Rory McLeod (snooker player)
Rory McLeod at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
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| Born |
26 March 1971 Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England |
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| Sport country |
 England
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| Nickname | The Highlander The Dentist |
| Professional | 1991–1994, 1995–1997, 1998/1999, 2001– |
| Highest ranking | 32 (August–September, October, December 2011 – February 2012) |
| Current ranking | 58 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £445,734 |
| Highest break | 147 (2010 Prague Classic) |
| Century breaks | 76 |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (x5) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Minor-ranking | 1 |
| Non-ranking | 2 |
Rory McLeod (born 26 March 1971) is a British professional snooker player ten years on the Challenge Tour he reached the Main Tour professional ranks for the 2001/2002 season.
McLeod has reached the last 16 of five ranking tournaments. The first of these was the 2005 Grand Prix although this victory against a noticeably ill Paul Hunter was bittersweet. His best results of 2004/2005 were 2 last-48 runs, the Welsh Open run including a victory over Shaun Murphy. He narrowly missed out on a place in the last 16 of the 2007 Grand Prix, losing on frame difference in his group to Barry Hawkins.
He qualified for the 2008 UK Championship by beating Jimmy White and Dave Harold where he played Ronnie O'Sullivan. He slipped 6–0 down before launching an impressive comeback by winning five consecutive frames (including three successive centuries), but ultimately lost 9–6. Later in the season he defeated Ian McCulloch to qualify for the World Championship for the first time in 2009, becoming the first black player to have done so. He faced Mark King in the first round but despite putting in a resilient performance lost 10–6. However, his performances throughout the season saw him rise to his highest ranking yet of 39.
In 2009 he won the Masters Qualifying Event, beating Andrew Higginson 6–1 in the final, to earn a place at the final stages of the 2010 Masters where he lost 6–2 to Mark Williams. He followed this up by qualifying for the UK Championship, being knocked out in the first round by Neil Robertson.
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