Shaun Murphy

Nationality:

(England); Male; Status: Professional; First season as pro: 1998; Ranking: 8; Born: 10 Aug 1982 (36 years); Homepage: shaunmurphy.net; Twitter: @Magician147; Other sources: CueTracker

World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 2018)
Rd 1		Jamie Jones [51]	10	-	9	Shaun Murphy [8]
China Open (2-8 Apr 2018)
Rd 1		Chris Wakelin [59]	6	-	0	Shaun Murphy [6]
Players Championship (19-25 Mar 2018)
Final		Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]	10	-	4	Shaun Murphy [6]
Final	Session 1: 39-93 (93), 67-55 (ROS 54), 80-67 (ROS 50, SM 55) 76-9, 30-86 (61), 65-50 (65), 92-14 70-0 (69), 0-77 (77) Session 2: 92-43 (92), 0-137 (137), 98-7 (54), 129-9 (76) 90-23 (85) Referee: Jan Scheers O'Sullivan won his fifth ranking title of the season, equalling the record by Hendry, Ding and Selby. This was also his 33rd ranking title in total.
SF		Shaun Murphy [6]	6	-	3	Mark J Williams [2]
SF	133-8 (133), 76-62 (70, 62), 117-16 (117), 60-67 89-8 (88), 45-73, 87-0, 0-127 (127), 56-14
QF		Shaun Murphy [6]	6	-	5	Anthony McGill [14]
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [6]	6	-	3	Kyren Wilson [11]
Gibraltar Open (7-11 Mar 2018)
Rd 1		Jamie Cope (a)	w/o			Shaun Murphy [2]
Welsh Open (26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018)
Rd 1		Gerard Greene [89]	4	-	0	Shaun Murphy [7]
World Grand Prix (19-25 Feb 2018)
QF		Stephen Maguire [13]	5	-	2	Shaun Murphy [5]
Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [5]	4	-	2	Jack Lisowski [21]
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [5]	4	-	1	Ricky Walden [28]
Shoot-Out (8-11 Feb 2018)
Rd 1		Barry Hawkins [2]	67	-	0	Shaun Murphy [1]
German Masters (31 Jan - 4 Feb 2018)
SF		Graeme Dott [26]	6	-	4	Shaun Murphy [6]
SF	111-1 (66), 0-120 (98), 79-6 (78), 36-96 (96) 85-0 (69), 22-83 (55), 4-95 (69), 74-42 (74) 66-52 (66, 52), 121-0 (121)
QF		Shaun Murphy [6]	5	-	4	Ryan Day [14]
Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [6]	5	-	1	Mark Joyce [37]
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [6]	5	-	2	Alan McManus [27]
China Open Qual (27-30 Jan 2018)
Q Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [10]	6	-	3	David Grace
Masters (14-21 Jan 2018)
QF		Judd Trump [3]	6	-	4	Shaun Murphy [6]	Trump finished off the match with two consecutive centuries
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [6]	6	-	4	Allister Carter [12]	Murphy needed one snooker in frame 1 to win it
Championship League - Group 4 (10-11 Jan 2018)
Final		Allister Carter	3	-	1	Shaun Murphy
Final	116-12 (116), 62-22 (56), 0-77 (77), 92-16 (92) Referee: Rob Spencer
SF		Shaun Murphy	3	-	2	Barry Hawkins
SF	33-70, 11-70 (69), 89-0 (89), 84-0 (83), 61-16 (61)
Grp		Allister Carter	3	-	1	Shaun Murphy
Grp		Barry Hawkins	3	-	2	Shaun Murphy
Grp		Shaun Murphy	w/o			Mark Allen
Grp	Allen withdrew for family reasons.
Grp		Judd Trump	3	-	0	Shaun Murphy
Grp		Shaun Murphy	3	-	2	Tom Ford
Grp		Shaun Murphy	3	-	1	Liang Wenbo
German Masters Qual (19-22 Dec 2017)
Q Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [6]	5	-	2	Cao Yupeng [64]
Q Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [6]	5	-	2	Paul S Davison [110]
Scottish Open (11-17 Dec 2017)
Rd 1		Daniel Wells [61]	4	-	3	Shaun Murphy [6]
UK Championship (28 Nov - 10 Dec 2017)
Final		Ronnie O'Sullivan [7]	10	-	5	Shaun Murphy [5]	Collier becoming a "Triple Crown Ref"
Final	Session 1: 0-124 (123), 83-39 (62), 108-9 (103), 62-76 (ROS 62) 72-18, 57-48, 27-70 (69), 57-60 (52, 52) Session 2: 75-1 (75), 32-84 (80), 104-0 (104), 84-0 (76) 103-18 (103), 86-49 (86), 108-0 (59) Referee: Paul Collier This was O'Sullivan's sixth UK title, equaling Steve Davis' record.						Collier becoming a "Triple Crown Ref"
SF		Shaun Murphy [5]	6	-	3	Ryan Day [17]
SF	104-0 (104), 41-73, 85-1 (73), 89-0 (89) 135-0 (135), 11-66 (61), 74-30 (70) 1-128 (128), 81-28 (59)
QF		Shaun Murphy [5]	6	-	1	Mark King [20]
Rd 4		Shaun Murphy [5]	6	-	1	Ricky Walden [21]	Frame 4 was briefly interrupted because of Walden's cue malfunction when on a break
Rd 3		Shaun Murphy [5]	6	-	3	Jimmy Robertson [37]
Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [5]	6	-	5	Liam Highfield [69]
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [5]	6	-	1	Hamza Akbar
Northern Ireland Open (20-26 Nov 2017)
Rd 1		Chen Zifan [93]	4	-	1	Shaun Murphy [4]
Champion of Champions (6-12 Nov 2017)
Final		Shaun Murphy	10	-	8	Ronnie O'Sullivan
Final	Session 1: 31-103 (97), 27-98 (98), 68-63, 70-1 (70) 92-27 (85), 82-7 (53), 0-134 (61, 65) 32-105 (72), 57-54 Session 2: 92-39 (86), 83-37, 134-0 (56, 74), 46-83 83-17 (71), 31-76 (54), 0-132 (108) 1-106 (68), 74-71 Referee: Paul Collier Murphy had never won a match in the Champion of Champions before this year
SF		Shaun Murphy	6	-	4	Luca Brecel
SF	4-77 (68), 87-0, 40-90 (63), 27-80 (80) 69-1, 13-70, 131-0 (131), 101-0 (73) 72-14, 65-45
QF		Shaun Murphy	6	-	4	Michael White
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy	4	-	2	Mark King
International Championship (29 Oct - 5 Nov 2017)
Rd 3		Allister Carter [11]	6	-	2	Shaun Murphy [5]
Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [5]	6	-	1	Zhang Yong [116]
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [5]	6	-	5	Mei Xiwen [71]
English Open (16-22 Oct 2017)
Rd 4		Alexander Ursenbacher [91]	4	-	1	Shaun Murphy [6]
Rd 3		Shaun Murphy [6]	4	-	3	Liam Highfield [69]
Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [6]	4	-	2	Daniel Wells [60]
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [6]	4	-	1	Soheil Vahedi [112]
Shanghai Masters Qual (11-13 Oct 2017)
Q Rd 2		Yuan Sijun	5	-	4	Shaun Murphy [5]
International Championship Qual (26-29 Sep 2017)
Q Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [5]	6	-	0	Matthew Bolton
World Open (18-24 Sep 2017)
Rd 1		Daniel Wells [57]	5	-	3	Shaun Murphy [8]
Indian Open (12-16 Sep 2017)
Rd 3		Elliot Slessor [74]	4	-	1	Shaun Murphy [4]
Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [4]	4	-	1	Fergal O'Brien [36]
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [4]	4	-	0	Hammad Miah [61]
Paul Hunter Classic (22-27 Aug 2017)
Final		Michael White [11]	4	-	2	Shaun Murphy [2]
Final	79-0, 72-27, 0-84 (84), 90-9 (83) 53-59, 97-0 (97) Referee: Martyn Royce Michael White claims his second ranking title. His previous being the 2015 Indian Open. This was Murphy's second final loss in a row. He also lost in last week's China Championship, to Luca Brecel.
SF		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	3	Jamie Jones [18]
SF	0-102 (102), 5-77 (77), 64-54, 7-80 (72) 90-1 (90), 99-0 (75), 78-3 (77)
QF		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	2	Ben Woollaston [13]
Rd 4		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	2	Zhao Xintong [47]
Rd 3		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	0	Ken Doherty
Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	1	Sam Baird [30]
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [2]	4	-	2	Adam Stefanow (a)
China Championship (16-22 Aug 2017)
Final		Luca Brecel [27]	10	-	5	Shaun Murphy [8]
Final	Session 1: 2-68 (55), 31-78 (68), 68-15 (64), 0-107 (107) 63-49, 56-19, 77-53 (SM 53), 78-5 (78), 54-58 Session 2: 66-0, 62-30, 1-109 (77), 53-52, 70-30, 61-37 Referee: Deng Shihao This was Brecel's first ranking trophy. He is the first player from mainland Europe to win a full ranking event. He also reaches the top 16 for the first time.
SF		Shaun Murphy [8]	6	-	4	Allister Carter [12]
SF	0-87, 66-0 (54), 19-71, 63-31 32-72 (52), 0-75, 81-45 (69) 54-18, 68-56, 80-32
QF		Shaun Murphy [8]	5	-	2	Zhou Yuelong [32]
Rd 3		Shaun Murphy [8]	5	-	0	Stephen Maguire [24]
Rd 2		Shaun Murphy [8]	5	-	0	Anthony Hamilton [25]	Hamilton conceded the match after the first frame because of a neck injury
Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [8]	5	-	4	Ken Doherty
World Open Qual (6-9 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [8]	5	-	1	Alex Borg [77]
European Masters Qual (3-4 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		John Astley [63]	4	-	2	Shaun Murphy [6]
Indian Open Qual (1-2 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [4]	4	-	2	E Pandurangaiah (a)
Hong Kong Masters (20-23 Jul 2017)
QF		Judd Trump [3]	5	-	3	Shaun Murphy [7]
China Championship Qual (3-6 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1		Shaun Murphy [8]	5	-	2	Zhang Anda [67]
Q Rd 1	138 by Zhang in frame 3 was the highest break of the qualifiers
Riga Masters Qual (31 May - 2 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1		Luca Brecel [20]	4	-	2	Shaun Murphy [4]