Ben Mertens
Male;
(Belgium);
Born: 13 Oct 2004 (19 years)
Status: Professional;
First season as pro: 2022;
Ranking: n/a;
Twitter: @benmertens2004;
Other sources: CueTracker; World Snooker
2024/2025
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International Championship (3-10 Nov 2024)
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Rd 2 (11) |
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Ben Mertens |
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Si Jiahui / Pagett |
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International Championship Qual (30 Sep - 2 Oct 2024)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens |
6 | - | 4 |
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Graeme Dott |
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Match was pulled off at 5-4 to Mertens.
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Northern Ireland Open Qual (28-29 Sep 2024)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Daniel Womersley (a) |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens |
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British Open (23-29 Sep 2024)
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Rd 3 |
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Mark Allen [3] |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens [101] |
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147 by Allen in frame 2. It's his fourth and the 205th in pro snooker. Watch on YouTube.
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens [101] |
4 | - | 1 |
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Hammad Miah [80] |
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English Open Qual (12-14 Sep 2024)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Chris Totten [105] |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens [88] |
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Re-spotted black in frame 5 (65-65) |
Saudi Arabia Masters (30 Aug - 7 Sep 2024)
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Rd 3 |
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Stephen Maguire [30] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens [94] |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens [94] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Long Zehuang [67] |
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [94] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Abdullah Alotayyani (a) |
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Xi'an Grand Prix (19-25 Aug 2024)
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Rd 2 |
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Gary Wilson [11] |
5 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens [100] |
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British Open Qual (31 Jul - 3 Aug 2024)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [101] |
4 | - | 1 |
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Zak Surety [95] |
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Wuhan Open Qual (28-30 Jul 2024)
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Q Rd 1 |
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John Higgins [16] |
5 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens [96] |
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Xi'an Grand Prix Qual (25-27 Jul 2024)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [100] |
5 | - | 4 |
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Simon Blackwell (a) |
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The players were pulled off at 4-4 |
Championship League Stage One Group 9 (24 Jun 2024)
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Grp |
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Artemijs Zizins [102] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens [89] |
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Grp |
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Ben Mertens [89] |
3 | - | 0 |
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John Higgins [9] |
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Grp |
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Ma Hailong [63] |
2 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens [89] |
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2023/2024
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World Championship Qual (8-17 Apr 2024)
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Q Rd 3 |
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Si Jiahui [23] |
10 | - | 9 |
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Ben Mertens [74] |
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End of 1st session Si 5-4 up |
Mertens was 9-8 and 69-0 ahead with only 67 left. Si got a snooker to force the decider which he won.
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Q Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens [74] |
10 | - | 9 |
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Rod Lawler [87] |
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The match was pulled off at 9-7 to Lawler. Re-rack in frames 11 & 19. |
Welsh Open (12-18 Feb 2024)
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Rd 2 |
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Fan Zhengyi [33] |
4 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens [73] |
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German Masters (29 Jan - 4 Feb 2024)
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Rd 2 |
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Fan Zhengyi [31] |
5 | - | 3 |
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Ben Mertens [73] |
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Welsh Open Qual (25-27 Jan 2024)
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Q Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens [73] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Hammad Miah [85] |
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World Open Qual (22-24 Jan 2024)
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Q Rd 2 |
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Ben Woollaston [57] |
5 | - | 4 |
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Ben Mertens [72] |
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German Masters Qual (18-22 Dec 2023)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [73] |
5 | - | 3 |
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Rory Thor [107] |
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Scottish Open (11-17 Dec 2023)
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Rd 2 |
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Liam Graham [111] |
4 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens [68] |
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Shoot Out (6-9 Dec 2023)
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Rd 1 |
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Peng Yisong [79] |
63 | - | 10 |
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Ben Mertens [60] |
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UK Championship Qual (18-23 Nov 2023)
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Q Rd 2 |
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Marco Fu [89] |
6 | - | 4 |
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Ben Mertens [72] |
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Scottish Open Qual (30 Oct - 2 Nov 2023)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [68] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ahmed Aly Elsayed [120] |
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Northern Ireland Open Qual (17-20 Oct 2023)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Mark Allen [1] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens [66] |
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Wuhan Open (9-15 Oct 2023)
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Rd 3 |
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Lyu Haotian [39] |
5 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens [70] |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens [70] |
5 | - | 1 |
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Dominic Dale [58] |
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British Open (25 Sep - 1 Oct 2023)
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Rd 2 |
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Yuan Sijun [51] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens [72] |
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International Championship Qual (18-23 Sep 2023)
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Q Rd 2 |
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Robbie Williams [47] |
6 | - | 3 |
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Ben Mertens [70] |
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Williams won frame 5 after having needed two snookers. |
English Open Qual (6-8 Sep 2023)
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Q Rd 2 |
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Zhang Anda [55] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens [71] |
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Wuhan Open Qual (1-5 Sep 2023)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [70] |
5 | - | 2 |
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Shaun Murphy [7] |
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European Masters (22-27 Aug 2023)
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Rd 3 |
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David Gilbert [19] |
5 | - | 4 |
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Ben Mertens [69] |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens [69] |
5 | - | 3 |
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Sanderson Lam [72] |
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British Open Qual (14-19 Aug 2023)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [72] |
4 | - | 2 |
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Louis Heathcote [102] |
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European Masters Qual (25-29 Jul 2023)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [69] |
5 | - | 4 |
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Gary Wilson [14] |
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Championship League Stage One Group 28 (4 Jul 2023)
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Grp |
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Anthony Hamilton [28] |
2 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens [62] |
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Grp |
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Ben Mertens [62] |
2 | - | 2 |
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Xing Zihao [112] |
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Grp |
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Ben Mertens [62] |
2 | - | 2 |
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Ryan Thomerson [78] |
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Mertens forced a re-spotted black after needing snookers in frame 1 but lost.
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2022/2023
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World Championship Qual (3-12 Apr 2023)
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Q Rd 3 |
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Jimmy Robertson [25] |
10 | - | 6 |
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Ben Mertens [89] |
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Q Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens [89] |
10 | - | 6 |
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Julien Leclercq [72] |
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [89] |
10 | - | 3 |
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Victor Sarkis [116] |
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WST Classic (16-22 Mar 2023)
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Rd 2 |
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Pang Junxu [44] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens [95] |
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [95] |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ricky Walden [21] |
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Welsh Open (13-19 Feb 2023)
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Rd 4 |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens [105] |
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Mertens reached the last 16 for the first time in his professional career.
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Rd 3 |
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Ben Mertens [105] |
4 | - | 3 |
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David Gilbert [17] |
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Mertens made a career high break of 130 and reached the last 16 for the first time.
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens [105] |
4 | - | 2 |
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Jackson Page [61] |
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Shoot Out (25-28 Jan 2023)
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Rd 2 |
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Fan Zhengyi [31] |
55 | - | 52 |
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Ben Mertens [100] |
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Break 52 (BM)
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [100] |
34 | - | 21 |
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Anthony Hamilton [33] |
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Welsh Open Qual (11-13 Jan 2023)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [105] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Barry Pinches [83] |
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Re-rack in frame 4
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6 Red World Championship Qual (7-9 Jan 2023)
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Q Rd 5 |
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Chris Wakelin |
6 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens |
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Q Rd 4 |
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Ben Mertens |
6 | - | 5 |
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Jamie Jones |
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Q Rd 3 |
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Ben Mertens |
6 | - | 0 |
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Mark Davis |
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Q Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens |
6 | - | 2 |
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Jordan Brown |
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens |
6 | - | 1 |
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Jenson Kendrick |
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English Open Qual (25-30 Oct 2022)
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Q Rd 2 |
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Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] |
4 | - | 3 |
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Ben Mertens [99] |
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German Masters Qual (21-26 Nov 2022)
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Q Rd 2 |
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Barry Pinches [84] |
5 | - | 4 |
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Ben Mertens [102] |
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UK Championship Qual (5-10 Nov 2022)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Martin O'Donnell (a) |
6 | - | 4 |
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Ben Mertens [102] |
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Scottish Open Qual (9-14 Oct 2022)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ashley Hugill [103] |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens [99] |
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re-spotted black in frame 3 (66-66)
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British Open (26 Sep - 2 Oct 2022)
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Rd 1 |
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Craig Steadman [79] |
4 | - | 3 |
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Ben Mertens [116] |
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Northern Ireland Open Qual (23-28 Aug 2022)
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Q Rd 2 |
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Noppon Saengkham [38] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens [98] |
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British Open Qual (9-14 Aug 2022)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens [116] |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ryan Thomerson [113] |
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Championship League Stage One Group 7 (19 Jul 2022)
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Grp |
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Ben Mertens |
3 | - | 1 |
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Xu Si [69] |
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Grp |
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Ben Mertens |
3 | - | 1 |
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Liam Highfield [33] |
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Grp |
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Shaun Murphy [7] |
2 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens |
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European Masters Qual (15-24 Jul 2022)
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Q Rd 1 |
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David Grace [52] |
5 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens [110] |
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2021/2022
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Q School 3 (28 May - 2 Jun 2022)
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Rd 3 |
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Steven Hallworth |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 1 |
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Halim Hussain (a) |
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Q School 2 (22-27 May 2022)
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Final |
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Zak Surety |
4 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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27-70, 62-19, 38-79, 82-8, 65-56, 63-39 Surety earns a spot on the World Snooker Tour for 2022/2023 and 2023/2024.
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Rd 5 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 1 |
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Liam Davies (a) |
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Rd 4 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 0 |
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Eden Sharav (a) |
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Rd 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 0 |
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Alfie Davies (a) |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
w/o |
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Muhammad Imran (a) |
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Q School 1 (16-21 May 2022)
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Rd 2 |
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Liu Hongyu (a) |
4 | - | 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Q Tour Play Off (10-11 May 2022)
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Rd 1 |
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Ryan Davies (a) [15] |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [2] |
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World Championship Qual (4-13 Apr 2022)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Louis Heathcote [101] |
6 | - | 5 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Q Tour 4 (18-20 Mar 2022)
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Rd 3 |
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Michael Georgiou (a) [24] |
3 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [4] |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [4] |
3 | - | 1 |
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Kuldesh Johal (a) [29] |
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|
Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [4] |
3 | - | 1 |
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Jenson Kendrick (a) [44] |
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Q Tour 3 (28-30 Jan 2022)
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SF |
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Julien Leclercq (a) [68] |
4 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [8] |
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64-67, 75-18 (68), 108-13, 79-5 (78), 0-65, 93-0 (93)
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QF |
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Ben Mertens (a) [8] |
4 | - | 0 |
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Mink Nutcharut (af) |
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Rd 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [8] |
3 | - | 1 |
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Michael White (a) [3] |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [8] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Florian Nüßle (a) [39] |
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [8] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Sergey Isaenko (a) [57] |
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Q Tour 2 (10-12 Dec 2021)
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SF |
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Michael White (a) |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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74-53, 76-4 (76), 137-0 (137), 103-4 (98)
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QF |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 1 |
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Sanderson Lam (a) |
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Rd 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
3 | - | 1 |
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Ian Martin (a) |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
3 | - | 1 |
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Soheil Vahedi (a) |
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
w/o |
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Julien Leclercq (a) |
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Q Tour 1 (19-21 Nov 2021)
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Rd 1 |
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Simon Bedford (a) |
w/o |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Mertens has withdrawn
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2020/2021
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Q School 3 (8-13 Jun 2021)
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Rd 4 |
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Lei Peifan |
4 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Rd 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 2 |
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Niel Vincent (a) |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 0 |
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Evan Munro (a) |
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Q School 2 (2-7 Jun 2021)
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Rd 2 |
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David Donovan (a) |
4 | - | 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Q School 1 (27 May - 1 Jun 2021)
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Rd 2 |
|
Lee Stephens (a) |
4 | - | 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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World Championship Qual (5-14 Apr 2021)
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Q Rd 1 |
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Lei Peifan [98] |
6 | - | 5 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Lei was 5-1 down |
Shoot Out (4-7 Feb 2021)
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Rd 2 |
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Robert Milkins [28] |
37 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
44 | - | 10 |
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Zak Surety [84] |
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Mertens replaced Kacper Filipiak who withdrew
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European Masters (21-27 Sep 2020)
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Rd 1 |
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Robert Milkins [49] |
5 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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2019/2020
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WSF Open (10-17 Jan 2020)
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Fortey (a) |
3 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Q School 3 (5-9 Aug 2020)
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Rd 3 |
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Steven Hallworth (a) |
4 | - | 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Q School 1 (3-7 Aug 2020)
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Rd 5 |
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Simon Blackwell (a) |
4 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Rd 4 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 0 |
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Brian Ochoiski (a) |
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Rd 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 1 |
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Mark Anthony Taylor (a) |
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Q School 3 (5-9 Aug 2020)
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
3 | - | 0 |
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Paul Burrell (a) |
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
3 | - | 1 |
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Patrick Whelan (a) |
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Q School 2 (4-8 Aug 2020)
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Rd 2 |
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Ryan Cronin (a) |
3 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Q School 1 (3-7 Aug 2020)
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
3 | - | 2 |
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Jack Smithers (a) |
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World Championship Qual (21-28 Jul 2020)
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Q Rd 2 |
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Sam Baird [68] |
6 | - | 4 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Q Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
6 | - | 2 |
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James Cahill [93] |
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Challenge Tour 10 (1-2 Mar 2020)
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Rd 3 |
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Matthew Glasby (a) [25] |
3 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [24] |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [24] |
3 | - | 2 |
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Steven Hallworth (a) [22] |
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|
Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [24] |
3 | - | 1 |
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Iulian Boiko (a) [30] |
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Challenge Tour 9 (15-16 Feb 2020)
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QF |
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Leo Fernandez (a) [42] |
3 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [23] |
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Rd 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [23] |
3 | - | 1 |
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Kuldesh Johal (a) [44] |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [23] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Peter Devlin (a) [28] |
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Challenge Tour 7 (14-15 Dec 2019)
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QF |
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Dean Young (a) [13] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [27] |
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Rd 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [27] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Patrick Whelan (a) [10] |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [27] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Robbie McGuigan (a) [8] |
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [27] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Sanderson Lam (a) [11] |
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Challenge Tour 5 (28-29 Feb 2020)
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Rd 1 |
|
Ross Muir (a) [29] |
3 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [25] |
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Challenge Tour 4 (19-20 Oct 2019)
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Rd 1 |
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Alex Taubman (a) [41] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [34] |
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Challenge Tour 3 (5-6 Oct 2019)
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Rd 3 |
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Andrew Pagett (a) [4] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [38] |
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Rd 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [38] |
3 | - | 2 |
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Paul S Davison (a) [26] |
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [38] |
3 | - | 0 |
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Kayden Brierley (a) |
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Challenge Tour 2 (21-22 Sep 2019)
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Rd 2 |
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Jeff Cundy (a) |
3 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [40] |
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Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) [40] |
3 | - | 2 |
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Paul S Davison (a) [26] |
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Challenge Tour 1 (31 Aug - 1 Sep 2019)
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Rd 1 |
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Robbie McGuigan (a) |
3 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Paul Hunter Classic (24-25 Aug 2019)
|
Rd 1 |
|
Joe Perry [5] |
4 | - | 0 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
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2018/2019
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Q School 3 (30 May - 4 Jun 2019)
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Rd 2 |
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Adam Duffy (a) |
4 | - | 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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|
Rd 1 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 3 |
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John Welsh (a) |
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Q School 2 (24-29 May 2019)
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Rd 2 |
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Noel Landers (a) |
4 | - | 2 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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Q School 1 (18-23 May 2019)
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Rd 2 |
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Matthew Glasby (a) |
4 | - | 3 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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|
Rd 1 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 1 |
|
Garry Coulson (a) |
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Shoot-Out (21-24 Feb 2019)
|
Rd 2 |
|
Ryan Davies (a) |
37 | - | 12 |
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Ben Mertens (a) |
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|
Rd 1 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
60 | - | 59 |
|
James Wattana [103] |
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German Masters Qual (18-21 Dec 2018)
|
Q Rd 1 |
|
Yuan Sijun [63] |
5 | - | 0 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
|
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Paul Hunter Classic (22-26 Aug 2018)
|
Rd 2 |
|
Andrew Higginson [24] |
4 | - | 0 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
|
|
Rd 1 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 1 |
|
Adam Stefanow |
|
|
Q Rd 2 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 0 |
|
Jan Matejicek (a) |
|
|
Q Rd 1 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
4 | - | 1 |
|
Marvin Losi (a) |
|
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2017/2018
|
Paul Hunter Classic (22-27 Aug 2017)
|
Q Rd 2 |
|
Patrick Einsle (a) |
4 | - | 2 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
|
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2015/2016
|
Euro Tour 2 (26-30 Aug 2015)
|
Q Rd 2 |
|
Ben Jones (a) |
4 | - | 0 |
|
Ben Mertens (a) |
|
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