Adam Duffy

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Adam Duffy
Born (1989-03-30) 30 March 1989 (age 35)
Sheffield
Sport country  England
Professional 2011–2014, 2016–
Highest ranking 58 (June–August 2013)[1][2][3]
Career winnings £53,717[4]
Highest break 139 (2012 China Open Qualifying)
Century breaks 28[4]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2015 Indian Open)

Adam Duffy (born 30 March 1989)[5] is an English professional snooker player.

Duffy qualified for the 2011/2012 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final Q School event.[6]

Career

Debut season

As a new player on the tour Duffy would need to win four qualifying matches to reach the main stage of the ranking event tournaments. He came closest to doing this in the sixth event of the year, the Welsh Open, where he received a bye through round one and then beat James Wattana and Jack Lisowski, before being whitewashed 0–4 by former world champion Peter Ebdon in the final qualifying round.[7] He also reached the last 16 of Event 2 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship series, which included a 4–0 victory over world number one Mark Selby.[8] Duffy finished his first year as a professional ranked world number 62, inside the top 64 who guarantee their places for the 2012/2013 season. He was the second highest ranked of all the new players on the tour, after China's Yu Delu who was number 58.[9]

2012/2013 season

Duffy had a poor 2012/2013 season as he lost his first six games and only won a total of four matches in ranking event qualifiers and two matches in Players Tour Championship tournaments.[10] He finished a lowly 108th on the PTC Order of Merit, but did end the season ranked world number 60, his highest ranking to date.[11][12]

2013/2014 season

In his opening match, Duffy defeated Tony Drago 5–2 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China, but lost 5–3 to Lu Ning in the wildcard round. At the UK Championship Duffy beat Barry Pinches in a deciding frame to face reigning world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the second round.[13] He led twice before the interval but went on to lose 6–3.[14] His results during the year meant that he dropped 31 places to world number 91 in the rankings to drop off the tour, with Duffy entering Q School in an attempt to win his place back.[15] He came within two victories of doing so in the second event, but lost 4–3 to Lee Walker.[13]

2014/2015 season

Duffy entered all the European Tour events during the season, and thanks to his high Q School ranking he was able to enter a number of ranking tournaments as well. At the Paul Hunter Classic, Duffy overcame Ryan Day and Gerard Greene both 4–3, before losing 4–0 to Fergal O'Brien in the last 32. He qualified for the Indian Open by beating Jack Lisowski 4–2 and then edged out Gary Wilson 4–3 to play Judd Trump in the second round.[16] Duffy came from 3–1 down to level at 3–3, but would lose the deciding frame to the world number six in a three-hour match.[17] However, the display seemed to give him confidence heading into the World Championship as he defeated Martin Gould 10–6 and won seven of the last eight frames to beat Sam Baird 10–7.[18][19] Duffy played Jamie Jones in an attempt to become the first player from Sheffield to play at the Crucible, but was narrowly beaten 10–8. Duffy felt he had run out of steam during the match against an opponent who had been playing in tournaments all year, while Duffy had his playing opportunities limited due to his amateur status.[20] In the first event of Q School, Duffy reached the final round and made breaks of 107, 93 and 70 against Eden Sharav but lost 4–3.[21]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2012/
13		 2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16
Ranking[22][nb 1] UR UR[nb 2] 62 60 91[nb 3] UR
Ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open NH LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters A LQ LQ LQ A LQ
International Championship Not Held LQ 1R A LQ
UK Championship A LQ LQ 2R A 2R
German Masters A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open A LQ LQ 1R A 1R
World Grand Prix[nb 4] A LQ LQ LQ NR
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 5] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A LQ LQ LQ LQ
World Championship A LQ LQ LQ LQ
Variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out A A 1R 1R A A
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking LQ WR LQ NH
Indian Open Not Held LQ 2R NH
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. ↑ 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 World Open (2010/2011) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

References

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