Tom Ford (snooker player)
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| Born |
17 August 1983 Glen Parva, Leicestershire |
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| Sport country |
 England
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| Professional | 2001/2002, 2003– |
| Highest ranking | 21 (Aug–Sep 2013) |
| Current ranking | 37 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £540,664 |
| Highest break | 147 (3 times) |
| Century breaks | 172 |
| Best ranking finish | Final (2016 Paul Hunter Classic) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Minor-ranking | 2 |
Tom Ford (born 17 August 1983 in Glen Parva, Leicestershire) is an English professional snooker player from the Midlands.
As a junior, he played against Mark Selby frequently. Ford began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2001, at the time the second-level professional tour. His first quarter-final came at the 2005 Malta Cup where he beat Ken Doherty, but eventually lost to Stephen Hendry. In the 2007 Grand Prix, he made a 147 against Steve Davis, after having just come out of hospital suffering from gastroenteritis, but still missed out on the last 16 eventually finishing 3rd in his group. He secured the high break and maximum prize, but it was not televised. In the last 32 of the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy he held Ronnie O'Sullivan to 4–4, before missing the final blue, allowing O'Sullivan to clinch the frame. Ford made his World Championship debut in 2010, after beating Judd Trump 10–3 in the final qualifying round. He played Mark Allen in the first round, where he lost 10–4.
Early in the season Ford won his first professional title, Event 3 of the Players Tour Championship, beating Jack Lisowski 4–0 in the final. Ford failed to qualify for the main draws of both the Shanghai Masters and the World Open, but did beat Tony Drago and Gerard Greene to reach the Last 32 of the UK Championship. He was drawn against Mark Allen and lost 9–5. Ford did not qualify for the final stages of any other ranking event for the season after losing 10–8 to Liu Chuang in Round 4 of qualifying for the World Championship.
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