Anthony McGill
| Anthony McGill | |
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| birthday | 5th February 1991 (age 29) |
| place of birth | Glasgow |
| nationality |
 Scotland
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| Nickname (s) | License to Thrill Glaswegian Gladiator |
| professional | since 2010 |
| Prize money | £ 935,075 as of August 30, 2020 |
| Highest break | 144 ( Haikou World Open 2014 ) |
| Century Breaks | 156 (as of August 30, 2020) |
| Main tour successes | |
| World championships | - |
| Ranking tournament victories | 2 |
| Minor tournament victories | - |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 13 (March-April 2018) |
| Current WRL location | 22 (as of August 17, 2020) |
Anthony McGill (born February 5, 1991 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish snooker player .
Career
After several national and international championships in the youth field, McGill became a professional on the Snooker Main Tour in 2010 . He had qualified via the Pontin's International Open Series , where he finished fourth in the overall standings after eight tournaments.
On the professional tour, he quickly achieved respectable successes. So he made it to the quarterfinals of the PTC tournament number 2 in Sheffield. At the World Open 2010 he reached the round of 32 and failed there to compatriot Alan McManus . He also regularly won games at other tournaments, so that he rose to number 55 in the world rankings. At the end of the season he was the second best debutant with 59th place and thus defended his place on the tour.
At the Scottish Open 2012 , a tournament of the PTC series 2012/13 , McGill reached the final of a professional tournament for the first time, but lost to Ding Junhui 2: 4. At the PTC Grand Finals in March 2013, he made it to the second round of a full ranking tournament for the first time.
At the 2015 World Cup , after victories over Stephen Maguire and defending champion Mark Selby, he reached the quarter-finals and was defeated there by the eventual vice world champion Shaun Murphy with 8:13.
His first victory on the Main Tour came in the 2016/17 season at the Indian Open . After victories over the top 5 players Stuart Bingham and Shaun Murphy, among others , he also defeated Kyren Wilson 5-2 in the final . In the same season, he won his second world ranking tournament with the snooker shoot-out 2017 . In the final he defeated Xiao Guodong 67:19.
At the 2017 World Cup he was placed in 15th position, but lost to qualifier and compatriot Stephen Maguire on April 15, 2017 with 2:10.
In the 2017/18 season he could not defend the title at the Indian Open , but lost in the final to John Higgins with 1: 5. At the English Open he reached the semi-finals, where he lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-6. He secured his participation in the 2017 Champion of Champions because the International Championship was won by Mark Selby , who had already qualified. There he lost 4-0 against John Higgins in the first round.
Overall, his performance in the 2017/18 season was sufficient for a direct qualification for the 2018 Snooker World Championship . In the first round he was able to defeat Ryan Day 10: 8, although Day had already led 7: 3 and 8: 5. In the second round he did not make a comeback and lost after a 9-0 deficit with 4:13 against Ding Junhui .
At the 2020 World Cup he reached the semi-finals, but lost to Kyren Wilson on August 14, 2020 at 16:17.
Web links
- Player profile at worldsnooker.com
- Profile at Pro Snooker Blog
- Anthony McGill in the Snooker Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Anthony McGill. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , January 11, 2015, accessed July 12, 2015 .
- ↑ Profile of Anthony McGill at CueTracker (as of August 18, 2018)
- ↑ World Rankings. (PDF) After 2018 Players Championship. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , March 26, 2018, accessed April 22, 2018 .
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from May 1, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ World Championship 2020: Schedule, results, prize money & highest break. BBC, accessed August 15, 2020 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | McGill, Anthony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th February 1991 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow |