Billy Castle

Nationality: England

(England); Male; Born: 14 Jul 1992 (31 years)
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 2017; Last season as pro: 2020;

Twitter: @Billycastle147; Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker

Info: The full name is Billy Joe Castle

2023/2024
Q Tour 2 (15-17 Sep 2023)
Rd 1		Peter Devlin (a) [36]	3	-	2	Billy Castle (a) [11]
Q Tour 1 (25-27 Aug 2023)
Rd 3		Asutosh Padhy (a)	3	-	2	Billy Castle (a)
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	3	-	0	Farakh Ajaib (a)
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a)	3	-	2	Patrick Whelan (a)
2022/2023
Q School 2 (1-6 Jun 2023)
Rd 3		Chris Totten (a)	4	-	2	Billy Castle (a)
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Tom Maxfield (a)
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	James Kirk (a)
Q School 1 (26-31 May 2023)
Rd 3		Andrew Higginson (a)	4	-	3	Billy Castle (a)
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Mark Vincent (a)
World Championship Qual (3-12 Apr 2023)
Q Rd 1		Adam Duffy [111]	10	-	8	Billy Castle (a)
Q Tour Play Off (4-5 Mar 2023)
Rd 1		Steven Hallworth (a) [14]	4	-	1	Billy Castle (a) [3]
Q Tour 6 (6-8 Jan 2023)
SF		Ross Muir (a) [1]	4	-	3	Billy Castle (a) [5]
SF	61-31, 60-55, 21-76, 68-1 (58) 64-73 (RM 64), 19-68, 62-41
QF		Billy Castle (a) [5]	4	-	2	Sydney Wilson (a) [16]
Rd 3		Billy Castle (a) [5]	3	-	1	Robbie McGuigan (a) [43]
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a) [5]	3	-	2	Florian Nüßle (a) [19]
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a) [5]	3	-	1	Iulian Boiko (a) [33]
Q Tour 5 (9-11 Dec 2022)
Rd 1		Alfie Davies (a) [45]	3	-	2	Billy Castle (a) [4]
Q Tour 4 (25-27 Nov 2022)
Final		Billy Castle (a) [15]	5	-	4	Andrew Higginson (a) [17]
Final	71-18, 8-121 (85), 67-45, 25-70 (70), 78-0 (71), 15-63 73-17 (72), 38-72 (65), 73-66 This was Castle's first win on the Q Tour. Re-spotted black in the decider.
SF		Billy Castle (a) [15]	4	-	1	Liam Davies (a) [54]
SF	68-17, 125-8 (102), 42-89, 73-1 (73), 67-34 (50)
QF		Billy Castle (a) [15]	4	-	1	Farakh Ajaib (a) [3]
Rd 3		Billy Castle (a) [15]	3	-	0	Scott Bell (a) [61]
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a) [15]	3	-	2	Michael Holt (a) [22]
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a) [15]	3	-	1	Patrick Whelan (a) [28]
Q Tour 3 (14-16 Oct 2022)
Rd 2		Andrew Higginson (a) [25]	3	-	0	Billy Castle (a) [13]
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a) [13]	3	-	1	Tan Wang Chooi (a)
Q Tour 2 (16-18 Sep 2022)
Rd 1		Patrick Whelan (a) [47]	3	-	0	Billy Castle (a) [6]
Q Tour 1 (2-4 Sep 2022)
QF		Luke Simmonds (a) [13]	4	-	1	Billy Castle (a) [26]
Rd 3		Billy Castle (a) [26]	3	-	2	Gao Yang (a) [21]
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a) [26]	3	-	0	Sean McAllister (a) [40]
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a) [26]	3	-	2	Iulian Boiko (a) [35]
2021/2022
Q School 3 (28 May - 2 Jun 2022)
Rd 3		Iulian Boiko	4	-	2	Billy Castle (a)
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	0	Jamie Curtis-Barrett (a)
Q School 2 (22-27 May 2022)
Rd 2		Sergey Isaenko (a)	4	-	2	Billy Castle (a)
Q School 1 (16-21 May 2022)
Rd 4		Aaron Hill	4	-	3	Billy Castle (a)
Rd 3		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	2	Sean McAllister (a)
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Leone Crowley (a)
Q Tour 4 (18-20 Mar 2022)
Rd 2		Hamim Hussain (a) [47]	3	-	1	Billy Castle (a) [41]
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a) [41]	3	-	1	Kayden Brierley (a)
Q Tour 3 (28-30 Jan 2022)
Rd 1		Mink Nutcharut (af)	3	-	2	Billy Castle (a) [35]
Shoot Out (20-23 Jan 2022)
QF		Robbie Williams [57]	69	-	0	Billy Castle (a)
QF	Castle reached the quarterfinals of a ranking event for the first time.
Rd 4		Billy Castle (a)	42	-	16	Dean Young [106]
Rd 3		Billy Castle (a)	30	-	20	Lukas Kleckers [73]
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	70	-	8	Andrew Pagett [93]
Rd 2	Break 65
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a)	61	-	23	Sean Maddocks [104]
Rd 1	Castle replaced Kurt Maflin who withdrew
Q Tour 2 (10-12 Dec 2021)
Rd 1		Stuart Watson (a)	3	-	2	Billy Castle (a)
Q Tour 1 (19-21 Nov 2021)
Rd 2		Leo Fernandez (a)	3	-	1	Billy Castle (a)
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a)	3	-	1	Matthew Glasby (a)
Championship League Stage One Group 12 (23 Jul 2021)
Grp		Yuan Sijun [95]	3	-	1	Billy Castle (a)
Grp		Mark Davis [41]	3	-	0	Billy Castle (a)
Grp		Billy Castle (a)	3	-	1	Anthony McGill [12]
2020/2021
Q School 3 (8-13 Jun 2021)
QF		Lei Peifan	4	-	2	Billy Castle
QF	Lei earns a spot on the World Snooker Tour for 2021/2022 and 2022/2023.
Rd 5		Billy Castle	4	-	0	David Finbow (a)
Rd 4		Billy Castle	4	-	2	David Lilley
Rd 3		Billy Castle	4	-	1	James Cahill
Rd 2		Billy Castle	4	-	0	Patrick Whelan (a)
Q School 2 (2-7 Jun 2021)
Rd 2		Chang Yu Kiu (a)	4	-	2	Billy Castle
Q School 1 (27 May - 1 Jun 2021)
Rd 3		Oliver Brown (a)	4	-	1	Billy Castle
Rd 2		Billy Castle	4	-	1	Hans Blanckaert (a)
World Championship Qual (5-14 Apr 2021)
Q Rd 2		Tian Pengfei [52]	6	-	3	Billy Castle [108]
Q Rd 1		Billy Castle [108]	6	-	3	Connor Benzey (a)
Gibraltar Open (1-7 Mar 2021)
Rd 1		Ben Woollaston [32]	4	-	3	Billy Castle [103]
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2021)
Rd 1		Graeme Dott [22]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [104]
Shoot Out (4-7 Feb 2021)
Rd 1		Mark Selby [1]	41	-	31	Billy Castle [78]
WST Pro Series First Phase Group C (21 Jan 2021)
Grp		Sam Craigie [46]	2	-	0	Billy Castle [97]
Grp		Chris Wakelin [56]	2	-	1	Billy Castle [97]
Grp		Jamie Clarke [80]	2	-	0	Billy Castle [97]
Grp		Billy Castle [97]	2	-	0	Ashley Carty [87]
Grp		Billy Castle [97]	2	-	1	Jamie Curtis-Barrett (a)
Grp		Stuart Bingham [8]	2	-	0	Billy Castle [97]
Grp		Scott Donaldson [20]	2	-	1	Billy Castle [97]
Scottish Open (7-13 Dec 2020)
Rd 1		Andy Hicks [86]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [94]
UK Championship (23 Nov - 6 Dec 2020)
Rd 1		Hossein Vafaei [37]	6	-	3	Billy Castle [92]
Rd 1	Vafaei made a 146 in the first frame
Northern Ireland Open (16-22 Nov 2020)
Rd 1		Stuart Carrington [55]	4	-	1	Billy Castle [92]
German Masters Qual (10-14 Nov 2020)
Q Rd 1		Aaron Hill [100]	5	-	2	Billy Castle [91]
English Open (12-18 Oct 2020)
Rd 1		Ricky Walden [48]	4	-	0	Billy Castle [87]
Championship League Stage One Group 9 (29 Sep 2020)
Grp		Billy Castle [84]	2	-	2	Jamie Wilson [121]
Grp		Mark Allen [5]	3	-	0	Billy Castle [84]
Grp		Luo Honghao [58]	3	-	1	Billy Castle [84]
European Masters (21-27 Sep 2020)
Rd 1		Jackson Page [70]	5	-	1	Billy Castle [85]
2019/2020
World Championship Qual (21-28 Jul 2020)
Q Rd 1		Rory McLeod (a)	6	-	5	Billy Castle [96]
Gibraltar Open (11-15 Mar 2020)
Rd 1		Sam Craigie [55]	4	-	1	Billy Castle [99]
Shoot-Out (20-23 Feb 2020)
Rd 4		Zhou Yuelong [19]	77	-	39	Billy Castle [104]
Rd 4	77 break by Zhou
Rd 3		Billy Castle [104]	51	-	2	Luo Honghao [58]
Rd 2		Billy Castle [104]	66	-	30	Ronnie O'Sullivan [4]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [104]	69	-	0	Andy Lee [95]
Welsh Open (10-16 Feb 2020)
Rd 2		Judd Trump [2]	4	-	0	Billy Castle [113]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [113]	4	-	2	Craig Steadman [74]
German Masters Qual (20-22 Dec 2019)
Q Rd 1		Harvey Chandler [81]	5	-	2	Billy Castle [115]
European Masters Qual (17-19 Dec 2019)
Q Rd 1		Daniel Wells [51]	5	-	3	Billy Castle [114]
Scottish Open (9-15 Dec 2019)
Rd 2		Scott Donaldson [25]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [122]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [122]	4	-	2	Ashley Carty [80]
UK Championship (26 Nov - 8 Dec 2019)
Rd 1		Stephen Maguire [14]	6	-	4	Billy Castle [115]
Northern Ireland Open (11-17 Nov 2019)
Rd 3		John Higgins [4]	4	-	1	Billy Castle [121]
Rd 2		Billy Castle [121]	4	-	3	Chen Feilong [88]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [121]	4	-	3	Noppon Saengkham [29]
World Open Qual (2-5 Oct 2019)
Q Rd 1		Ding Junhui [8]	5	-	2	Billy Castle [117]
Haining Open (22-26 Oct 2019)
Rd 2		Zhang Anda	4	-	3	Billy Castle
Rd 1		Billy Castle	4	-	2	Dan Xianshu (a)
English Open (14-20 Oct 2019)
Rd 1		John Astley [75]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [119]
China Championship Qual (15-18 Aug 2019)
Q Rd 2		Kurt Maflin [44]	5	-	2	Billy Castle [117]
International Championship Qual (14-17 Jun 2019)
Q Rd 1		Robbie Williams [58]	6	-	4	Billy Castle
Riga Masters Qual (10-13 Jun 2019)
Q Rd 1		Alan McManus [43]	4	-	1	Billy Castle
2018/2019
Q School 3 (30 May - 4 Jun 2019)
QF		Alex Borg (a)	4	-	1	Billy Castle
QF	Borg earns a spot on the Main Tour for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021. Castle had already secured his card via the OoM.
Rd 5		Billy Castle	4	-	3	Kayden Brierley (a)
Rd 4		Billy Castle	4	-	1	Alex Taubman (a)
Rd 3		Billy Castle	4	-	1	Jason Tart (a)
Rd 2		Billy Castle	4	-	1	James Silverwood (a)
Q School 2 (24-29 May 2019)
Rd 4		Peter Lines	4	-	3	Billy Castle
Rd 3		Billy Castle	4	-	3	Iulian Boiko (a)
Rd 2		Billy Castle	4	-	2	Gary Lees (a)
Rd 1		Billy Castle	4	-	1	Umut Dikme (a)
Q School 1 (18-23 May 2019)
Rd 4		Soheil Vahedi	4	-	2	Billy Castle
Rd 3		Billy Castle	4	-	3	Rory McLeod
Rd 2		Billy Castle	4	-	1	Umut Dikme (a)
Rd 1		Billy Castle	4	-	3	Dylan Emery (a)
World Championship Qual (10-17 Apr 2019)
Q Rd 1		Mark Joyce [54]	10	-	2	Billy Castle [96]
Gibraltar Open (13-17 Mar 2019)
Rd 2		Hamza Akbar [79]	4	-	3	Billy Castle [71]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [71]	w/o			Sam Craigie [76]
Shoot-Out (21-24 Feb 2019)
Rd 2		Sunny Akani [40]	62	-	25	Billy Castle [81]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [81]	49	-	1	Xu Si [59]
China Open Qual (18-20 Feb 2019)
Q Rd 1		Scott Donaldson [47]	6	-	1	Billy Castle [93]
Welsh Open (11-17 Feb 2019)
Rd 2		Kurt Maflin [49]	4	-	1	Billy Castle [94]	Maflin missed the yellow on the way to maximum in frame four
Rd 1		Billy Castle [94]	4	-	3	Simon Lichtenberg [117]
German Masters Qual (18-21 Dec 2018)
Q Rd 1		Mark Selby [2]	5	-	1	Billy Castle [93]
Scottish Open (10-16 Dec 2018)
Rd 3		Ian Burns [67]	4	-	1	Billy Castle [88]
Rd 2		Billy Castle [88]	4	-	1	Soheil Vahedi [94]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [88]	4	-	1	Stephen Maguire [13]
UK Championship (27 Nov - 9 Dec 2018)
Rd 1		Gary Wilson [38]	6	-	4	Billy Castle [91]
Northern Ireland Open (12-18 Nov 2018)
Rd 3		Andrew Higginson [52]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [88]
Rd 2		Billy Castle [88]	4	-	1	Rory McLeod [56]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [88]	4	-	3	Graeme Dott [23]
English Open (15-21 Oct 2018)
Rd 1		Martin Gould [29]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [87]
International Championship Qual (9-12 Oct 2018)
Q Rd 1		Michael Georgiou [50]	6	-	3	Billy Castle [87]
Paul Hunter Classic (22-26 Aug 2018)
Rd 4		Daniel Wells [32]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [49]
Rd 3		Billy Castle [49]	4	-	3	Andrew Higginson [24]
Rd 2		Billy Castle [49]	4	-	3	Xiao Guodong [7]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [49]	4	-	1	Iulian Boiko (a)
China Championship Qual (19-22 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1		Daniel Wells [59]	5	-	4	Billy Castle [86]
European Masters Qual (17-18 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1		Peter Lines [72]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [86]
Indian Open Qual (15-16 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1		Liam Highfield [44]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [74]
World Open Qual (6-9 Jul 2018)
Q Rd 1		Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [50]	5	-	1	Billy Castle [98]
Riga Masters Qual (2-5 Jul 2018)
Q Rd 1		Ali Carter [6]	4	-	0	Billy Castle [77]
2017/2018
World Championship Qual (11-18 Apr 2018)
Q Rd 1		David Gilbert [26]	10	-	8	Billy Castle [114]
Gibraltar Open (7-11 Mar 2018)
Rd 1		Zhang Yong [74]	4	-	1	Billy Castle [89]
Welsh Open (26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018)
Rd 1		Yu Delu [47]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [108]
Shoot-Out (8-11 Feb 2018)
Rd 3		Stuart Carrington [42]	57	-	26	Billy Castle [94]
Rd 2		Billy Castle [94]	49	-	35	Jimmy White [89]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [94]	68	-	24	Chris Wakelin [46]
China Open Qual (27-30 Jan 2018)
Q Rd 2		David Gilbert [15]	6	-	3	Billy Castle [93]
German Masters Qual (19-22 Dec 2017)
Q Rd 1		Robbie Williams [48]	5	-	1	Billy Castle [102]
Scottish Open (11-17 Dec 2017)
Rd 1		Ricky Walden [21]	4	-	2	Billy Castle [102]
UK Championship (28 Nov - 10 Dec 2017)
Rd 1		Joe Perry [22]	6	-	1	Billy Castle [107]
Northern Ireland Open (20-26 Nov 2017)
Rd 2		Neil Robertson [8]	4	-	0	Billy Castle [104]
Rd 1		Billy Castle [104]	4	-	2	Declan Brennan (a)
Shanghai Masters Qual (11-13 Oct 2017)
Q Rd 2		Rory McLeod [45]	5	-	4	Billy Castle
Q Rd 1		Billy Castle	5	-	2	Zhang Jiankang (a)
English Open (16-22 Oct 2017)
Rd 1		Neil Robertson [9]	4	-	0	Billy Castle [102]
European Masters (2-8 Oct 2017)
Rd 3		Cao Yupeng [84]	4	-	3	Billy Castle	Castle reached the last 16 for the first time.
Rd 2		Billy Castle	4	-	3	Aditya Mehta [74]
Rd 1		Billy Castle	4	-	3	Martin Gould [13]
International Championship Qual (26-29 Sep 2017)
Q Rd 1		Ricky Walden [24]	6	-	5	Billy Castle [113]
Paul Hunter Classic (22-27 Aug 2017)
Rd 1		Jamie Jones [18]	4	-	2	Billy Castle
World Open Qual (6-9 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Michael Holt [22]	5	-	1	Billy Castle
European Masters Qual (3-4 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Billy Castle	4	-	3	Jimmy White
Indian Open Qual (1-2 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Daniel Wells [52]	4	-	1	Billy Castle
China Championship Qual (3-6 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1		Stuart Bingham [9]	5	-	0	Billy Castle
Riga Masters Qual (31 May - 2 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1		Alexander Ursenbacher	4	-	0	Billy Castle
2016/2017
Q School 2 (15-20 May 2017)
Rd 1		Tugba Irten (a)	w/o			Billy Castle (a)
Rd 1	Castle qualified from the first event
Q School 1 (9-14 May 2017)
QF		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	2	Paul S Davison
QF	Castle earned a spot on the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 Main Tour
Rd 5		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Zhang Yong
Rd 4		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Troy Brett (a)
Rd 3		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	3	Mateusz Baranowski (a)
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	2	Jason Tart (a)
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	2	Adam Brown (a)
2015/2016
Australian Open Qual (1-5 Jun 2015)
Q Rd 1		Vinnie Calabrese	5	-	2	Billy Castle (a)
2014/2015
Q School 2 (20-25 May 2015)
Rd 4		Jordan Brown (a)	4	-	2	Billy Castle (a)
Rd 3		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	3	Sam Craigie (a)
Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	0	Chris Kilcoyne (a)
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	0	Peter Delaney (a)
Q School 1 (14-19 May 2015)
Rd 2		Jason Weston (a)	4	-	3	Billy Castle (a)
Rd 1		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	2	David Maslov (a)
2012/2013
UK PTC 1 (18-22 Jul 2012)
Rd 1		Michael Holt	4	-	1	Billy Castle (a)
Q Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Jake Spiezick (a)
2011/2012
PTC 9 (10-13 Nov 2011)
Q Rd 2		Maarten Niessen (a)	w/o			Billy Castle (a)
PTC 7 (5-9 Oct 2011)
Rd 1		Nigel Bond [56]	4	-	0	Billy Castle (a)
Q Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	0	Michael Wild (a)
Q Rd 1		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Jonathan Fulcher (a)
PTC 2 (6-10 Aug 2011)
Rd 1		Fergal O'Brien [37]	4	-	0	Billy Castle (a)
Q Rd 2		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Sam Harvey (a)
Q Rd 1		Billy Castle (a)	4	-	1	Kishan Hirani (a)
PTC 1 (18-22 Jun 2011)
Q Rd 2		Darren Bond (a)	4	-	3	Billy Castle (a)

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