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Michael Judge

Judge plunged 16 places down the world ranking list to No 52 after a disappointing 2009/10 season.

His best run took him to the last 32 of the totesport.com Welsh Open thanks to wins over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh and Liang Wenbo in qualifying. He was beaten by eventual champion John Higgins at the venue. But Judge lost his opening match in three of the six ranking events.

Judge enjoyed a magnificent run at the 2004 Grand Prix. He opened with a 5-4 defeat of Tom Ford then shocked two-times world champion Mark Williams 5-2. The Dubliner went on to beat Marcus Campbell 5-4, Marco Fu 5-1 and Joe Perry 5-1 to reach the semi-finals of a ranking tournament for the first time in his 12 year career.

"I’m absolutely chuffed. This is the best snooker I’ve played,” he said. "Beating Mark Williams has given me the belief to go on." He was denied a place in the final at the Preston Guild Hall by local favourite Ian McCulloch, who triumphed 6-1.

Judge played a starring role for the Republic of Ireland in the 2001 Coalite Nations Cup at Reading. He was the deciding-frame hero against both England and China as the Republic went all the way to the final.

"Beating some of the top players in the world in front of the TV cameras at the Nations Cup gave me a lot of confidence," said Judge "I came away from that buzzing.”

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