Michael Judge (born 12 June 1975) is a former professional snooker player from Ireland. His best performance in a ranking event came in the 2004 Grand Prix, in which he reached the semi-finals. He reached his highest ranking, 24th, for the 2002–03 season.
Career Judge qualified for the World Championship three times; his best performance came in the 2001 tournament, in which he knocked Jimmy White out in qualifying and John Parrott in the first round, before being knocked out by fellow Dubliner Ken Doherty. A year later, he lost to eventual champion Peter Ebdon in the first round.
In 2006–07 he had something of a return to form, climbing 10 places in the rankings to 34th, after five successive falls from his career high of 24th, aided by a last 16 run in the Welsh Open. He then reached the last 16 of the Grand Prix early in the 2007–08 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. However, he slipped straight back out the following season after two last sixteen runs were tempered by six first round defeats. In January 2010 he qualified for the Welsh Open, losing to John Higgins in the first round proper. He quit after the following season, but returned to the sport a year later and went on to win the Irish Amateur Championship in 2013, beating Robert Redmond 8–5 in the final. He won it again in 2018 and entered the 2018 Q School in a bid to win back his place on the professional snooker tour. He reached the fifth round in events 2 and 3 but failed to regain a place on the main tour.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2018/19 2021/22 2022/23RankingFrom the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking262171100715658674628243742434334303652He was an amateurPlayers qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points87Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueTournament Not HeldNon-Ranking EventRR2REuropean MastersThe event was called the European Open (1992/1993–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004), the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)LQLQLQLQLQNHLQNot Held2RLQLQLQLQ1RNRTournament Not HeldALQ1RBritish OpenLQLQ1RLQQF1R2R1RLQ1R2R2RLQTournament Not Held1RLQNorthern Ireland OpenTournament Not HeldALQLQUK ChampionshipLQLQ1RLQLQLQLQ2R3R2R1RLQLQ1R1RLQLQLQLQAA1RLQScottish OpenThe event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)LQLQLQ2R1R1RLQLQ1R3R1RLQTournament Not HeldA1RLQEnglish OpenTournament Not Held1RLQLQWorld Grand PrixTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQShoot OutTournament Not HeldNon-Rank1R1R1RGerman MastersThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)Not HeldLQLQLQNRTournament Not HeldWDAALQLQWelsh OpenLQLQLQLQLQ2R1RLQLQLQLQ2RLQLQ3R3R2R1RLQAALQLQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2011/2012)Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWST ClassicTournament Not Held1RTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQ2R1RLQLQLQLQLQ1RLQLQLQALQLQLQNon-ranking tournamentsThe MastersLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQALQLQLQAAAAAAATournament Not HeldAAANHANHLQFormer ranking tournamentsDubai ClassicThe event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)LQLQLQLQLQTournament Not HeldMalta Grand PrixNot HeldNon-Ranking EventLQNRTournament Not HeldThailand MastersThe event was called the Asian Open (1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)LQLQLQLQLQLQLQ1R2RLQNRNot HeldNRTournament Not HeldIrish MastersNon-Ranking EventLQLQ2RNHNRTournament Not HeldNorthern Ireland TrophyTournament Not HeldNR1R1R1RTournament Not HeldBahrain ChampionshipTournament Not Held2RTournament Not HeldShanghai MastersTournament Not HeldWRLQLQLQANRNot HeldRiga MastersTournament Not HeldLQNot HeldWorld OpenThe event was called the Grand Prix (1992/1993–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)LQLQLQLQLQ1R1R1RLQ1R2R1RSF2RRR1RLQLQLQAANot HeldChina OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)Tournament Not HeldNRLQLQLQLQNot HeldLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAANot HeldTurkish MastersTournament Not HeldLQNHGibraltar OpenTournament Not HeldAWDNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsIrish OpenTournament Not HeldQFTournament Not HeldIrish ClassicTournament Not HeldQFQFSFFANot HeldShoot OutTournament Not Held1RARanking Event NH / Not Held event was not held.NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event.
Career finals Non-ranking finals: 2 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2006 Irish Professional Championship 4–9Runner-up 1. 2010 Irish Classic 1–5
Amateur finals: 5 (2 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2013 8–5Runner-up 1. 2013 Duane Jones 4–6Runner-up 2. 2014 3–7Runner-up 3. 2017 Darren Morgan 1–4Winner 2. 2018 (2) Rodney Goggins 6–5
Seniors finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2019 UK Seniors Championship 4–2
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