Paul McPhillips (born 27 March 1971) is a Scottish former professional

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player. He is best known as the regular practice partner of

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Amateur career

McPhillips was the UK Junior Champion in 1987. In 1990, he was defeated by

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in the final of the Scottish Amateur Championship.

Pro career

McPhillips turned Pro in 1991. In the 1992 Classic he reached the last 32 by defeating former world champion Joe Johnson. He defeated

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to reach the Last 16 of the

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but was beaten by

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and he also finished runners up to

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at the 1995

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in Edinburgh, he reached no. 59 in the

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as a result. At the

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, he reached the last 16 but was narrowly defeated by Stephen Hendry. During the 1997/98 season, he defeated Michael Holt 6–5 to win the 1st event, in Event 4 he reached the last 16 and at Event 5 he reached the Quarter Final to claim the overall UK Tour. He had another notable victory in 3rd Qualifying round of the 2001 Embassy World Snooker Championship against Tony Jones. In the later stages of his career he reached the preliminary round at the 2011 Scottish Professional Championship. and at the

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he was defeated in the quarter finals by

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Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)

Amateur finals: 1

Results

*1989 WPBSA Pro Ticket Series - Event 3 - Quarter Final *1991

Satellite Championship - last 16 * 1992 Welsh Open last 64 * 1992 Classic (snooker) last 32 * 1993 Welsh Open last 64 *

1993 European Open (1992/1993) The 1993 European Open (officially the 1993 Humo European Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in February 1993 at the Matchroom Schijnpoort in Antwerp, Belgium. Only the latter stages, from the last-16, were played ...

last 64 * 1994 British Open last 64 *

1994 Grand Prix (snooker) The 1994 Skoda Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, England. The event started on 10 October 1994 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 16 and 23 October 1994. Joh ...

last 64 * 1995 International Open last 64 *

1995 Welsh Open The 1995 Welsh Open (officially the 1995 Regal Welsh Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22 and 29 January 1995 at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales. Steve Davis was the defending champion, and succes ...

last 64 *

1996 Grand Prix (snooker) The 1996 Grand Prix was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16–27 October 1996 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. __TOC__ Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is show ...

last 32 *1997 WPBSA Qualifying School - Event 2 - last 32 *1997 WPBSA Qualifying School - Event 3 - last 32 * 1997 International Open last 64 *1998 UK Tour - Event 2 - 32 *1998 UK Tour - Event 5 - Quarter Final *1998 UK Tour - Event 4 - last 16 *

2000 Grand Prix (snooker) The 2000 Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament and the second of eight WPBSA ranking events in the 2000/2001 season, following the British Open and preceding the UK Championship. It was held from 13 to 22 October 2000 at the Telfor ...

last 48 *2001

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- Event 2 -last 16 *2001

- Event 1 -last 16 *2002

- Event 3 -last 32 *2002

- Event 4 -last 32

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McPhillips, Paul Scottish snooker players 1971 births Living people Snooker players from Glasgow