Career
Born in 1978, Tatton turned professional in 1996. His first season was poor, and he fell off the tour at its conclusion. In the 2004/2005 season, Tatton reached the semi-final of Event 1 of that year"s Challenge Tour, losing 1–5 to Jamie Cope.
In the following event, he defeated Terry Murphy 4–3, Tony Jones also 4–3, Darryn Walker 5–1, Gareth Coppack and Gavin Pantall also 5–1, and the young David Gilbert by the same scoreline, setting up a meeting in the final with Matthew Barnes.
The last of those, a 4–10 last-64 World Championship defeat by Gerard Greene, marked the furthest progress Tatton made in a ranking tournament, and was his final match at competitive level Non-ranking Wins (1) Amateur.
