| Born | April 24, 1975 Preston, Lancashire, England |
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| Sport country | England |
| Professional | 1992– |
| Highest ranking | 35 (5 months) |
| Current ranking | 35 |
| Career winnings | GB£246,245 |
| Highest <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">break</dfn> | 142 (2001 Thailand Masters, 2009 China Open) |
| Best ranking finish | Semi-finalist: China Open (2009) |
Stuart Pettman (born April 24, 1975) is an English professional snooker player. The ginger-haired Preston native has qualified for the World Championship three times, in 2003, 2004 and 2010. He beat 2005 champion Shaun Murphy in qualifying to reach the 2004 World Championships. His ratio of points scored to points conceded at the Crucible is the lowest of all players who have appeared there more than once [1]. He has spent 4 seasons in the top 48 of the rankings to date.
He had ten last-32 defeats before he first reached the last 16 of a ranking event. He started 2007/2008 strongly, reaching the last 16 of the opening Shanghai Masters (winning 4 matches before benefitting from Ronnie O'Sullivan's withdrawal) and then qualifying for the final stages of the Grand Prix by winning all 7 group games. His form tailed off after this, but he had a strong run in the 2009 China Open, defeating Mark Allen, Ali Carter and Graeme Dott to reach his first career semi-final. Pettman qualified for the 2010 World Championship, but was beaten 10–1 in the first round by Ding Junhui. Following 10–2 defeats by Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry in 2003 and 2004 respectively, this means Pettman's win/loss ratio of frames played at the Crucible is 5–30.