Michael Judge

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Michael Judge

Born	12 January 1975 (1975-01-12) (age 33)
Nationality	Irish
Professional	1991
Highest ranking	24 (2002/03)
2008/09 ranking	30
Career winnings	£358,225
Highest break	144 - European Open 2004
Best ranking finish	Semi-finals - Grand Prix 2004

Michael Judge is a professional snooker player from the Republic of Ireland. Unlike Ken Doherty and Fergal O'Brien he has not won a ranking event, coming closest in the 2004 Grand Prix, where he reached the semi-finals. He has qualified for the World Championship three times, his best performance coming in the 2001 tournament, where he reached the second round, being knocked out by fellow Irishman Ken Doherty. He has lost in the final qualifying round on seven occasions, a record [1].

In 2006/2007 he had something of a return to form, climbing 10 places in the rankings to #34, after five successive falls from his career high of #24, aided by a last 16 run in the Welsh Open. He then reached the last 16 of the Grand Prix early in the 2007/2008 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.