Shawn Budd

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Shawn Budd
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Born (1974-03-02) 2 March 1974 (age 51)
NSW, Australia
Sport countryFlag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Professional1992–1996, 1998/99

Shawn Budd (born 2 March 1974 in Sydney, Australia), is an Australian former snooker player and pool player that has won major snooker and pool tournaments in Australia, New Zealand, England and America. He is the only Australian snooker player ever to win the Australian Open Snooker, Australian National Snooker, Australian 9-ball and 8-ball titles. Also he has won the Oceania Snooker championships and was runner up in the Oceania Billiards Championship in the same year. [1] In 2002 he was a quarter finalist in the IBSF World Billiards Championships (50 up). In 1994 he won the Valley National Open 8-ball tournament in Las Vegas (over 5000 entries) and in 2001 he won the Masters 8-ball event. The event is now called the World Pool Championships.

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Life

Budd grew up in the Sydney suburb of Coogee. His grandfather, from Liverpool, England, first taught Shawn how to play snooker.

He attended Marcellin College Randwick.

Budd's cousin is actor/director Michael Budd.

Career

Early career

Turned professional in 1992.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1992/
93
1993/
94
1994/
95
1995/
96
1998/
99
Ranking [nb 1] [nb 2] 423 348 457 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Grand Prix LQLQAALQ
UK Championship LQLQAALQ
Irish Open [nb 3] LQLQAALQ
Welsh Open LQLQAALQ
Scottish Open [nb 4] LQLQAALQ
Thailand Masters [nb 5] LQLQAALQ
China International Tournament Not HeldLQ
British Open LQLQAALQ
World Championship LQALQALQ
Former ranking tournaments
Thailand Classic [nb 6] LQLQAANH
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 Eventevent is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 1 2 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  3. The event was called the European Open (1992/1993–1995/1996)
  4. The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1995/1996)
  5. The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1995/1996)
  6. The event was called the Dubai Classic (1992/1993–1994/1995)

1995/1999

2000/2005

2006/2016

References

  1. Barrie Jones (8 April 2012). "Australian Billiards & Snooker Council". Australian Billiards & Snooker Councils. Archived from the original on 17 March 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.