| Born | 17 August 1983 Glen Parva, Leicestershire |
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| Sport country | England |
| Professional | 2000– |
| Highest ranking | 30 (3 months) |
| Current ranking | 31 |
| Career winnings | GB£131,640[1] |
| Highest <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">break</dfn> | 147 (2007 Grand Prix) |
| Century breaks | 96 |
| Best ranking finish | Quarter-final: 2005 Malta Cup |
| Tournament wins | |
| Minor-ranking | 2 |
Tom Ford (born 17 August 1983 in Glen Parva) is an English professional snooker player from The Midlands.
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As a junior, he played against Mark Selby frequently. His best run to date was in the 2005 Malta Cup where he beat Ken Doherty, but eventually lost to Stephen Hendry in the quarter-finals. In the 2007 Grand Prix, he made a 147 against Steve Davis, after having just come out of hospital suffering from gastroenteritis,[2] but still missed out on the last 16 eventually finishing 3rd in his group. He secured the high break and maximum prize, but unfortunately it was not televised. In the last 32 of the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy he held Ronnie O'Sullivan to 4–4, before missing the final blue, allowing O'Sullivan clinch the frame. Ford made his World Championship debut in 2010, after beating Judd Trump 10–3 in the final qualifying round, he played Mark Allen in the first round, where he lost 4–10.
Early in the season Ford won his first professional title, Event 3 of the Players Tour Championship, beating Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the final.[3] Ford failed to qualify for the main draws of both the Shanghai Masters and the World Open, but did beat Tony Drago and Gerard Greene to reach the Last 32 of the UK Championship. He was drawn against Mark Allen and lost 9-5.[4] Ford did not qualify for the final stages of any other ranking event for the season after losing 10-8 to Liu Chuang in Round 4 of qualifying for the World Championship.[5]
The first world ranking event of the season was the inaugural Australian Goldfields Open where Ford reached the final stages by beating Gerard Greene. He then beat world number 15 Jamie Cope 5-3 before being whitewashed 5-0 to Stuart Bingham in the Last 16.[6] He made it through to his third successive UK Championship main draw where he played former world champion Neil Robertson, but was comfortably beaten 6-1.[7] Ford won his second PTC title at Event 11 in December by defeating Martin Gould 4-3.[8]
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2010 | Players Tour Championship – Event 3 | Jack Lisowski | 4–0 |
| Winner | 2. | 2011 | Players Tour Championship – Event 11 | Martin Gould | 4–3 |