Brendan O'Donoghue

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Brendan O'Donoghue
birthday December 15, 1982
place of birth Nenagh
nationality IrelandIreland Ireland
professional 2009/10
Prize money 2020 £
Highest break 134
Century Breaks 4th
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 87 (2010)

Brendan O'Donoghue (born December 15, 1982 in Nenagh ) is an Irish snooker player . He is a multiple Irish champion and was a professional on the Snooker Main Tour in 2009 .

Career

Brendan O'Donoghue played his first youth tournament at the age of 8 and became Irish U-14 champion at the age of 12. He was also successful beyond Ireland early on. At the age of 15 he entered the U-21 World Cup and at least reached the round of 16. In 2000 and 2001 he was in the quarter-finals of the U-19 European Championships . In 2001, at the age of 19, he also made it to the final of the Irish national championship for the first time , where he lost 5-8 to Martin McCrudden, who was one year older. In 2003 the two met again in the final and this time O'Donoghue won his first championship title with the reverse result. In the same year he was in the quarter-finals of the U-21 World Cup and then reached the semi-finals at his first amateur world championship in the senior division, which he lost to the eventual title winner Pankaj Advani . In the following two years, 2005 and 2006, he faced David Morris in the final of the Irish championship and lost 8-2 on both occasions.

In the 2004/05 season he took part in the professional world championship that was then open to amateurs . He survived the pre-qualification, but then lost in round 1. After that, he seriously tackled the entry into a possible professional career and he took part in the Pontin's International Open Series , where you could qualify for the Main Tour in eight tournaments. Although he reached a semi-final once and the second round four times, in the overall standings this was only enough for 19th place out of 8 available tour places. In the following year, however, he lagged significantly behind this result and in the third attempt in 2007 he did not appear in any other tournament after the disappointing first two tournaments. He was also eliminated in the quarter-finals at the 2007 European Championships , which he could also have qualified for. For this he won the European title with the Irish team in 2008.

In the 2008/09 season he still took part in the major amateur tournaments and reached the semi-finals of the 2009 European Championships . Otherwise he concentrated on the tournaments in Ireland. After a successful season, reaching the semi-finals in the Irish Championship was enough for him to take first place in the national rankings. The ranking was also the criterion of the Irish Snooker Association for awarding the national wildcard for the professional season 2009/10 , and that's how O'Donoghue got his professional status after all. He won his first professional game in qualifying for the Shanghai Masters 5-2 against Chris Norbury . But then he lost all opening games and two wins at the final World Cup , including a 10: 8 against Matthew Couch , did not save the season. As the 87th of the 96 players in the world rankings , he immediately lost his professional status.

In the following years he remained a fixture at the amateur world and European championships. At the Euro 2012 he came closest to a title when he reached the final and lost to Scott Donaldson 3-7 . He reached the last sixteen several times in both tournaments. He was more successful at the national level: in 2015 he won the Irish championship for the second time. He defeated Robert Murphy 7-3. In the 2015/16 season he also took part in three tournaments of the Players Tour Championship on the European continent and reached the main round twice. He also got a wildcard for the professional world championship, but where he lost his opening match against David Grace .

In 2017 O'Donoghue won the Irish championship for the third time against ex-pro Rodney Goggins .

successes

Amateur tournaments:

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  1. ↑ a b c Profile of Brendan O'Donoghue on CueTracker (as of January 9, 2018)
  2. ↑ David Caulfield: Sniper Shot: Brendan O'Donoghue. SnookerHQ, September 27, 2017, accessed January 9, 2018 .
  3. ↑ misterhamster: Haven Forum (post in the snooker thread). Haven Forum, May 13, 2006, accessed January 9, 2018 .
  4. ^ David Caulfield: Brendan O'Donoghue Wins Irish National Championship. SnookerHQ, May 8, 2017, accessed January 9, 2018 .
  5. ^ David Caulfield: 2013 Home Internationals. SnookerHQ, August 3, 2013, accessed January 9, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME O'Donoghue, Brendan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Nenagh , County Tipperary , Ireland