Paul Cavney

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Paul Cavney
birthday 6th August 1967 (age 53)
nationality EnglandEngland England
professional 1991-1997, 1998/99
Prize money £ 26,030
Highest break 133
Century Breaks 11
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 94 (1996/97)

Paul Cavney (born August 6, 1967 ) is an English snooker player . Between 1991 and 1999 he was active on the professional tour for 7 years .

Career

At the age of 16 Paul Cavney tried to become a professional snooker, but there were only defeats in his first four qualifying tournaments. In 1985 he not only won his first game, he survived four rounds, including a 4-0 win over Anthony Harris . He reached the final and lost there to Martin Clark . He reached a semifinal one more time in the following years - in that tournament he defeated Darren Morgan - but he did not get on the professional tour. In 1991, however, the professional tournaments were opened to everyone and in the 1991/92 season he played his first professional year like many others. His first success was reaching the round of 128 at the Classic after beating veteran Fred Davis 5-0. At the European Open he made it one more round and at the end of the year he was in 170th place in the world rankings . However, in the next two years the round of the last 96 at the International Open 1993 and at least the World Cup in 1994 remained the best result in ranked tournaments, which is why he stepped on the spot. However, he was able to make progress in the tournaments without ranking points in 1993/94. At the Benson & Hedges Championship he only lost in the round of 64 to Joe Swail , whom he then defeated in the second tournament of the Strachan Challenge and thus for the first time came under the bottom 32 of a professional tournament.

In the 1994/95 season , the breakthrough came in the ranking tournaments. After a good start to the season, he reached the main tournament of the last 64 at the European Open and immediately afterwards at the Welsh Open , defeating players like Alex Higgins and Jonathan Birch . There were also other good results, but also some early defeats. The highlight of the season, however, was the World Cup , where he came under the last 64 for the third time with two 10: 9 wins, then defeated Nick Terry 10: 8 and then won with Neal Foulds for the first time against a top 32 player . The result was 10: 9 and thus he moved into the main tournament of the last 32. In the Crucible Theater of Sheffield but he did not play a good match and was against Tony Drago in the first session already 0: 8 back. He was able to prevent the zero defeat, but the 2:10 was a clear defeat. But in the end, Cavney was among the top 128 in the world. He could not quite maintain the level the following year, the round of the last 64 at the European Open were his only top result, but at least he established himself among the top 96 and achieved his highest world ranking position in 1996 with 94th place.

In the 1996/97 season the European Open was again his best tournament with a top 64 result. The other tournaments were not that successful and so he lost many points in the two-year ranking of the world rankings compared to the successful year 1994/95, in particular due to the first round at the World Cup. In addition, after the season the field of players was divided into Main Tour and UK Tour , and since he was at the end of the top 128, he had to qualify for the Main Tour. In the four tournaments he managed only one victory, so that he could only play the second-rate UK tour. But even there he only won a single game. The only positive result of the season was reaching the Round of 32 at the Benson & Hedges Championship, a tournament without the top players. In 1998/99 he was allowed to take part in the big tournaments again, but the round of the last 96 at the season opener at the Grand Prix was again his best result. For the second time he fell from the professional tour and had reached the end of his professional career at the age of 32. He then took part in the World Cup several times, which was also open to amateurs. And from 2001 he also signed up for the Challenge Tour , the qualifying series for the Main Tour, but then did not take part in most tournaments. At the end of 2010, he took part in the prequalification of the World Cup three times, but lost all games.

successes

Ranking tournaments:

Other professional tournaments:

Qualifying tournaments:

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  1. ↑ a b c Profile of Paul Cavney on CueTracker (as of February 15, 2018)

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personal data
SURNAME Cavney, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1967