Martin O'Donnell (snooker player)

Martin O'Donnell ( born June 4, 1986) is an English snooker player from Harrow in London.

Career

To make the leap to the pros on the main tour took O'Donnell between 2005 and 2010 in all five seasons of the Pontin's International Open Series part. His best result at a single tournament he scored in the seventh tournament of the last DIOS - season 2009/10. He failed only in the semi-final against Justin Astley. In the same season, he also scored his best result of the season with the 25th place in the overall rankings.

In the season 2010/ 11, the Q School solved the DIOS - series from the qualifying tournament series for amateurs: O'Donnell failed twice in the 2011 quarter-finals later in the Q- School winner David Gilbert and once only in the final against Kurt Maflin. By winning the Snooker Backer Classic in February 2012 him the entry fee of Q- School - 2012 series was sponsored. In the very first tournament he won his group and thus received a two - year tour ticket for the 2012/13 and 2013/14 season.

Also, in tournaments the Players Tour Championship seasons 2010/11 and 2011/12 O'Donnell already tried with professional players of the Main Tour to measure. He could players like Shaun Murphy or Tom Ford beat, he never came across the round of last 64.

During the World Snooker Championship 2005 (his date only participate in this tournament ) he lost already in the Vorqualifikationsrunde the amateurs.