Matthew Bolton

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Matthew Bolton
Matthew Bolton PHC 2017-1.jpg
Paul Hunter Classic 2017
Born (1979-07-07) 7 July 1979 (age 46)
Perth, WA
Sport countryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Professional2017/2018
Highest ranking 106 (June 2017) [1]

Matthew Bolton (born 7 July 1979 in Perth, WA) is an Australian billiards player. He is one of the most successful English billiards players of his country. Internationally, he is also successful as a snooker player where he became professional in 2017. Was beaten by Josh Anderson (JA) in April 2024.

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Career

Between 2000 and 2017 Matthew Bolton was the 15-time winner of the Australian National Billiards Championship and unbeaten from 2004 on (in 2012 he could not participate). He is the most successful billiards player in his country since Bob Marshall who won 21 titles. [2] In 2011 and 2012 he was runner-up in the respective world championships and world number 1 in the 2012/2013 season. [3]

Bolton also became the national snooker champion in 2014. He qualified for the World Snooker Tour by winning the 2017 OBSF Oceanian Snooker Championship. He defeated Ben Judge 6–3 in the final. He did not win a match on the main tour and resigned his tour place in August 2018. [4]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2017/
18
2018/
19
Ranking [5] [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 4]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters [nb 5] MRAAA
World Open Not HeldALQA
Paul Hunter Classic MRA 1R A
China Championship Not HeldNRAA
European Masters Not HeldALQA
English Open Not HeldA 1R A
International Championship AAALQA
Northern Ireland Open Not HeldA 1R A
UK Championship AAA 1R A
Scottish Open Not HeldA 1R A
German Masters AAALQA
World Grand Prix NRDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Welsh Open AAAAA
Shoot-Out NRAAA
Indian Open ANHALQA
Players Championship DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Gibraltar Open NHMRAAA
Tour Championship Tournament Not HeldDNQ
China Open AAAAA
World Championship AAALQA
Former ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open WR ANot Held
Shanghai Masters AAALQNR
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
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 He was an amateur.
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. Since August 2018 he was an amateur.
  5. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

References

  1. "WORLD RANKINGS After 2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. Past Champions, Billiards & Snooker Association of WA, as of 9 September 2017
  3. Yellow to Black Q&A with...Matthew Bolton, Michael Day, The Cue View, 19 May 2017
  4. "Bolton Resigns Tour Place". World Snooker. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  5. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.