David McDonnell

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David McDonnell
birthday 11th October 1971 (age 48)
nationality IrelandIreland Ireland
professional 1991-1997, 1998-2002, 2004-2006
Prize money £ 46,965
Highest break 147 ( British Open 1995 , Q)
Century Breaks 12
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 79 (2005/06)

David McDonnell (born October 11, 1971 ) is an Irish snooker player . He played as a professional for a total of 12 years in the 1990s and 2000s on the Snooker Main Tour .

Career

Shortly before his 18th birthday, David McDonnell first took part in a qualifying tournament for the professional tour. The following year he reached the quarter-finals of the U21 World Cup . When professional tournaments were released for all players for the 1991/92 season , he began his snooker career. In his first tournament, the Dubai Classic , he reached the professional round of the last 128. At the UK Championship he also survived the amateur qualification and then defeated the former world number two John Spencer 6-0. He also won against the Australian John Campbell and with a contested 9: 8 against the number 24 of the world rankings Silvino Francisco he made it to the main tournament of the last 32 in the Guild Hall of Preston . Two more times, including at the World Cup , he came in the bottom 128. After his first year, he finished 96th in the world rankings and thus saved most of the qualifying rounds.

In the second year he started again with a success at the Dubai Classic and also reached the round of the last 32. The world number 25. Peter Francisco was one of the players he won against. This was followed, however, by many weaker results, including 7 defeats at the beginning. Twice he reached the round of 96. In the 1993/94 season there were not so many first round defeats, but the round of 64 at the UK Championship was also his best result. He was thus around 100th place in the world rankings and made no progress. In 1994/95 he never even exceeded the last 128 in the ranking tournaments. Only in the Bensons & Hedges Championship , a tournament without the top 16 players, did he reach the round of 64th. Nevertheless, the season had a special highlight for him: In the first round of the British Open 1995 he managed a maximum break . This was only the 16th official 147-point break in professional snooker. In the following year he repeated the third round entry at the Bensons & Hedges tournament, but in the first 6 ranked tournaments he was eliminated in the first round. At the British Open 1996 he finally reached the last 64 of a ranking tournament in the penultimate tournament of the season. Nevertheless, it slipped to 162nd place. And when he only won 6 matches in the lower qualifying rounds in the 1996/97 season and did not even make it to the bottom 128, he fell further behind.

Since the 1997/98 season the field of players was divided into a main tour and a second-rate UK tour, he had to qualify. In the 4 tournaments of the WPBSA Qualifying School a total of 4 wins were not enough and he had to play on the UK Tour . After all, he managed to return to the Main Tour in 1998 . There he had reached the main tournament at the Grand Prix right at the start . At the Thailand Masters he reached the last 64 again in the second half of the season. The other results were mixed, but he was in the top 128 again after his return. In 1999/2000, the last 128 round of the World Cup was his best result, and second and third round results followed in the first half of the 2000/01 season . At the Scottish Open 2001 he finally achieved his best career result. He came with the victory over the world number 30. Terry Murphy entered the main tournament, where he defeated number 5 in the world Stephen Lee 5: 4 and made it to the round of 16. But Paul Hunter was too strong for him there. He was close to the top 100 again, but another weak season followed immediately with only 4 first round wins. And the regression meant for the second time the loss of professional status.

In 2002/03 he tried to make the return through the four tournaments of the Challenge Tour , but only in the last tournament did he get going and the semi-final result came too late. In the following tour, however, he built on the performance and with a quarter-finals and two further rounds of 16 he qualified as one of the 8 tour bests for another Main Tour year. The 2004/05 season started off very successfully. At the UK Championship he reached the last 64 and also at the Malta Cup he achieved this result. In two other tournaments he also got points. Up to the top 64, which were automatically further qualified, there was still a long way to go, but the one-year ranking still enabled him to stay on the tour. Then he lost all opening games in 2005/06, McDonnell lost his Main Tour place again and then gave up his professional career at the age of 35.

successes

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  1. ↑ a b c Profile of David McDonnell on CueTracker (as of January 30, 2018)

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personal data
SURNAME McDonnell, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Irish snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH October 11, 1971