Pagett at the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic
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Born |
Newport |
25 April 1982
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Sport country | Wales |
Nickname | The Welsh Wizard |
Professional | 2003–2005, 2008/09, 2010–2012, 2013–2015 |
Highest ranking | 70 (June–July 2011, October 2011) |
Career winnings | £51,272 |
Highest break | 112 (2010 MIUS Cup) |
Century breaks | 5 |
Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2011 World Championship, 2014 Welsh Open, 2015 Indian Open) |
Andrew Pagett (born 25 April 1982) is a Welsh former professional snooker player.
He played on Challenge Tour from 2003 to 2005, and first qualified for the Main Tour in 2008/2009, but lost his place after just one season. He regained his place for the 2010/2011 season by topping the Welsh rankings. He is a practice partner of Mark Williams.
Pagett qualified for the 2011 World Snooker Championship after winning four qualifying matches. He knocked out Zhang Anda, Bjorn Haneveer and Nigel Bond, before beating Andrew Higginson 10–6 to qualify for the final stages of a major event for the first time, where he was defeated 10–7 by Jamie Cope.
Pagett began the 2011/2012 season ranked 71st in the world meaning he would have to win four qualifying matches to reach the ranking event main draws. However, after attempting to qualify for all eight tournaments he only managed to win two matches; one at the Australian Goldfields Open and the other at the German Masters. Pagett played in 11 of the 12 minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, with his best finishes coming in Event 4 and Event 9, where he reached the last 32. He was ranked number 82 on the PTC Order of Merit. Pagett finished the season without a world ranking and will not play on the main tour in the 2012/2013 season.