Steven Hallworth

Steven Hallworth
Born 1 December 1995
Skellingthorpe, England
Sport country  England
Professional 2014–
Highest ranking 107 (September–October 2014)[1]
Current ranking 113 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £2,416[2]
Highest break 114 (2014 Australian Goldfields Open Qualifying)
Century breaks 2[2]
Best ranking finish Last 64 (2014 Shanghai Masters)

Steven Hallworth (born 1 December 1995) is an English professional snooker player. He is a practice partner of Stuart Carrington.[3]

Career

Junior

Hallworth started playing snooker aged 5 after trying pool on a family holiday.[4] He then found success in junior and amateur levels and was given the opportunity to play future World Champion Mark Selby aged 13 in 2009, after winning that years Under-17 Lincoln and District Billiards and Snooker Association crown.[4] He was also one 8 finalists in the 2010 Rileys Future Stars competition ran by Ronnie O'Sullivan, but lost out to Joel Walker.[4]

Amateur

Hallworth then progressed on to Players Tour Championship events in 2011 and Q School in 2013, but it wasn't until the 2013/2014 when Hallworth started to progress to the main rounds of PTC events, a 4–3 defeat to Kurt Maflin in the Paul Hunter Classic[5][4] and a 4–0 loss to former World Champion Mark Williams in the Antwerp Open.[6] It was also Hallworth's televised debut.[4] Hallworth's performances in the EBSA Amateur Cup Events were enough to qualify him for the six man play-off event, with three players winning two year professional tour cards on the World Snooker Tour, with a win in the Antwerp event.[4] Hallworth beat Martin Ball 4–1 in the first round, before beating Mitchell Travis 4–3 in the final round to earn place on the tour the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons.[4][7][8]

Professional

Hallworth failed to qualify for the opening two ranking events in the 2014/2015 season, but did secure his first win as a professional, beating Zak Surety 5–4 in the first qualifying round of the Australian Goldfields Open.[9] All 128 players on the snooker tour automatically play in the first round of the UK Championship and in Hallworth's debut at the venue stage of a ranking event he lost 6–1 to Mark Williams. In the Welsh Open first round he took Shaun Murphy to a deciding frame but lost it to be edged out 4–3.[10] Hallworth led reigning Indian Open champion Michael White 4–0 in the opening round of World Championship qualifying, before losing seven frames in a row and went on to be defeated 10–8.[10]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14		 2014/
15
Ranking[11][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic A A A LQ
Australian Goldfields Open A A A LQ
Shanghai Masters A A A LQ
International Championship NH A A LQ
UK Championship A A A 1R
German Masters A A A LQ
Welsh Open A A A 1R
Indian Open Not Held A LQ
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A A LQ
World Championship A A A LQ
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
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.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013)

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the Shanghai Masters 2014" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Career-total Statistics for Steven Hallworth - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Steven Hallworth Q&A". World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Steven Hallworth". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "European Tour Event Four (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "European Tour Event Seven (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Glover, Hallworth And Surety Earn Cards". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 13 August 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  9. ↑ "Australian Goldfields Open Qualifiers (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Steven Hallworth 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  11. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

External links

Steven appeared in a local history book in 2008 with Mark Selby. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stokesley-Scene-Collection-Peter-Hallworth/dp/1873257899