# Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Ishpreet Singh Chadha (Hindi: 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, he and fellow-Mumbai native Kreishh Gurbaxani have been described as protégés of Indian former-professional snooker player Yasin Merchant.
In April 2022, Chadha beat Pushpender Singh to win Bangalore Snooker Academy’s all-India Open snooker championship. 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. That month he defeated Pankaj Advani to win the 6-Red Snooker National Championships in Indore.
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. 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.

### 2023/24

He started the season being entered into the draw at the
2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England, from 26 June 2023. He began his career with a credible draw against top-16 player David Gilbert, and finished his round-robin group stage with a win over Sean O'Sullivan. In August 2023, he defeated Manasawin Phetmalaikul 4-1 to qualify for the final stages of the 2023 British Open. 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. He earned a second victory of the season over Stuart Bingham to qualify for the World Open, winning 5-3. 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.

### 2024/25

He reached the third round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters where he was defeated by Hossein Vafaei.
At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024, he reached the seminfinal with wins against He Guoqiang, Jak Jones, Hossein Vafaei, former world champion Graeme Dott, and four-time world champion Mark Selby. In doing so, he became the first Indian player to reach a ranking event semi final since Aditya Mehta in 2013. Chadha lost to Wu Yize in the semi-final without winning a frame.
In February 2025, he reached the last-32 of the 2025 Welsh Open with a win over defending champion Gary Wilson.

## Personal life

He was formerly a competitive esports player.

## Performance and rankings timeline

| Tournament | 2016/ 17 | 2023/ 24 | 2024/ 25 |
| Ranking | | | 80 |
| Ranking tournaments ||||
| Championship League | NR | RR | RR |
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Not Held | Not Held | LQ |
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Not Held | Not Held | 3R |
| English Open | A | LQ | SF |
| British Open | NH | 2R | LQ |
| Wuhan Open | NH | 1R | 1R |
| Northern Ireland Open | A | LQ | 1R |
| International Championship | A | LQ | LQ |
| UK Championship | A | LQ | LQ |
| Shoot Out | A | 1R | 2R |
| Scottish Open | A | 1R | 2R |
| German Masters | A | 2R | LQ |
| Welsh Open | A | LQ | 2R |
| World Open | A | 1R | 1R |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Tour Championship | NH | DNQ | DNQ |
| World Championship | A | LQ | |
| Former ranking tournaments ||||
| Indian Open | 1R | Not Held | Not Held |
| European Masters | A | 1R | NH |
| Former non-ranking tournaments ||||
| Six-red World Championship | 2R | Not Held | Not Held |
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 | NH / Not Held | NH / Not Held | NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. |
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |
| R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. |
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |
* ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
* ↑ He was an amateur
* ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

## Career finals
### Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles)

| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2015 | Indian Under-17 Championship | Shobhit Sethi | 3–0 |
| Winner | 2. | 2021 | Indian Amateur Championship | Malkeet Singh | 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2022 | Asian Championship | Amir Sarkhosh | 0–5 |
| Winner | 3. | 2022 | SAARC Championship | Brijesh Damani | 7–3 |