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Fergal O'Brien (journalist)
Fergal O'Brien (born 8 March 1972) is an Irish retired professional snooker player who competed on the World Snooker Tour from 1991 to 2024. He won one ranking title during his career, defeating Anthony Hamilton (snooker player), Anthony Hamilton 9–7 in the final of the 1999 British Open (1998/1999), 1999 British Open. He was runner-up at the 2001 Masters (snooker), 2001 Masters, where he lost the final 9–10 to Paul Hunter. His best performance at the World Snooker Championship was reaching the quarter-finals of the 2000 World Snooker Championship, 2000 event, where he lost 5–13 to eventual champion Mark Williams (snooker player), Mark Williams. He reached his highest Snooker world rankings, world ranking of ninth in the 2000–01 snooker season, 2000–01 season, but spent only three seasons of his 33-year career ranked inside the top 16. He retired from professional competition at the end of the 2023–24 snooker season, 2023–24 season, intending to remain active in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2016 Paul Hunter Classic
The 2016 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament that took place between 24 and 28 August 2016 at the Stadthalle Fürth, Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany. It was the fourth ranking event of the Snooker season 2016/2017, 2016/2017 season. Named in honour of former professional snooker player Paul Hunter, 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. It was also the first of the two ranking events of the season, along with the 2017 Gibraltar Open, Gibraltar Open (also a former Players Tour Championship, European Tour event), which would be open to amateurs and would form the new Amateur Order of Merit. Ali Carter was the defending champion, but he was defeated 3–4 by Yan Bingtao in the last 32. Thepchaiya Un-Nooh made the 119th official maximum break in the second frame of his last 32 match against Kurt Maflin. It was Un-Nooh's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |