Ben Judge

Australian snooker player

Ben JudgeBorn|  (1983-09-18) 18 September 1983 (age 40)
Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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Sport country|  Australia
Professional| 2012/2013
Highest ranking| 83 (July 2012)[1]

Ben Judge (born 18 September 1983) is a former Australian professional snooker player, from Perth.[2]

## Snooker career[edit]

Judge, as an amateur played in a pre-qualifying match for the 2000 World Snooker Championship losing 5–3 to Atthasit Mahitthi.[3] In 2011, Judge attempted the qualify for the World Snooker Tour via the Q School but was unsuccessful.[4] A year later, Judge won a place on the professional tour for the 2012–13 and 2013–14 seasons after winning the 2012 Oceania Championship, 6–2 over James Mifsud.[4][2] He had two wins, one against Sam Baird in the Last 96 stage of the 2012 Shanghai Masters qualifiers and the other against Alan McManus in the 2012 Gdynia Open Last 128 stage.[4] He last played in the qualifiers for the 2013 German Masters in November 2012[4] and resigned from the tour in November 2013.[5]

Judge won two group matches at the 2014 Six-red World Championship to qualify for the last 32, where Stephen Maguire beat him 6–4.[6] He was eliminated in the group stage a year later and was defeated in the wildcard of the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open by Matthew Selt.[7]

## Performance and rankings timeline[edit]

Tournament  | 1999/
00 | 2012/
13 | 2014/

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Ranking[8][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | [nb 2]
Ranking Tournaments
Wuxi Classic | NH  | LQ  | A
Australian Goldfields Open | NH  | LQ  | A
Shanghai Masters | NH  | LQ  | A
International Championship | NH  | LQ  | A
UK Championship | A  | LQ  | A
German Masters | NH  | LQ  | A
Players Tour Championship Finals | NH  | DNQ  | A
World Championship | LQ  | A  | A
Non-Ranking Tournaments
Six-red World Championship | NH  | RR | 2R
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.

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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. ^ a b He was an amateur.
3. ^ New players don't have a ranking.

## Notes[edit]

A. ^ Judge resigned from the tour in November 2013, halfway through the 2013–14 season.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "World Rankings after 2012 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 September 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
2. ^ a b "Ben Judge". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
3. ^ "Ben Judge - Season 1999/2000". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Archived from the original on 19 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
4. ^ a b c d "Ben Judge". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
5. ^ a b "Updated World Rankings". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2014.
6. ^ "Ben Judge 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
7. ^ "Ben Judge 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
8. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

## External links[edit]

* Cue sports portal

* Profile at World Snooker at the Wayback Machine (archived 19 August 2014)
* Ben Judge at snooker.org

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