Rory McLeod (snooker player)

Rory McLeod ( born March 26, 1971 in Wellingborough ) is an English snooker player with Jamaican roots.

Career

Between 1991 and 2001 he was first on the Challenge Tour on the road before he was able to qualify in the season 2001/ 02 for the Snooker Main Tour. His best results on the main tour have since been five ranking tournaments where he made ​​it to the round of 32 players.

Through victory over Andy Hicks and Ian McCulloch, he qualified for the World Snooker Championship 2009, which he is the first black player, who succeeded a qualification for the Snooker World Championship. Although he was eliminated in the first round, he climbed in the world rankings and reached the end of the 2008/09 season with a 39th place his best position.

In August 2009, he reached the semi-finals after all the high-class occupied Paul Hunter Classic in Fürth and retired there just barely against the defending champion of 2008, Shaun Murphy from. In the 2009/10 season, he was also the first time for the most important after the World Cup tournament in the main tour, qualify the Snooker Masters by secured the only free place in a qualifying tournament for five rounds. However, the first round against Mark Williams was then terminus.

In Prague Classic 2010, he scored against Issara Kachaiwong the 76th official maximum break of snooker history.

In addition to his appearances on the professional tour Rory McLeod also coached the national team of Qatar.

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