Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire ( born March 13, 1981 in Glasgow ) is a Scottish snooker player.

  • 3.1 victories in ranking tournaments
  • 3.2 victories in minor ranking tournaments
  • 3.3 Other
  • 4.1 Minor ranking tournaments

Career

1998-2004

His professional debut Maguire in 1998. Among his first major successes include victories in the IBSF World Championship in 2000 and 2004, the Ranking Tournament European Open in Malta. However, his first greatest success was winning the 2004 UK Championship in York. He moved in the season 2004/ 05 to No. 3 in the world rankings.

2005-2007

After a disappointing 2005/06 season he dropped back to 9. Another tournament win then he managed the end of 2007 at the Northern Ireland Trophy. In the following UK Championship he again reached the final, but was beaten with 3:10 Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Season 2007/ 08

On 29 March 2008, he received the semifinals of the China Open scored his second maximum break. He then secured with a 10:9 victory over Shaun Murphy also win the tournament. He was the second most successful player of the season 2007/ 08 behind O'Sullivan. The Scot was at the start of the following season for the first time in his career No. 2 in the official world rankings.

Season 2010

In spring 2010, the British police was investigating him on suspicion of match-fixing. To his game in December 2008 against Jamie Burnett ( against him was also determined ), there was an unusually high number of bets on the result actually that have been made ( 9:3 for Maguire ). Maguire and Burnett denied the allegations, in August 2010, the charges were eventually dropped.

Season 2011/12

As the number 8 in the world rankings, he switched early in the season in the first round of the Wuxi Classic Liang Wenbo 5-2 the Chinese made ​​, but then lost in the quarterfinals with almost 4:5 against Ding Junhui. The first major tournament of the season, the Australian Goldfields Open, he lost his first round match against Ken Doherty with 2:5. Even in the subsequent Shanghai Masters, he came against Anthony Hamilton ( 4:5 ) does not go beyond the opening round.

When PTC Event 2, he retired in the second round with 2:4 against John Higgins. In the quarterfinals of the third event he was beaten with 1:4 end of August Stephen Lee. When PTC Event # 5, he lost in the first round with 2:4 against veteran Peter Ebdon. When Warsaw Classic Maguire was the last sixteen and retired there against Neil Robertson almost 3:4 from. In a PTC tournament he lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan. In the first update of the world rankings on October 3, he slipped one place backwards.

Its rather regular shape, he confirmed with a 2:4 defeat by standing at 83 Thais Dechawat Poomjaeng of Alex Higgins Trophy in round 5 In the UK Championship later tournament winner Judd Trump defeated him in the quarterfinals 6-3, after Maguire in the second round still the reigning world champion John Higgins 6-4 had been able to defeat. He won early 2012 the FFB Snooker Open, 2012. Having good performance in German Masters 2012 in Berlin, he met in the finals to Ronnie O'Sullivan, against whom he drew the short straw with 7:9.

Thanks to its improved performance he could climb back into the world rankings one place up after the cut -off point 3. At the beginning of February in Haikou, China held World Open he lost in the first round to the surprise player of the tournament, Robert Milkins, with 3:5. In the PTC Grand Finals in Galway, Ireland, he managed according to victories over Mark Davis and Ricky Walden jump into the semi-finals but had to suffer a 0-4 defeat against Neil Robertson. At the China Open in Beijing, he then reached the final, where he failed with just 9:10 to Peter Ebdon.

Maguire reached the semifinals of World Snooker Championship 2012, where he had to give up Ali Carter struck with 12:17.

2012/13 season

In July 2012, he won the first tournament of the PTC series in the United Kingdom with a 4-3 final victory over Jack Lisowski. In August 2012, Maguire reached the finals of the Players Tour Championship 2012/13 - Event 2, but had to admit defeat Martin Gould with 3:4. In February 2013 he defeated in the final of the Welsh Open Stuart Bingham 9-8, he won the first time since March 2008 again a title at a world ranking tournament.

Personal

Stephen Maguire has a son ( Finn, * November 2006) and a daughter ( Faith ). Since he can get a medical certificate ( Kehlkopf-/Schilddrüsenerkrankung ), he is exempt from wearing a bow tie (after the dress code for Snooker Players obligation).

Achievements

Victories in ranking tournaments

  • European Open - 2004
  • UK Championship - 2004
  • Northern Ireland Trophy - 2007
  • China Open - 2008
  • Welsh Open - 2013

Victories in minor ranking tournaments

  • FFB Snooker Open 2012
  • Players Tour Championship 2012/13 - Event 1

Other

  • IBSF World Amateur Championship 2000
  • Pro Challenge Series - Event 1 2009

Finals

Maguire was in world ranking tournaments in ten finals, of which he won five.

Minor ranking tournaments

At 5 finals Maguire get 2 wins.

Snooker world rankings Snooker season 2008/2009 Snooker season 2009/2010 2012 German Masters Snooker season 2004/2005 Snooker season 2005/2006 Shaun Murphy (snooker player) Snooker season 2007/2008 2011 Wuxi Classic 2011 Australian Goldfields Open 2011 Shanghai Masters Anthony Hamilton (snooker player) John Higgins (snooker player) Neil Robertson (snooker player) Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 7 Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 8 2011 UK Championship (snooker) 2012 World Open (snooker) Mark Davis (snooker player) 2012 China Open (snooker) 2013 German Masters 2013 Welsh Open (snooker) Jimmy White David Gray (snooker player) 2011 Welsh Open (snooker) Mark Williams (snooker player) Joe Perry (snooker player)
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