Brian Salmon

For the British businessman, see Brian Lawson Salmon.

Brian Salmon (born 5 April 1978) is an English former professional snooker player.^[1]

Brian Salmon

Born	(1978-04-05) 5 April 1978 (age 47)
Sport country	England
Professional	2000–2002, 2004/2005
Highest ranking	87 (2004/2005)

Career

Salmon turned professional in 2000. During the 2001/2001 season, he reached the last 80 at the 2001 European Open, defeating former World Champion Joe Johnson 5–4 and Jeff Cundy 5–1 before losing 5–0 to Paul Davies.

After that season, Salmon did not play competitively until 2003; in the 2003/2004 season, he won an event on the Challenge Tour to regain his place on the professional tour. In Event 3, Salmon beat Steve Harrison, David Craggs, Tony Knowles, Dermot McGlinchey, David John and Mark Joyce, setting up an encounter in the final with Steve James, once the world number seven. Salmon made a break of 104 in a 6–2 victory over James, recording his first tournament win.

Having re-qualified as a professional for the 2004/2005 season, Salmon could not find any form in the ranking events; he won only one match, beating Scott MacKenzie 5–1 in the Irish Masters, and his hopes of progressing in the 2005 World Championship were ended by a 3–10 loss to Adrian Gunnell.

Ranked 87th, Salmon fell off the tour again and returned to the amateur game in 2005.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2001/ 02	2003/ 04	2004/ 05
Ranking	[nb 1]	[nb 1]	[nb 1]	[nb 2]	209	[nb 1]	[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Grand Prix[nb 3]	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	LQ
British Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	LQ
UK Championship	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	LQ
Welsh Open	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	LQ
Malta Cup[nb 4]	NH	A	Not Held		LQ	A	LQ
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event					A	LQ
China Open[nb 5]	NR	A	A	A	LQ	NH	LQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Merseyside Professional Championship	A	A	2R	A	1R	A	A
The Masters	LQ	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
Former ranking tournaments
Thailand Masters	A	A	A	A	LQ	Not Held
Scottish Open[nb 6]	A	A	A	A	LQ	A	NH

Performance table legend
LQ	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-finals
SF	lost in the semi–finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament
DNQ	did not qualify for the tournament	A	did not participate in the tournament	WD	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.

1. He was an amateur
2. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
3. The event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002, 2003/2004)
4. The event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the European Open (2001/2002-2003/2004)
5. The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)
6. The event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)

Career finals

Non-ranking event finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2004	Challenge Tour - Event 3	Steve James	6–2