| Ishpreet Singh Chadha | |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 1996 |
| Professional: | 2023–present |
| High Ranking: | 79 (July 2024) |
| Best Finish: | Last 32 (x2) |
Ishpreet Singh Chadha (Hindi: इशप्रीत सिंह चढ्ढा, born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2023–24 snooker season.
From Mumbai, Maharashtra,[1] he and fellow-Mumbai native Kreishh Gurbaxani have been described as a prodigies of Indian former-professional snooker player Yasin Merchant.[2]
In April 2022, Chadha beat Pushpender Singh to win Bangalore Snooker Academy’s all-India Open snooker championship.[3] In December 2022, Chadha was crowned the SAARC Snooker champion in Dhaka, defeating Ahsan Ramzan on the way to the final, and then fellow Indian Brijesh Daman in the final.[4] That month he defeated Pankaj Advani to win the 6-Red Snooker National Championships in Indore.[5]
Chadha reached the final of the Asia-Oceania Q School in Bangkok in June 2023, with a run that included victories over Pakistan’s Sharjeel Mahmood Asmat and Yu Kiu Chang of Hong Kong.[6] [7] In the final round he defeated Hon Man Chau to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2023–24 snooker season.[8]
He started the season being entered into the draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England, from 26 June 2023.[9] He began his career with a credible draw against top-16 player David Gilbert, and finished his round-robin group stage with a win over Sean O'Sullivan.[10] In August 2023, he defeated Manasawin Phetmalaikul 4-1 to qualify for the final stages of the 2023 British Open.[11] At the event, he secured the biggest win of his career against former world champion Stuart Bingham. In September 2023, he also beat Anthony McGill to qualify for the 2023 Wuhan Open.[12] He earned a second victory of the season over Stuart Bingham to qualify for the World Open, winning 5-3.[13] In January 2024, he recorded the biggest win of his career with a 5-2 win over World Champion Luca Brecel at the 2024 German Masters.[14] [15]
He was formerly a competitive esports player.[16]
| Tournament | 2016/ 17 | 2023/ 24 | 2024/ 25 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[17] | [18] | [19] | 80 | ||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | NR | RR | RR | ||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Not Held | ||||||||
| English Open | A | LQ | |||||||
| British Open | NH | 2R | LQ | ||||||
| Wuhan Open | NH | 1R | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | LQ | |||||||
| International Championship | A | LQ | |||||||
| UK Championship | A | LQ | |||||||
| Shoot Out | A | 1R | |||||||
| Scottish Open | A | 1R | |||||||
| German Masters | A | 2R | |||||||
| Welsh Open | A | LQ | |||||||
| World Open | A | 1R | |||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Tour Championship | NH | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | A | LQ | |||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Indian Open | 1R | Not Held | |||||||
| European Masters | A | 1R | NH | ||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Six-red World Championship | 2R | Not Held | |||||||
| Performance Table Legend | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw |
| 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. | ||||
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2021 | Indian Amateur Championship |  Malkeet Singh | 6–3 | |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2022 | Asian Championship |  Amir Sarkhosh | 0–5 |