John Whitty

John Whitty (born 7 November 1977) is an English former professional snooker player. Careera John Whitty began his snooker career in the 1995–96 snooker season, when the professional tour was still open to all players. In his first tournament, the Thailand Classic, he survived three qualifying rounds. In the Grand Prix he beat, among others, Hugh Abernethy, Steve Judd and Jamie Woodman. He reached the round of the last 96th. At the World Cup, he made it to the best of 19 laps, losing 6–10 to Barry Pinches. The following year, although he reached higher qualifying rounds, under the last 128 but he did not compete at any tournament. He did not get beyond rank 222 in the world ranking list. In the 1997–98 snooker season, the field of players was split into Main Tour and UK Tour. He had to go to the WPBSA Qualifying School. His best result was the group semifinals in the fourth tournament, which was not enough. Instead of big tournaments, he played UK Tour tournaments this year. His best result was the quarterfinals in tournament 4. In 1998/99 he returned to the Main Tour and had his greatest success in the UK Championship. He defeated Darren Clarke and top-64 player Nick Pearce, reaching the main tournament in Bournemouth. There he lost the first round match against Andy Hicks 6–9. At the China International, he reached the round of 96 and two more times the 134. This brought him to number 118 in the world rankings. With that he fell back on the UK tour and after another year lost his professional status.