Английская Википедия:Alain Robidoux

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox snooker player Alain Robidoux (born July 25, 1960) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Robidoux played on the sport's main tour from 1987 to 2004, and reached the final of the 1996 German Open, which he lost 7–9 to Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Career

He was born on 25 July 1960 in Canada. He joined the professional snooker circuit in the late 1980s, playing as a "non-tournament" professional. This entitled Robidoux to be listed on official rankings, although he could not play in most competitions. In 1988, Robidoux amassed enough points in the World Championship qualifiers to finish in the top 128 players, and thus allowing him to join the tour full-time.

In September 1988, Robidoux became only the sixth player ever to record an officially ratified 147 maximum break, in the qualifying rounds of the European Open. He won the Canadian Professional Championship be defeating Jim Wych 8-4 in the final. In October 1988 he reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix, where he won six consecutive frames from 1–8 down against Alex Higgins but ultimately lost the match 7–9.

In the first round of the 1996 World Championship, Robidoux was beaten 3–10 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in a controversial match. Although he is predominantly right-handed, O'Sullivan played a number of shots with his left hand. This behaviour was described by commentator John Virgo as O'Sullivan "taking the mick". The matter came to a crux in the eleventh frame, with Robidoux 2–8 down, declining to concede the frame, instead continuing to Шаблон:Cuegloss despite a 43-point deficit with only the pink and black on the table. Robidoux refused to shake O'Sullivan's hand at the end of the match. O'Sullivan responded by claiming that he played better with his left hand than Robidoux could with his right. Robidoux later apologised to O'Sullivan when he realised that the latter could play equally well with both hands.

The 1996/97 season saw Robidoux reach the final of the 1996 German Open; he lost 7–9 to O'Sullivan, despite making a tournament-best 145 break. He also reached the semi-finals of the 1997 World Snooker Championship, defeating Brian Morgan, Stefan Mazrocis and Lee Walker before losing to eventual champion Ken Doherty. He finished the season career-best 9th in the world rankings. He lost his professional status in 2004 after placing 102nd in the rankings. Robidoux blamed his decline on the destruction of his favourite cue, which he referred to as "the Eel". When Robidoux returned the cue to the man from whom he had bought it to have it mended, the man objected to Robidoux having fixed a sponsor's logo to the butt and smashed the cue to pieces. Several years later, Robidoux was asked whether the passage of time had eased his anger towards the cue maker; he responded "I want to kill him."

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1987/ 88	1988/ 89	1989/ 90	1990/ 91	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
Ranking		102	35	16	13	14	18	32	20	14	9	12	36	49	78	77	91
Ranking tournaments
World Open	A	SF	3R	3R	3R	2R	2R	2R	3R	QF	1R	2R	WD	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
British Open	A	2R	3R	QF	QF	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
UK Championship	A	1R	QF	2R	2R	1R	2R	2R	2R	QF	1R	1R	WD	LQ	1R	LQ	1R
Welsh Open	Tournament Not Held				1R	3R	1R	1R	1R	3R	1R	3R	WD	LQ	LQ	LQ	WD
European Open	NH	3R	2R	1R	QF	2R	LQ	1R	LQ	2R	NH	1R	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event															LQ	WD
Players Championship	A	2R	SF	Not held		1R	1R	3R	SF	1R	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	WD
World Championship	LQ	LQ	1R	2R	2R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	SF	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	A	A	A	WR	QF	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	A	A	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Canadian Masters	NR	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Hong Kong Open	NR	NH	2R	Tournament Not Held				NR	NR	Tournament Not Held
Classic	A	LQ	LQ	2R	3R	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open	Tournament Not Held				2R	MR	NR	Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic	NH	NR	2R	2R	1R	1R	1R	QF	1R	2R	Tournament Not Held
German Masters	Tournament Not Held								LQ	F	1R	NR	Tournament Not Held
China Open	Tournament Not Held										NR	1R	WD	LQ	LQ	Not Held
Thailand Masters	Not Held		LQ	1R	QF	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	2R	WD	LQ	LQ	NR	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Шаблон:Nowrap	A	W	Tournament Not Held
World Masters	Not Held			2R	Tournament Not Held
Nescafe Extra Challenge	Not Held			RR	NH	A	Tournament Not Held
Pontins Professional	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Tournament Not Held
European Challenge	Tournament Not Held				QF	A	Tournament Not Held
World Matchplay	NH	A	A	A	A	1R	Tournament Not Held
Pot Black	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	Tournament Not Held
Charity Challenge	Tournament Not Held							A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held							A	A	SF	QF	A	R	A	Not Held
Scottish Masters	A	NH	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	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.

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1996	German Open	Шаблон:Flagicon Шаблон:Sortname	7–9

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1988	Canadian Professional Championship	Шаблон:Flagicon Jim Wych	8–4

Team finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team/partner	Opponent(s) in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1990	World Cup	Шаблон:Flagcountry	Шаблон:Flagcountry	9–5

Amateur finals: 7 (7 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1983	Canadian Amateur Championship	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Finstad	9–3
Winner	2.	1985	Canadian Amateur Championship (2)	Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Sobala	9–6
Winner	3.	1987	Canadian Amateur Championship (3)	Шаблон:Flagicon Jeff White	7–1
Winner	4.	2003	Canadian Amateur Championship (4)	Шаблон:Flagicon Cliff Thorburn	6–2
Winner	5.	2004	Canadian Amateur Championship (5)	Шаблон:Flagicon Tom Finstad	6–2
Winner	6.	2006	Canadian Amateur Championship (6)	Шаблон:Flagicon John White	6–2
Winner	7.	2009	Canadian Amateur Championship (7)	Шаблон:Flagicon John White	6–1

External links

• Snooker.org profile of Robidoux