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Matthew Couch

English snooker player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Matthew Couch (born 30 June 1974) is an English former professional snooker player.

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Career

During a professional career lasting from 1992 to 2012, Couch had little success in ranking events, although he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in 1998,[1] and he made his highest break of 141 in 2002. He returned to the Main Tour for the 2008–09 season, and produced a fine run in the World Championship qualifiers, including a 10–3 victory over former world champion John Parrott.[2] In October 2010, Couch had one of his best results to date, reaching the final of the Brugge Open, where he lost 2–4 against another former world champion Shaun Murphy.[3] He dropped off the snooker tour at the end of the 2011–12 season.

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Personal life

Couch is also an official World Snooker coach,[4] and currently resides in Scunthorpe.

Performance and rankings timeline

More information Tournament, 1992/93 ...
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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. From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. He was an amateur.
  4. The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995–1995/1996) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)
  5. The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
  6. The event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001, 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  7. The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)
  8. The event was called the Dubai Classic (1992/1993-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  9. The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)
  10. The event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  11. The event was called the European Open (1992/1993-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)
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Career finals

Minor-ranking finals: 1

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Non-ranking finals: 4 (1 title)

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Pro-am finals: 14 (7 titles)

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Team finals: 1

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