Wiki: Simon Bedford - upcScavenger

Simon Bedford (born 8 February 1976) is an English former professional snooker player.

Bedford's best performance in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship; he beat Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before losing 6–10 to Steve Davis. He also reached the last 32 of the European Open in 2004 and the Grand Prix in 2008, beating two-time World Champion Mark Williams en route. He qualified to return to the Main Tour for the 2008–09 season by finishing fourth in the 2007/2008 Pontins International Open Series rankings.

In the 2012–13 season, he became the only player to beat World Champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, after a 4–3 win from 2–3 behind in the first main round of the third UK event of the Players Tour Championship in September.

At the beginning of the 2013–14 season, in qualifying against Barry Pinches for the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open, a 19-year-old record from the qualifying stage of the 1994 British Open was broken. The match lasted 449 minutes and 46 seconds, the longest ever best-of-nine-frame match in the history of professional snooker. The previous record was 434 minutes and 12 seconds in the match between Ian Williamson and Robby Foldvari in 1994. The Bedford/Pinches match began on 31 May 2013 and ended on 1 June 2013; Bedford won 5–4, after being 4–0 up. He only entered six further events during the season, winning five matches. After a first round defeat in the UK Championship in November he did not enter another tournament, resulting in his relegation from the main tour as he ended the season ranked 99th in the world. Bedford returned to play in 2017 Q School and was knocked out in the fifth round of the first event and the second round of event two.

Performance and rankings timeline

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Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points.

Players qualified through Players Tour Championship Order of Merit started the season without ranking points.

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Ranking tournaments

Riga Masters

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World OpenThe event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Grand Prix (1995/1996-2000/2001 and 2004/2005-2009/2010)

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European MastersThe event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999), the European Open (1995/1996-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005-2005/2006)

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UK Championship

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Scottish OpenThe event was called the International Open (1995/1996-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)

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German MastersThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)

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World Grand Prix

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Welsh Open

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Indian Open

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Players ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Finals (2010/2011-2013/2014)

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Tour Championship

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China OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)

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World Championship

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Non-ranking tournaments

The Masters

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Former ranking tournaments

Dubai ClassicThe event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)

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Thailand MastersThe event was called the Thailand Open (1995/1996-1996/1997)

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British Open

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Irish Masters

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Northern Ireland Trophy

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Bahrain Championship

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Wuxi Classic

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Australian Goldfields OpenThe event was called the Australian Masters (1995/1996)

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Shanghai Masters

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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