Chris Melling

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Chris Melling
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Chris Melling
nation EnglandEngland England
birthday 27th January 1979 (age 41)
Nickname The Magician
Main tour professional 2001/02, 2003/04,
2006/07, 2014–2016
society BSV Fürstenfeldbruck
Medal table
Euro tour 1 × gold 0 × silver 5 × bronze
European Championship 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
8-Ball World Cup (WEPF) 2 × gold 1 × silver 1 × bronze
8-ball World Cup (WPA) 0 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Pool world rankings

Highest WRL place 3 (Feb. – Jun. 2012)
Current WRL location 27 (as of July 2, 2020)
World snooker ranking

Highest WRL place 79 ( Jul-Aug 2015 )

Christopher "Chris" Melling (born January 27, 1979 ) is an English pool and snooker player . He became 8-ball world champion of the World Eightball Pool Federation (WEPF) in 2001 and 2003 .

Career

Pool

singles

1997 Chris Melling was Junior World Champion of WEPF . In July 2000 he reached the round of 32 at the 9-ball world championship held by the World Pool-Billiard Association (WPA) . At the 9-ball world championship in 2001 he moved into the round of 16 after victories against Sandor Tot and Steve Davis and there was defeated by Canadian Alain Martel with 9:11. At the 2001 WEPF 8-Ball World Championships , after defeating Quinten Hann , Darren Appleton and Phil Harrison , among others, he became world champion with an 11:10 final victory over Rob McKenna from Scotland .

After 2002 in the Round of 32 against the Pat Holtz had retired, he won in 2003 by a 11: 7 victory in the final against Jason Twist is the second time the title. At the 2003 9-Ball World Cup , he lost to Park Shin-young in the round of 64 . At the 8-Ball World Cup in 2004 , he was eliminated in the round of 32 against Steve Munro . In June 2005 Melling moved into the final of the WEPF World Championship for the third time , but now had to admit defeat to Gareth Potts 7:11. A year later he was eliminated in the semi-finals against eventual world champion Mark Selby . In September 2006 he finished 40th in the World Open 8-Ball Championship , the last tournament on the International Pool Tour .

In April 2008 he reached the quarter -finals at the WPA's 8-Ball World Championship after victories against Mark Gray and Marcus Westen, where he was defeated by eventual world champion Ralf Souquet with 3:10. At the Netherlands Open 2008 he also made it to the quarterfinals. In October 2008, he finished 17th at the US Open . In 2009 he finished seventeenth at the Qatar World Open and the US Open. At the 10-Ball World Cup in 2009 , he was eliminated in the preliminary round.

In April 2010 Melling won his first medal at a Euro Tour tournament: he reached the semifinals of the Italy Open and was defeated by Mateusz Śniegocki from Poland . A week after he was eliminated in the round of 64 against Dang Jinhu at the 9-Ball World Championship 2010 , he reached the semi-finals at the Austria Open and lost it 7: 9 against eventual tournament winner Karl Boyes . At the 2010 China Open , he finished 17th. At the US Open this year he reached 13th place, his best result so far. A few days later he made it into the finals of a Euro Tour tournament for the first time at the Portugal Open 2010 , where he defeated the Spaniard Carlos Cabello 9: 4. In November 2010 he won a tournament on the Great Britain 9-Ball Tour for the first time with the Northern Masters .

In April 2011 Melling reached the quarter-finals of the Italy Open and was eliminated from the Scots Jayson Shaw . After finishing ninth at the 2011 Beijing Open, he reached the quarterfinals of the 2011 10-Ball World Cup, losing to Japanese Yukio Akakariyama . In June 2011 he won the China Open with a 11: 3 victory in the final against Taiwanese Hsu Kai-lun . A week later he won a tournament on the GB 9-Ball Tour for the second time with the Paul Medati Main Event . At the 9-Ball World Cup 2011 he reached the round of 32. In September 2011 he was eliminated from the World Pool Masters , to which he was invited for the first time this year, against the Chinese Fu Jianbo in the round of 16 .

In February 2012, Melling reached the semi -finals of the WPA's 8-Ball World Championship . After defeating Thorsten Hohmann and Roberto Gomez , among others , he was defeated there by the eventual world champion Chang Jung-Lin 7: 9. He then achieved his best position so far in the world rankings with third place. A month later he reached a Euro Tour semi-final at the Bosnia & Herzegovina Open for the fifth time and lost it 5: 9 against the eventual tournament winner Albin Ouschan . In July he finished third in the World Series of Pool . At the China Open 2012 he was eliminated as defending champion in the round of 32 against Yukio Akakariyama. At the North Cyprus Open 2012 he reached the quarter-finals.

In September 2013, Melling moved into the quarter-finals of the 9-ball World Cup for the first time and was eliminated there against Carlo Biado . A month later he achieved his best result so far at the US Open with fifth place . At the World Pool Masters 2013 he reached the quarter-finals with an 8: 3 round of 16 victory against defending champion Karol Skowerski and then lost to the Canadian Alex Pagulayan . In early January 2014 he finished fifth at the World Chinese 8-Ball Masters . After he had not made it past the last 16 at any tournament on the Euro Tour in 2013, Melling reached the quarter-finals of the Italian Open and the semi-finals of the North Cyprus Open in 2014 . Immediately before the tournament in Kyrenia , he took part in the EPBF European Championship, which was also held there this year . There he reached the semi-finals of the 8-ball competition, which he lost 6: 8 to the Slovak Jakub Koniar , and the second round in the 9-ball competition. At the World Pool Masters 2014 he moved into the semifinals after victories against the former WPA world champions Dennis Orcollo and Karl Boyes and was eliminated there 5-8 against the eventual tournament winner Shane van Boening .

In January 2015, he finished eighth at the World Chinese 8-Ball Masters . A month later he reached the round of 16 at the Chinese 8-Ball World Championship and only just lost it 12:13 against Mark Selby. At the World Chinese 8-Ball Masters 2016 , Melling finished seventeenth.

team

Melling has been part of the British team three times at the World Team Championship . After he narrowly missed the last 16 with the second team in 2010 , he reached the semi-finals with Great Britain in 2012 , which were lost 4-0 to eventual world champions Taiwan, and in 2014 the quarter-finals, in which they were eliminated against eventual world champions China 2 .

At the World Cup of Pool he took part so far four times. In his first two participations he formed the English team together with Darren Appleton . After they were eliminated in the first round in 2011 , they reached the quarter-finals in 2012 and were only barely defeated by the Taiwanese Han En-hsu and Hsin Ting-chen . Together with Daryl Peach , Melling reached the quarter-finals in 2013 and the second round in 2014 .

At the Mosconi Cup he was part of the European team in 2011 and 2012 and won the tournament with her both times. In 2012 he was named Most Valuable Player .

In the 2013/14 season , Chris Melling played with BSV Fürstenfeldbruck in the 1st Bundesliga . He was used twice - in the two encounters against local rivals BSV Dachau - and won one of his four individual games.

snooker

For the 2001/02 season, Chris Melling qualified for the first time for the professional snooker tournament series Main Tour via the Challenge Tour . At his first tournament as a professional, the British Open 2001 , he moved into the round of the last 80 after victories against Mark Gray and Atthasit Mahitthi , in which he was eliminated by Gerard Greene . In addition, he reached the round of 96 in three tournaments in the season. At the 2002 World Cup , however, he lost his opening game 7:10 against Jason Prince . At the end of the season he finished in 108th place in the world rankings and thus lost his Main Tour place.

After a year he managed to return to the Main Tour via the Challenge Tour, where he had won a tournament in the 2002/03 season. At the 2003 World Cup , as in the previous year, he was eliminated in the last 128. Since he started as an amateur, he had to survive five more qualifying rounds.

In the 2003/04 season , Melling was eliminated from the first seven of the nine tournaments with an opening defeat, where he reached the round of 96 at the Irish Masters because his opponent Joe Johnson did not play. He scored his first win of the season at the Players Championship against Matthew Couch . He then reached the round of 64 by winning against Ian Preece and Andy Hicks , in which he lost 4-5 to Stuart Bingham . It was his best result in a Main Tour tournament until 2014 and is still his best result in a full world ranking tournament to this day (as of 2016) . At the 2004 World Cup , however, an opening defeat followed; with 9:10 he was eliminated against Brian Salmon . In the world rankings, he finished 114th and fell again from the Main Tour.

After trying unsuccessfully the following season to qualify again for the Main Tour via the Challenge Tour, he made it through the Pontin's International Open Series (PIOS) in 2006 , where he won one tournament and two in the 2005/06 season reached the semi-finals more times, returning to the main tour. In his third season as a professional he only got past the first round at the Malta Cup . He reached the round of the last 64 of a world ranking tournament there for the second time and then had to admit defeat to Adrian Gunnell 5-0. At the 2007 World Cup , he lost his opening match against David Morris from Ireland . With the 85th place at the end of the season, he achieved his best world ranking to date. But this was not enough to stay on the main tour for another year.

Starting in 2008, Chris Melling tried two seasons to qualify for the Main Tour via PIOS, but never got past the round of 16. He then did not take part in international snooker tournaments for four years before making another attempt at Q School in May 2014 to return to the main tour. At the very first tournament he won the final of his group 4: 3 against Welsh Duane Jones and qualified for the following two Main Tour seasons.

At the Wuxi Classic 2014 , the first world ranking tournament of the 2014/15 season , he reached the round of 64 with a 5-4 qualifying round win over Matthew Stevens and lost to wildcard player Zhao Xintong . In the further course of the season he only got past the first round in two other fully-fledged world ranking tournaments: At the International Championship 2014 and at the Welsh Open 2015 he reached the round of 64. In November 2014, he achieved his best result so far in one Main Tour Tournament: At the Ruhr Open , the sixth tournament of the Players Tour Championship 2014/15 , he moved into the round of 32 after victories against Ahmed Saif and former world champion Peter Ebdon , in which he won 2: 4 to the Scots Stephen Maguire lost. At the 2015 World Cup , he was eliminated in the first qualifying round 1:10 against Li Hang .

At the beginning of the 2015/16 season , Chris Melling achieved his best world ranking to date with 79th place . During this season he managed to win only one full world ranking tournament. In the first qualifying round of the Shanghai Masters he defeated the Welshman Daniel Wells 5: 4 before he was eliminated in the second qualifying round 5: 0 against Ken Doherty . On the Players Tour Championship 2015/16 he reached the round of 32 at the Bulgarian Open 2015 and the round of 64 at the Gibraltar Open 2015 . In qualifying for the 2016 World Cup , he was eliminated in the first round with 5:10 against David Morris. At the end of the season he came in 91st place in the world rankings and thus lost his professional status.

In May 2016 Melling tried to get back directly to the Main Tour via the Q School, but did not get past the third round.

successes

WEPF 8-Ball Junior World Champion : 1997
WEPF 8-Ball World Champion : 2001 , 2003
Portugal Open: 2010
Northern Masters: 2010
China Open : 2011
Paul Medati Main Event: 2011
Mosconi Cup : 2011 , 2012

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Profile of Chris Melling on CueTracker (as of October 9, 2016)
  3. ↑ a b Men Rankings. In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association , archived from the original on February 19, 2012 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 .
  4. ↑ a b World Rankings. (PDF; 328 kB) After The 2015 Australian Goldfields Open. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , July 6, 2015, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Ranking History for Chris Melling. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  6. ↑ World Pool Championships - Hall of Fame. In: wepf.org. World Eightball Pool Federation, archived from the original on July 30, 2012 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 .
  7. ^ Men's World Pool Championships 2001. In: wepf.org. World Eightball Pool Federation, archived from the original on October 9, 2007 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 .
  8. ^ Men's World Pool Championships 2002. In: wepf.org. World Eightball Pool Federation, archived from the original on October 12, 2007 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 .
  9. ^ Men's World Pool Championships 2003. In: wepf.org. World Eightball Pool Federation, archived from the original on October 9, 2007 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 .
  10. ^ Men's Individual World Pool Championships 2004. In: wepf.org. World Eightball Pool Federation, archived from the original on September 25, 2008 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Men's Individual World Pool Championships 2005. In: wepf.org. World Eightball Pool Federation, archived from the original on September 20, 2008 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 .
  12. ^ Men's Individual World Pool Championships 2006. In: wepf.org. World Eightball Pool Federation, archived from the original on August 16, 2008 ; accessed on October 9, 2016 .
  13. ^ IPT World Open 8-Ball Championship 2006. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  14. ^ US Open 9-Ball Championship 2008. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  15. ^ Qatar World Open 9-Ball Tournament 2009. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  16. ^ US Open 9-Ball Championship 2009. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  17. ↑ China Open 2010 Men's Division. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  18. ^ US Open 9-Ball Championship 2010. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  19. ↑ GB9 2010 Northern Masters. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  20. ^ Beijing Open 2011 Men's Division. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  21. ↑ China Open 2011. In: sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl, June 8, 2011, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  22. ↑ China Open 2011 Men's Division. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  23. ↑ GB9 2011 Paul Medati Main Event. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  24. ↑ Guinness World Series of Pool 2012 - Speedpool. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  25. ↑ World 9-Ball China Open 2012. In: sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl, September 10, 2012, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  26. ↑ China Open 2012 Men's Division. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  27. ↑ BSV Playhouse Fürstenfeldbruck signs Chris Melling. In: sixpockets.de. Florian Scholl, August 21, 2013, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  28. ↑ 1st Bundesliga Pool 2013/14 - player list. In: portal.billardarea.de. German Billard Union , accessed on October 9, 2016 .
  29. ^ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2000–2001. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  30. ↑ 2001 British Open. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  31. ^ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2001–2002. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  32. ↑ 2002 World Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  33. ↑ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2002–2003. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  34. ↑ 2003 World Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  35. ^ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in the 2003-2004 season. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  36. ↑ 2004 Irish Masters. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  37. ↑ 2004 Players Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  38. ↑ 2004 World Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  39. ^ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2004–2005. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  40. ^ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2005-2006. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  41. ↑ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2006–2007. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  42. ↑ 2007 Malta Cup. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  43. ↑ 2007 World Championship. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  44. ^ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2008–2009. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  45. ^ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in the 2009-2010 season. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  46. ↑ Qualifying School - Event One (2014). In: Snooker.org. Retrieved October 9, 2016 .
  47. ↑ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2014–2015. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  48. ↑ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2015-2016. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
  49. ↑ World Rankings. (PDF; 358 kB) After The 2016 Betfred World Championship. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , accessed October 9, 2016 .
  50. ↑ Prize Money Won by Chris Melling in Season 2016–2017. In: cuetracker.net. Ron Florax, accessed October 9, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Melling, Chris
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Melling, Christopher
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English pool and snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH January 27, 1979