Sport country | England |
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Nickname | The Couchernator |
Professional | 1992– |
Highest ranking | 47 (1998/99) |
Current ranking | 85 |
Highest <dfn style="border-bottom:1px dotted #0645AD; font-style:inherit;">break</dfn> | 141 (2007 PowerHouse UK Championship, qualifying 2002) |
Best ranking finish | Quarter-final 1998 UK Championship |
Matthew Couch (born 30 June 1974) is an English professional snooker player from Scunthorpe. A professional since 1992, Couch has had little success in ranking events, although he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in 1998,[1] and his highest break is 141 from 2002. He returned to the Main Tour for the 2008/2009 season, and survived due to a fine run in the World Championship qualifiers, including a 10–3 victory over former champion John Parrott.[2] In October 2010, Couch had one of his best results to date, reaching the final of the 2010 Brugge Open, where he lost 4-2 against former World Champion Shaun Murphy.[3]
Couch is also an official World Snooker coach.[4]