Harvey Chandler

Harvey Chandler (born 19 April 1995) is an English former professional snooker player from Northamptonshire.

Early and personal life He is from Raunds in North Northamptonshire. He started playing snooker at the age of 13 years-old. His father would snooker clubs with him. Chandler was coached as a teenager in Northampton by Malcolm Yax. He is 6’ 4 and a keen football fan, and supports Manchester United. He played as a goalkeeper in the youth teams at Rushden and Diamonds and Walsall before quitting at the age of 15 years-old to focus on snooker despite being offered a new contract. He has a brother who played rugby for Kettering.

Career In August 2017, he came through three rounds of qualifying to play the main draw at the 2017 Paul Hunter Classic. He defeated Li Yuan to reach the round of 64.

In February 2018, Chandler won the EBSA European Snooker Championship in Bulgaria with a 7–2 victory over Jordan Brown. With this win, Chandler was granted a tour card for the 2018–19 professional snooker season.

In June 2020, he secured a place in the Group Winners’ phase of the Championship League by topping his round-robin group with a 2-2 with Joe Perry, and then beating Mark King 3-1 to set up a decisive final match with Sam Baird in which he also won 3-1.

In October 2022, he defeated Stan Moody, Jamie Curtis-Barrett and Josh Thomond on his way to the final of the WPBSA Q Tour event in Mons, Belgium before being edged out in the final by Farakh Ajaib.

In June 2023, he was defeated by compatriot Wayne Brown 5-3 in the final of the 2023 EBSA European 6-Red Snooker Championship, held in Bulgaria.

In June 2024, he earned credible 2-2 draws as a top-up player in the 2024 Championship League against Joe O'Connor and Aaron Hill. In September 2024, he reached the final of the second event of the 2024/25 WPBSA Q Tour Europe in Sofia, Bulgaria, losing 4-3 in the final to Dylan Emery. In March 2025, he reached the semi-final of the EBSA European Snooker Championship where he lost to young Polish player Michał Szubarczyk. In May 2026, he entered Q School, where he was defeated by fellow former professional Stuart Carrington.

Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2012/13 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2022/23 2024/25Ranking 87 Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventRRRR Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD 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 Pro-am finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2018 Pink Ribbon Andrew Norman 2–4

Amateur finals: 3 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2018 EBSA European Snooker Championship Jordan Brown 7–2Runner-up 1. 2022 Q Tour – Event 3 Farakh Ajaib 3–5Winner 1. 2023 Italian Snooker Masters Sean Maddocks 4–2Runner-up 1. 2024 Q Tour – Event 2 Dylan Emery 3–4