Michael Judge
Born (1975-06-12) 12 June 1975
Dublin, Ireland
Sport country Ireland
Professional1992–2011, 2021–2023
Highest ranking24 (2002/03)
Best ranking finishSemi-final (x1)

Michael Judge (born 12 June 1975 in Dublin) is a former professional snooker player from the Republic of Ireland. His best performance in a ranking event came in the 2004 Grand Prix, where he reached the semi-finals,[1] and he reached his highest ranking, 24th, for the 2002–03 season.

Career

Judge qualified for the World Championship three times, his best performance coming in the 2001 tournament, after knocking Jimmy White out in qualifying[2] and John Parrott in the first round,[3] before being knocked out by fellow Dubliner Ken Doherty.[4] He lost to eventual champion Peter Ebdon in the first round a year later.[5] He has lost in the final qualifying round on seven occasions, a record.

In 2006–07 he had something of a return to form, climbing 10 places in the rankings to 34th, after five successive falls from his career high of 24th, aided by a last 16 run in the Welsh Open. He then reached the last 16 of the Grand Prix early in the 2007–08 season,[6] and repeated this at the Welsh Open in Newport, by beating Nigel Bond and Graeme Dott, both 5–4, before succumbing to a 5–2 defeat by Stephen Lee. He did enough in the rest of the season to return to the top 32 of the rankings. However, he slipped straight back out the following season after two last sixteen runs were tempered by six first round defeats.[7] In January 2010 he qualified for the Welsh Open, losing to John Higgins in the first round proper.[8] He quit after the following season but returned to the sport a year later and would go on to win the Irish Amateur Championship in 2013 beating Robert Redmond 8–5 in the final.[9] He won it again in 2018 and entered the 2018 Q School in a bid to win back his place on the professional snooker tour.[10] He reached the fifth round in events 2 and 3 but failed to regain a place on the main tour.[11]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 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		 2005/
06		 2006/
07		 2007/
08		 2008/
09		 2009/
10		 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2018/
19		 2021/
22		 2022/
23
Ranking[12][nb 1] [nb 2] 262 171 100 71 56 58 67 46 28 24 37 42 43 43 34 30 36 52 [nb 3] [nb 3] [nb 4] 87
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event RR 2R
European Masters[nb 5] LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ NH LQ Not Held 2R LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R NR Tournament Not Held A LQ 1R
British Open LQ LQ 1R LQ QF 1R 2R 1R LQ 1R 2R 2R LQ Tournament Not Held 1R LQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held A LQ LQ
UK Championship LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R 3R 2R 1R LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ A A 1R LQ
Scottish Open[nb 6] LQ LQ LQ 2R 1R 1R LQ LQ 1R 3R 1R LQ Tournament Not Held A 1R LQ
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R LQ LQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
Shoot Out Tournament Not Held Non-Rank 1R 1R 1R
German Masters[nb 7] Not Held LQ LQ LQ NR Tournament Not Held WD A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ 3R 3R 2R 1R LQ A A LQ LQ
Players Championship[nb 8] Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ LQ A A A A A A A
Six-red World Championship[nb 9] Tournament Not Held A A A NH A NH LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Dubai Classic[nb 10] LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not Held Non-Ranking Event LQ NR Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 11] LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 2R LQ NR Not Held NR Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event LQ LQ 2R NH NR Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held NR 1R 1R 1R Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held 2R Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held WR LQ LQ LQ A NR Not Held
Riga Masters Tournament Not Held LQ Not Held
World Open[nb 12] LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R 1R LQ 1R 2R 1R SF 2R RR 1R LQ LQ LQ A A Not Held
China Open[nb 13] Tournament Not Held NR LQ LQ LQ LQ Not Held LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A A Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not Held LQ NH
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held A WD NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Irish Open Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Irish Classic Tournament Not Held QF QF SF F A Not Held
Shoot Out Tournament Not Held 1R A Ranking Event
NH / Not Heldevent was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a 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. 1 2 He was an amateur
  4. ↑ Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points
  5. ↑ The event was called the European Open (1992/1993–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004), the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
  6. ↑ The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  7. ↑ The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  8. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2011/2012)
  9. ↑ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)
  10. ↑ The event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)
  11. ↑ The event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
  12. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  13. ↑ The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 4 (2 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2006 Irish Professional Championship Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 4–9
Runner-up 1. 2010 Irish Classic Republic of Ireland Fergal O'Brien 1–5
Winner 1. 2019 Seniors Irish Masters Qualifying Event England Rory McLeod 4–1
Winner 2. 2019 UK Seniors Championship England Jimmy White 4–2

Amateur finals: 5 (2 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2013 Irish Amateur Championship Republic of Ireland Robert Redmond 8–5
Runner-up 1. 2013 IBSF World 6-Reds Snooker Championship Wales Duane Jones 4–6
Runner-up 2. 2014 Irish Amateur Championship Republic of Ireland Martin McCrudden 3–7
Runner-up 3. 2017 European Snooker Open Wales Darren Morgan 1–4
Winner 2. 2018 Irish Amateur Championship (2) Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins 6–5

References

  1. ↑ "Totesport Grand Prix 2004". www.snooker.org.
  2. ↑ Dee, John. "Snooker: Judge threat to Parrott". The Daily Telegraph.
  3. ↑ "Judge sends Parrott down".
  4. ↑ "Ken battles for victory over Judge". Archived from the original on 13 October 2009.
  5. ↑ "Snooker: Judge out of World Championships". 22 April 2002.
  6. ↑ "Rocket ends Judge's Aberdeen run". RTÉ.ie. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011.
  7. ↑ "Player profile at World Snooker website". Archived from the original on 13 October 2009.
  8. ↑ "Higgins rules over Judge". Sky Sports.
  9. ↑ Caulfield, David (27 May 2013). "Irish Scene: Judge Wins National Championship". snookerhq.com.
  10. ↑ "Michael Judge Wins Irish National Championship". 14 May 2018.
  11. ↑ "Michael Judge". www.snooker.org.
  12. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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