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Fergal O'Brien

Nationality: Ireland (Ireland); Male; Born: 8 Mar 1972 (52 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 1991; Ranking wins: 1; Maximums: 1;
Ranking: 108;
Other sources: CueTracker; World Snooker
Info: O'Brien is the only player to score a century in their first frame at the World Championships in the Crucible, which he achieved against Alan McManus in 1994.
World Championship Qual (8-17 Apr 2024)
Q Rd 1 Egypt Mostafa Dorgham [123] 10-8 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [107]   Details 

After 33 years as a professional O'Brien played his last game.

Welsh Open Qual (25-27 Jan 2024)
Q Rd 2 Wales Dylan Emery [69] 4-1 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [100]   Details 
UK Championship Qual (18-23 Nov 2023)
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Robbie McGuigan (a) 6-2 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [93] Head to head Details 
Scottish Open Qual (30 Oct - 2 Nov 2023)
Q Rd 1 China Xing Zihao [93] 4-3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [84]   Details 
Northern Ireland Open Qual (17-20 Oct 2023)
Q Rd 1 Scotland Stephen Maguire [27] 4-3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [80] Head to head Details 

Maguire made his 500th career century in frame six. He is the 13th player to reach this milestone.

English Open (2-8 Oct 2023)
Rd 2 China Si Jiahui [30] 4-0 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [100]   Details 
British Open (25 Sep - 1 Oct 2023)
Rd 4 England Jack Lisowski [13] 4-2 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [96] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [96] 4-3 Wales Matthew Stevens [42] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [96] 4-2 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [26] Head to head Details 
English Open Qual (6-8 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 2 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [100] 4-0 Scotland Stephen Hendry [126] Head to head Details 
British Open Qual (14-19 Aug 2023)
Q Rd 1 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [96] 4-1 Estonia Andres Petrov [84]   Details 
Championship League Stage One Group 23 (7 Jul 2023)
Grp Ireland Fergal O'Brien [83] 3-0 United States Ahmed Aly Elsayed [109]   Details 

O'Brien needed snookers in frame 3. He got the 5 points he needed. Then, being 24 behind on the green he snookered Aly and received 48 foul points from that snooker.

Grp China Fan Zhengyi [23] 2-2 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [83] Head to head Details 
Grp England Sam Craigie [42] 3-0 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [83] Head to head Details