Century breaks 3 Professional 2013– Name James Cahill | Career winnings £19,232 Role Snooker player Highest ranking 76 | |
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Current ranking 107 (as of 1 December 2015) Similar People Oliver Lines, Scott Donaldson, Ian Glover, Alan McManus, Stephen Hendry | ||
Highest break 134 (2014 Riga Open) | ||
James Cahill (born 27 December 1995) is an English professional snooker player. He is Stephen Hendry's nephew.
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Cahill turned professional in 2013 after winning the 2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships and gained a two-year tour card for the 2013/14 and 2014/15 snooker seasons.
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Debut season
Cahill managed to win just three matches during the 2013/2014 season to end his first season on tour ranked world number 117.
2014/2015 season
Cahill's second season saw him improve his game as he twice reached the last 32 in the minor-ranking European Tour events. The 18-year-old then went on his best ever run in a ranking event during the 2014 UK Championship. He won comfortably in the first round, beating veteran Mark King 6–0 and then saw off former Welsh Open finalist Andrew Higginson 6–4. Cahill faced world number three Ding Junhui, a player who had won five ranking titles last season, and raced into a 5–1 lead. Ding won three frames in a row and needed three snookers in the next frame which he got when Cahill left a free ball. Cahill responded by taking the deciding frame to record the biggest victory of his career to date. In the last 16 Cahill said he couldn't believe how badly he had played after his tournament ended with a 6–2 loss to Mark Davis. Cahill would have a poor end to the season as he lost seven out of eight matches after this which would have relegated him from the tour as he finished 85th in the world rankings. However, his aforementioned good play in the European Tour events saw him finish high enough on the Order of Merit to claim a place on the tour for the next two seasons.
2015/2016 season
Cahill failed to win more than one match in any event in the 2015/2016 season, winning five matches all year. He won a game at the Welsh Open for the first time by beating Xiao Guodong 4–1, but then lost 4–1 to Mark Davis.
2016/2017 season
Cahill got to the third round of the Paul Hunter Classic by eliminating Kevin Vandevoort 4–0 and Ryan Day 4–2. He made two breaks above 50 to come back from 3–1 against world number one Mark Selby to level, but lost the deciding frame. Cahill was beaten 4–1 by Joe Swail in the second round of the English Open and after that lost in the first round of five ranking events, though he did get to the third round of the Snooker Shoot-Out. He needed to have a successful run in Q School at the end of the season as was ranked 106th in the world. After exiting in the opening round of the first event, Cahill got to the final round of the second, but lost 4–2 to Paul Davison to confirm his relegation from the tour.
