Scott Higgins

Scott Higgins
birthday	July 20, 1984
Greatest successes
8-ball World Cup	17th place ( 2010 )
9-ball World Cup	17th place ( 2010 , 2011 )
10-ball world championship	97th place ( 2009 )

Scott Higgins (born July 20, 1984 ) is an English pool player .

Career

In 2007 Higgins lost in the final of the World 9-Ball Challenge against Ronato Alcano from the Philippines . In 2008 he finished 65th at the US Open . In 2009, Higgins reached the finals of a Euro Tour tournament for the first time . At the French Open he lost to the later finalist Mario He in the round of 16, in the round of 16 of the Austrian Open he lost 8: 9 to the Dutchman Niels Feijen . At the Netherlands Open , he was eliminated in the sixteenth finals against Mariusz Skoneczny from Poland . At the Portugal Open , on the other hand, he achieved his best Euro Tour result to date with the quarter-finals. However, he lost the quarterfinals 4: 9 against his compatriot Imran Majid , who later lost to Daryl Peach in the final . At the US Open 2009, Higgins reached 17th place. At the 10-ball world championship in 2009 he was eliminated without a win in the preliminary round. At the Costa del Sol Open he reached the quarter-finals again, but was defeated there by the Spaniard Francisco Díaz-Pizarro 4-8.

At the 8-Ball World Cup in 2010 , Higgins managed to get into the round of 32, which he lost 3:10 to Ronato Alcano. At the 9-Ball World Cup , he was also eliminated in the round of 32, where he was defeated by the Philippine Raymund Faraon with 10:11. At the Austria Open he lost in the round of 16 against the German Harald Stolka . After Higgins had finished 17th at the China Open , he eliminated his compatriot Chris Melling 6: 8 in the sixteenth finals of the Finland Open . At the Portugal Open he reached the quarterfinals after defeating the German Ralf Souquet , among others . In the quarter-finals he lost to Spaniard Carlos Cabello 5: 9. At the Great Britain 9-Ball Tour in 2010, he finished third and fifth.

In January 2011, Higgins finished fifth at the Paris Open. At the French Open he reached the quarter-finals, which he lost to Norwegian Kristoffer Mindrebøe 2: 9. At the 2011 European Championships , Higgins came 17th in 8-ball and 10-ball , 33rd in 14/1 endless and 97th in 9-ball . At the China Open he reached 17th place. At the 9-Ball World Cup , he reached the sixteenth finals after winning against Niels Feijen, among others. However, he lost this against the Taiwanese Chang Yu-Lung with 4:11. At the German Open he lost 6: 8 to the Swede Marcus Chamat in the sixteenth finals . In the GB 9-Ball Tour, Higgins took ninth place twice and 17th place once.

Web links

• Player profile on azbilliards.com
• Player profile on kozoom.com
• Player profile on the Euro-Tour website
• EM player profile on the Euro Tour website