Liam Graham (snooker Player)
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Liam Graham (born 12 September 2004) is a Scottish professional
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player. He won the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship in March 2023. He was also runner-up in the 2024 Shoot Out.


Early life

Graham first played snooker with his grandfather in
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is an area of
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. He also practised as a youngster with Scottish professional
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. He also practises with
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, Joel Connolly, Jordan Brown, and
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Career

As the top Scottish ranked under-21 amateur player he received a wildcard into the Scottish Open in December 2022 where he played Michael Holt, losing narrowly 4-3. Graham won the 2023 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, held in Malta. He beat Ukrainian
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5–2 in the final. With that win he was awarded a two-year tour card for the
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, starting from the 2023-24 snooker season.


20232024 season

Graham made his debut in a professional draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the
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in
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, England from 26 June 2023. In the round-Robin group stage he started with defeats to top-50 ranked
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and Jimmy Robertson but earned a 2-2 draw with the experienced
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. He earned his first professional win on 17 August 2023, at the
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qualifying in Leicester, with a 4-3 win over
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. Graham was due to face Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Scottish Open, but his opponent pulled out on the morning of the event. Graham, who had many friends and family at the event to watch the match said he found O'Sullivan’s actions "disrespectful".


20242025 season

He defeated
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at the
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in September 2024, before losing to
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in the next round. In December 2024, he reached the final of the
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with a wins over
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,
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,
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,
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and
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. That month, he qualified for the
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with wins over Ma Hailong and
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. In the last-64 he was whitewashed by an in-form
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. He lost to
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in qualifying for the 2025 World Championship.


Performance and rankings timeline


Career finals


Ranking finals: 1


Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles)


References


External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Graham, Liam 2004 births Scottish snooker players Living people Snooker players from Glasgow 21st-century Scottish sportsmen