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Matthew Couch

Matthew Couch

English snooker player

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

Quick Facts Born, Sport country ...

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.

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 ...
More information Performance table legend ...
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. [N 1]
    From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. [N 2]
    New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. [N 3]
    He was an amateur.
  4. [N 4]
    The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995–1995/1996) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)
  5. [N 5]
    The event was called the German Open (1995/1996-1997/1998)
  6. [N 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. [N 7]
    The event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)
  8. [N 8]
    The event was called the Dubai Classic (1992/1993-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  9. [N 9]
    The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)
  10. [N 10]
    The event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  11. [N 11]
    The event was called the European Open (1992/1993-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)

Career finals

Minor-ranking finals: 1

Outcome Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 2010 EPTC Event 2 England Shaun Murphy 2–4

Non-ranking finals: 4 (1 title)

Outcome Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1995 WPBSA Minor Tour – Event 4 England Colin Morton 5–6
Runner-up 1999 UK Tour - Event 3 England Stuart Bingham 1–6
Winner 2002 WPBSA Open Tour - Event 4 England Munraj Pal 5–3
Runner-up 2005 Challenge Tour - Event 4 England Jamie Cope 0–6

Pro-am finals: 14 (7 titles)

Outcome Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1996 Marseille International Open Scotland Graeme Dott 5–4[6]
Winner 1996 Pontins Autumn Open England Gary Ponting 5–4
Runner-up 1997 Austrian Open Scotland Graeme Dott 6–7
Runner-up 1997 Pontins Autumn Open Scotland James McGouran 3–5
Winner 1998 Pontins Autumn Open (2) England Brian Salmon 5–1
Winner 1999 Hannover International Masters England Shaun Murphy 6–5[7]
Runner-up 2000 Austrian Open (2) Finland Robin Hull 1–5
Winner 2006 Austrian Open Germany Patrick Einsle 6–2
Winner 2006 Swiss Open England Dave Harold 4–3[8]
Winner 2007 Paul Hunter English Open Australia Neil Robertson 6–5[9]
Runner-up 2009 Pontins Spring Open England Stuart Bingham 1–5
Runner-up 2009 Dutch Open Belgium Bjorn Haneveer 3–6
Runner-up 2010 3 Kings Open Wales Dominic Dale 1–5
Runner-up 2012 Austrian Open (3) Wales Mark Williams 5–6

Team finals: 1

Outcome Year Championship Team/partner Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 2006 World Mixed Doubles Championship England Sonia Chapman Northern Ireland Mark Allen
England Reanne Evans		 0–3[10]

References

  1. [1]
    "Finn fights back to win on black". The Independent. 7 January 1999. Archived from the original on 12 May 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  2. [2]
    "Couch ends Parrott's Crucible bid". BBC News. 4 March 2009. Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  3. [3]
    "Glory for Murphy in Belgium". Yahoo! Sports. 3 October 2010. Retrieved 8 October 2010.
  4. [4]
    "WWW Snooker: China International 1999 (March)". Retrieved 3 February 2010.
  5. [5]
    "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  6. [6]
    "Matt takes Marseille title". Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 3 June 1996. p. 28.
  7. [7]
    "Karl and Sean Open accounts". Grimsby Daily Telegraph. 9 September 1999. p. 36.
  8. [8]
    "BUSY MONTH". snookerscene.blogspot.com. 13 November 2006. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
  9. [9]
    "Other Non-Ranking and Invitation Events". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  10. [10]
    "Hard labour for Evans to retain title". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
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