Bob chaperone

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Bob chaperone
birthday 18th May 1958 (age 62)
nationality CanadaCanada Canada
professional 1984 - 1997
1998/99
2000/01
2002/03
Prize money £ 214,546
Highest break 132 ( World Snooker Championship 1991 )
Century Breaks 19th
Main tour successes
Ranking tournament victories 1
World rankings
Highest WRL place 25 ( 90/91 )

Robert "Bob" Chaperon (born May 18, 1958 ) is a former Canadian snooker player who was a professional player for a total of 16 seasons between 1984 and 2003.

Career

Beginnings

The French- Canadian Chaperon first attracted attention when he won the Canadian Snooker Championship in 1981 with a 9-5 victory over Carey Lorraine . A year later, Chaperon took part in the amateur world championship , but where he was eliminated in the group stage with five wins and three losses to Wayne Jones , Warren King and Paul Mifsud . A year later he was invited as an amateur to the Canadian Professional Championship , where he failed after defeating Gerry Watson to Frank Jonik . For the following season 1984/85 he became a professional player, nevertheless he moved to Gainsborough, England .

1984–1987: first professional years

The 1984/85 season began for Chaperon with two opening defeats, before he reached the round of the last 64 with victories over Tony Kearney and Matt Gibson at the Grand Prix and failed there against Dave Martin . However, he then lost again two opening games before he defeated Patsy Fagan , Bill Werbeniuk and Wayne Jones at the British Open , before losing to eventual winner Silvino Francisco in the round of 16 . At the end of the season, he defeated the Englishman Roger Bales and the Australians Leon Heywood and Paddy Morgan in qualifying for the snooker world championship, before losing 9:10 to eight-time world champion Fred Davis in the penultimate qualification . At the end of the season, Chaperon was placed 44th in the world rankings for the coming season.

Right at the beginning of the next season , Chaperon reached his first professional final at the Canadian Professional Championship with victories over Paul Thornley , Kirk Stevens and Frank Jonik, which he lost to ex-world champion Cliff Thorburn 4-6 . He then reached the round of 32 of the Matchroom Trophy , where he lost to Murdo MacLeod before he suffered two defeats at the beginning. Shortly thereafter, he reached the round of 64 through victories over Pascal Burke and Vic Harris at both the Classic and the British Open, where he lost to Steve Davis and Cliff Wilson . At the end of the season he defeated his compatriot Frank Jonik in qualifying for the snooker world championship, before he failed in the penultimate qualifying round to Marcel Gauvreau - also Canadian. In the world rankings he lost some places, so that he was listed in 53rd place in the following season.

The 1986/87 season began again with a defeat against Frank Jonik in the quarterfinals after defeating Jim Bear at the Canadian Professional Championship , before defeating the Englishmen Nigel Gilbert and Dave Martin and the Maltese Tony Drago at the International Open to in the second round to lose to Eugene Hughes . He then defeated Dave Chalmers and Ray Reardon at the Grand Prix and lost in the round of 32 to Stephen Hendry before reaching the round of 64 and once in the following three tournaments - UK Championship , Classic and British Open David Taylor and two-time Kirk Stevens lost. Finally, he ended the season with a loss to John Spencer in the penultimate qualifying round for the World Snooker Championship , after he had already defeated Jack Fitzmaurice . On the world rankings, he was able to improve to 41st place.

1987–1990: years in the top 20 of the world rankings

After an opening defeat at the start of the 1987/88 season , Chaperon only reached the round of the last 32 of the International Open before reaching the quarter-finals of the Grand Prix with the help of victories over Brian Rowswel , David Taylor , Pat Houlihan and Mick Fisher losing there to John Parrott . After only reaching the round of 64 in the following two tournaments - UK Championship and Classic - he moved into the round of 32 at the British Open , where he lost to Tony Jones . At the end of the season he succeeded by victories over Robert Marshall , Tommy Murphy and David Taylor for the first time the qualification for the main round of the Snooker World Championship at the Crucible Theater , where he failed with 2:10 to Mike Hallett . On the world rankings he was able to move into the top 32 for the first time; the following season he finished 29th.

The following season began for Chaperon with a place in the round of 16 of the International Open , before he failed after an opening defeat at the Canadian Professional Championship at the Grand Prix in the round of 32 to Dennis Taylor . He then lost two opening games before losing to John Virgo at the Classic after defeating Jack McLaughlin in the round of 32 . There were again two opening defeats before he qualified for the main round of the Snooker World Championship at the end of the season by a 10: 4 win over Martin Clark , where he failed at the Welsh Terry Griffiths . In terms of world rankings, he managed to keep his 29th place.

The 1989/90 season began with a move into the round of the last 32 of the Hong Kong Open , before he also reached the same round at the International Open after an opening defeat at the Asian Open . However, two defeats followed before he reached the round of 32 at the UK Championship and the Classic . Finally, Chaperon's greatest career triumph followed when he reached the final of the British Open with victories over Jim Donnelly , Mike Hallett, Alain Robidoux , Neal Foulds and Robert Marshall. There he met the two-time world champion Alex Higgins and surprisingly defeated him 10: 8, so that Chaperon won his first and at the same time only ranking tournament - and this to the great surprise of the snooker world, since Chaperon was not even considered a favorite. This was followed by a 5-0 defeat in the round of 32 of the European Open , before ending the season with a 9-10 defeat by Darren Morgan in the final qualifying round for the World Snooker Championship . On the world rankings he was listed in 25th place in the coming season, which from this point on was his best world rankings that he had ever achieved. Furthermore, Chaperon won the World Cup together with Cliff Thorburn and Alain Robidoux against the Northern Irish team around Alex Higgins, Dennis Taylor and Tommy Murphy .

1990–1993: Moved to the top 40

After an opening defeat at the start of the 1990/91 season , Chaperon reached the round of 32 of the Asian Open before he had to take another three opening defeats. Shortly thereafter, he reached the round of 16 of the Classics before he failed in the men's individual competition at the World Masters in the round of 64 to Tony Chappel . However, Chaperon ended the season with three more defeats, which slipped him to 30th place in the world rankings.

The following season began with three opening defeats, before Chaperon defeated Englishman Andrew Cairns at the UK Championship , one round later to Terry Griffiths . He then reached the round of 32 at the Classic as well as the Asian Open and Welsh Open , but he never got over them. Again three opening defeats followed before Chaperon ended the season with a 10: 3 win over Jon Wright in the final qualifying round for the main round of the Snooker World Championship and a defeat there against Terry Griffiths. Chaperon lost ten places in the world rankings.

The 1992/93 season also began with three opening defeats before Chaperon reached the round of 64 at both the Welsh Open and the European Open , where each failed to Martin Clark . After two opening defeats at the International Open , he managed to get into the round of 32 with victories over Paul McPhillips and Alain Robidoux , where he failed to Darryn Walker . At the end of the season, Chaperon moved into the penultimate qualifying round for the World Snooker Championship , but where he lost to Karl Broughton . On the world rankings, Chaperon was able to improve by one place.

1993–1997: Crash to world number 399 and temporary end of professional career

However, the 1993/94 season was followed by an extremely deep turning point. Chaperon took part in nine tournaments, but he could only win one game at the European Open and lost all remaining games. This was only partially noticeable on the world rankings, as it only fell to 79th place.

In the course of the next season , Chaperon won at least three games; again one at the European Open and one game each at the Thailand Open and the British Open . However, Chaperon ended the season in which he gave up his game in qualifying for the snooker world championship without a fight, which was a harbinger of what followed in the coming seasons. Because in the two following seasons Chaperon did not play a single game before he ended his career at the end of the 1996/97 season , although he was still considered a professional player and was listed on the 121st or 399th place in the world rankings .

1997–2003: alternating professional and amateur years

After Chaperon had paused in the following season, he dared to make a comeback in the 1998/99 season , which, however, did not go well with four victories - including one without a fight by the opponent - so that he - now listed at world number 172 - surrendered his professional status again.

In the following amateur time Chaperon took part again after 19 years in the Canadian Snooker Championship , where he reached the final with a 5-0 victory over Kenny Shea and failed there with 3: 6 to Kirk Stevens .

For the 2000/01 season , Chaperon tried again to establish himself as a professional player; however, this attempt did not go well either. During eight tournaments, Chaperon only won one game at the British Open and in qualifying for the World Snooker Championship , he lost all the others, after all, several times in the last possible frame . In the world rankings he was listed in 154th place, so he was again an amateur player in the coming season.

The next attempt followed two years later when the 2002/03 season was his 16th professional season. However, he could only win three games again; at the LG Cup he defeated Joe Johnson , at the European Open Paul Davison and in qualifying for the World Snooker Championship Paul Sweeny , he lost all other games, his last 4:10 against Andrew Higginson . In the world rankings he was in 126th place out of 128 places, which he again lost his professional status. It was the last attempt by Chaperon, which did not start any new attempts afterwards.

Another amateur career

As a result, Chaperon was active in the Canadian amateur scene. In 2015 he reached the semi-finals of the Canadian Snooker Championship and was defeated by Floyd Ziegler . In 2019 he succeeded in defeating Ziegler in the round of 16 and Chaperon finally made it to the final, where he was Canadian champion for the second time with a 6-5 win over Lobsang Lama . Interestingly, there are always 19 years between the three finals.

In 2018, for example, Chaperon won the 50th edition of the Snow Tournament with a 4-0 victory over Fern Loyer. He is also a five-time winner of the Invitation Pro / Am Snooker Tournament in Cambridge. In addition, Chaperon is a gifted pool and 9-ball player and has already taken part in tournaments like this several times in America.

successes

output year competition Final opponent Result
Amateur tournament
winner 1981 Canadian Snooker Championship CanadaCanada Carey Lorraine 9: 5
Second 2000 Canadian Snooker Championship CanadaCanada Kirk Stevens 3: 6
winner 2019 Canadian Snooker Championship CanadaCanada Lobsang Lama 6: 5
Non-ranking tournaments
Second 1985 Canadian Professional Championship CanadaCanada Cliff Thorburn 4: 6
Team competitions
winner 1990
with Cliff Thorburn
and Alain Robidoux 		World cup Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins Dennis Taylor Tommy Murphy
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland 		9: 5
Ranked tournaments
winner 1990 British Open Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Alex Higgins 10: 8

material

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ a b c Michael Day: Snooker's Unlikeliest Champions - Bob Chaperon. The Cue View, October 28, 2017, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1980-1981 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed May 31, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1982-1983 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed May 31, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1983-1984 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed May 31, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1984-1985 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  7. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Ron Florax: Ranking History For Bob Chaperon. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1985-1986 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1986-1987 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1987-1988 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1988-1989 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1989-1990 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Chris Turner: World Cup / World Team Classic / Nations Cup - Team Events. Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on November 21, 2011 ; accessed on June 2, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1990-1991 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1991-1992 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  16. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1992-1993 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2018 .
  17. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1993-1994 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 1, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1994-1995 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  19. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1998-1999 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 1999-2000 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  21. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 2000-2001 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  22. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 2002-2003 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  23. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 2014-2015 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  24. ↑ Ron Florax: Bob Chaperon - Season 2018-2019 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  25. ↑ Bob Chaperon Is Canadian Snooker Champion. Senior Snooker, May 22, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  26. ↑ Chaperon Is Canadian Snooker Champion Again. WPBSA , May 22, 2019, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  27. ↑ Patrick Guigui: Chaperon Wins 50th Snow Tournament. Snooker Canada, February 11, 2018, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  28. ↑ Ray Martin: Chaperon back to defend title. Cambridge Times , February 10, 2016, accessed June 2, 2019 .
  29. ↑ Bob Chaperon. AZ Billiards, accessed June 2, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Chaperone, Bob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chaperon, Robert (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1958