Igor Figueiredo
| Igor Figueiredo | |
|---|---|
| birthday | 11th October 1977 (age 42) |
| place of birth | Rio de Janeiro |
| nationality |
 Brazil
|
| Nickname (s) | The Boy From Brazil |
| professional | 2010–2012, 2013–2017, since 2019 |
| Prize money | £ 64,650 (as of August 30, 2020) |
| Highest break | 140 ( Welsh Open 2020 ) |
| Century Breaks | 11 (as of August 30, 2020) |
| Main tour successes | |
| World championships | - |
| Ranking tournament victories | - |
| Minor tournament victories | - |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 65 (September 2010) |
| Current WRL location | 108 (as of August 17, 2020) |
Igor Almeida Figueiredo (born October 11, 1977 in Rio de Janeiro ) is a Brazilian snooker player . He now lives in Gloucester, England .
Career
After several national championships Figueiredo was runner-up at the IBSF Amateur World Championship in 2009 , the winner of which receives a ticket for the Snooker Main Tour the following year. Thanks to a wildcard from the WPBSA , he was still allowed to take part in the 2010/11 professional tour . Through consistently solid performances, he made it to cut-off point 1 of the 2010/11 season in 67th place. He achieved the best results when he reached the round of 64 at the 2010 World Open and the 2010 Shanghai Masters .
He managed to stay on the professional tour via the PTC rankings and started the 2011/12 season in 72nd place . However, he only played the Brazil Masters 2011 and the qualification for the World Snooker Championship in 2012 and therefore fell back in the world rankings, so that he could not qualify for the following season.
For the 2013/14 and 2014/15 seasons he received a nomination from the American Continental Association for the Main Tour. In the 2013/14 season, however, he only took part in qualifying for the 2014 World Snooker Championship . There he lost to Martin Gould in the third of four qualifying rounds .
At the Welsh Open 2017 he reached the round of 16, where he lost to Stuart Carrington .
In addition to snooker, he occasionally also plays pool at competitive sports level. He qualified for the WPA 10-Ball World Championship in 2008 ; However, eliminated without a win in the preliminary round.
Web links
- Player profile on worldsnooker.com
- Profile at Pro Snooker Blog
- Igor Figueiredo in the Snooker Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Igor Figueiredo. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , January 11, 2015, accessed May 15, 2016 .
- ↑ a b Profile of Igor Figueiredo on CueTracker (as of February 13, 2020)
- ↑ World rankings after Shanghai Masters 2010 (PDF; 99 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . Archived from the original on October 11, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
- ↑ Tour Players 2013/2014. (PDF; 22.3 kB) (No longer available online.) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , June 19, 2013, archived from the original on April 1, 2016 ; accessed on May 15, 2016 .
- ↑ Igor Figueiredo - Season 2013-2014. Professional Results. In: CueTracker - Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Ron Florax, accessed May 15, 2016 .
- ^ Dafabet World Championship. In: snooker.org. Retrieved May 15, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Figueiredo, Igor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Figueiredo, Igor Almeida |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Brazilian snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 11, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rio de Janeiro |