Steve Campbell

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Steve Campbell
birthday March 7, 1966
nationality EnglandEngland England
professional 1988-1995
Prize money £ 32,814
Highest break 119
Century Breaks 4th
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 65 ( 1992/93 )

Steve Campbell (born March 7, 1966 ) is an English snooker player . From the late 1980s to the mid 1990s, he played on the professional tour for a total of 7 years .

Career

From the mid-1980s on, Steve Campbell tried to get a place on the professional tour. In 1985 he first took part in the WPBSA Pro Ticket Series . Two years later he defeated Mick Price and Darren Morgan , among others, in a tournament , but then lost the decisive final against Steve Ventham 4: 5. In 1988 he was one of 7 amateurs who were allowed to take part in the professional play-offs . He was drawn to the professional Paul Thornley and won the qualifying game clearly, with the Canadian giving up prematurely at the score of 8: 1.

Campbell was allowed to participate in the professional tour in the 1988/89 season. His first professional match at the International Open against ex-world champion Fred Davis he just lost 4-5. At the Grand Prix he survived against Ian Black for the first time the opening round of a ranking tournament and at the Canadian Masters he qualified for the first time for the main tournament, where he was defeated by the shooting star Stephen Hendry . At the Classic at the beginning of the new calendar year he was in the main round for a second time and lost to another top 16 player, Cliff Wilson . His best ranking in his first year was the round of 32 in a smaller WPBSA tournament that was not relevant to the world rankings . At the World Cup he lost his first game against Martin Smith , but it was enough for a placement in the top 100 at the beginning of the next season. In the second year he was able to build on it. He only lost his opening game twice during the season, four times he reached the round of 64, but then he lost each time against the top 32 players drawn to him. At the final World Cup he had a little more luck and in round 3 he met a player on the border to the top 64 with Les Dodd . He won 10: 7 and then played against Neal Foulds for a place in the World Cup finals at the Crucible Theater . Although he was ahead in the first half of the match and was now 6: 4 in the lead, an intermediate sprint from the former world rankings third to 8: 6 was enough to turn the game around. Campbell finally lost 7:10.

The 1990/91 season began the Englishman in 91st place. At the second ranking tournament, the Asian Open , he then managed for the first time a victory over number 19 Gary Wilkinson and thus made it into the second main round. Two more times he reached at least the first main round, but three times he also lost his opening game. At the World Cup he lost in round 2. In the two-year ranking of the world rankings he improved to 80th place. In the first half of the following season he won only two matches, at the Classic in early 1992 he at least reached the main tournament again. At the Asian Open , he then defeated again in the first main round Gary Wilkinson, now number 5 in the world. With a 5: 4 win over Stuart Reardon he succeeded for the first and only time the move into a round of 16, which he lost with 2: 5 against Dene O'Kane . This was followed by a lull with 4 defeats at the beginning and the end in the second qualifying round of the World Cup. As a result, he missed out on a place in the top 64, but this place 65 was his best result in his career.

In the 1992/93 season , the professional status was revoked and the tournaments were released for all players. That meant additional qualification rounds and on the one hand more tournament practice. However, due to the greater competition, Campbell only made it into the main tournament at the opening tournament, the Dubai Classic . At all other major tournaments he was eliminated before and at the World Cup he didn't even make it to the bottom 128. As a result, he lost ground again and fell back to 82nd place. In the 1993/94 season he achieved his best tournament result in a major tournament by moving into the bottom 64 at the UK Championship , but it was the only time this season that he came over the bottom 128. When he lost his first qualifying game at the World Cup, he ended the season outside of the top 100. The following year he only got two wins at the Welsh Open , otherwise he lost all opening matches. After that, he did not take part in the World Cup and ended his snooker career after 7 years at the age of 29.

successes

Ranking tournaments:

Other professional tournaments:

  • Last 32: WPBSA - Glasgow (1988)

Qualifying tournaments:

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  1. ↑ a b c Profile of Steve Campbell on CueTracker (as of December 5, 2019)

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personal data
SURNAME Campbell, Steve
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1966