Adam Duffy

Adam Duffy
Paul Hunter Classic 2016
Born (1989-03-30) 30 March 1989 (age 35)
Sheffield, England
Sport country England
Professional2011–2014, 2016–2018, 2022–2024
Highest ranking56 (June–August 2013)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (x1)

Adam Duffy (born 30 March 1989)[1] is an English former professional snooker player.

Duffy qualified for the 2011–12 professional Main Tour as one of four semi-finalists from the third and final 2011 Q School event.[2]

Career

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Debut season

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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.[3] 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.[4] Duffy finished his first year as a professional ranked world number 62, inside the top 64 who guarantee their places for the 2012–13 season. He was the second highest ranked of all the new players on the tour, after China's Yu Delu who was number 58.[5]

2012/2013 season

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Duffy had a poor 2012–13 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.[6] 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.[7][8]

2013/2014 season

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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.[9] He led twice before the interval but went on to lose 6–3.[10] 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 the 2014 Q School in an attempt to win his place back.[11] He came within two victories of doing so in the second event, but lost 4–3 to Lee Walker.[9]

2014/2015 season

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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.[12] 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.[13] 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.[14][15] 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.[16] In the first event of 2015 Q School, Duffy reached the final round and made breaks of 107, 93 and 70 against Eden Sharav but lost 4–3.[17]

2015/2016 season

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In the first round of the 2015 UK Championship, Duffy pulled off a huge shock by eliminating world number nine and two-time winner of the event Ding Junhui 6–2. He credited the win to working hard on his game at the academy in Sheffield.[18] He forced a deciding frame against Joe Swail in the next round having been 5–3 down, but lost it.[19] He qualified for the China Open by beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–3, but would later withdraw from the event. Duffy lost in the final round of the EBSA Qualifying Tour Play-Offs to Sam Craigie, but by twice losing in the fifth round of the 2016 Q School he earned a two-year tour card via the Q School Order of Merit.[20][21]

2016/2017 season

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He played in the final qualifying round for the Shanghai Masters after winning three matches, but was edged out 5–4 by Robert Milkins. Duffy lost in the second round of both the Paul Hunter Classic and Northern Ireland Open 4–1 to Lee Walker and 4–3 to Peter Ebdon respectively. He was beaten in eight of his final nine matches of the season after this.[22]

2017/2018 Duffy had a very poor season. His best performance was reaching the last stage of the World Championship Qualifiers where he lost 10–2 to Xiao Guodong. There was controversy in the 2nd frame where the ref called a waistcoat foul when Duffy was reaching across to pot the brown. He only required the brown and blue to win the frame, however Guodong cleared up to take a 2–0 lead.

He dropped off the tour at the end of the 2017/18 season and entered the 2018 Q School to win back his tour place, but his best result was a loss in the final round of the second event to Craig Steadman.[23] He entered again in 2019.

Personal life

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Duffy works part-time as a builder for his father's firm.[18] He is a big fan of Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Performance and rankings timeline

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Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2015/
16 		2016/
17 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2019/
20 		2022/
23 		2023/
24
Ranking[24][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] 62 60 [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 86 [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 88
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR
European Masters Tournament Not Held LQ 1R 1R A LQ 1R
British Open Tournament Not Held LQ LQ
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R 1R 1R A LQ 1R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held LQ
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 2R 2R 1R A LQ LQ
International Championship Not Held LQ 1R A LQ LQ LQ A A NH LQ
UK Championship A LQ LQ 2R A 2R 1R 1R 1R A LQ LQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking Event 1R 1R 4R A 2R 1R
Scottish Open Not Held MR Tournament Not Held 1R 1R 1R A LQ LQ
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
German Masters A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A LQ LQ 1R A 1R 1R 1R 2R A LQ 2R
Players Championship[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Open A LQ LQ LQ Not Held LQ LQ LQ A NH WD
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic Non-Ranking LQ WR LQ Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open NH LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters A LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ 1R Non-Ranking NH NR
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 2R 1R A NR Not Held
Indian Open Tournament Not Held LQ 2R NH LQ WD LQ Tournament Not Held
China Open A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters[nb 5] Tournament Not Held Minor-Ranking 1R LQ LQ A Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not Held NR LQ A A Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR 1R 1R A LQ Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Shoot Out A A 1R 1R A A Ranking Event
Six-red World Championship A NH A A A A A A A A LQ 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. ^ a b c d e He was an amateur
  3. ^ a b c New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2015/2016)
  5. ^ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

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Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2012 Paul Hunter English Open England Craig Steadman 6–3

Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2019 Challenge Tour – Event 9 England Matthew Glasby 3–1
Winner 2. 2020 Challenge Tour – Event 10 England Kuldesh Johal 3–1
Runner-up 1. 2020 Challenge Tour – Playoffs England Allan Taylor 0–4

References

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  1. ^ "Official player profile of Adam Duffy". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. "Players Alphabetical" section. Archived from the original on 11 May 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  2. ^ "Brave Gilbert Comes Through Final Event". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 28 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Adam Duffy 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Order of Merit". WWW Snooker. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  5. ^ "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  6. ^ "Adam Duffy 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  7. ^ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 28 April 2013. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
  8. ^ "Official World Snooker Ranking List for the 2013/2014 Season" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 June 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  9. ^ a b "Adam Duffy 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  10. ^ "UK Championship: Ronnie O'Sullivan reaches third round". BBC Sport. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  11. ^ "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  12. ^ "Adam Duffy 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  13. ^ "Trump Wins Despite Duff Display". World Snooker. 12 March 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  14. ^ "Eckington potter Duffy advances in quest for Crucible qualification". The Star. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  15. ^ "Snooker: Adam Duffy one win away from making Crucible history in home city of Sheffield". The Star. Retrieved 20 April 2015.
  16. ^ "Snooker: Adam Duffy's Crucible dream wrecked by Jamie Jones". The Star. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
  17. ^ "Quartet Earn Tour Cards". World Snooker. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  18. ^ a b "Amateur Duffy Shocks Ding". World Snooker. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  19. ^ "Sheffield snooker ace Duffy 'gutted' at narrow UK Championship defeat". Sheffield Star. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  20. ^ "Adam Duffy 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  21. ^ "Q School Order of Merit 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  22. ^ "Adam Duffy 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  23. ^ "Brown Earns Tour Return". 25 May 2018.
  24. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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