Terry Murphy (snooker player)

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Terry Murphy
Born (1972-03-06) 6 March 1972 (age 51)
Derry, Northern Ireland
Sport countryUlster Banner.svg  Northern Ireland
Professional1991–2005
Highest ranking 29 (1998/1999)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (x1)

Terry Murphy (born 6 March 1972) is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player. [1]

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Career

Murphy started playing the game on a reduced-size table his parents bought him in order to keep him off the streets of his native Derry while growing up, before he moved to The Midlands when he was a teenager. [2] Murphy turned professional in 1991, and represented Northern Ireland at the World Cup in 1996, and also had his highest-ranking finish of a quarter-final in the 1997 Welsh Open. [3] He reached a career high ranking of 29th in Snooker world rankings 1997/1998 and 1998/1999. [4] He appeared in the 1998 World Championship where he lost 3–10 to Peter Ebdon. The following year he again reached the World Championship but was defeated 8–10 by John Parrott. [1] He lost his full professional status in 2004, finishing 113rd in the rankings at a time when only the top 64 automatically retained their place on the main tour. [5]

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
Ranking [6] [nb 1] 133 138 91 61 41 29 29 30 30 35 45 65 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Grand Prix [nb 3] LQLQ 1R 1R LQLQ 2R 1R 2R 3R LQLQLQA
British Open 1R LQLQ 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R LQLQLQA
UK Championship LQLQ 2R LQLQ 3R 2R 3R 2R 1R 2R LQLQA
Welsh Open LQLQLQ 1R 3R QF 2R 1R 1R LQLQLQLQA
Malta Cup [nb 4] LQLQ 1R LQLQLQNHWDNot HeldLQLQLQA
Irish Masters Non-Ranking EventLQWDA
China Open [nb 5] Tournament Not HeldNRLQ 1R LQLQNot HeldA
World Championship LQLQLQLQLQLQ 1R 1R LQLQLQLQLQLQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQA
Former ranking tournaments
Classic LQTournament Not Held
Strachan Open LQTournament Not Held
Dubai Classic [nb 6] LQLQ 2R LQLQLQTournament Not Held
German Masters [nb 7] Tournament Not HeldLQLQLQNRTournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not HeldNon-Ranking EventLQNRTournament Not Held
Thailand Masters [nb 8] LQLQLQLQ 1R LQLQWD 1R LQLQNRNot Held
Scottish Open [nb 9] NHLQLQ 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R LQLQLQNH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Irish Professional Championship LQATournament 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
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. ↑ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.
  2. ↑ He was not on the Main Tour.
  3. ↑ The event ran under different names such as LG Cup (2001/2002 to 2003/2004).
  4. ↑ The event ran under different names such as European Open (1991/1992 to 1996/1997 and 2001/2002 to 2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999).
  5. ↑ The event ran under different names as China International (1997/1998 and 1998/1999)
  6. ↑ The event run under different names such as Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and Asian Classic (1996/1997)
  7. ↑ The event ran under different name as German Open (1995/1996 to 1997/1998).
  8. ↑ The event ran under different names such as Asian Open (1991/1992 to 1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994 to 1996/1997).
  9. ↑ The event ran under different names such as International Open (1991/1992 to 1996/1997) and Players Championship (2003/2004).

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