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{{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 = [[Greater Sudbury|Sudbury]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| Sport country = {{CAN}}
| Professional = 1984–1995, 1998/99, 2000/01, 2002/03
| High ranking = 25 ([[Snooker world rankings 1990/1991|1990/91]])
| Official maximums =
| Ranking wins = 1
}}
'''Robert Chaperon''' (born 18 May 1958) is a [[Canadians|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 (snooker)|1987 Grand Prix]].<ref name="CUESPORT" /> He also won the [[1990 World Cup (snooker)|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 after 30 years to crucible in 2022 at the World Seniors but lost in the last 24 3-1 to Phillip Williams

His highest [[Snooker world rankings|world ranking]] as a professional was 25.<ref name="CUESPORT" />

==Performance and rankings timeline==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%"
! Tournament
! [[1983–84 snooker season|1983/ 84]]
! [[1984–85 snooker season|1984/ 85]]
! [[1985–86 snooker season|1985/ 86]]
! [[1986–87 snooker season|1986/ 87]]
! [[1987–88 snooker season|1987/ 88]]
! [[1988–89 snooker season|1988/ 89]]
! [[1989–90 snooker season|1989/ 90]]
! [[1990–91 snooker season|1990/ 91]]
! [[1991–92 snooker season|1991/ 92]]
! [[1992–93 snooker season|1992/ 93]]
! [[1993–94 snooker season|1993/ 94]]
! [[1994–95 snooker season|1994/ 95]]
! [[1998–99 snooker season|1998/ 99]]
! [[2000–01 snooker season|2000/ 01]]
! [[2002–03 snooker season|2002/ 03]]
|-
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker world rankings|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" |[[Snooker world rankings 1985/1986|44]]
| align="center" |[[Snooker world rankings 1986/1987|53]]
| align="center" |[[Snooker world rankings 1987/1988|41]]
| align="center" |[[Snooker world rankings 1988/1989|29]]
| align="center" |[[Snooker world rankings 1989/1990|29]]
| align="center" |[[Snooker world rankings 1990/1991|25]]
| align="center" |[[Snooker world rankings 1991/1992|30]]
| align="center" |[[Snooker world rankings 1992/1993|40]]
| align="center" |[[Snooker world rankings 1993/1994|39]]
| align="center" |[[Snooker world rankings 1994/1995|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;" | [[World Open (snooker)|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;"|[[1984 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1986 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|[[1987 Grand Prix (snooker)|QF]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 Grand Prix (snooker)|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 Grand Prix (snooker)|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1991 Grand Prix (snooker)|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 (snooker)|British Open]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1985 British Open|3R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1986 British Open|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1987 British Open|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 British Open|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 British Open|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#00ff00;"|[[1990 British Open|'''W''']]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1991 British Open|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 British Open|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;"|[[1986 UK Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1987 UK Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 UK Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 UK Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 UK Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1991 UK Championship|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 (snooker)|Welsh Open]]
|align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"| Tournament Not Held
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 Welsh Open (snooker)|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 (snooker)|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;"|[[1989 European Open (snooker)|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 European Open (snooker)|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1991 European Open (snooker)|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 European Open (snooker)|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 European Open (1992/1993)|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 (snooker)|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;"|[[1985 Matchroom Trophy|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1986 International Open|3R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1987 International Open|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 International Open|3R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 International Open|2R]]
| align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"| Not Held
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1993 International Open|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 Snooker Championship|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;"|[[1988 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 World Snooker Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 World Snooker Championship|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;" | [[Masters (snooker)|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 (snooker)|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;" | [[Australian Goldfields Open|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 (snooker)|Classic]]
| align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
| align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1986 Classic (snooker)|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1987 Classic (snooker)|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 Classic (snooker)|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1989 Classic (snooker)|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 Classic (snooker)|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1991 Classic (snooker)|3R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 Classic (snooker)|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;"|[[1989 Dubai Classic|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 Dubai Classic|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1991 Dubai Classic|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 (snooker)|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;"|[[1989 Asian Open|1R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1990 Asian Open|2R]]
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[1992 Asian Open|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;"|[[1983 Canadian Professional Championship|2R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1984 Canadian Professional Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#D8BFD8;"|[[1985 Canadian Professional Championship|F]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[1986 Canadian Professional Championship|QF]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1987 Canadian Professional Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1988 Canadian Professional Championship|1R]]
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="30"|Tournament Not Held
|}

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! 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 (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|1990]]
| [[British Open (snooker)|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|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 (snooker)|1990]]
| [[World Cup (snooker)|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 (snooker)|Canadian Amateur Championship]]}}
| {{flagicon|CAN}} {{sort|Lorraine|Carey Lorraine}}
| align="center"|9–5
|-
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up
| 1.
| 2000
| {{nowrap|[[Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker)|Canadian Amateur Championship]]}}
| {{flagicon|CAN}} {{sortname|Kirk|Stevens}}
| align="center"|3–6
|-
| style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner
| 2.
| 2019
| {{nowrap|[[Canadian Amateur Championship (snooker)|Canadian Amateur Championship]]}} (2)
| {{flagicon|CAN}} Lobsang Lama
| align="center"|6–5
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{portal|Cue sports}}
* {{snooker.org player|2881}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Canadian snooker players]]

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