Eddy Merckx (born 4 September 1968 in Reet, Belgium) is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player.
Career
Season 2006/07 In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos 3–1 to win the world title in three cushions billiards.Match results World championship 2006, 1/2-Final & Final on UMB.org. Retrieved 2 October 2012.Match results World championship 2006 on Kozoom.com Retrieved 2 October 2012.Final Ranking World Championship 2006 on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 2 October 2012. In 2007, he added the European title in Salon de Provence in France, by beating the reigning champion Frédéric Caudron.Final Ranking European Championship 2007 on Eurobillard.org. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
Season 2011/12 On 8 October 2011, while playing in the German Bundesliga in Duisburg, Merckx defeated Won Kang 50–6 in six innings, a world record. The inning breakdown was 4-9-26-7-0-4. The previous record for a 50-point game was nine innings, shared by Torbjorn Blomdahl, Frederic Caudron and Marco Zanetti.AZ-Billiards Forum 10 August 2011. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
Season 2012/13 From 27 August to 1 September 2012 Merckx played in the invitation tournament Cuvino Superprestige, which was held in the city of Lommel, Belgium. The Belgians where looking for their fifth title of king of 3-cushion and it was Merckx who beat world number one ranked Frédéric Caudron in the final.Eddy Merckx winner with a Cavendish sprint on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012.Final Ranking Superprestige 2012 on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 1 October 2012. Just a week later, on 9 September 2012, he won his second UMB world title in Porto by again defeating Caudron in the semis and Choi Sung-Won in the finals.Final Ranking World Championship 2012 on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 2 October 2012.Eddy Merckx in a stunning rush to world title on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 2 October 2012. Another week later he was playing in Suwon on the 3-Cushion World Cup and won third place together with Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands.Final Rankings 3-Cushion World Cup 2012/2 on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 2 October 2012. He was climbing up to third place of the world ranking due to these wins.World Ranking (Edition 16/2012) on UMB.org. Retrieved 2 October 2012.
Achievements 3-Cushion World Champion (Single): Winner 2006, 2012, 2026 • Runner-up 2009, 2017, 2025 3-Cushion European Champion: Winner 2007 • Runner-up 2010, 2011 3-Cushion World Cup: Winner 2005, 2009, 2011 • Runner-up 2008 Chrystal Kelly Tournament: Third 2009 3-Cushion Invitation Tournament in Zundert/Netherlands: Winner 2003 • Runner-up 2004, 2005 Superprestige in Belgium: Winner 2012 • Third 2011 Belgium Championship: Winner 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2020, 2023 en 2025
Achievements on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 2 Oktober 2012.
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