Babken Melkonyan ( hy, Բաբկեն Մելքոնյան; born 4 March 1980,
Yerevan
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,
Armenia
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) is an Armenian amateur
snooker
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&
pool player, who participated in
the
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2010 and the
WPA World Nine-ball Championship 2014.
Career
In Pool
2013
In April, he reached the final of the Romanian National Championship of
ten ball, but lost 3–7 to
Ovidiu Cristea. At the Dynamic Italy Open 2013 he finished 33rd place, defeated to
Tobias Bongers
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.
2015
In February 2015 Melkonyan was knocked out in the first round of the 10-Ball Championship.
Titles
* 2021
Kremlin Cup
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* 2022
Black Sea Cup
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In Snooker
He won the National Championship of Romania in 2010. In the same year, Melkonyan participated in the EBSA European Snooker Championships, where he left the tournament at the group stage. Group A table:
External links
Profile at propool.ru
Profile at snooker.ro
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1980 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Yerevan
Armenian snooker players