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Matthew Couch
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Male; England (England); Born: 30 Jun 1974 (age )
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1992; Last season as pro: 2011; Twitter: @mattcouch147; Other sources: CueTracker

2019/2020
Q School 3 (5‑9 Aug 2020)
Rd 2 England Robert James (a) 3-1 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Q School 2 (4‑8 Aug 2020)
Rd 1 China Wu Yize (a) 3-0 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Q School 1 (3‑7 Aug 2020)
Rd 2 England Saqib Nasir (a) 3-2 England Matthew Couch (a)  
2018/2019
Q School 3 (30 May - 4 Jun 2019)
Rd 3 England Ryan Davies (a) 4-2 England Matthew Couch (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-3 China Zhang Yong   Details 
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-1 England Jack Harris (a)   Details 
Q School 2 (24‑29 May 2019)
Rd 2 England Sean O'Sullivan 4-2 England Matthew Couch (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-1 England Thomas Hilborne (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (18‑23 May 2019)
Rd 3 Pakistan Hamza Akbar 4-0 England Matthew Couch (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-2 England Andy Marriott (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-0 England Oliver Brown (a)   Details 
Challenge Tour 10 (6‑7 Mar 2019)
Rd 2 England Louis Heathcote (a) [37] 3-0 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 3-0 Hungary Zsolt Fenyvesi (a) [39]  
Challenge Tour 2 (10‑11 Jul 2018)
Rd 1 England Reanne Evans (af) 3-2 England Matthew Couch (a)  
2017/2018
Q School 3 (26‑31 May 2018)
Rd 2 England Jamie O'Neill (a) 4-0 England Matthew Couch (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-1 England Daniel Devlin (a)   Details 
Q School 2 (20‑25 May 2018)
Rd 1 Wales Jack Bradford (a) 4-1 England Matthew Couch (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (14‑19 May 2018)
Rd 2 England Chae Ross (a) 4-3 England Matthew Couch (a)   Details 
2013/2014
Euro Tour 2 (18‑21 Jul 2013)
Rd 1 England Jack Lisowski [20] 4-1 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head Details 
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-1 Belgium Wendy Jans (af)  
Euro Tour 1 (6‑9 Jun 2013)
Rd 1 England Jack Lisowski [25] 4-3 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head Details 
2012/2013
ET 6 Stage 1 (26‑27 Nov 2012)
Rd 1 England Jack Lisowski [10] 4-1 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head Details 
ET 2 Stage 1 (16‑18 Aug 2012)
Rd 1 England David Gilbert 4-0 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head Details 
UK PTC 1 (18‑22 Jul 2012)
Rd 3 England Jack Lisowski 4-1 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-2 China Cao Yupeng Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-0 England Mark King   Details 
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 4-3 England Steve Ventham (a)  
2011/2012
World Championship Qual (5‑15 Apr 2012)
Q Rd 4 England Liam Highfield [73] 10-5 England Matthew Couch [85]   Details 
PTC 11 (17‑19 Dec 2011)
Rd 1 England Mark Davis 4-0 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
PTC 12, Stage 1 (15‑16 Dec 2011)
Rd 1 China Xiao Guodong 4-1 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
PTC 10 (27‑30 Nov 2011)
Rd 2 England Joe Perry 4-2 England Matthew Couch   Details 
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel   Details 
German Masters Qual (21‑25 Nov 2011)
Q Rd 2 England Jimmy White [54] 5-3 England Matthew Couch [76] Head to head Details 
PTC 9 (10‑13 Nov 2011)
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [22] 4-2 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
UK Championship Qual (5‑9 Nov 2011)
Q Rd 2 China Cao Yupeng 6-2 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
PTC 8 (20‑23 Oct 2011)
Rd 1 Wales Michael White [36] 4-1 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
PTC 7 (5‑9 Oct 2011)
Rd 1 England Sam Craigie [50] 4-1 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
PTC 6 (29 Sep - 2 Oct 2011)
Rd 2 Malta Tony Drago [43] 4-1 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch 4-2 England Sam Craigie [48] Head to head Details 
PTC 5 (21‑25 Sep 2011)
Rd 2 England Jimmy White [44] 4-3 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch 4-2 Wales Jamie Jones [13] Head to head Details 
PTC 4 (25‑28 Aug 2011)
Rd 1 England Robbie Williams (a) 4-0 England Matthew Couch   Details 
PTC 3 (17‑21 Aug 2011)
Rd 1 Scotland Alan McManus [51] 4-0 England Matthew Couch   Details 
PTC 2 (6‑10 Aug 2011)
Rd 1 Scotland John Higgins [2] 4-2 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
Shanghai Masters Qual (31 Jul - 4 Aug 2011)
Q Rd 2 Thailand James Wattana 5-1 England Matthew Couch Head to head Details 
Australian Open Qual (26‑30 Jun 2011)
Q Rd 4 England Barry Pinches [40] 5-3 England Matthew Couch   Details 
Q Rd 3 England Matthew Couch 5-4 Thailand James Wattana Head to head Details 
PTC 1 (18‑22 Jun 2011)
Rd 2 England Michael Holt [41] 4-2 England Matthew Couch   Details 
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch 4-0 India Lucky Vatnani    
2010/2011
World Championship Qual (3‑13 Mar 2011)
Q Rd 5 Wales Michael White [71] 10-3 England Matthew Couch [64] Head to head
China Open Qual (24‑27 Feb 2011)
Q Rd 3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [39] 5-3 England Matthew Couch [64] Head to head
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch [64] 5-4 England Paul S Davison [79]  
Welsh Open Qual (8‑11 Feb 2011)
Q Rd 1 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [94] 4-2 England Matthew Couch [66]  
Snooker Shoot-Out (28‑30 Jan 2011)
Rd 1 Scotland Graeme Dott [10] 99-16 England Matthew Couch [66]  
German Masters Qual (14‑17 Dec 2010)
Q Rd 2 England Steve Davis [41] 5-2 England Matthew Couch [66]  
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch [66] 5-3 Jamaica Rory McLeod [38]  
UK Championship Qual (23 Nov - 1 Dec 2010)
Q Rd 3 England Robert Milkins [33] 9-4 England Matthew Couch [58] Head to head
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch [58] 9-8 Wales Paul Davies [74] Head to head
Euro PTC 6 (19‑21 Nov 2010)
Rd 1 England Rod Lawler [53] 4-2 England Matthew Couch [58]  
Euro PTC 5 (12‑14 Nov 2010)
Rd 1 England Robert Milkins [33] 4-1 England Matthew Couch [58] Head to head
Euro PTC 4 (28‑31 Oct 2010)
Rd 3 England Ben Woollaston [79] 4-2 England Matthew Couch [58]  
Rd 2 England Matthew Couch [58] 4-2 Malta Tony Drago [51] Head to head
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch [58] 4-0 England Del Smith (a)  
Euro PTC 3 (22‑24 Oct 2010)
Rd 1 Wales Jak Jones [94] 4-1 England Matthew Couch [58]  
PTC 6 (14‑17 Oct 2010)
Rd 1 England Jimmy Michie [59] 4-0 England Matthew Couch [58] Head to head
PTC 5 (7‑10 Oct 2010)
Rd 1 China Xiao Guodong [78] 4-0 England Matthew Couch [58] Head to head
Euro PTC 2 (30 Sep - 3 Oct 2010)
Final England Shaun Murphy [6] 4-2 England Matthew Couch [70] Head to head

48-57, 58-17 (58), 63-45, 77-0 (70), 8-82, 108-0 (104)
SF England Matthew Couch [70] 4-3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [46] Head to head
QF England Matthew Couch [70] 4-2 England Ricky Walden [19] Head to head
Rd 4 England Matthew Couch [70] 4-1 Wales Daniel Wells (a)  
Rd 3 England Matthew Couch [70] 4-3 England Adrian Gunnell [43]  
Rd 2 England Matthew Couch [70] 4-1 Belgium Curd Persijn (a)  
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch [70] 4-2 England Allan Taylor (a)  
World Open (18‑26 Sep 2010)
Rd 1 England Martin Gould [42] 3-0 England Matthew Couch [70]  
Euro PTC 1 (26‑29 Aug 2010)
Rd 1 England Ali Carter [3] 4-2 England Matthew Couch [70]  
World Open Qual (21‑24 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 3 England Matthew Couch [70] 3-0 Wales Paul Davies [63] Head to head
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch [70] 3-0 England Ian McCulloch [47] Head to head
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch [70] 3-0 Scotland Marc J Davis (a)  
PTC 4 (14‑16 Aug 2010)
Rd 1 England Anthony Hamilton [41] 4-1 England Matthew Couch [70]  
PTC 3 (6‑8 Aug 2010)
Rd 1 England Sam Thistlewhite (a) 4-1 England Matthew Couch [70]  
Shanghai Masters Qual (2‑5 Aug 2010)
Q Rd 3 England Tom Ford [40] 5-0 England Matthew Couch [70] Head to head
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch [70] 5-0 Belgium Bjorn Haneveer [61]  
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch [70] 5-2 Wales Andrew Pagett [96]  
PTC 2 (9‑11 Jul 2010)
Rd 1 England Lee Spick (a) 4-3 England Matthew Couch [70]  
PTC 1 (24‑27 Jun 2010)
Rd 3 England Mark Davis [25] 4-3 England Matthew Couch [70] Head to head
Rd 2 England Matthew Couch [70] 4-3 England Justin Astley [78]  
Rd 1 England Matthew Couch [70] 4-2 Pakistan Shahrukh Nasir (a)  
2009/2010
World Championship Qual (24 Feb - 9 Mar 2010)
Q Rd 4 Ireland Brendan O'Donoghue 10-8 England Matthew Couch Head to head
China Open Qual (2‑5 Feb 2010)
Q Rd 3 Scotland Jamie Burnett 5-1 England Matthew Couch  
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch 5-2 Wales Paul Davies Head to head
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch 5-3 Ireland David Hogan  
Welsh Open Qual (19‑22 Jan 2010)
Q Rd 1 China Zhang Anda 5-2 England Matthew Couch  
UK Championship Qual (23‑30 Nov 2009)
Q Rd 2 England Mark Joyce 9-4 England Matthew Couch  
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch 9-7 Ireland Brendan O'Donoghue Head to head
Grand Prix Qual (21‑24 Sep 2009)
Q Rd 2 England Robert Milkins 5-1 England Matthew Couch Head to head
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch 5-1 England Jimmy Robertson  
Shanghai Masters Qual (3‑6 Aug 2009)
Q Rd 3 Wales Dominic Dale 5-2 England Matthew Couch  
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch 5-4 China Jin Long  
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch w/o China Mei Xiwen  
2008/2009
World Championship Qual 2 (7‑10 Mar 2009)
Q Rd 7 Northern Ireland Joe Swail 10-1 England Matthew Couch Head to head
World Championship Qual 1 (5‑25 Feb 2009)
Q Rd 6 England Matthew Couch 10-3 England John Parrott  
Q Rd 5 England Matthew Couch 10-4 England Andrew Norman  
Q Rd 4 England Matthew Couch 10-8 Cyprus Michael Georgiou  
China Open Qual (21‑24 Jan 2009)
Q Rd 1 Thailand Atthasit Mahitthi 5-2 England Matthew Couch  
2006/2007
World Championship Qualifier Rounds 1-4 (24 Feb - 2 Mar 2007)
Q Rd 3 England Jimmy Michie 10-4 England Matthew Couch Head to head

9-64, 111-13, 73-40, 112-7 (80), 118 (103)-10, 54-57, 0-92 (74), 95-37, 27-67 (66), 80-31 (56), 89-20 (57), 78-7, 68-42 (59), 58-2
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch 10-5 Wales Jamie Jones Head to head

130-0 (51,72), 52-72, 15-56, 50-63, 49-64, 10-84 (83), 33-58, 1-63, 62-75, 32-57, 32-81
Northern Ireland Trophy (13‑20 Aug 2006)
Rd 1 England Ian McCulloch 5-1 England Matthew Couch Head to head
2005/2006
World Quals 4-6 (8‑13 Jan 2006)
Q Rd 6 Ireland Fergal O'Brien 10-4 England Matthew Couch Head to head
Q Rd 5 England Matthew Couch 10-6 Scotland James McBain  
China Open Qualifier (15‑18 Nov 2005)
Q Rd 2 China Liang Wenbo 5-2 England Matthew Couch  
Malta Cup Qual (31 Oct - 3 Nov 2005)
Q Rd 3 Scotland Drew Henry 5-4 England Matthew Couch Head to head
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch 5-0 England Joe Jogia  
2003/2004
World Championship Qual (10‑20 Feb 2004)
Q Rd 2 England Luke Simmonds (a) 10-8 England Matthew Couch (a)  
British Open (8‑16 Nov 2003)
Q Rd 3 England Nick Walker (a) 5-3 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 5-4 England Jamie Cope (a)  
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 5-4 China Liu Song (a)  
LG Cup (4‑12 Oct 2003)
Q Rd 1 England Tom Ford (a) 5-4 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head
2002/2003
World Championship Qual (21‑31 Jan 2003)
Q Rd 3 England Shaun Murphy (a) 10-4 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-9 Scotland Hugh Abernethy (a)  
British Open (9‑17 Nov 2002)
Q Rd 2 England Ricky Walden (a) 5-4 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 5-4 England David Gilbert (a) Head to head
LG Cup (4‑12 Oct 2002)
Q Rd 1 England Munraj Pal (a) 5-4 England Matthew Couch (a)  
2001/2002
World Championship Qual (11‑17 Feb 2002)
Q Rd 3 Iceland Kristjan Helgason (a) 10-9 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-1 New Zealand Chris McBreen (a)  
2000/2001
World Championship Qual (20 Feb - 4 Mar 2001)
Q Rd 4 England Stuart Mann (a) 10-2 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Grand Prix (13‑22 Oct 2000)
Rd 1 England Jimmy White (a) 5-1 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head
1999/2000
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 2000)
Q Rd 3 Scotland Drew Henry (a) 10-9 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-7 Thailand Phaitoon Phonbun (a)  
1998/1999
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 20 Mar 1999)
Q Rd 4 Scotland Euan Henderson (a) 10-6 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Q Rd 3 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-5 Scotland David McLellan (a)  
Grand Prix (14‑25 Oct 1998)
Rd 1 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-0 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head
1997/1998
Scottish Open (12‑22 Feb 1998)
Rd 1 England Gary Wilkinson (a) 5-4 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head
World Championship Qual (2 Jan - 22 Mar 1998)
Q Rd 7 Northern Ireland Joe Swail (a) 10-3 England Matthew Couch (a) Head to head
Q Rd 6 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-2 England Stefan Mazrocis (a)  
Q Rd 5 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-9 Wales Paul Davies (a) Head to head
Grand Prix (14‑26 Oct 1997)
Rd 1 Scotland Billy Snaddon (a) 5-4 England Matthew Couch (a)  
1996/1997
World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 25 Mar 1997)
Q Rd 5 England Bradley Jones (a) 10-7 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Q Rd 4 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-6 Northern Ireland Patrick Wallace (a)  
1994/1995
World Championship Qual (4‑20 Jan 1995)
Q Rd 2 England Joe Johnson (a) 10-5 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-6 Cyprus Mehmet Husnu (a)  
1993/1994
World Championship Qual (8‑19 Jan 1994)
Q Rd 3 England Surinder Gill (a) 10-8 England Matthew Couch (a)  
Q Rd 2 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-4 South Africa Peter Francisco (a)  
Q Rd 1 England Matthew Couch (a) 10-2 England Robert Marshall (a)