Marcus Campbell

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Marcus Campbell
Marcus Campbell at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2013-01-31 01.jpg
Campbell at the 2013 German Masters
Born (1972-09-22) 22 September 1972 (age 51)
Dumbarton, Scotland
Sport countryFlag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
NicknameThe Dumbarton Destroyer [1]
Professional1991–2015
Highest ranking 20 (April–May 2012) [2]
Maximum breaks 1
Best ranking finishSemi-final (x1)
Tournament wins
Minor-ranking 1

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

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Career

Campbell is most famous for whitewashing Stephen Hendry 9–0 in the 1998 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship, one of the most surprising results in snooker's history. He followed this win with a 9–6 win over Quinten Hann in the last 32.

He started the 2007/2008 season strongly by reaching the last 16 of the Grand Prix, coming through the qualifiers and beating players like Graeme Dott and Anthony Hamilton before his run ended in a 5–2 defeat to Joe Swail. He also reached the last 32 of the Welsh Open where he beat Lee Spick, Ricky Walden and Gerard Greene and gave Ding Junhui a run for his money before Ding eventually won 5–4. He qualified for the 2008 Bahrain Championship before scoring a 147 in his wildcard match against Ahmed Basheer Al-Khusaibi. He lost to eventual champion Neil Robertson in 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 the Euro Players Tour Championship beating Liang Wenbo 4–0 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 played Shaun Murphy. He subsequently lost 10–1 to Murphy.

In the 2011–12 season Campbell qualified for six of the eight ranking events. His best results of the season were last 16 exits at the Australian Goldfields Open, where he lost 1–5 to Mark Allen, and at the World Open, thanks to Ali Carter withdrawing from the event, before being defeated by Graeme Dott 3–5. [3] He played former champion Matthew Stevens in the first round of the UK 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 the PTC events, making two quarter-finals in Event 1 and Event 3, to finish 30th in the Order of Merit, just out of the top 24 who made the Finals. [5] Campbell played Liang Wenbo in the final qualifying round for the World Championship and 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 the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic Marcus Campbell PHC 2012.jpg
Campbell at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic

The 2012–13 season began very well for Campbell as he qualified for the Wuxi Classic, where he reached the first ranking event semi-final of his 21-year professional career. [8] He dispatched Stephen Lee, Fergal O'Brien and Mark Williams to play Ricky Walden in 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 the China Open where he overcame Peter Ebdon 5–3 and Graeme Dott 5–4 to make the quarter-finals. There, Campbell lost 2–5 to Neil Robertson. [9] Campbell qualified for the World Championship with a 10–4 victory against Liam Highfield and played defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in 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 the 2013–14 season. In the Australian Goldfields Open it was Neil Robertson who eliminated him 5–1 and at the Indian Open he lost 4–1 to Pankaj Advani. [14] At the UK Championship Campbell saw off Lü Haotian and Michael White, but was then beaten 6–2 by Ronnie 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 to Alex Borg in World Championship qualifying, a player who had until then only won three matches all season. [14]

Campbell was thrashed 5–0 by Ricky Walden in the first round of the Australian Goldfields Open. This proved to be his only last 32 showing in any event this season and, after he failed to progress past the last 32 of either of the two Q School events, 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

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 HeldNon-Ranking Event SF LQ 1R
Australian Goldfields Open [nb 4] Not HeldNRTournament Not Held 2R 1R 1R 1R
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not HeldLQLQ 1R LQLQ 1R LQLQ
International Championship Tournament Not HeldLQLQLQ
UK Championship LQLQLQLQLQ 2R 1R 3R LQLQLQLQLQ 1R LQ 1R LQLQLQLQ 1R LQ 3R 2R
German Masters [nb 5] Tournament Not HeldLQLQLQNRTournament Not HeldLQ 1R 1R 1R LQ
Welsh Open LQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R LQLQLQLQLQ 2R LQLQLQ 2R LQ 1R 1R LQLQ 1R 2R
Indian Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R
Players Tour Championship Finals [nb 6] Tournament Not Held QF DNQDNQDNQDNQ
China Open [nb 7] Tournament Not HeldNRLQLQ 1R LQNot HeldLQLQLQ 2R LQLQ 2R 1R QF LQ 1R
World Championship LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R 1R LQ 1R LQLQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship [nb 8] Tournament Not HeldAAANH RR AA
The Masters LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQALQLQAAAAAAAAA
Championship League Tournament Not HeldAAAA RR RR RR A
World Seniors Championship ATournament Not HeldAAAALQ
Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held SF 2R 2R 1R 1R
Former ranking tournaments
Classic LQTournament Not Held
Strachan Open [nb 9] LQMRNRTournament Not Held
Pakistan Masters Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic [nb 10] LQLQLQLQLQLQTournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not HeldNon-Ranking EventLQNRTournament Not Held
Thailand Masters [nb 11] LQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQNRNot HeldNRTournament Not Held
Scottish Open [nb 12] NHLQLQLQ 2R LQ QF 2R 3R LQLQLQLQTournament Not HeldMRNot Held
British Open LQLQLQLQLQ 1R LQ 2R LQLQLQLQLQLQTournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking EventLQLQLQNHNRTournament Not Held
European Masters [nb 13] LQLQLQLQ 1R LQNHLQNot HeldLQLQLQLQLQ 1R NRTournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not HeldNRLQLQ 1R Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held 1R Tournament Not Held
World Open [nb 14] LQLQ 2R LQLQLQLQLQ 3R 1R 1R 1R LQ 2R LQLQ 2R LQ 1R 2R 2R 1R LQNH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Scottish Masters AAAAAAAALQAAATournament Not Held
Scottish Professional Championship Tournament Not Held 1R Tournament Not Held
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
DQdisqualified from the tournament
NH / Not Heldevent was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans 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

Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2010 Rhein-Main Masters Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Liang Wenbo 4–0

Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1. 1990 Kent Cup Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Tom Finstad4–1
Runner-up1. 1991 Kent Cup Ulster Banner.svg Joe Swail 0–5

Pro-am finals: 1

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up1.2008Scottish Open Snooker Championship Flag of Scotland.svg John Higgins 4−5 [20]

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.1989Scottish Amateur Championship Flag of Scotland.svg Mark Cadenhead9–6

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