Vincent Muldoon
| Vincent Muldoon | |
|---|---|
| birthday | October 12, 1990 |
| nationality |
 Ireland
|
| professional | 2008/09 |
| Prize money | 4805 pounds |
| Highest break | 114 |
| Century Breaks | 3 |
| Main tour successes | |
| World championships | - |
| Ranking tournament victories | - |
| Minor tournament victories | - |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 81 (2009) |
Vincent Muldoon (born October 12, 1990 ) is an Irish snooker player from Galway . In the 2008/09 season he was active as a professional on the Snooker Main Tour .
Career
Vincent Muldoon already attracted international attention at the age of 14 when he reached the main tournament at the U21 World Cup with 5-1 wins in the group round. In 2006 he came to the U19 European Championship after beating Michael White, among other things, in the final, which he lost 4-6 to Ben Woollaston . The following year he was in the U19 European Championship after victories over Liam Highfield and Daniel Wells again in the final and this time lost to White. He was also in the final of the Irish Amateur Championship , where he won the title against John Torpey. Then he was allowed to participate in the national professional championship and reached the quarter-finals after defeating David Morris . In the 2007/08 season he reached 3rd place at the European Championships both in the U19 tournament and in his first participation in the seniors . His two semi-final opponents Stephen Craigie and Kevin van Hove then also won the respective tournament. At the U21 world championship he came in fourth, at his first amateur world championship he at least made it into the final round. In addition, he defended his Irish championship against Gary Hardiman and secured number 1 in the Irish amateur rankings. For this he was nominated by the Irish Association at the age of 17 for the following season of the professional tour .
After losing to Matthew Couch at the Northern Ireland Trophy in 2008 , he won his first professional match at the Shanghai Masters against Supoj Saenla in the 2008/09 season . At the Grand Prix and the Bahrain Championship , he even reached the third round, defeating Stuart Pettman and Scott MacKenzie , among others . The latter then made for his first round at the UK Championship . In order to collect enough points for the world rankings , he would have needed a good result at the second major tournament, the world championship . But even if he could keep up against Jimmy White , he ultimately lost 8:10 in round 1. He could not surpass position 81 in the ranking and thus lost his professional status again.
The PIOS tournament series should have brought him back to the Main Tour the following year, but a quarter-finals and a round of 16 were matched by two first-round defeats in the 8 tournaments and so he only came in 22nd in the overall standings and missed qualification. He then lost the Irish championship 6: 8 to Martin McCrudden . At the U21 World Cup in 2010 he lost again in the semifinals. In 2010/11 he used his last chance to play the international U21 tournaments again, but failed in the quarter-finals or the second round. For this he reached the final at the European Senior Championships . But for the third time he missed an international title: Daniel Wells won 7: 4. And he missed the second chance to qualify for the Main Tour after having had to forego the Q School because of his university exams.
In 2012 he reached the final of the Irish championship for the fourth time and retaliated 10: 5 against McCrudden for the defeat two years earlier. With this title, however, he also put his successful amateur career on hold at a young age and concentrated on training and work.
successes
Ranking tournaments:
- Round of 64: Grand Prix ( 2008 ), Bahrain Championship ( 2008 )
Amateur tournaments:
- U21 World Cup : semi-finals (2007, 2010)
- European Championship : Final ( 2011 ), 3rd place ( 2007 )
- U19 European Championship : Final ( 2006 , 2007 ), 3rd place ( 2008 )
- Irish Championship (2007, 2008, 2012, 2010 runner-up)
swell
- ↑ a b c Profile of Vincent Muldoon on CueTracker (as of January 18, 2018)
- ↑ PIOS Ranking - Season 2009/2010 ( Memento from October 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ David Caulfield: Big Interview: Vincent Muldoon. Snooker HQ, May 30, 2011, accessed January 18, 2018 .
Web links
- Profile in the Pro Snooker Blog (English)
- Player List: Vincent Muldoon at World Snooker (2010) ( Memento from May 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
- Tournament statistics at Snooker.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Muldoon, Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1990 |