Steve Meakin

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Steve Meakin
birthday July 19, 1961
nationality EnglandEngland England
professional 1987-1997
Prize money £ 24,950
Highest break 136
Century Breaks 6th
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories -
Minor tournament victories -
World rankings
Highest WRL place 101 (1990/91)

Stephen or Steve Meakin (born July 19, 1961 ) is an English snooker player . From 1987 to 1997 he played for 10 years on the professional tour .

Career

At the age of 22, Steve Meakin was one of the best English amateurs. In 1983 he was at the English championship in the final of the northern group, which he lost to John Parrott 4-8. From 1984 he took part in the qualification for the professional tour, in 1985 he was in one of the qualifying tournaments in the semi-finals, but it was not until 1987 that he turned professional. In the 1987/88 season he won his first professional match at the Grand Prix against Mario Morra . He competed in 7 tournaments and reached round 2 four times. This made him one of the top 128 in the world rankings . In his second year he reached the third round of the International Open for the first time after beating a top 64 player with Marcel Gavreau . At the World Championships he was defeated in round 2 Paddy Browne just 9:10. The highlight of the season for him was a professional tournament in Leeds with no world ranking points. Against other top 64 players like Mick Fisher and Les Dodd he reached the final, which he lost to David Taylor 9-1. In 1989/90 he reached the last 64 twice, at the Grand Prix and at the UK Championship . Four times he was in Round 2. Nigel Gilbert and Kirk Stevens were among the players he beat that season. In the world rankings, he rose to number 101.

In the 1990/91 season he also reached the third round of the World Cup , but due to a bye. Otherwise he only won one game in the ranking tournaments. In 1991 the professional tour was opened to amateurs and he had to play an additional qualifying round. Although he came under the last 96 three times, he also lost the opening game five times. He fell back to 151st place and had to start another lap earlier. Nevertheless, he reached the bottom 96 twice in the following season and in the Strachan Challenge he came in the second tournament under the bottom 64. However, there were fewer ranking points for the tournament series. In the 1993/94 season he was even among the last 32 at the tournament, as well as at the Benson & Hedges Championship , but both were not ranked tournaments this time. But that was the Dubai Classic , where he reached the last 48 round. With Silvino Francisco he beat number 33 in the world rankings. At the International Open he was among the bottom 64. In the world rankings that brought him back to the top 128. But the following year he was out for a long time, he only played three tournaments and won one game, which made him fall far behind. Two successes in 1995/96, when he reached the round of 64 at the UK Championship with a victory over Nigel Gilbert and the British Open , did not bring him to the top. After another disappointing season with 6 defeats in the beginning and only one advance under the last 96, he fell back to 164th place in 1997.

After the season, the field was divided and he missed qualifying for the Main Tour . In four qualifying tournaments he did not get past the semi-finals. Therefore he had to go to the UK tour , but only won 2 games in 5 tournaments there. After that he continued to be in the world rankings, but he only played the World Championship, open to amateurs, and the Benson & Hedges Championship. From 2001 he tried again to return to professional snooker via the Challenge Tour , but with moderate success. In 2002 he reached the quarter-finals in a tournament, but ended his professional career after the season. Starting in 2011, he played a few more times in the World Seniors Championship , but never got past the qualifying rounds.

successes

Ranking tournaments:

Other professional tournaments:

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  1. ↑ a b c Profile of Steve Meakin on CueTracker (as of 2018)

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personal data
SURNAME Meakin, Steve
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meakin, Stephen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1961