Terry Murphy (snooker player)

Terry Murphy (born 6 March 1972) is a Northern Irish former professional snooker player.^[1]

Terry Murphy

Born	(1972-03-06) 6 March 1972 (age 53) Derry, Northern Ireland
Sport country	Northern Ireland
Professional	1991–2005
Highest ranking	29 (1998/1999)
Best ranking finish	Quarter-final (x1)

Career

Murphy started playing the game on a reduced-size table his parents bought him in order to keep him off the streets of his native Derry while growing up, before he moved to The Midlands when he was a teenager.^[2] Murphy turned professional in 1991, and represented Northern Ireland at the World Cup in 1996, and also had his highest-ranking finish of a quarter-final in the 1997 Welsh Open.^[3] He reached a career high ranking of 29th in Snooker world rankings 1997/1998 and 1998/1999.^[4] He appeared in the 1998 World Championship where he lost 3–10 to Peter Ebdon. The following year he again reached the World Championship but was defeated 8–10 by John Parrott.^[1] He lost his full professional status in 2004, finishing 113rd in the rankings at a time when only the top 64 automatically retained their place on the main tour.^[5]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1991/ 92	1992/ 93	1993/ 94	1994/ 95	1995/ 96	1996/ 97	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2001/ 02	2002/ 03	2003/ 04	2004/ 05
Ranking[6]	[nb 1]	133	138	91	61	41	29	29	30	30	35	45	65	[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Grand Prix[nb 3]	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	2R	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
British Open	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	1R	2R	2R	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
UK Championship	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	3R	2R	3R	2R	1R	2R	LQ	LQ	A
Welsh Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	3R	QF	2R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
Malta Cup[nb 4]	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	WD	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ	A
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event											LQ	WD	A
China Open[nb 5]	Tournament Not Held						NR	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	Not Held		A
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic[nb 6]	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
German Masters[nb 7]	Tournament Not Held				LQ	LQ	LQ	NR	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held			Non-Ranking Event					LQ	NR	Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 8]	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	WD	1R	LQ	LQ	NR	Not Held
Scottish Open[nb 9]	NH	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Irish Professional Championship	LQ	A	Tournament Not Held

Performance table legend
LQ	lost in the qualifying draw	#R	lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)	QF	lost in the quarter-finals
SF	lost in the semi–finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament
DNQ	did not qualify for the tournament	A	did not participate in the tournament	WD	withdrew from the tournament

NH / Not Held				means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

1. New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.
2. He was not on the Main Tour.
3. The event ran under different names such as LG Cup (2001/2002 to 2003/2004).
4. The event ran under different names such as European Open (1991/1992 to 1996/1997 and 2001/2002 to 2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999).
5. The event ran under different names as China International (1997/1998 and 1998/1999)
6. The event run under different names such as Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and Asian Classic (1996/1997)
7. The event ran under different name as German Open (1995/1996 to 1997/1998).
8. The event ran under different names such as Asian Open (1991/1992 to 1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994 to 1996/1997).
9. The event ran under different names such as International Open (1991/1992 to 1996/1997) and Players Championship (2003/2004).