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{{Short description|Indian snooker player}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
{{Infobox snooker player
|name = Ishpreet Singh Chadha
|image = Ishpreet Singh Chadha 2026 (1).jpg
|caption = Ishpreet Singh Chadha at German Masters in 2026
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1996|5|30|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|Sport country = {{IND}}
|Professional = 2023–present
|High ranking = 59 (May 2026)
|Official maximums =
|Best finish = Semi-final ([[2024 English Open (snooker)|2024 English Open]])
|Ranking wins =
|World champ =
}}

'''Ishpreet Singh Chadha''' ({{langx|hi|इशप्रीत सिंह चढ्ढा}}, born 30 May 1996) is an Indian snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the [[World Snooker Tour]] starting with [[2023–24 snooker season]].

== Career ==
From [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.magzmumbai.com/ishpreet-singh-chadha-in-sparkling-form/ |website=Magzmumbai.com |title=Ishpreet Singh Chadha in sparkling form |date=January 27, 2023 |accessdate=11 June 2023}}</ref> he and fellow-Mumbai native [[Kreishh Gurbaxani]] have been described as protégés{{efn|The source misspelled this as ''prodigies''.}} of Indian former-professional snooker player [[Yasin Merchant]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/sports/all-india-snooker-open-yasin-merchant-ishpreet-singh-chadha-kreishh-gurbaxani-record-easy-first-round-wins |website=Freepressjournal.in |accessdate=11 June 2023 |title=All India Snooker Open: Yasin Merchant, Ishpreet Singh Chadha, Kreishh Gurbaxani record easy first round wins |date=10 January 2023}}</ref>

In April 2022, Chadha beat Pushpender Singh to win Bangalore Snooker Academy’s all-India Open snooker championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ishpreet crowned champion |newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/ishpreet-crowned-champion/articleshow/90629623.cms |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=4 April 2022}}</ref>
In December 2022, Chadha was crowned the SAARC Snooker champion in [[Dhaka]], defeating [[Ahsan Ramzan]] on the way to the final, and then fellow Indian Brijesh Daman in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://thebridge.in/cue-sports/ishpreet-chadha-saarc-snooker-champion-37799 |date=7 December 2022 |website=Thebridge.in |accessdate=11 June 2023 |title=Ishpreet Singh Chadha crowned SAARC Snooker Champion}}</ref> That month he defeated [[Pankaj Advani (billiards player)|Pankaj Advani]] to win the 6-Red Snooker National Championships in [[Indore]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2022/dec/13/ishpreet-singh-wins-6-red-snooker-nationals-beats-pankaj-advani-in-final |website=Sportscafe.in |accessdate=11 June 2023 |title=Ishpreet Singh wins 6-Red Snooker Nationals, beats Pankaj Advani in final |date=December 13, 2022}}</ref>

Chadha reached the final of the Asia-Oceania Q School in Bangkok in June 2023, with a run that included victories over Pakistan’s Sharjeel Mahmood Asmat and Yu Kiu Chang of Hong Kong.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wst.tv/chadha-scores-impressive-win/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612012246/https://wst.tv/chadha-scores-impressive-win/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2023 |website=wst.tv |accessdate=11 June 2023 |title=Chahdha scores impressive win |date=9 June 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wst.tv/asia-oceania-q-school-final-day-line-up/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612012525/https://wst.tv/asia-oceania-q-school-final-day-line-up/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2023 |title=Asia-Oceania Q school - Final day line up |date=11 June 2023 |accessdate=11 June 2023 |website=wst.tv}}</ref> In the final round he defeated Hon Man Chau to earn a two-year card on the [[World Snooker Tour]] starting with the [[2023–24 snooker season]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wst.tv/singh-set-for-pro-tour/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230612091615/https://wst.tv/singh-set-for-pro-tour/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 June 2023 |title=Singh set for Pro tour |website=wst.tv |date=12 June 2023 |accessdate=12 June 2023}}</ref>

===2023/24===
He started the season being entered into the draw at the [[2023 Championship League (ranking)|
2023 Championship League]] held at the [[Leicester Arena|Morningside Arena]] in [[Leicester]], England, from 26 June 2023.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk/ranking/championship-league-snooker-2023/stage-1/ |website=Championship League Snooker |accessdate=June 26, 2023 |title=CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023}}</ref> He began his career with a credible draw against top-16 player [[David Gilbert (snooker player)|David Gilbert]], and finished his round-robin group stage with a win over [[Sean O'Sullivan (snooker player)|Sean O'Sullivan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wst.tv/gilbert-grabs-winners-week-slot/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230714054832/https://wst.tv/gilbert-grabs-winners-week-slot/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 July 2023 |title=Gilbert grabs winners week slot |accessdate=14 July 2023 |date=13 July 2023 |website=wst.tv}}</ref> In August 2023, he defeated [[Manasawin Phetmalaikul]] 4-1 to qualify for the final stages of the [[2023 British Open (snooker)|2023 British Open]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wst.tv/singh-when-youre-winning/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815054944/https://wst.tv/singh-when-youre-winning/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 August 2023 |title=Singh when you're winning |accessdate=15 August 2023 |date=14 August 2023 |website=wst.tv}}</ref> At the event, he secured the biggest win of his career against former world champion [[Stuart Bingham]]. In September 2023, he also beat [[Anthony McGill]] to qualify for the [[2023 Wuhan Open (snooker)|2023 Wuhan Open]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://wst.tv/singh-scores-huge-win-over-bingham/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230928061817/https://wst.tv/singh-scores-huge-win-over-bingham/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 September 2023 |title=Singh scores huge win over Bingham |accessdate=28 September 2023 |date=27 September 2023 |website=wst.tv}}</ref> He earned a second victory of the season over Stuart Bingham to qualify for the [[2024 World Open (snooker)|World Open]], winning 5-3.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/january/24/kleckers-lands-yushan-slot/ |website=wst.tv |accessdate=25 January 2024 |date=24 January 2024 |title=KLECKERS LANDS YUSHAN SLOT}}</ref> In January 2024, he recorded the biggest win of his career with a 5-2 win over World Champion [[Luca Brecel]] at the [[2024 German Masters]].<ref>{{cite web |website=RTE |accessdate=30 January 2024 |url=https://www.rte.ie/sport/snooker/2024/0129/1429335-allen-holds-his-nerve-in-german-masters/ |title=Mark Allen holds his nerve in German Masters |date=30 January 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |website=wst.tv |accessdate=30 January 2024 |date=29 January 2024 |title=Carter makes winning start |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/january/29/carter-makes-winning-start/}}</ref>

===2024/25===
He reached the third round of the [[2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters]] where he was defeated by [[Hossein Vafaei]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/01/saudi-arabia-snooker-masters--day-three-afternoon/ |accessdate=2 September 2024 |website=wst.tv |title=SAUDI ARABIA SNOOKER MASTERS: DAY THREE AFTERNOON |date=1 September 2024}}</ref>

At the [[2024 English Open (snooker)|2024 English Open]] in [[Brentwood, Essex|Brentwood]] in September 2024, he reached the seminfinal with wins against [[He Guoqiang (snooker player)|He Guoqiang]], [[Jak Jones]], [[Hossein Vafaei]], former world champion [[Graeme Dott]], and four-time world champion [[Mark Selby]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BetVictor English Open - Saturday round-up |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/12/betvictor-english-open---saturday-round-up/ |work=[[World Snooker Tour]] |date=14 September 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024 |archive-date=15 September 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915060856/https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/12/betvictor-english-open---saturday-round-up/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/betvictor-english-open/2024-2025/english-open-2024-results-scores-order-of-play-judd-trump-ronnie-o-sullivan_sto20036653/story.shtml |website=Eurosport |accessdate=16 September 2024 |title=ENGLISH OPEN 2024: LATEST SCORES, RESULTS, ORDER OF PLAY AS JUDD TRUMP LOOKS TO DEFEND HIS TITLE AT THE BRENTWOOD CENTRE |first=Johnny |last=Bray |date=16 September 2024}}</ref> In doing so, he became the first Indian player to reach a ranking event semi final since [[Aditya Mehta]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |title=SINGH CHADHA PIPS SELBY IN THRILLER |date=21 September 2024 |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/20/singh-chadha-pips-selby-in-thriller/ |website=wst.tv |accessdate=21 September 2024}}</ref> Chadha lost to [[Wu Yize]] in the semi-final without winning a frame.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/betvictor-english-open/2024-2025/wu-yize-win-english-open-ishpreet-singh-chadha_sto20038990/story.shtml |title=Wu Yize through to English Open final with comprehensive win over Ishpreet Singh Chadha at Brentwood Centre |publisher=Eurosport |accessdate=21 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2024/september/21/wonderful-wu-makes-maiden-final/ |title=Wonderful Wu Makes Maiden Final |publisher=World Snooker Tour |accessdate=21 September 2024}}</ref>

In February 2025, he reached the last-32 of the [[2025 Welsh Open (snooker)|2025 Welsh Open]] with a win over defending champion [[Gary Wilson (snooker player)|Gary Wilson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cx2jdnpdwndo.amp |website=BBC Sport |accessdate=11 February 2025 |title=Chadha knocks out 2024 champion Wilson in first round |date=10 February 2025}}</ref> He recorded a 10-2 win over Mateusz Baranowski in qualifying for the 2025 World Championship.<ref>{{cite web |website=wst.tv |url=https://www.wst.tv/news/2025/april/10/this-is-my-last-tournament---perry/ |accessdate=11 April 2025 |title=THIS IS MY LAST TOURNAMENT – PERRY |date=10 April 2025}}</ref> He lost to [[Zhou Yuelong ]] in the third round of qualifying for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/snooker/halo-world-championship/2024-2025/world-championship-2025-jack-lisowski-suffers-shock-exit-as-dominic-dale-and-joe-perry-retire-after-defeats-in-crucible-qualifying_sto23172858/story.shtml |website=tntsports |accessdate=14 April 2025 |title=World Championship 2025: Jack Lisowski suffers shock exit as Dominic Dale and Joe Perry retire after defeats in Crucible qualifying |date=13 April 2025 |first=Desmond |last=Kane}}</ref>

===2025/26===
In January 2026, he reached the last-16 of the [[2026 German Masters]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wst.tv/news/2026/january/28/machineseeker-ger/ |website=wst.tv|accessdate=11 April 2026|title= MACHINESEEKER GERMAN MASTERS DAY THREE |date=28 Jan 2026}}</ref> In April 2026, he moved into the third round of qualifying at the [[2026 World Snooker Championship]] with a 10-5 win over [[Chris Totten]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.wst.tv/news/2026/april/10/fu-survives-epic-davies-fightback/|website=wst.tv|accessdate=11 April 2026|title= FU SURVIVES EPIC DAVIES FIGHTBACK|date=10 April 2026}}</ref>

==Personal life==
He was formerly a competitive [[esports]] player.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-66461630 |website=bbc.co.uk |access-date=23 August 2023 |title=How esports helped a snooker player go pro |first=Luke |last=Wolstenholme |date=23 August 2023}}</ref>

== Performance and rankings timeline ==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
! Tournament
! [[2016–17 snooker season|2016/ 17]]
! [[2023–24 snooker season|2023/ 24]]
! [[2024–25 snooker season|2024/ 25]]
! [[2025–26 snooker season|2025/ 26]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref group="nb">It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season</ref>
|align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="AMA">He was an amateur</ref>
|align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="UR">New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking</ref>
|align="center"|[[2024–25 snooker world rankings|80]]
|align="center"|[[2025–26 snooker world rankings|63]]
|-
|colspan="10"|'''Ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Championship League]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Championship League (ranking)#Group 13|RR]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Championship League (ranking)#Group 30|RR]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters|Saudi Arabia Masters]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters|3R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters|2R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Wuhan Open (snooker)|Wuhan Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Wuhan Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Wuhan Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Wuhan Open (snooker)|1R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[English Open (snooker)|English Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|[[2024 English Open (snooker)|SF]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 English Open (snooker)|1R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[British Open (snooker)|British Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 British Open|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Xi'an Grand Prix]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Xi'an Grand Prix|1R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Northern Ireland Open (snooker)|Northern Ireland Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Northern Ireland Open|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[International Championship]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[UK Championship]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Snooker Shoot Out|Shoot Out]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Snooker Shoot Out (2023–24 season)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Snooker Shoot Out|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Snooker Shoot Out|2R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 Scottish Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Scottish Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 Scottish Open (snooker)|1R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[German Masters]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 German Masters|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2026 German Masters|2R]]
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Grand Prix (snooker)|World Grand Prix]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Players Championship (snooker)|Players Championship]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Open (snooker)|World Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2024 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2025 World Open (snooker)|1R]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Tour Championship (snooker)|Tour Championship]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-
|colspan="10"|'''Former ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Indian Open (snooker)|Indian Open]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Indian Open|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[European Masters (snooker)|European Masters]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2023 European Masters|1R]]
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|-
|colspan="10"|'''Former non-ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Six-red World Championship]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Six-red World Championship|2R]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"
|-
! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend
|-
| style="color:#555555; text-align:center; width:30px;"|LQ
| lost in the qualifying draw
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|#R
| lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| lost in the quarter-finals
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF
| lost in the semi-finals
| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F
| lost in the final
| style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|'''W'''
| won the tournament
|-
| style="color:#555555; text-align:center; width:30px;"|DNQ
| did not qualify for the tournament
| style="color:#555555; text-align:center; width:30px;"|A
| did not participate in the tournament
| style="color:#555555; text-align:center; width:30px;"|WD
| withdrew from the tournament
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || means an event was not held.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || means an event is/was a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
|}
{{reflist|group=nb}}

== Career finals ==
=== Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles) ===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
!width="80"| Outcome
!width="20"| No.
!width="50"| Year
!width="300"| Championship
!width="200"| Opponent in the final
!width="100"| Score
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 1.
| 2015
| Indian Under-17 Championship
| {{flagicon|IND}} Shobhit Sethi
| 3–0
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2.
| 2021
| Indian Amateur Championship
| {{flagicon|IND}} Malkeet Singh
| 6–3
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 2022
| [[ACBS Asian Snooker Championship|Asian Championship]]
| {{flagicon|IRN}} [[Amir Sarkhosh]]
| 0–5
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 3.
| 2022
| [[South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation|SAARC]] Championship
| {{flagicon|IND}} [[Brijesh Damani]]
| 7–3
|}

== Notes ==
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== References ==
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==External links==
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* {{Snooker.org player}}
{{Commons category|Ishpreet Singh Chadha}}
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[[Category:1996 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian snooker players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Mumbai]]

Ishpreet Singh Chadha - Revision history

Bpk at 12:06, 5 May 2026