{{short description|Canadian snooker and billiards player}} {{Infobox snooker player |name = Bob Chaperon |image = |caption = |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1958|5|18}} |birth_place = Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | Sport country = {{CAN}} | Professional = 1984–1995, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2002/03 | High ranking = 25 (1990/91) | Official maximums = | Ranking wins = 1 }} '''Robert Chaperon''' (born 18 May 1958) is a Canadian retired professional snooker and billiards player.
==Career== Chaperon was born on 18 May 1958.<ref name="CUESPORT">{{cite book |last1=Hayton |first1=Eric |last2=Dee |first2=John |date=2004 |title=The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History |publisher=Rose Villa Publications |location=Lowestoft |isbn=978-0954854904 |pages=290–291}}</ref> He played snooker on the professional tour from 1984 to 1995, and in the 1998/99, 2000/01, 2002/03 seasons, and also participated in the World Snooker Americas Tour in 1998/99, 1999/2000 and 2001/02.<ref name="CUESPORT" /> He won the 1990 British Open, beating Alex Higgins 10–8 in Higgins' last appearance in a major final.<ref name="BH7">{{cite book |editor=Terry Smith |date=1990 |title=Benson and Hedges Snooker Year |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=0720719550 |pages=85–87|edition=Seventh }}</ref><ref name="History of the British Open">{{Cite web |url = http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/tourn_hist_bo.htm |title = History of the British Open |publisher = Global Snooker Centre |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070814223202/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/History/tourn_hist_bo.htm# |archive-date = 2007-08-14 |url-status = dead }}</ref> He reached one other ranking quarter-final, at the 1987 Grand Prix.<ref name="CUESPORT" /> He also won the 1990 World Cup as a member of the Canadian team, and the Canadian Snooker Championship in 1981, defeating Carey Lorraine in Ottawa.<ref name="Canadian Snooker Players at the Global Snooker Centre">{{Cite web |url = http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Countries/country_canada.htm |title = Canadian Snooker Players at the Global Snooker Centre |publisher = Global Snooker Centre |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081223230044/http://www.globalsnookercentre.co.uk/files/Countries/country_canada.htm# |archive-date = 2008-12-23 |url-status = dead }}</ref>
Having not played competitively for about three years, Chaperon resumed in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |last=Pascal |first=Randy |title=Chaperon more than happy to rack 'em up again |url=https://www.thesudburystar.com/sports/local-sports/that-sudbury-sports-guy-chaperone-more-than-happy-to-rack-em-up-again |work=The Sudbury Star |date=10 January 2020 |access-date=10 April 2021 }}</ref> In October 2019 he won a qualifier for the 2020 World Seniors Championship and although he was due to play in the event at the Crucible Theatre in August 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://facebook.com/worldseniorssnooker/|title=Canada's Bob Chaperon books Crucible return|last=|first=|date=7 October 2019|website=World Senior's Snooker|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008185603/https://www.facebook.com/worldseniorssnooker/|archive-date=8 October 2019|access-date=}}</ref> did not participate in the tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2020-rokit-phones-world-seniors-snooker-championship/players |website=snookerscores.net |title=2020 ROKiT Phones World Seniors Snooker Championship - Players |access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref> He finally made his return to the Crucible after 30 years at the 2022 World Seniors Championship, but lost in the last 24 by 3–1 to Philip Williams.
His highest world ranking as a professional was 25.<ref name="CUESPORT" />
==Performance and rankings timeline== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%" ! Tournament ! 1983/<br/>84 ! 1984/<br/>85 ! 1985/<br/>86 ! 1986/<br/>87 ! 1987/<br/>88 ! 1988/<br/>89 ! 1989/<br/>90 ! 1990/<br/>91 ! 1991/<br/>92 ! 1992/<br/>93 ! 1993/<br/>94 ! 1994/<br/>95 ! 1998/<br/>99 ! 2000/<br/>01 ! 2002/<br/>03 |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Ranking<ref name="Ranking history">{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|website=Snooker.org|accessdate=7 November 2017|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219070820/http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/history.asp|url-status=live}}</ref> | align="center" |<ref group="nb" name="AMA">He was an amateur.</ref> | align="center" |<ref group="nb" name="NEW">New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.</ref> | align="center" |44 | align="center" |53 | align="center" |41 | align="center" |29 | align="center" |29 | align="center" |25 | align="center" |30 | align="center" |40 | align="center" |39 | align="center" |72 | align="center" |<ref group="nb" name="NEW"></ref> | align="center" |<ref group="nb" name="NEW"></ref> | align="center" |<ref group="nb" name="NEW"></ref> |- | colspan="50" | '''Ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | LG Cup<ref group="nb">The event ran under different names as the Grand Prix (1984/1985 to 2000/2001).</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;" | British Open | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#00ff00;"|'''W''' | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | UK Championship | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Welsh Open |align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | European Open<ref group="nb">The event also ran under the name Irish Open (1998/1999).</ref> | align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Irish Masters |align="center" colspan="14" style="color:#555555;"| Non-Ranking Event | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Scottish Open<ref group="nb" name="auto1">The event ran under different names such as International Open (1983/1984 to 1984/1985, 1986/1987 to 1996/1997) and the Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986).</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"| Not Held | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | World Championship | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|WD | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ |- | colspan="50" | '''Non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | The Masters | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A |- | colspan="50" | '''Former ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Canadian Masters | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NH | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Non-Ranking | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Hong Kong Open | align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"| Non-Ranking Event | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ | align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR | align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"| Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Classic | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A | align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" colspan="50" style="color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Dubai Classic | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| NR | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"| Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| China Open<ref group="nb">The event ran under different names as China International (1997/1998 and 1998/1999)</ref> |align="center" colspan="12" style="color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Thailand Masters<ref group="nb" >The event ran under different names such as Asian Open (1989/1990 to 1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994 to 1996/1997).</ref> | align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"| Non-Ranking Event | align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"| Not Held | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR |- | colspan="50" | '''Former non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | {{nowrap|Canadian Professional Championship}} | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#D8BFD8;"|F | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="30"|Tournament Not Held |}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |- ! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament<br />(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | lost in the quarter-finals |- | align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF | lost in the semi–finals | align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F | lost in the final | align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W''' | won the tournament |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A | did not participate in the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|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== ===Ranking finals: 1 (1 title)=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !width="80"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="50"| Year !style="width:250px;"| Championship !style="width:200px;"| Opponent(s) in the final !style="width:50px;"| Score |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 1990 | British Open | {{flagicon|NIR}} Alex Higgins | align="center"|10–8 |}
===Non-ranking finals: 1 === {| class="wikitable sortable" !width="80"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="50"| Year !style="width:250px;"| Championship !style="width:200px;"| Opponent(s) in the final !style="width:50px;"| Score |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 1985 | Canadian Professional Championship | {{flagicon|CAN}} Cliff Thorburn | align="center"|4–6 |}
===Team finals: 1 (1 title)=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !width="80"|Outcome !width="20"|No. !width="50"|Year !style="width:250px;"|Championship !style="width:200px;"|Team/partner !style="width:200px;"|Opponent(s) in the final !style="width:50px;"|Score |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 1990 | World Cup | {{flagcountry|CAN}} | {{flagcountry|NIR}} | align="center"|9–5 |}
===Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !width="80"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="50"| Year !style="width:250px;"| Championship !style="width:200px;"| Opponent(s) in the final !style="width:50px;"| Score |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 1981 | {{nowrap|Canadian Amateur Championship}} | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{sort|Lorraine|Carey Lorraine}} | align="center"|9–5 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 2000 | {{nowrap|Canadian Amateur Championship}} | {{flagicon|CAN}} {{sortname|Kirk|Stevens}} | align="center"|3–6 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 2. | 2019 | {{nowrap|Canadian Amateur Championship}} <small>(2)</small> | {{flagicon|CAN}} Lobsang Lama | align="center"|6–5 |}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== {{portal|Cue sports}} * {{snooker.org player|2881}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chaperon, Bob}} Category:1958 births Category:Living people Category:Canadian snooker players