Marcus Campbell (born 22 September 1972) is a Scottish former professional snooker player. He was ranked within the world's top 64 for 15 consecutive seasons.
Career Campbell is most famous for whitewashing Stephen Hendry 9–0 in the 1998 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship, one of the most surprising results in snooker's history. He followed this win with a 9–6 win over Quinten Hann in the last 32.
He started the 2007/2008 season strongly by reaching the last 16 of the Grand Prix, coming through the qualifiers and beating players like Graeme Dott and Anthony Hamilton before his run ended in a 5–2 defeat to Joe Swail. He also reached the last 32 of the Welsh Open where he beat Lee Spick, Ricky Walden and Gerard Greene and gave Ding Junhui a run for his money before Ding eventually won 5–4. He qualified for the 2008 Bahrain Championship before scoring a 147 in his wildcard match against Ahmed Basheer Al-Khusaibi. He lost to eventual champion Neil Robertson in the last 32. He then qualified for the 2010 World Championship, where he lost 10–5 to Mark Williams.
Campbell won the first professional tournament of his career in Germany when he won Event 3 of the Euro Players Tour Championship beating Liang Wenbo 4–0 in the final. This result along with other consistent performances were enough to see him enter the top 32 in the rankings. He also qualified for the world championship for the second successive year, where he played Shaun Murphy. He subsequently lost 10–1 to Murphy.
In the 2011–12 season Campbell qualified for six of the eight ranking events. His best results of the season were last 16 exits at the Australian Goldfields Open, where he lost 1–5 to Mark Allen, and at the World Open, thanks to Ali Carter withdrawing from the event, before being defeated by Graeme Dott 3–5. He played former champion Matthew Stevens in the first round of the UK Championship, despite the death of a close friend just a few hours before. Stevens won the match 6–2. Campbell played in all 12 of the PTC events, making two quarter-finals in Event 1 and Event 3, to finish 30th in the Order of Merit, just out of the top 24 who made the Finals. Campbell played Liang Wenbo in the final qualifying round for the World Championship and produced two comebacks in the match having trailed 2–8 and 5–9 to level at 9–9, before the match was delayed to let the evening session's order of play begin. Liang had time to compose himself and won the decider to end Campbell's season, which he finished ranked world number 25.
The 2012–13 season began very well for Campbell as he qualified for the Wuxi Classic, where he reached the first ranking event semi-final of his 21-year professional career. He dispatched Stephen Lee, Fergal O'Brien and Mark Williams to play Ricky Walden in the semis. He lost the match 1–6 and stated afterwards that he "didn't feel comfortable at all" and put it down to nerves. However, he also felt that winning a ranking tournament was now within his reach. He qualified for four of the next seven ranking events, but lost in the first round on each occasion. He had his best run of the season since Wuxi at the China Open where he overcame Peter Ebdon 5–3 and Graeme Dott 5–4 to make the quarter-finals. There, Campbell lost 2–5 to Neil Robertson. Campbell qualified for the World Championship with a 10–4 victory against Liam Highfield and played defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round, who had taken a year away from snooker since lifting the title 12 months previously. Campbell missed opportunities in the first session to finish it 2–7 behind and went on to lose 4–10. Campbell was ranked world number 28 at the end of the season.
Campbell lost in the first round to local favourites in the first two ranking events he qualified for in the 2013–14 season. In the Australian Goldfields Open it was Neil Robertson who eliminated him 5–1 and at the Indian Open he lost 4–1 to Pankaj Advani. At the UK Championship Campbell saw off Lü Haotian and Michael White, but was then beaten 6–2 by Ronnie O'Sullivan. Campbell could not advance beyond the first round in any of the remaining ranking events and suffered a surprise 10–4 defeat to Alex Borg in World Championship qualifying, a player who had until then only won three matches all season.
Campbell was thrashed 5–0 by Ricky Walden in the first round of the Australian Goldfields Open. This proved to be his only last 32 showing in any event this season and, after he failed to progress past the last 32 of either of the two Q School events, he dropped off the tour as he was the world number 68, just outside the top 64 who remain. He has not played in an event since.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1991/92 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 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 RankingFrom the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.24518613711685977348474141566352485242454024252835 Ranking tournaments Wuxi ClassicThe event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010) Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event SF LQ1R Australian Goldfields OpenThe event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996) Not Held NR Tournament Not Held2R1R1R1R Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held LQ LQ1R LQ LQ1R LQ LQ International Championship Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ UK Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ2R1R3R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ1R LQ1R LQ LQ LQ LQ1R LQ3R2R German MastersThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998) Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ NR Tournament Not Held LQ1R1R1R LQ Welsh Open LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ2R LQ LQ LQ2R LQ1R1R LQ LQ1R2R Indian OpenTournament Not Held1R1R Tournament Not HeldQFDNQDNQDNQDNQ China OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999) Tournament Not HeldNR LQ LQ1R LQ Not Held LQ LQ LQ2R LQ LQ2R1RQF LQ1R World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ1R1R LQ1R LQ LQ Non-ranking tournaments Tournament Not HeldAAANHRRAA The Masters LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ LQ A A A A A A A A A Championship LeagueTournament Not Held A A A ARRRRRR A World Seniors Championship A Tournament Not Held A A A A LQ Shoot-Out Tournament Not Held SF2R2R1R1R Former ranking tournaments ClassicLQ Tournament Not Held Strachan OpenThe event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994) LQMRNR Tournament Not Held Pakistan Masters Tournament Not HeldQF Tournament Not Held Dubai ClassicThe event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997) LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held Malta Grand Prix Not Held Non-Ranking Event LQNR Tournament Not Held Thailand MastersThe event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997) LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ NR Not Held NR Tournament Not Held Scottish OpenThe event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004) NH LQ LQ LQ2R LQQF2R3R LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held MR Not Held British Open LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ1R LQ2R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event LQ LQ LQ NH NR Tournament Not Held European MastersThe event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) and Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008) LQ LQ LQ LQ1R LQ NH LQNot Held LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ1R NR Tournament Not Held Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not HeldNR LQ LQ1R Tournament Not Held Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held1R Tournament Not Held World OpenThe event was called the Grand Prix (1991/1992–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010), the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014) LQ LQ2R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ3R1R1R1R LQ2R LQ LQ2R LQ1R2R2R1R LQ NH Former non-ranking tournaments Scottish Masters A A A A A A A A LQ A A A Tournament Not Held Scottish Professional Championship Tournament Not Held1R Tournament Not Held Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournamentDQ disqualified from the tournament 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.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
Career finals
Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2010 Rhein-Main Masters Liang Wenbo 4–0
Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 1990 Kent Cup Tom Finstad 4–1Runner-up 1. 1991 Kent Cup Joe Swail 0–5
Pro-am finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2008 Scottish Open Snooker Championship John Higgins 4−5
Amateur finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 1989 Scottish Amateur Championship Mark Cadenhead 9–6
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