Liam Graham

Liam Graham (born 12 September 2004) is a Scottish professional snooker player. He won the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship in March 2023. He was also runner-up in the 2024 Shoot Out.

Early life Graham first played snooker with his grandfather in Cathcart, Glasgow. He also practised as a youngster with Scottish professional Alan McManus. He also practises with Fraser Patrick, Joel Connolly, Jordan Brown, and Mark Allen.

Career As the top Scottish ranked under-21 amateur player he received a wildcard into the Scottish Open in December 2022 where he played Michael Holt, losing narrowly 4-3.

Graham won the 2023 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, held in Malta. He beat Ukrainian Iulian Boiko 5–2 in the final. With that win he was awarded a two-year tour card for the World Snooker Tour, starting from the 2023-24 snooker season.

20232024 season Graham made his debut in a professional draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. In the round-Robin group stage he started with defeats to top-50 ranked Ben Woollaston and Jimmy Robertson but earned a 2-2 draw with the experienced Peter Lines. He earned his first professional win on 17 August 2023, at the British Open qualifying in Leicester, with a 4-3 win over Cao Yupeng.

Graham was due to face Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Scottish Open, but his opponent pulled out on the morning of the event. Graham, who had many friends and family at the event to watch the match said he found O'Sullivan’s actions "disrespectful".

20242025 season He defeated Baipat Siripaporn at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open in September 2024, before losing to Yuan Sijun in the next round.

In December 2024, he reached the final of the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out with a wins over He Guoqiang, Ali Carter, Noppon Saengkham, Martin O'Donnell and Mark Selby. That month, he qualified for the 2025 German Masters with wins over Ma Hailong and Sanderson Lam. In the last-64 he was whitewashed by an in-form Shaun Murphy. He lost to Ross Muir in qualifying for the 2025 World Championship.

20252026 season He recorded a 4-0 win over Chris Totten in September 2025 at the 2025 Northern Ireland Open. In April, he recorded a 10-4 loss over Oliver Sykes in the first round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship.

Performance and rankings timeline 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

Ranking finals: 1

Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2021 Scottish Under-21 Championship Aaron Graham 4–2Winner 2. 2022 Scottish Under-21 Championship (2) Amaan Iqbal 5–1Runner-up 1. 2022 Scottish Amateur Championship Michael Collumb 3–7Winner 3. 2023 EBSA European Under-21 Championship Iulian Boiko 5–2