Troy Shaw

Troy Shaw (born 6 October 1969)^[2] is an English former professional snooker player.

Troy Shaw

Born	(1969-10-06) 6 October 1969 (age 55) Lowestoft, Suffolk, England
Sport country	England
Professional	1991–2003
Highest ranking	74 (1994/95)[1]
Best ranking finish	Last 16 (x1)
Tournament wins
Minor-ranking	1

Career

Competing on the main tour from 1991, Shaw won the second leg of minor ranking tournament the Strachan Challenge in 1993, beating Nigel Bond in the final.^[2] He reached his highest ranking, 74th, the following year.^[1] At the end of the 2002–03 snooker season, Shaw was ranked 94th and did not qualify to remain on the professional tour.^[3]

Performance and rankings timeline

^[2]

Tournament	1991/ 92	1992/ 93	1993/ 94	1994/ 95	1995/ 96	1996/ 97	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2001/ 02	2002/ 03	2003/ 04
Ranking[1]	[nb 1]	121	77	74	125	133	131	88	96	116	97	83	[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
LG Cup[nb 3]	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
British Open	1R	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	A
UK Championship	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
Welsh Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
European Open[nb 4]	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	LQ	Not Held		LQ	LQ	A
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event											LQ	A
Players Championship[nb 5]	NH	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open[nb 6]	LQ	MR	NR	Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic[nb 7]	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
German Open	Tournament Not Held				LQ	LQ	LQ	NR	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held			Non-Ranking Event					LQ	NR	Not Held
China Open[nb 8]	Tournament Not Held						NR	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 9]	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	NR	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
DQ	disqualified 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.
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.

1. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
2. He was not on the Main Tour.
3. The event was previously known as the Grand Prix (1990/1991–2000/2001)
4. The event was previously known as the Irish Open (1998/1999)
5. The event was also known as the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Scottish Open (1997/1998–2002/2003)
6. The event was also known as the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
7. The event was also known as the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and Asian Classic (1996/1997)
8. The event was also known as the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
9. The event was also known as the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/97)

Career finals

Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1993	Strachan Challenge – Event 2	Nigel Bond	9–4[2]

Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1990	Kuedos Invitational	James Wattana	3–5[4]
Winner	2006	Hall Green Pro-Am	Mark Sutton	4–3[5]