Haydon Pinhey Explained

Haydon Pinhey
Birth Date:30 July 1996
Birth Place:Plymouth, Devon
Professional:2024–present
High Ranking:108 (July 2024)
Best Finish:Last 32 (x2)

Haydon Pinhey is an English professional snooker player from Devon. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2024–25 snooker season.[1] [2]

Early life

From Plymouth, Devon. Pinhey attended Sir John Hunt Community Sports College and worked at the Plaza Snooker Club on the Barbican of his home town. Currently Pinhey works and plays for the Legends Lounge within St Budeaux.

Career

He made his television debut at the 2021 Snooker Shoot Out.[3]

2021/2022

Pinhey played in a number of professional events during the 2021-22 World Snooker Tour season, featuring in the Championship League, the Turkish Masters, the Gibraltar Open and the Snooker Shootout. He reached the final round of the third qualifying school event.[4]

2022/2023

In July 2022 Pinhey got the biggest win of his career when he beat world number 21 Matthew Selt to qualify for the European Masters.[5] Further success came at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out where he reached the last 64.

At the 2023 WST Classic Pinhey secured the biggest win of his career when he beat top-ten ranked and future World Champion Luca Brecel on his way to the last 32.[6] Pinhey secured a good win over Duane Jones at the 2023 Q School as he sought a place on the main tour after losing in the final round for three consecutive years of Q school between 2020 and 2022.[7] Unfortunately for Pinhey, it was fourth consecutive year of being one match away from earning a tour card from Q School as he was defeated by former top-20 player Andrew Higginson. However, his performances were good enough to place Pinhey second in the Q School order of merit, from which top of places are taken for ranking events during the 2023-24 World Snooker Tour.[8]

2023/2024

Pinhey was entered into the draw for the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. His results included a draw against Mohamed Ibrahim, and a defeat to Si Jiahui.[9] [10] He qualified for the 2024 German Masters in Berlin with a win over the experienced Rod Lawler.[11] In the first round of qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated Hammad Miah 10-2.[12] In May 2024, he entered European 2024 Q School and in the first event recorded victory over former professional Anton Kazakov of Ukraine, and beat veteran professional Gerard Greene in the final round to win a two-year assured place on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024-25 snooker season.[13] [14]

Personal life

Pinhey is a father of two.[15]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament2020/
21
2021/
22
2022/
23
2023/
24
2024/
25
Ranking[16] [17] [18]
Ranking tournaments
Championship LeagueRRRRRRRRRR
Xi'an Grand PrixTournament Not HeldLQ
Saudi Arabia MastersTournament Not Held
English OpenAAAA
British OpenNHAAALQ
Wuhan OpenNot HeldALQ
Northern Ireland OpenAAAA
International ChampionshipNot HeldA
UK ChampionshipAAAA
Shoot Out3R1R2R1R
Scottish OpenAAAA
German MastersAAA1R
Welsh OpenAAALQ
World OpenNot HeldA
World Grand PrixDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Players ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World ChampionshipAALQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Pro SeriesRRTournament Not Held
Turkish MastersNHLQNot Held
Gibraltar Open1R1RNot Held
WST ClassicNot Held3RNot Held
European MastersAA1RLQNH
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw
  1. R
lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Haydon Pinhey - Player Profile - Snooker . 2023-10-30 . Eurosport.
  2. Web site: Haydon Pinhey - Players . https://web.archive.org/web/20231030033258/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=2061 . 2023-10-30 . 2023-10-30 . snooker.org.
  3. Web site: Plymouth snooker star Haydon Pinhey set for TV debut on Eurosport. Stuart. Abel. February 6, 2021. April 3, 2023.
  4. Web site: Plymouth snooker star Haydon Pinhey just misses out on turning professional. Plymouth Herald. April 3, 2023. Daniel. Clarke. June 5, 2022.
  5. Web site: Plymouth potter Haydon Pinhey scores biggest career win. April 6, 2023. Devon Live. July 19, 2022. Daniel. Clarke.
  6. Web site: Plymouth's Haydon Pinhey suffers final round Q School defeat. Plymouth Herald. May 31, 2023. 13 June 2023.
  7. Web site: Pullen clinched final day spot. https://web.archive.org/web/20230531074633/https://wst.tv/pullen-clinches-final-day-slot/. dead. 31 May 2023. wst.tv. May 31, 2023. May 30, 2023.
  8. Web site: Plymouth's Haydon Pinhey falls shot of earning World Snooker tour card. Plymouth Herald. Daniel. Clark. 11 June 2023. 13 June 2023.
  9. Web site: CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023. Championship League Snooker. June 26, 2023.
  10. Web site: Si starts sesson strongly. https://web.archive.org/web/20230709065554/https://wst.tv/si-starts-season-strongly/. dead. 9 July 2023. wst.tv. July 8, 2023. 9 July 2023.
  11. Web site: Snooker HQ. 20 December 2023. German Masters: qualifiers draw and schedule. David. Caulfield. December 18, 2023.
  12. Web site: WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP: FERGAL O'BRIEN BRINGS CURTAIN DOWN ON 33-YEAR CAREER AFTER DEFEAT IN CRUCIBLE QUALIFIER . Eurosport. 9 April 2024. 10 April 2024.
  13. Web site: EMERY CLOSES IN ON IMMEDIATE RETURN. wst.tv. 25 May 2024. 25 May 2024.
  14. Web site: PINHEY ENDS Q SCHOOL HEARTACHE TO TURN PROFESSIONAL. wst.tv. 26 May 2024. 26 May 2024.
  15. Web site: Haydon Pinhey: Snooker player determined to make World Snooker Tour. 14 June 2023. 13 June 2023. BBC Sport.
  16. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  17. He was an amateur
  18. New players don't have a ranking