Michael Judge

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Template other Michael Judge (born 12 June 1975 in Dublin) is a former professional snooker player from Ireland. His best performance in a ranking event came in the 2004 Grand Prix, where he reached the semi-finals, 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 and John Parrott in the first round, before being knocked out by fellow Dubliner Ken Doherty. He lost to eventual champion Peter Ebdon in the first round a year later.

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, 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. In January 2010 he qualified for the Welsh Open, losing to John Higgins in the first round proper. 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. 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. He reached the fifth round in events 2 and 3 but failed to regain a place on the main tour.

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		262	171	100	71	56	58	67	46	28	24	37	42	43	43	34	30	36	52				87
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Tournament Not Held															Non-Ranking Event						RR	2R
European Masters	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	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	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	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	Tournament Not Held																A	A	A	NH	A	NH	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Dubai Classic	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held		Non-Ranking Event					LQ	NR	Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters	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	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	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 Held				event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				event is/was a ranking event.

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 4 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2006	Irish Professional Championship	Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	4–9
Runner-up	1.	2010	Irish Classic	Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	1–5
Winner	1.	2019	Seniors Irish Masters Qualifying Event	Template:Flagicon Rory McLeod	4–1
Winner	2.	2019	UK Seniors Championship	Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	4–2

Amateur finals: 5 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2013	Irish Amateur Championship	Template:Flagicon Template:Sort	8–5
Runner-up	1.	2013	IBSF World 6-Reds Snooker Championship	Template:Flagicon Duane Jones	4–6
Runner-up	2.	2014	Irish Amateur Championship	Template:Flagicon Template:Sort	3–7
Runner-up	3.	2017	European Snooker Open	Template:Flagicon Darren Morgan	1–4
Winner	2.	2018	Irish Amateur Championship (2)	Template:Flagicon Rodney Goggins	6–5

External links

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