Harvey Chandler (born 19 April 1995) is an English professional

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player from

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Early and personal life

He is from

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. He started playing snooker at the age of 13 years-old. His father would snooker clubs with him. Chandler was coached as a teenager in Northampton by Malcolm Yax. He is 6’ 4 and a keen football fan, and supports

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. He played as a goalkeeper in the youth teams at Rushden and Diamonds and

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before quitting at the age of 15 years-old to focus on snooker despite being offered a new contract. He has a brother who played rugby for Kettering.

Career

In August 2017, he came through three rounds of qualifying to play the main draw at the

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. He defeated

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to reach the round of 64. In February 2018, Chandler won the

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in Bulgaria with a 7–2 victory over Jordan Brown. With this win, Chandler was granted a tour card for the 2018–19 professional snooker season. In June 2020, he secured a place in the Group Winners’ phase of the

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by topping his round-robin group with a 2-2 with Joe Perry, and then beating Mark King 3-1 to set up a decisive final match with Sam Baird in which he also won 3-1. In October 2022, he defeated Stan Moody, Jamie Curtis-Barrett and Josh Thomond on his way to the final of the WPBSA Q Tour event in Mons, Belgium before being edged out in the final by Farakh Ajaib. In June 2023, he was defeated by compatriot Wayne Brown 5-3 in the final of the 2023 EBSA European 6-Red Snooker Championship, held in Bulgaria. In June 2024, he earned credible 2-2 draws as a top-up player in the 2024 Championship League against Joe O'Connor and Aaron Hill. In September 2024, he reached the final of the second event of the 2024/25 WPBSA Q Tour Europe in

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, losing 4-3 in the final to

Dylan Emery Dylan Emery (born 31 March 2001) is a Welsh professional snooker player. Career The winner of the 2021 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, he defeated Julien Leclercq in the final, 5–2. As a result of this win, he earned a place o ...

. In March 2025, he reached the semi-final of the

where he lost to young Polish player Michał Szubarczyk.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 1

Amateur finals: 3 (1 title)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chandler, Harvey 1995 births Living people English snooker players Sportspeople from Northamptonshire