Sanderson Lam () (born 28 January 1994) is an English former professional snooker player.

Early life Lam was born to Chinese parents in Leeds, England. His parents moved to England in the 1980s.

Career In 2011, Lam started to take part in the Players Tour Championship, a tournament series for professionals and amateurs. In the first three tournaments in England, he lost the first match in each case, but at the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic in Fürth, he secured two victories in the qualifying rounds and played Mark Williams where he was defeated 4–0. Over the next year, he participated in a further four tournaments. Following the end of the season he entered Q School where he reached the semi-finals of his group before losing to Elliot Slessor who went on to secure qualification for the main tour.

In the 2014–15 season, he was able to improve in the PTC tournaments and succeeded in qualifying for the EBSA Qualifying Tour play-offs. There, he was able to prevail among the 16 participants, and win one of the two main tour places after defeating TJ Dowling 4–2 in the final round. As a result, Lam was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons.

Lam defeated David Morris 6–3 to qualify for the 2015 International Championship. On his venue stage ranking event debut, he thrashed Michael Wild 6–0, but then failed to pick up a frame himself in the second round against Zhou Yuelong. Lam lost all eight matches he played after this. Wins over Wang Yuchen and Alan McManus with the loss of a single frame helped Lam progress to the third round of the Northern Ireland Open, where he was ousted 4–1 by Hossein Vafaei. At the Gibraltar Open, he eliminated Wang 4–3, Noppon Saengkham and Peter Ebdon both 4–1 to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time, where he would be on the wrong end of a 4–1 scoreline against Judd Trump. Lam squeezed past Mark King 5–4 at the China Open, before losing 5–2 to Kyren Wilson in the second round and he needed to have a successful Q School campaign in order to avoid being relegated from the tour. A 4–2 victory over Joe Swail in the final round of the second event earned him a new two-year tour card.

Personal life While Lam speaks English as his first language, he can also speak Chinese languages, though not fluently. He remarked "I was born over here but as soon as they see I am Chinese, they think I can speak fluently. It’s a shock." "I can speak Chinese, but not fluently. I am still trying to learn a lot. I have got quite a strong Leeds accent, a deep voice, so when I talk in China, they can’t understand the accent."

Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking77Players qualified through Q School started the season without prize money ranking points92756260Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventRRRR2RRRRRSaudi Arabia MastersTournament Not Held3R4RWuhan OpenTournament Not Held1R1RLQEnglish OpenNot Held1R 1R1RLQLQ2RLQ1RBritish OpenTournament Not Held1RLQ2RLQ1RXi'an Grand PrixTournament Not HeldLQLQNorthern Ireland OpenNot Held3R1R3RLQLQLQLQLQInternational ChampionshipAA2RLQ1RLQNot Held1R1R1RUK Championship1RA1R1R1R1R1RLQLQLQLQShoot OutNon-Ranking Event1R 1R 1R3R1R3R1R3RScottish OpenNot Held1R1R1R1RLQQFLQLQGerman MastersLQALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQWorld Grand PrixNHNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWelsh Open1RA1R1R1R1RLQ2R1R3RLQWorld OpenWRNot HeldALQLQNot Held1RLQLQTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipLQALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQFormer ranking tournaments Wuxi ClassicLQATournament Not HeldAustralian Goldfields OpenLQLQLQTournament Not HeldShanghai MastersLQALQLQ1RNRNot HeldNon-Ranking EventRiga MastersThe event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)NHMinor-RankingLQLQLQTournament Not HeldPaul Hunter ClassicMinor-Ranking Event2R 1R 1RTournament Not HeldChina ChampionshipNot HeldNRLQLQTournament Not HeldIndian OpenLQLQNHLQLQLQTournament Not HeldChina OpenLQALQ2RLQLQTournament Not HeldTurkish MastersTournament Not HeldLQTournament Not HeldGibraltar OpenNot HeldMR4R1R1R3RTournament Not HeldWST ClassicTournament Not Held1RNot HeldEuropean MastersNot HeldLQ LQLQLQ1R1RNot HeldFormer non-ranking tournaments Six-red World ChampionshipAAAAAANHLQNot 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

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title) OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreWinner1.2026Q Tour - Event 1 Farakh Ajaib4–1

Team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Team/partner Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2017 World Women's Snooker Mixed Doubles Championship Katrina Wan Dylan Mitchell Rebecca Kenna 3–1

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