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Judd Trump

The six ranking events staged during the 2009/10 season yielded little joy for Trump as he won just three matches. The points he had gathered in the previous season, though, helped him move three places up the rankings to No 27.
He qualified for the venue stages of the Pukka Pies UK Championship, totesport.com Welsh Open and Sanyuan Foods China Open, but could not progress beyond the last 32. The season ended in disappointment when he lost 10-3 to Tom Ford in the final qualifying round of the Betfred.com World Snooker Championship.
Trump faired much better in the invitational Premier League, making his debut in the Sky-televised event having won the Championship League qualifying competition. He got through the knock out phase thanks to wins over the likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and Shaun Murphy in the round robin stage, but eventually lost 5-1 to O’Sullivan in the semi-finals.
The gifted left-handed teenager enjoyed his best run in a ranking event at the 2008 Grand Prix. After beating Aditya Mehta and Stephen Lee in the qualifying rounds, he went on to beat Joe Perry 5-2 at the venue, then registered one of the shocks of the season by edging out world No 1 Ronnie O’Sullivan 5-4.
"It feels brilliant, we both struggled but I went out there to do a job and I did it. To beat Ronnie on TV is massive for me. I fancy beating anyone on my day,” said Trump. That put him through to the semi-finals, where he gave eventual champion John Higgins a run for his money before losing 6-4.
He won his first professional title with victory at the qualifying tournament for the 2009 Masters at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield. He knocked out Matthew Couch, Dave Harold, Jamie Cope, Jin Long and Ken Doherty to reach the final, then hammered Mark Joyce 6-1 to earn a wild card to Wembley Arena for snooker’s most prestigious invitation event. “It will be a great experience for me,” he said. “It’s obviously one of the best venues, along with the Crucible. I’ve watched the Masters on TV since I was young, I remember watching Jimmy White and a few others, so I can’t wait to play there myself." He faced Mark Allen in the first round at Wembley and lost 6-4.
As well as impressing with his skill and attacking style on the table, Trump’s profile has been raised by his ‘boy band’ appearance and outlandish hairstyle – earning the nickname Haircut 100. He is the youngest of an emerging band of players making their mark at the top end of snooker.
Trump made his Crucible debut in 2007, beating James Wattana in the final qualifying round to become the third youngest player (after Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O’Sullivan) to play at the theatre of dreams. He briefly threatened an upset as he led Shaun Murphy, 6-5 but Murphy showed his experience as he won the next five frames to go through 10-6.
During his debut season in 2005/06, Trump became the youngest player ever to qualify for a ranking event venue by making the final stages of the Welsh Open.
In 2003, he became the youngest ever winner of the Pontin’s Open, beating Mike Hallett in the final.
In 2004, aged 14 years and 208 days, he became the youngest player to make a competitive maximum 147 break, beating the record set by Ronnie O’Sullivan in 1991.
He has been English champion at under-13 and under-15 level and also reached the semi-finals of the 2004 IBSF World Under-21 Championship.

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