Sam Baird

Best ranking event performance: Quarter-finals

Career highlights:

2013: Qualifies for the final stages of the World Championship for the first time, loses to Stuart Bingham on his Crucible debut.
2014: Reaches the semi-finals of the Gdynia Open.
2015: Semi-finalist at the Bulgarian Open, notably beating Judd Trump 4-1 in the quarter-finals.
2016: Qualifies for the Crucible for the second time and beats Michael White before a narrow 13-11 defeat against Mark Selby in the last 16.
2018: Regained his pro status via Q School. Reaches the quarter-finals of a full ranking event for the first time at the Scottish Open.
2019: Quarter-finalist at the Shoot Out.

2018/19 Results

2019 World Championship Last 144

2019 China Open Last 64

2019 Gibraltar Open Last 128

2019 Indian Open Last 64

2019 Shoot Out Quarter-final

2019 Welsh Open Last 128

2019 German Masters Last 32

2018 Scottish Open Quarter-final

2018 UK Championship Last 64

2018 Northern Ireland Open Last 64

2018 International Championship Last 64

2018 English Open Last 64

2018 European Masters Last 128

2018 China Championship Last 128

2018 Paul Hunter Classic Last 32

2018 Yushan World Open Last 128

2018 Riga Masters Last 128

2017/18 Results

2018 World Championship Last 80

2018 China Open Last 64

2018 Gibraltar Open Last 128

2018 Welsh Open Last 128

2018 Shoot Out Last 128

2018 German Masters Last 128

2017 UK Championship Last 128

2017 Northern Ireland Open Last 128

2017 Shanghai Masters Last 128

2017 International Championship Last 128

2017 English Open Last 128

2017 European Masters Last 64

2017 Yushan World Open Last 128

2017 Indian Open Last 32

2017 Paul Hunter Classic Last 64

2017 China Championship Last 64

2017 Riga Masters Last 16

2016/17 Results

2017 World Championship Last 80

2017 China Open Last 128

2017 Gibraltar Open Last 128

2017 Welsh Open Last 64

2017 German Masters Last 128

2016 Scottish Open Last 128

2016 UK Championship Last 64

2016 Northern Ireland Open Last 32

2016 International Championship Last 16

2016 English Open Last 128

2016 European Masters Last 128

2016 Shanghai Masters Last 96

2016 Paul Hunter Classic Last 16

2016 World Open Last 128

2016 Indian Open Last 32

2016 Riga Masters Last 64