James McBain

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James McBain
birthday 22nd June 1978 (age 42)
place of birth Glasgow
nationality ScotlandScotland Scotland
professional 1998/99, 2000/01, 2005/06, 2007-2009, 2010/11
Prize money £ 36,550
Highest break 137
Century Breaks 32
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 71 (2008/09)

James McBain (born June 22, 1978 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish snooker player . Between 1998 and 2011 he was active as a professional on the Snooker Main Tour for 6 years .

Career

James McBain first attracted attention as an amateur when he reached the final of the Scottish Championship at the age of 18 . The following year he was in the quarterfinals of the U21 World Cup . In addition, he took part unsuccessfully in the UK Tour and the pre-qualification of the World Snooker Championship . At the Benson & Hedges Championship , which is also open to amateurs , he reached the fifth round and at least defeated ex-professional Nigel Gilbert . At the 1999 World Cup he even made it into the best-of-19 phase, Lee Spick was one of the players he defeated. For this he also got his first world ranking . In the following years he also took part in the World Championships, but was no longer so successful. From 2000 he also tried to get a permanent place as a professional snooker on the Challenge Tour , but he was usually eliminated early. In 2003 he reached a quarter-finals for the first time. In the same year he also won his first title at the Scottish Amateur Championship. In 2005 he won one of the four Challenge tournaments with a 6-3 win in the final against Mark Allen . So he could start in the 2005/06 season for the first time in all professional tournaments. However, he lost all opening games - sometimes just barely - and immediately lost his professional status again.

In the coming season, the Pontin's International Open Series (PIOS) replaced the Challenge Tour and he did very well in the eight qualifying tournaments. Twice he reached the semi-finals and in the last tournament he reached the final and won against Kurt Maflin 6: 4. Behind the Norwegian, he took second place in the PIOS final bill and returned to the professional tour . At the 2007 Grand Prix he won his first games against Tom Ford and Andrew Higginson , among others , but still missed the main round. He won two more matches, but especially the victories at the 2008 World Championship over Kevin van Hove and Marcus Campbell secured him another professional season over the one-year ranking. In 2008/09 he won his opening game in the first three tournaments. He achieved his best result at the China Open , where he reached the round of the last 48 after victories over Mark Davis and David Gilbert , where he only lost 4-5 to Mark Williams . In the meantime he was at number 71 in the world rankings, but after two years it was not enough for a further extension of his professional affiliation and he fell off the tour again.

In 2010 he won the Scottish Qualifier and thus the Scottish Federation's Main Tour nomination for the 2010/11 . It was his sixth and most successful professional season. At the World Open 2010 in his hometown of Glasgow he came in a ranking tournament among the bottom 32. He achieved the same in three small tournaments of the Players Tour Championship . He came under the last 64 three times, including the second time at the World Cup . Players he beat that season included Anthony Hamilton , Stuart Bingham and now-promoted Mark Allen. However, there were more tournaments this season than before and overall his successes brought him only to 75th place. Although he then tried again via the Q School , when he clearly failed there, he finally ended his professional career.

In 2012 he won the Scottish Amateur Championship for the third time after 2003 and 2007. He then went to the EBSA European Championship and reached the semifinals there.

successes

Ranking tournaments:

Other professional tournaments:

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Amateur tournaments:

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  1. ↑ a b c d Profile of James McBain at CueTracker (as of January 3, 2018)
  2. ↑ Player Info James McBain. (No longer available online.) Friends of Snooker, 2010, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 3, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.friendsofsnooker.de  
  3. ↑ Fraser Paterson: McBain Secures Hat Trick of Scottish Amateur Snooker Titles. May 28, 2012, accessed January 3, 2018 .

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personal data
SURNAME McBain, James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Glasgow , Scotland