Paul Norris (snooker player)
English snooker player (born 1966)
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Paul Norris (born 2 August 1966) is an English professional snooker player. He won a two-year card for the World Snooker Tour from the 2026–27 season. Qualified for the main tour at 59 years old, he is the oldest snooker player to turn professional for the first time to date.[2]
Career
From the Midlands, Norris moved to Sussex in the 1990s, initially in Haywards Heath and Crawley before settling in Brighton. He competed in amateur snooker competitions during his stay in Brighton, where wins in local leagues across England earned him a place to represent England in senior's snooker in 2005.[3] Norris then emigrated to Australia to live with his partner, Jessica Woods, a nine-time Australian women's snooker champion whom he met during a snooker competition in Egypt.[3]
Norris participated in the 2026 Asia-Pacific Snooker Championship as a first-timer, with the venue being at his local snooker club in Albury, where he eventually beat Vinnie Calabrese 6–5 in the final and won a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2026–27 snooker season.[2] Speaking to The Argus as he returned to Brighton, he compared himself on tour as "the equivalent of a 39-year-old non-league player signing for Arsenal".[3]
Upon turning professional, Norris has moved back to England and practises at the Castle Snooker Club in Brighton.[3]
Personal life
He was trained as a classical actor from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.[3]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2016/ 17 |
2026/ 27 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | |||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | NR | RR | |||||||
| China Open | A | LQ | |||||||
| Wuhan Open | NH | LQ | |||||||
| British Open | NH | ||||||||
| English Open | A | ||||||||
| Shenzhen Open | NH | LQ | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | ||||||||
| International Championship | A | ||||||||
| UK Championship | A | ||||||||
| Shoot Out | A | ||||||||
| Scottish Open | A | ||||||||
| German Masters | A | ||||||||
| Welsh Open | A | ||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | ||||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | ||||||||
| World Open | NH | ||||||||
| Tour Championship | NH | ||||||||
| World Championship | A | ||||||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | LQ | NH | |||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| NH / Not Held | means an event was not held | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event | |||
| R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event | |||
Career finals
Amateur finals: 1 (1 titles)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2026 | Asia Pacific Championship |  Vinnie Calabrese |
6–5 |