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Martin Gould

Gould seems to go from strength to strength. After a good campaign on his return to the Main Tour, he jumped a further 17 places up the rankings in 2008/09 to a career high No 46, on the back of reaching three venues and topping it all off by making his Crucible debut.
Before Christmas he dispatched Supoj Saenla, Tom Ford and Dominic Dale to reach the Maplin UK Championship in Telford where he put up a good fight before losing 9-7 to eventual champion Shaun Murphy.
Gould carried his form into the next ranking event, the Welsh Open, except this time he went one better. Having qualified for the event in Newport he faced Stephen Hendry in the first round and pulled off one of the shocks of the season, beating the game’s most decorated player 5-3.
"I’ve beaten Stephen Maguire and Matthew Stevens before, but this one has to go above those," said Gould. "I can’t believe I’ve beaten him."
He didn’t repeat the heroics in the next round, losing to Joe Swail 5-1.
The Londoner then found his touch for the biggest event. Wins over Rodney Goggins and Dave Gilbert put him one victory away from a first appearance at the home of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship. Despite facing former world finalist Stevens, he confidently dealt with the Welshman to win 10-4. He played well at the Crucible but against Mark Allen he faced a player who was on top of his game and bowed out 10-6.
Gould’s previous best performance came in Belfast at the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy.
He qualified by beating Matthew Selt, David Roe and Mark Davis to make his first ranking event venue.
Gould faced Stevens in the first round but wasn’t fazed as he came back from 3-0 and 4-3 to earn a 5-4 victory and earn a second round match against Hendry. He showed his battling qualities again but despite pulling back from 4-1 to 4-3, he couldn’t get the better of the seven-times World Champion, losing 5-3.
Gould earned a place on the pro Tour for the second time by winning the 2007 English Association for Snooker and Billiards play-offs.
He beat David Grace 6-3 in the final at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds.
Gould has twice been English Amateur champion. He beat Craig Taylor in the 2002 final then took the title again in 2007 when he edged out David Lilley 8-7, thanks to a dramatic in-off from Lilley as he potted the final black.
He appeared in the semi-finals of the 2002 European Championship in Poland then recorded some excellent results on the 2002/03 Challenge Tour and finished top of the Order of Merit to secure a place on the Tour, which he kept for one season.
The Pinner potter enjoyed a tremendous run in the qualifying rounds of the 2003 World Championship. He won eight matches, beating the likes of Alain Robidoux and Maguire, before he was stopped by Patrick Wallace just two hurdles short of the Crucible.
He works part time as a croupier in a casino in North London.

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