Brendan O'Donoghue

Brendan O'Donoghue (born 15 December 1982 in Nenagh, Tipperary) is an Irish former professional snooker player.

Brendan O'Donoghue
Born (1982-12-15) 15 December 1982
Nenagh, Tipperary
Sport country Ireland
Professional2009/2010
Highest ranking87 (May 2010)

Career

O'Donoghue became the Irish nominee for 2009–10 season after he topped the Irish national standings by defeating John Torpey in the quarter-finals of the Irish Amateur Championship. Going into the competition Mario Fernandez was the only player who could take his tour spot away, but he lost to TJ Dowling in the quarters, which gave O'Donoghue's lead unassailable, despite Martin McCrudden winning the tournament. However O'Donoghue joined the main tour at a time when there was only six rankings events during the season and failed to make an impact on the main tour due to his full-time job, which restricted his practice to just two hours-a-night.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2004/
05
2005/
06
2006/
07
2009/
10
2015/
16
Ranking[1][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held LQ A
UK Championship A A A LQ A
Welsh Open A A A LQ A
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held DNQ
Players Tour Championship Finals Tournament Not Held DNQ
China Open A A A LQ A
World Championship LQ A A LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship[nb 4] Tournament Not Held 1R A
The Masters A A A LQ A
Former ranking tournaments
World Open[nb 5] A A A LQ NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Irish Professional Championship NH LQ 1R Not Held
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 Heldevent was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventevent is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventevent is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. He was an amateur.
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. The event was called the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)
  5. The event was called the Grand Prix (2004/2005-2006/2007 and 2009/2010)

Career finals

Team finals: 4 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Team/Partner Opponent(s) in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2005[2] European Team Snooker Championships  Ireland
Martin McCrudden
Robert Murphy
 Malta
Alex Borg
Joe Grech
Simon Zammit
6–11
Winner 1. 2008[3] European Team Snooker Championships  Ireland
David Hogan
Martin McCrudden
 England
Andy Lee
David Grace
Craig Steadman
10–4
Runner-up 2. 2009[4] European Team Snooker Championships  Ireland 1
Martin McCrudden
David Hogan
 Wales
Peter Roscoe
Elfed Evans
Lee Walker
9–10
Runner-up 3. 2016[5] European Team Snooker Championships  Ireland 3
Ryan Cronin
 Malta
Alex Borg
Brian Cini
3–5

Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2002 Pontins Autumn Open Wales Tim English 4–5
Winner 1. 2005 Ivy Rooms Easter Pro Am Republic of Ireland Gary Hardiman 5–2

Amateur finals: 10 (6 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2001 Irish Amateur Championship Republic of Ireland Martin McCrudden 5–8
Winner 1. 2003 Irish Amateur Championship Republic of Ireland Martin McCrudden 8–5
Runner-up 2. 2005 Irish Amateur Championship (2) Republic of Ireland David Morris 2–8
Runner-up 3. 2006 Irish Amateur Championship (3) Republic of Ireland David Morris 2–8
Runner-up 4. 2012 EBSA European Snooker Championship Scotland Scott Donaldson 3–7
Winner 2. 2015 Irish Amateur Championship (2) Republic of Ireland Robert Murphy 7–2
Winner 3. 2017 Irish Amateur Championship (3) Republic of Ireland Rodney Goggins 6–3
Winner 4. 2021 Irish Amateur Championship (4) Republic of Ireland David Morris 6–5
Winner 5. 2022 Irish Amateur Championship (5) Republic of Ireland Ryan Cronin 7–4
Winner 6. 2023 Irish Amateur Championship (6) Republic of Ireland Ross Bulman 7–5

References

  1. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  2. "Past Champions". ebsa.tv. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  3. "Past Champions". ebsa.tv. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. "Past Champions". ebsa.tv. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  5. "European Team Snooker Championships Men - Vilnius / Lithuania 2016". esnooker.pl.


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