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Marcus Campbell

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Marcus Campbell
Campbell at the2013 German Masters
Born(1972-09-22)22 September 1972(age 51)
Dumbarton,Scotland
Sport countryScotland
NicknameThe Dumbarton Destroyer[1]
Professional1991–2015
Highestranking20 (April–May 2012)[2]
Maximum breaks1
Best ranking finishSemi-final (x1)
Tournament wins
Minor-ranking1

Marcus Campbell(born 22 September 1972) is a Scottish former professionalsnookerplayer. He was ranked within the world's top 64 for 15 consecutive seasons.

Career

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Campbell is most famous forwhitewashingStephen Hendry9–0 in the 1998Liverpool Victoria UK Championship,one of the most surprising results in snooker's history. He followed this win with a 9–6 win overQuinten Hannin the last 32.

He started the 2007/2008 season strongly by reaching the last 16 of theGrand Prix,coming through the qualifiers and beating players likeGraeme DottandAnthony Hamiltonbefore his run ended in a 5–2 defeat toJoe Swail.He also reached the last 32 of theWelsh Openwhere he beatLee Spick,Ricky WaldenandGerard Greeneand gaveDing Junhuia run for his money before Ding eventually won 5–4. He qualified for the2008 Bahrain Championshipbefore scoring a 147 in his wildcard match against Ahmed Basheer Al-Khusaibi. He lost to eventual championNeil Robertsonin the last 32. He then qualified for the 2010 World Championship, where he lost 10–5 to Mark Williams.

Campbell won the first professional tournament of his career in Germany when he won Event 3 of theEuro Players Tour ChampionshipbeatingLiang Wenbo4–0 in the final. This result along with other consistent performances were enough to see him enter the top 32 in the rankings. He also qualified for the world championship for the second successive year, where he playedShaun Murphy.He subsequently lost 10–1 to Murphy.

In the2011–12 seasonCampbell qualified for six of the eight ranking events. His best results of the season were last 16 exits at theAustralian Goldfields Open,where he lost 1–5 toMark Allen,and at theWorld Open,thanks toAli Carterwithdrawing from the event, before being defeated byGraeme Dott3–5.[3] He played former championMatthew Stevensin the first round of theUK Championship,despite the death of a close friend just a few hours before. Stevens won the match 6–2.[4]Campbell played in all 12 of thePTCevents, making two quarter-finals inEvent 1andEvent 3,to finish 30th in theOrder of Merit,just out of the top 24 who made theFinals.[5]Campbell playedLiang Wenboin the final qualifying round for theWorld Championshipand produced two comebacks in the match having trailed 2–8 and 5–9 to level at 9–9, before the match was delayed to let the evening session's order of play begin. Liang had time to compose himself and won the decider to end Campbell's season, which he finished ranked world number 25.[6][7]

Campbell at the2012 Paul Hunter Classic

The2012–13 seasonbegan very well for Campbell as he qualified for theWuxi Classic,where he reached the first ranking event semi-final of his 21-year professional career.[8]He dispatchedStephen Lee,Fergal O'BrienandMark Williamsto playRicky Waldenin the semis.[9]He lost the match 1–6 and stated afterwards that he "didn't feel comfortable at all" and put it down to nerves. However, he also felt that winning a ranking tournament was now within his reach.[10]He qualified for four of the next seven ranking events, but lost in the first round on each occasion.[9]He had his best run of the season since Wuxi at theChina Openwhere he overcamePeter Ebdon5–3 andGraeme Dott5–4 to make the quarter-finals. There, Campbell lost 2–5 toNeil Robertson.[9]Campbell qualified for theWorld Championshipwith a 10–4 victory againstLiam Highfieldand played defending championRonnie O'Sullivanin the first round, who had taken a year away from snooker since lifting the title 12 months previously.[11]Campbell missed opportunities in the first session to finish it 2–7 behind and went on to lose 4–10.[12]Campbell was ranked world number 28 at the end of the season.[13]

Campbell lost in the first round to local favourites in the first two ranking events he qualified for in the2013–14 season.In theAustralian Goldfields Openit wasNeil Robertsonwho eliminated him 5–1 and at theIndian Openhe lost 4–1 toPankaj Advani.[14]At theUK ChampionshipCampbell saw offLü HaotianandMichael White,but was then beaten 6–2 byRonnie O'Sullivan.[15]Campbell could not advance beyond the first round in any of the remaining ranking events and suffered a surprise 10–4 defeat toAlex BorginWorld Championshipqualifying, a player who had until then only won three matches all season.[14]

Campbell was thrashed 5–0 byRicky Waldenin the first round of theAustralian Goldfields Open.This proved to be his only last 32 showing in any event thisseasonand, after he failed to progress past the last 32 of either of the twoQ Schoolevents, he dropped off the tour as he was the world number 68, just outside the top 64 who remain.[16][17]He has not played in an event since.[18]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Tournament 1991/
92 		1992/
93 		1993/
94 		1994/
95 		1995/
96 		1996/
97 		1997/
98 		1998/
99 		1999/
00 		2000/
01 		2001/
02 		2002/
03 		2003/
04 		2004/
05 		2005/
06 		2006/
07 		2007/
08 		2008/
09 		2009/
10 		2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[19][nb 1] [nb 2] 245 186 137 116 85 97 73 48 47 41 41 56 63 52 48 52 42 45 40 24 25 28 35
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 3] Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event SF LQ 1R
Australian Goldfields Open[nb 4] Not Held NR Tournament Not Held 2R 1R 1R 1R
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ
International Championship Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ
UK Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R 1R 3R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ 3R 2R
German Masters[nb 5] Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ NR Tournament Not Held LQ 1R 1R 1R LQ
Welsh Open LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ 1R 2R
Indian Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R
Players Tour Championship Finals[nb 6] Tournament Not Held QF DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open[nb 7] Tournament Not Held NR LQ LQ 1R LQ Not Held LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ 2R 1R QF LQ 1R
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ 1R LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship[nb 8] Tournament Not Held A A A NH RR A A
The Masters LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ A A A A A A A A A
Championship League Tournament Not Held A A A A RR RR RR A
World Seniors Championship A Tournament Not Held A A A A LQ
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held SF 2R 2R 1R 1R
Former ranking tournaments
Classic LQ Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open[nb 9] LQ MR NR Tournament Not Held
Pakistan Masters Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic[nb 10] LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not Held Non-Ranking Event LQ NR Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 11] LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ NR Not Held NR Tournament Not Held
Scottish Open[nb 12] NH LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ QF 2R 3R LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held MR Not Held
British Open LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event LQ LQ LQ NH NR Tournament Not Held
European Masters[nb 13] LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ NH LQ Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R NR Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held NR LQ LQ 1R Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held 1R Tournament Not Held
World Open[nb 14] LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 3R 1R 1R 1R LQ 2R LQ LQ 2R LQ 1R 2R 2R 1R LQ NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Scottish Masters A A A A A A A A LQ A A A Tournament Not Held
Scottish Professional Championship Tournament Not Held 1R Tournament Not Held
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) 		QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
DQ disqualified from the tournament
NH / Not Held event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. ^From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ^The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  4. ^The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)
  5. ^The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  6. ^The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
  7. ^The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  8. ^The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)
  9. ^The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
  10. ^The event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)
  11. ^The event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
  12. ^The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  13. ^The event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) and Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
  14. ^The event was called the Grand Prix (1991/1992–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010), the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)

Career finals

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Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2010 Rhein-Main Masters ChinaLiang Wenbo 4–0

Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1990 Kent Cup CanadaTom Finstad 4–1
Runner-up 1. 1991 Kent Cup Northern IrelandJoe Swail 0–5

Pro-am finals: 1

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2008 Scottish Open Snooker Championship ScotlandJohn Higgins 4−5[20]

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1989 Scottish Amateur Championship ScotlandMark Cadenhead 9–6

References

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  1. ^"Chatteris ace Joe Perry ends his 10-month winless spell".Peterborough Telegraph.5 October 2009. Archived fromthe originalon 22 August 2016.Retrieved13 February2024.
  2. ^"Issued after the Bank of Beijing China Open 2012"(PDF).World Snooker.World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.2 April 2012.Retrieved1 January2013.
  3. ^"Marcus Campbell 2011/2012".Snooker.org.Retrieved17 May2012.
  4. ^"UK Snooker Championship: Stevens ousts brave Campbell".The Press.5 December 2011.Retrieved5 December2011.
  5. ^"Order of Merit".WWW Snooker. 8 January 2012.Retrieved17 May2012.
  6. ^"Liang Survives Campbell Fight-Back".WPBSA.16 April 2012. Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2012.Retrieved17 May2012.
  7. ^"Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 22 May 2012.Retrieved17 May2012.
  8. ^"Walden And Campbell into Semis".World Snooker.Retrieved1 July2012.
  9. ^abc"Marcus Campbell 2012/2013".Snooker.org.Retrieved1 July2012.
  10. ^"Red Hot Ricky Drops Campbell in the Soup".World Snooker.Retrieved1 July2012.
  11. ^"Betfair World Championship".Snooker.org.Retrieved18 April2013.
  12. ^"World Championship 2013: Ronnie O'Sullivan cruises through".BBC Sport.Retrieved23 April2013.
  13. ^"Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season"(PDF).World Snooker.Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 11 June 2013.Retrieved28 May2013.
  14. ^ab"Marcus Campbell 2013/2014".Snooker.org.Retrieved15 April2014.
  15. ^"Ronnie O'Sullivan storms into last 16 of UK Championship".Metro.Retrieved15 April2014.
  16. ^"Marcus Campbell 2014/2015".Snooker.org.Retrieved24 April2015.
  17. ^"World Rankings After 2015 World Championship".World Snooker.Archived fromthe originalon 7 May 2015.Retrieved8 May2015.
  18. ^"Marcus Campbell 2015/2016".Snooker.org.Retrieved26 September2016.
  19. ^"Ranking History".Snooker.org.Retrieved6 February2011.
  20. ^"2008 Scottish Open Snooker Championship"(PDF).stary.snooker.pl.Archived(PDF)from the original on 11 January 2019.Retrieved23 May2020.
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