James Leadbetter (born 23 December 1980) is an English former professional snooker player.
Career
Leadbetter was born in 1980, and turned professional in 2003. His début season was without any success, and he dropped off the main tour at the end of the 2003/2004 season, but regained his place in 2006.
The highlight of the 2006/2007 season was a run to the last 64 of the 2007 World Championship, where Leadbetter defeated retired professional Les Dodd 10–8, Chris Norbury 10–9 and Stuart Pettman 10–3, before being defeated 7–10 by former World Champion John Parrott, who that year would reach the last 16 in his final appearance at the Crucible Theatre.
These performances earned Leadbetter £4,500 and ranked him 76th in the world, but this was not enough for him to retain his place on tour for the 2007/2008 season, and he immediately became an amateur once more. His subsequent attempts to re-qualify as a professional that season were unsuccessful, despite a run to the semi-final of one PIOS event in 2008, where he was defeated by Simon Bedford.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2006/07 2010/11RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour don't have a rankingRanking tournamentsWorld OpenThe event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005, 2006/2007)AALQALQAUK ChampionshipAALQALQAWelsh OpenAALQALQAPlayers Tour Championship Grand FinalTournament Not HeldDNQChina OpenANot HeldALQAWorld ChampionshipLQLQLQLQLQANon-ranking tournamentsThe MastersLQLQLQALQAFormer ranking tournamentsPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Scottish Open (2001/2002–2002/2003)AALQTournament Not HeldBritish OpenAALQANot HeldIrish MastersNRALQANRNHNorthern Ireland TrophyTournament Not HeldLQNHMalta CupThe event was called the European Open (2001/2002–2003/2004)AALQALQNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsMerseyside Professional ChampionshipAAA1RNot 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.
Career finals Non-ranking finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2003 Challenge Tour - Event 4 Kurt Maflin 2–6
Amateur finals: 2 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2005 PIOS – Event 2 Mark Joyce 3–6Winner 1. 2013 Snookerbacker Classic 2014 - Qualifier 7 - Leeds Sydney Wilson 4–3
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