Ross Muir

Ross Muir
Born October 6, 1995
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport country  Scotland
Nickname Glove from above
Professional 2013–
Highest ranking 87 (June–July 2014)[1]
Current ranking 95 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £9,835[2]
Highest break 130 (2014 Haining Open)
Century breaks 7[2]
Best ranking finish Last 64 (2013 Australian Goldfields Open, 2015 German Masters)

Ross Muir (born Edinburgh, Scotland, 6 October 1995) is a Scottish professional snooker player. Muir turned professional in 2013 after graduating from event two of the Q School, defeating David Morris 4–0 in the final round.[3]

Career

Junior career

Muir had a very successful junior career, winning many titles including the prestigious televised Junior Pot Black at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield by defeating Jak Jones in the final,[4] the under 14 section of the Lt. Col Walter Rowley OBE Junior Star of the Future,[5] the Scottish National Championship,[6] and captained the Scottish under 16's team to glory in the 2011 Home Internationals Series in Prestatyn, Wales which was the first time Scotland had won the title since 1993.[7] Muir won a place on the main snooker tour for the 2013/2014 season after coming through event two of Q School, defeating David Morris 4–0 in the final round.[3]

2013/2014

Muir's first match as a professional was a 5–1 loss against two-time world champion Mark Williams in qualifying for the 2013 Wuxi Classic.[8] His first wins came in qualifying for the next event, the Australian Goldfields Open, by defeating James Cahill and Rod Lawler both 5–1, before losing 5–2 to Liam Highfield.[8] At the Asian Tour event, the Zhangjiagang Open, he defeated world number seven Ding Junhui 4–3 in the last 32 by compiling a break of 80 in the final frame, before being whitewashed 4–0 by Da Hailin in the next round.[9] Muir could not win a match in ranking event qualifying in the rest of the season until the final event, the World Championship, when he beat David Grace 10–6, but then lost 10–5 against Nigel Bond in the subsequent round.[8] Muir finished his debut season on the main tour at world number 113.[10]

2014/2015

Muir failed to qualify for a ranking event during the 2014/2015 season. All 128 players on the tour automatically play at the venue stage of the UK Championship and Welsh Open, with Muir being knocked out in the first round 6–5 by Peter Ebdon and 4–1 by Michael White respectively.[11] Muir threatened a comeback in the opening round of the World Championship qualifiers when he rallied from 9–4 down against Cao Yupeng to win four successive frames, but lost the next to be beaten 10–8.[12] Muir would be relegated from the snooker tour as he is guaranteed to finish outside the top 64 in the world rankings. However, one last 16 and two last 32 finishes in the three Asian Tour events saw him finish 18th on the Asian Order of Merit and claim the first of four places on offer for a new two-year card.[13]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[14][nb 1] UR UR UR[nb 2] 113
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic NR A LQ LQ
Australian Goldfields Open A A LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters A A LQ LQ
International Championship NH A LQ LQ
UK Championship A A 1R 1R
German Masters A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A 1R 1R
Indian Open Not Held LQ LQ
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 3] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A LQ LQ
World Championship A A LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
World Open 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. ↑ Shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2011/2012–2012/2013)

Tournament finals

Amateur finals: : 1 (1 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2013 Scottish Amateur Championship Scotland Dylan Craig 7–3

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Career-total Statistics for Ross Muir - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Tour Players 2013/2014" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 19 June 2013.
  4. ↑ "Knowles is crowned Super 6 king". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 May 2013.
  5. ↑ "Scottish pair Col the pots". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  6. ↑ Sked, Joel (9 May 2013). "Muir is Scots champ". East Lothian Courier. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  7. ↑ "Ross leads the Scots to snooker glory". East Lothian News. Retrieved 21 June 2013.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Ross Muir 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  9. ↑ "Ross Muir beats world snooker No. 7". Edinburgh Evening News. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  11. ↑ "Peter Ebdon edges into UK Championship second round by scraping past Ross Muir". Daily Mail. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ross Muir 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  13. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  14. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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