-ranking tournamentsThe MastersLQLQLQALQLQLQLQLQALQLQLQAAAAAFormer ranking tournamentsAsian ClassicThe event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)LQLQTournament Not HeldThailand MastersThe event was called the Thailand Open (1995/1996-1996/1997)LQLQALQALQANRTournament Not HeldBritish OpenLQLQALQALQALQLQLQTournament Not HeldIrish MastersNon-Ranking EventLQLQLQTournament Not HeldNorthern Ireland TrophyTournament Not HeldNRLQTournament Not HeldBahrain ChampionshipTournament Not HeldLQTournament Not HeldWuxi ClassicTournament Not HeldNon-Ranking EventLQLQNHAustralian Goldfields OpenThe event was called the Australian Masters (1995/1996)NRTournament Not HeldLQLQLQNHShanghai MastersTournament Not HeldLQLQLQLQALQNR 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 event was not held.NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event.
Tournament wins
Non-Ranking Wins: (2 titles)
UK Tour Event 3 – 1998 UK Tour Event 3 – 2000
Pro-am wins Vienna Snooker Open – 2012
Amateur wins PIOS – Event 1 - 2007 Challenge Tour – Event 8 - 2018
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