Peter Ebdon / Achievements

Peter Ebdon at the German Masters 2014

This list shows the achievements of snooker player Peter Ebdon . The Englishman Ebdon was a professional player from 1991 to 2020 and won nine ranking tournaments during this time, including the two triple crown tournaments Snooker World Championship 2002 and UK Championship 2006 .

Ebdon was born in London in 1970 and became one of the leading amateur players of his time in the mid-1980s. During his amateur days, he won the Pontins Spring Open in 1989 and the Amateur World Championship in 1990 , before Ebdon, known at the time for his unconventional appearance , became a professional player in the 1991/92 season. The first successes came quickly and within a few years he was among the best in the world. He won his first professional tournament at the 1993 Grand Prix , and numerous other titles followed in the years to come. In 1996 he reached the final of the World Snooker Championship , but lost to Stephen Hendry. A few years later it fell out of the top 10 at times, but returned to it at the beginning of the 2000s. In 2002 he finally achieved his greatest success by winning the World Snooker Championship , which led him to third place in the world rankings.

Ebdon, known at the time for his very well thought-out style of play and sometimes feared, fell back on the world rankings despite a few other great successes such as winning the UK Championship in 2006 and the vice-world title in the same year. Although he was still in the top 10 until 2009, he then had to accept successive losses on the world rankings. In 2012 he won his last major title with the China Open . In the following years he only reached two more finals at professional level and at times even finished 55th in the world rankings until he returned to the top 50 for the 2019/20 season. In April 2020, he finally announced the end of his career due to health problems.

Ranking positions and triple crown successes

This list shows the ranking positions of Peter Ebdon during his career and the performance in the Triple Crown tournaments , with the respective editions of the tournaments and the respective world rankings being linked .

Legend
S.	winner	F.	finalist
HF	Semi-finalist	VF	Quarter finalist
AF	Round of 16	#R	Eliminated in an earlier round
QR	not qualified	A.	did not participate in the tournament
oR	without ranking	S / N	Victories / defeats

competition	1991/ 1992	1992/ 1993	1993/ 1994	1994/ 1995	1995/ 1996	1996/ 1997	1997/ 1998	1998/ 1999	1999/ 2000	2000/ 2001	2001/ 2002	2002/ 2003	2003/ 2004	2004/ 2005	2005/ 2006	2006/ 2007	2007/ 2008	2008/ 2009	2009/ 2010	2010/ 2011	2011/ 2012	2012/ 2013	2013/ 2014	2014/ 2015	2015/ 2016	2016/ 2017	2017/ 2018	2018/ 2019	2019/ 2020	Career S / N
World snooker ranking	oR	47	21st	10	10	3	5	7th	13	12	7th	3	7th	8th	7th	7th	6th	9	14th	18th	13	20th	30th	25th	31	31	40	55	47
UK Championship	QR	1R	2R	HF	F.	1R	2R	1R	1R	AF	VF	HF	AF	AF	AF	S.	1R	AF	AF	1R	QR	QR	1R	3R	AF	1R	2R	2R	2R	UK Championship: 1/29
Masters	A.	A.	VF	HF	AF	VF	AF	AF	AF	VF	VF	AF	VF	HF	VF	AF	VF	AF	VF	VF	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	Masters: 0/29
World Snooker Championship	VF	1R	1R	VF	F.	1R	VF	1R	1R	VF	S.	VF	1R	HF	F.	AF	VF	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QR	QR	1R	1R	QR	QR	A.	WM: 1/29

Overview of the finals

Ebdon was in the finals of at least 30 tournaments during his career; of these tournaments he won 18. Including five finals in tournaments of the Triple Crown , where he was twice victorious.

Ranked tournaments

Kyren Wilson and Ebdon at the final of the Paul Hunter Classic 2018

During his career Ebdon reached the final of a ranking tournament eighteen times, of which he won exactly half with nine games. These include his three World Cup finals and two finals at the UK Championship.

Color meanings : Tournament of the Triple Crown

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1993	Grand Prix	Ken Doherty	9: 6
finalist	1994	Dubai Classic	Alan McManus	6: 9
finalist	1995	UK Championship	Stephen Hendry	3:10
finalist	1996	European Open	John Parrott	7: 9
finalist	1995	World Snooker Championship	Stephen Hendry	12:18
winner	1997	Thailand Open	Nigel Bond	9: 7
finalist	1999	British Open	Stephen Hendry	5: 9
winner	2000	British Open	Jimmy White	9: 6
winner	2001	Scottish Open	Ken Doherty	9: 7
finalist	2001	LG Cup	Stephen Lee	4: 9
winner	2002	World Snooker Championship	Stephen Hendry	18:17
winner	2004	Irish Masters	Mark King	10: 7
finalist	2006	World Snooker Championship	Graeme Dott	14:18
winner	2006	UK Championship	Stephen Hendry	10: 6
winner	2009	China Open	John Higgins	10: 8
winner	2012	China Open	Stephen Maguire	10: 9
finalist	2012	Australian Goldfields Open	Barry Hawkins	3: 9
finalist	2018	Paul Hunter Classic	Kyren Wilson	2: 4

Invitation tournaments

Ebdon made it to the finals five times in invitation tournaments, and with three wins he was able to win the majority.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1995	Irish Masters	Stephen Hendry	9: 8
finalist	1995	Scottish Masters	Stephen Hendry	5: 9
winner	1995	Malta Grand Prix	John Higgins	7: 4
winner	1996	Scottish Masters	Alan McManus	9: 6
finalist	2002	Irish Masters	John Higgins	3:10

Non-ranking tournaments

In so-called non-ranking tournaments , ie tournaments that were de facto invitation tournaments, but not called that, Ebdon was in the final only once; he won the game too.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1995	Pontins Professional	Ken Doherty	9: 8

Amateur tournaments (selection)

Ebdon has won a variety of amateur tournaments during his career. A selection of six finals at important amateur tournaments can be found below:

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1989	Pontins Spring Open	Ken Doherty	7: 4
winner	1990	Dutch Open	Tony Knowles	6: 4
winner	1990	IBSF U21 World Snooker Championship	Oliver King	11: 9
finalist	1995	Pontins Spring Open	Mark Williams	4: 7
winner	2015	Vienna Open	Mark King	5: 3
winner	2016	Vienna Open	Mark Davis	5: 1

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ron Florax: Ranking History For Peter Ebdon. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 24, 2020 .  
2. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Peter Ebdon In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 24, 2020 .  
3. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Peter Ebdon In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 24, 2020 .  
4. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Peter Ebdon In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 24, 2020 .  
5. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Peter Ebdon In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 24, 2020 .  
6. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Peter Ebdon In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 24, 2020 .  
7. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Peter Ebdon In All Non-professional 12 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 24, 2020 .  
8. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Peter Ebdon In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 24, 2020 .  
9. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Peter Ebdon In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 24, 2020 .  

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