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Allan Taylor (snooker Player)
Allan Taylor (born 28 November 1984) is an English professional snooker player, who comes from Basildon, Essex but resides in Southend. He used to work at a police station in Birkenhead, supporting the police force by studying CCTV footage. Taylor turned professional in 2013 after being the sixth highest ranked amateur on the PTC Order of Merit, winning a tour card for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons. He then remained on tour until 2019, however upon finishing outside the top 64 he lost his tour card and was unable to re-qualify for the tour through Q School. He practices and prepares in St Mary's Mens Club. Career Debut season Taylor won just two matches during the 2013–14 season to end his first season on tour ranked world number 123. 2014/2015 season Taylor lost 6–2 to Anthony McGill in the first round of the UK Championship. A few weeks later he beat Michael Holt 4–3 to qualify for the Indian Open, where he was defeated 4–3 by Li Hang in the first round. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.24 million. On the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary, Liverpool historically lay within the ancient hundred of West Derby in the county of Lancashire. It became a borough in 1207, a city in 1880, and a county borough independent of the newly-created Lancashire County Council in 1889. Its growth as a major port was paralleled by the expansion of the city throughout the Industrial Revolution. Along with general cargo, freight, and raw materials such as coal and cotton, merchants were involved in the slave trade. In the 19th century, Liverpool was a major port of departure for English and Irish emigrants to North America. It was also home to both the Cunard and White Star Lines, and was the port of registry of the ocean li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015 Australian Goldfields Open
The 2015 Australian Goldfields Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 29 June and 5 July 2015 at the Bendigo Stadium in Bendigo, Australia. It was the first ranking event of the 2015/2016 season. Judd Trump was the defending champion, but he lost 1–5 against Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals. John Higgins defeated Martin Gould 9–8 in the final to win the 27th ranking title of his career. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: *Winner: $75,000 *Runner-up: $32,000 *Semi-final: $20,000 *Quarter-final: $17,000 *Last 16: $12,000 *Last 32: $9,000 *Last 48: $2,000 *Last 64: $1000 *Last 96: $500 *Non-televised highest break: $100 *Televised highest break: $2,500 *Total: $521,600 Wildcard round Main draw Final Qualifying stages The qualifying stages for this event took place at K2 in Crawley, England between 1–5 June 2015. Century breaks Qualifying stage centuries * 133 Michael Wasley * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaun Murphy
Shaun Peter Murphy (born 10 August 1982) is an English professional snooker player who won the 2005 World Snooker Championship, 2005 World Championship. Nicknamed "The Magician", Murphy is noted for his straight Cue stick, cue action and his long potting. Born in Harlow, Essex and raised in Irthlingborough, North Northamptonshire, Murphy turned professional in 1998. His victory at the 2005 World Snooker Championship, World Championship was considered a major surprise as he was only the third qualifier to win the title after Alex Higgins and Terry Griffiths. His other List of snooker tournaments, ranking tournament victories came in the 2007 Malta Cup, the 2008 UK Championship, the 2011 Players Tour Championship Grand Final and the 2014 World Open (snooker), 2014 World Open, while he reached a second World Championship final in 2009 World Snooker Championship, 2009, a third in 2015 World Snooker Championship, 2015 and a fourth in 2021 World Snooker Championship, 2021. He has also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elliot Slessor
Elliot Slessor (born 4 August 1994) is an English professional snooker player. In May 2013, Slessor qualified for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the first Q School event. Career Slessor began playing snooker at the age of eight after his aunt bought him a table for Christmas. He joined the main snooker tour in May 2013 after he won through Qualifying School courtesy of a 4–0 victory over Chris Wakelin. 2013/2014 season Slessor's first wins as a professional were at the qualifying rounds of the 2013 Australian Goldfields Open 5–4 against Jamie Clarke and 5–2 against Cao Yupeng, before losing 5–2 to Simon Bedford. His debut at the main stage of a ranking event came at the Indian Open by seeing off Kurt Maflin 4–2. In New Delhi he lost 4–2 to Mark Davis. Slessor also suffered first round exits at the UK Championship and Welsh Open 6–2 to Liang Wenbo and 4–1 to Stephen Maguire respectively. He finished hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Gibraltar Open
The 2017 Gibraltar Open (officially the 2017 jojobet.com Gibraltar Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 5 March 2017, at the Tercentenary Sports Hall in Gibraltar. It was the 16th ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. The main event ran from 3 to 5 March and was preceded by amateur pre-qualifying rounds on 1 and 2 March. Marco Fu was the defending champion, but he chose not to participate in this edition of the tournament. Shaun Murphy won the tournament, beating Judd Trump 4–2 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below. *Winner: €25,000 *Runner-up: €12,000 *Semi-finals: €6,000 *Quarter-finals: €4,000 *Last 16: €2,300 *Last 32: €1,200 *Last 64: €700 *Total: €125,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £20,000 (€26,600). Main draw Main rounds draw Top half Section 1 Section 2 Section 3 Section 4 Bottom half Section 5 Section 6 Sectio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hull
Robin Hull (born 16 August 1974) is a Finnish former professional snooker player. For some time, he was the sole Nordic countries, Nordic player on the game's Snooker world rankings, main tour. He is known as a solid -builder, having compiled over 150 competitive during his career, among the highest for a player who has never featured in the top 16 in the world rankings. Hull is one of six players to have missed the final black in attempting a maximum break, alongside Ken Doherty, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (twice), Barry Pinches, Mark Selby and Liang Wenbo. Career A professional since 1992, Hull came to prominence during the 2001–02 snooker season, 2001–02 season, as he reached the last 16 of the 2001 UK Championship (snooker), 2001 UK Championship, and later qualified for the 2002 World Snooker Championship, 2002 World Championship, knocking out Steve Davis in the final qualifying round; in the first round proper, he lost 6–10 to Graeme Dott. These results allowed Hull to get i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 2017 Coral (bookmaker), Coral Welsh Open (snooker), Welsh Open was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 13 to 19 February 2017 at the Motorpoint Arena Cardiff, Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff. It was the fourteenth Snooker world rankings, ranking event of the Snooker season 2016/2017, 2016/2017 season. The 2017 Welsh Open was being held as part of a new Home Nations Series, introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the new English Open (snooker), English Open, Northern Ireland Open (snooker), Northern Ireland Open and Scottish Open (snooker), Scottish Open tournaments. The tournament's trophy was renamed to the Ray Reardon Trophy in honour of six-time world champion Ray Reardon. The defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan lost 3–4 against Mark Davis (snooker player), Mark Davis in the last 64. Stuart Bingham won his first Welsh Open title and fourth ranking title overall, beating Judd Trump 9–8 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money is shown belo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Northern Ireland Open
The 2016 Coral Northern Ireland Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 14 and 20 November 2016 at the Titanic Exhibition Centre in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was the ninth ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. This was the inaugural Northern Ireland Open event, being held as part of a new Home Nations Series introduced in the 2016/2017 season with the existing Welsh Open and new English Open and Scottish Open tournaments. The winner of the Northern Ireland Open is awarded the Alex Higgins Trophy which is named in honour of Northern Irish two-time world champion Alex Higgins. Mark King won the first ranking title of his career by defeating Barry Hawkins 9–8 in the final. John Higgins made the 123rd official maximum break in the fifth frame of his last 64 match against Sam Craigie. It was Higgins' eight professional maximum. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £70,000 * Runner-up: £ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Indian Open
The 2016 Indian Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 5–9 July 2016 at the HICC Novotel Hotel in Hyderabad, India. It was the second ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. Hyderabad hosted the event for the first time, the previous venue being Grand Hyatt in Mumbai. Michael White was the defending champion, but he lost 1–4 against Anthony Hamilton in the held over qualifying round. Anthony McGill won the first ranking title of his career, defeating Kyren Wilson 5–2 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £50,000 * Runner-up: £25,000 * Semi-final: £13,500 * Quarter-final: £9,000 * Last 16: £6,000 * Last 32: £3,000 * Last 64: £2,000 * Televised highest break: £2,000 * Total: £300,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £30,000. Wildcard round These matches were played in Hyderabad on 5 July 2016. Main draw Final Qualifying These match ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 World Open (snooker)
The 2016 Hanteng Autos World Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 and 31 July 2016 at the Yushan No.1 Middle School in Yushan, China. It was the third ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. Shaun Murphy was the defending champion, but he lost 2–5 to Joe Perry in the quarter-finals. Ali Carter won the fourth ranking title of his career, defeating Perry 10–8 in the final. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: £90,000 * Runner-up: £40,000 * Semi-final: £21,000 * Quarter-final: £12,500 * Last 16: £8,000 * Last 32: £6,500 * Last 64: £4,000 * Highest break: £2,000 * Total: £520,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £35,000. Wildcard round These matches were played in Yushan on 25 July 2016. Main draw Final Qualifying These matches were held between 31 May and 2 June 2016 at the Preston Guild Hall in Preston, England. All matches were best of 9 fram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Riga Masters
The 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 22–24 June 2016 at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia. It was the first ranking event of the 2016/2017 season. This was the first time for which the event was a ranking tournament, having previously been a minor-ranking event of the Players Tour Championship. Barry Hawkins was the defending champion, but he decided not to defend his title. Neil Robertson won the 12th ranking title of his career, defeating Michael Holt 5–2 in the final, from trailing 1–2. Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below: * Winner: €50,000 * Runner-up: €25,000 * Semi-final: €15,000 * Quarter-final: €6,000 * Last 16: €3,000 * Last 32: €1,400 * Last 64: €700 * Non-televised highest break: €200 * Televised highest break: €2,000 * Total: €200,000 The "rolling 147 prize" for a maximum break stood at £25,000. Main draw Final Qualifying These matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Hamilton (snooker Player)
Anthony Stephen Hamilton (born 29 June 1971) is an English professional snooker player. He has spent five seasons ranked among the game's elite Top 16 and fifteen in the Top 32, reaching a career-high of number ten in the world in the 1999/2000 season. Hamilton is a four-time World Championship quarter-finalist, a Masters semi-finalist and compiler of more than 300 competitive century breaks during his long career. He won his first ranking title in 2017, beating Ali Carter 9–6 in the final of the German Masters, doing so at the age of 45. Career 1991–2000 Hamilton turned professional in 1991, entering the world's top 32 in 1995/1996. Hamilton has reached two ranking tournament finals. In the British Open in 1999, where he lost to Fergal O'Brien, Hamilton opened with two centuries, but O'Brien won five frames on the final black to defeat the Nottingham man. The other was the 2001 China Open. Mark Williams beat him 9–8, despite Hamilton having led 8–5. He made the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
