Alain Robidoux

Alain Robidoux ( born July 25, 1960 in Saint- Jérôme ) is a Canadian snooker player.

His best season was 1996/97 when he reached the final of the German Open 1996 and against Ronnie O'Sullivan lost 7:9. In the 1997/98 season he had with 9th place his highest placing in the Snooker world rankings.

Career

Mid-year 1988, Alain Robidoux professional. In the qualifying tournament for the World Snooker Championship his opponents withdrew in the first and second round and he reached the third round without a fight. Although he was eliminated in the third round, he received enough world ranking points for the 1988/89 season 102 for the tour to be allowed.

His first full season began very successfully. He won the title at the Canadian Open and in qualifying for the European Open in Blackpool him a maximum succeeded Break. He reached the semifinals of the Grand Prix in Reading and the second round at the European Open. That put him at No. 35 in the world rankings.

In the following season he reached at the BCE International semi-final, in two other tournaments the last sixteen and four tournaments the Round of 32 he was allowed to participate for the first time at the Crucible Theatre at the Snooker World Championships and climbed into the Snooker world rankings at No. 17.

In the 1990/91 season, he reached the quarterfinals at the British Open and the second round of the World Cup. He climbed through her success at No. 13 in the world rankings. With three other quarterfinals in the 1991/92 season he cemented his rank.

However, in the season 1992/93 he lost his first match in six of nine ranking tournaments. This led to a deterioration in its ranking placement at number 18 The next season was miserable and he slipped out of the top 32 in the world rankings.

Alain Robidoux came after good finishes and a semi-final at the International Open in the season 1994/95 back to # 14 in the rankings. He came into the final of the German Open, which he lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan and reached both the Grand Prix and in the UK Championship quarter-final. At the end of the season he achieved his best ranking placement with 9th place in the world rankings. He was Trick Shot World Champions 1996 in South Africa. In 1997, he reached the semifinals, where he lost to eventual champions Ken Doherty at the World Cup.

Then there was again a miserable season. When a repair is game queue has been destroyed and Alain Robidoux won this season not a single match. He fell in the rankings back to number 36. The following year, his losing streak continued and he fell in the rankings of the season 1999/2000 season to position 49 He tried a new beginning, but his achievements were modest. He fell in the rankings to number 78 from. Pretty frustrated he finished in 2002 his snooker career.

Alain Robidoux is now mainly active in snooker trick shot Circuit. In his snooker career he reached the end of the 2001/02 season prize money of £ 662,744.

Anecdotes

  • In the 1996 World Cup Alain Robidoux played against Ronnie O'Sullivan. During the match, O'Sullivan moved from the right to left hand and won safely. Robidoux took that as an insult and refused after match end the usual handshake. Then said O'Sullivan, who dominates the double-handed game to perfection and can therefore often avoid the use of an auxiliary queues, in an interview that for Robidoux 's left hand would be enough.
  • When Alain Robidoux wanted to repair his from a Canadian craftsman built Queue with him in 1997, he discovered a logo of the English Billiards Product - producer Riley on the queue and then shattered this in many items. After that it was no longer possible Alain Robidoux, keep up with the snooker elite and so he ended his career in 2002 frustrated.
  • Snooker Player (Canada)
  • Born in 1960
  • Man
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