Marcus Campbell
| Marcus Campbell | |
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| birthday | 22nd September 1972 (age 47) |
| place of birth | Dumbarton |
| nationality |
 Scotland
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| Nickname (s) | The Dumbarton Destroyer |
| professional | 1991-2015 |
| Prize money | £ 609,844 |
| Highest break | 147 ( Bahrain Championship 2008 ) |
| Century Breaks | 59 |
| Main tour successes | |
| World championships | - |
| Ranking tournament victories | - |
| Minor tournament victories | 1 |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 20 (April – May 2012) |
Marcus Campbell (born September 22, 1972 in Dumbarton ) is a Scottish snooker player .
Career
Campbell was in the top 64 of the world snooker rankings for ten seasons in a row . He achieved his greatest success on the Snooker Main Tour in 1998 when he reached the quarter-finals of the Scottish Open . In the same year he sensationally defeated multiple world champion Stephen Hendry 9-0 at the UK Championship , but then retired two rounds later in the round of 16.
On November 8, 2008 he managed a maximum break in the first round of the Bahrain Championship in the game against local wildcard player Ahmed Al-Khusaibi .
On October 24, 2010 he won his first title in a minor world ranking tournament at the 3rd European Players Tour Championship in Rüsselsheim .
At the end of the 2014/15 season he could not stay in the top 64 of the world rankings . He finished 68th, thereby he lost his place on the Main Tour. He was also unable to qualify for the tour again via the two following Q School events ( Event 1 and Event 2 ).
Web links
- Player Profile on World Snooker (English) ( Memento of 26 April 2016 Internet Archive )
- Marcus Campbell in the snooker Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Snooker: Dumbarton Destroyer progresses in World Open. In: dailyrecord.co.uk. September 24, 2010, accessed April 26, 2016 .
- ↑ a b c d e Profile of Marcus Campbell at CueTracker (as of April 25, 2016)
- ↑ Issued After The Bank of Beijing China Open 2012. (PDF; 112 kB) In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , April 2, 2012, p. 1 , archived from the original on April 26, 2016 ; accessed on April 26, 2016 (English).
- ↑ a b c Marcus Campbell. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , November 30, 2010, archived from the original on April 26, 2016 ; accessed on April 26, 2016 (English).
- ↑ World Rankings after the 2015 Betfred World Championship. In: worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association , May 5, 2015, archived from the original on May 5, 2015 ; Retrieved April 26, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Campbell, Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | scottish snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 22nd September 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dumbarton |