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Cahill was born in [[Blackpool]], [[England]], to Maria and Mick Cahill.<ref name="background" /> Both parents are former amateur snooker players, with Maria being a top player in the 1980s.<ref name="background" /> He is a nephew of seven time world champion [[Stephen Hendry]] through his mother, whose sister Mandy is Hendry's ex-wife.<ref name="lep" /><ref name="worl_Jame" /> His mother runs a snooker club in Preston.<ref name="background" />
Cahill was born in [[Blackpool]], [[England]], to Maria and Mick Cahill.<ref name="background" /> Both parents are former amateur snooker players, with Maria being a top player in the 1980s.<ref name="background" /> He is a nephew of seven time world champion [[Stephen Hendry]] through his mother, whose sister Mandy is Hendry's ex-wife.<ref name="lep" /><ref name="worl_Jame" /> His mother runs a snooker club in Preston.<ref name="background" />


Cahill received a ban from driving following being found to be ''under the influence'' whilst driving in [[Perth]].<ref name="mirr_Jame" /><ref name="mirr_Jame" /> During qualification for the [[2019 World Snooker Championship]], the Snooker club that is run by his family was burgled. Despite having money and valuables stolen, Cahill's cue stick that was left at the club remained unharmed.<ref name="mirr_Jame" />
Cahill received a ban from driving following being found to be ''under the influence'' whilst driving in [[Perth,_Scotland|Perth, Scotland]].<ref name="mirr_Jame" /><ref name="mirr_Jame" /> During qualification for the [[2019 World Snooker Championship]], the Snooker club that is run by his family was burgled. Despite having money and valuables stolen, Cahill's cue stick that was left at the club remained unharmed.<ref name="mirr_Jame" />


==Performance and rankings timeline==
==Performance and rankings timeline==

Revision as of 09:00, 15 June 2019

James Cahill
Paul Hunter Classic 2016
Born (1995-12-27) 27 December 1995 (age 28)
Blackpool, England
Sport country England
NicknameThe Giant-killer[1]
Professional2013–2017, 2019–
Highest ranking76 (December 2014 and February–March 2015)[2][3][4]
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2014 UK Championship, 2019 Indian Open and 2019 World Snooker Championship)

James Cahill (born 27 December 1995) is an English snooker player from Blackpool. Cahill first turned professional in 2013, aged 17, after winning the European Under 21 Championships, but returned to amateur status in 2017.

As an amateur, Cahill reached the main stage of the 2019 World Snooker Championship, becoming the first amateur player to ever qualify for the event. At the tournament, he defeated world number one and five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–8 in their first round match. Cahill defeated two world number ones in the 2018/2019 snooker season, having also defeated Mark Selby at the 2018 UK Championship earlier in the season. Due to his performances, Cahill qualified for a new two-year tour card via the one-year money-list after the 2018/2019 season. He will rejoin the professional tour in June 2019.

Career

Cahill was an amateur player until 2013, before he entered the 2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, as the fourteenth seed. At 17, he defeated Joseph McLaren and Ross Muir 4–3, Elliot Slessor 4–1 and Darryl Hill in the semi-final to play sixteen year old Ashley Carty in the final. The final, played as a best of 11 frames match saw Cahill whitewash Carty 6–0 to win the tournament. Having won the event, Cahill gained a two-year tour card for the 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 snooker seasons, allowing him to play in all professional tournaments. Cahill's whitewash was the only ever occourance of a whitewash in the final of the European Under-21 Championships.[6][7]

2013/2014

Cahill managed to win just three matches during the 2013/2014 season, and ended his debut season on tour ranked world number 117.[8][9] Cahill played in the main stages in the 2013 UK Championship and the 2013 Welsh Open, but did not progress past the first round in either competition, losing to Joe Perry 6–3, and Ken Doherty 4–0 respectively.[10]

2014/2015

2014 Paul Hunter Classic

Cahill's second season saw him improved his results as he twice reached the last 32 in the minor-ranking European Tour events.[11] At 18-years-old, he then went on his best run to date 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.[12] Cahill faced world number three Ding Junhui, a player who had won five ranking titles the previous 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 up to that point.[13]

In the last 16 of the championships, Cahill commented he "couldn't believe how badly [he] had played" after his tournament ended with a 2–6 loss to Mark Davis.[14] 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.[15] However, due to his performance in the European Tour events saw him finish high enough on the European Order of Merit to retain his spot on the tour for the following two seasons.[11]

2015/2016

In the 2015/2016 season, Cahill failed to win more than one match at an event, winning just five matches all year. He competed at the main stage of the 2015 UK Championship, where he lost to Anthony McGill 6–3. Appearing at the 2016 Welsh Open, he won his first round match for the first time, defeating Xiao Guodong 4–1, but then lost 1–4 to Mark Davis.[16] Cahill finished the season 110th in the rankings.[17]

2016/2017

2016 Paul Hunter Classic

Cahill's 2016/17 season was a breakout year, where Cahill appeared in many more main stage tournaments than any of his previous seasons. Cahill appeared for the first time at both the 2016 Riga Masters, losing 3–4 to Zhao Xintong;[18] and then 2016 World Open losing to Liang Wenbo 2–5.[19]

Cahill progressed to the third round of the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic by eliminating Kevin Vandevoort 4–0 and Ryan Day 4–2. In the third round, Cahill drew world number one Mark Selby. Despite being 1–3 behind, Cahill made two breaks above 50 to come back to tie the match at 3–3, but lost the deciding frame.[20] The next event of the season saw Cahill beaten 1–4 by Joe Swail in the second round of the English Open, after beating Adam Stefanow 4–3 in the opening round.[21]

Following this, Cahill lost in the first round of five ranking events, including the UK Championship and Welsh Open. Cahill did however, defeat Robbie Williams and Noppon Saengkham before losing to Ken Doherty in the third round of the non-ranking one-frame Snooker Shoot-Out event.[22] Cahill finished the season losing in the opening round of qualification for the 2017 World Snooker Championship, losing to Robbie Williams 1–10.[23]

Having finished the season with a world ranking of 106, Cahill required a successful run in Q School at the end of the season to remain on the tour.[24] After exiting in the opening round Andres Petrov 2–4 of the first event, Cahill fared better at the second event, defeating Jaspal Bamotra, James Silverwood, Alex Taubman, Ashley Carty but lost 2–4 to Paul Davison to confirm his relegation from the tour.[25]

2017/2018

Competing as an amateur, Cahill appearing in two professional events, at the 2017 Snooker Shoot-Out, where he defeated Rory McLeod before losing to Graeme Dott, and the 2018 Gibraltar Open where he defeated Eden Sharav 4–1, before losing to Noppon Saengkham 1–4.[26] Post-season, Cahill entered Q-School once again. Cahill reached the fifth round of all three events. At the first event he lost to Jordan Brown 4–1, the second event, to Jamie Cope, and Kuldesh Johal 3–4 in the final event[27][28] Having only reached the fifth round, Cahill did not win a place back on tour for the next season, and returned to being an amateur player.[28]

2018/2019 – World Snooker Championship qualification

Cahill played the season as an amateur player, but allowed to the main stage of events through qualifying. Cahill defeated Liang Wenbo in qualifying to reach the 2018 World Open mainstage, but was defeated 4–5 by Andrew Higginson.[29] At the dedicated Amateur qualifying event for the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic, Cahill defeated Conor Caniff 4–1 and Charlie Walters 4–2 to reach the event.[30] However, Cahill lost in the first round once again to Niu Zhuang.[30]

Competing at the 2018 UK Championship as an amateur, Cahill defeated world number one Mark Selby 6–3 in the first round, allowing Selby just 79 points in the first three frames.[31][32] After the victory, Cahill commented "the standard wasn't amazing. But to beat the world number one, such a great player, is brilliant."[33] He then played Sunny Akani in the second round, losing 5–6.[34]

"I can take a lot of confidence from this. I’ve always felt that I belong on a big stage. When I was losing to guys in back rooms with no crowd, I always felt it would be different if I could get myself up there. A lot of the players haven’t got the temperament to go out there and perform. It’s not easy to perform. You’ve either got it or you haven’t."

James Cahill on defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan at the world championships.[35]

At the 2019 World Championship, Cahill gained a place in qualifying having been given a wildcard place by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, despite being an amateur.[36] He played Andrew Higginson in the first round of qualifying, and led 7–0 and 8–2, before Higginson won 7 straight frames to lead 9–8. Cahill won the last two frames of the match to win 10–9, and progress to the second round of qualifying. He then defeated Michael Holt 10–7, to set up a final qualifying round match against fellow amateur player Michael Judge. Cahill defeated Judge 10–6 to become the first amateur player to play at the main stages of the world championships at the Crucible Theatre.[37]

In the first round of the championship, Cahill drew world number one and five time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan. Cahill led 5–4 after the first session of the match and won three of the four frames at the start of the next session to lead 8–5. O'Sullivan won the next three frames to tie the match at 8–8 before Cahill won the final two frames and the match 10–8.[38] After beating O'Sullivan, Cahill commented “I am over the moon, to beat the best player in the world and hold myself together on my Crucible debut.”[39] The match was referred to as the "biggest shock in Crucible history" by the British Broadcasting Corporation, with Master of ceremonies Rob Walker introducing him as "the giant killer" for his subsequent matches at the event.[40][41]

Following the victory, Cahill drew world number 15 Stephen Maguire in the last 16, in a best of 25 frames match.[42] [43] Maguire won the first two frames, before Cahill tied the match at 2–2. Maguire won the next three frames to lead 5–2, before Cahill ended the first session 3–5 behind.[44] The pair finished the second session with two frames once again between them, after Cahill won 4 of the next 6 frames to tie the match at 7–7, but Maguire won the final two frames to lead 9–7.[45]

Cahill tied the match at 11–11, and looked to lead for the first time at 12–11, however, during his break, Cahill fouled the pink ball with his waistcoat, allowing Maguire to win the frame.[46] Cahill, won frame 24, sending the match to a deciding frame.[47] Maguire however, overcame in the decider.[47]

Due to his performances (as a Q School top-up entrant) in tournaments during the 2018/2019 season, Cahill secured a new two-year tour card for the 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 seasons.[37] Despite having reached the second round of the world championships, Cahill will start the following season with no ranking points, having not achieved the results as a professional player.[47]

Personal life

Cahill was born in Blackpool, England, to Maria and Mick Cahill.[48] Both parents are former amateur snooker players, with Maria being a top player in the 1980s.[48] He is a nephew of seven time world champion Stephen Hendry through his mother, whose sister Mandy is Hendry's ex-wife.[49][50] His mother runs a snooker club in Preston.[48]

Cahill received a ban from driving following being found to be under the influence whilst driving in Perth, Scotland.[51][51] During qualification for the 2019 World Snooker Championship, the Snooker club that is run by his family was burgled. Despite having money and valuables stolen, Cahill's cue stick that was left at the club remained unharmed.[51]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2015/
16 		2016/
17 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2019/
20
Ranking[17][nb 1] [nb 2] 117 [nb 3] 110 [nb 4] [nb 4] [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 5] NH Minor-Rank. 1R A LQ
International Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ A A
China Championship Not Held NR A A
European Masters Tournament Not Held LQ A LQ
English Open Tournament Not Held 2R A 1R
World Open[nb 6] LQ Not Held 1R A 1R
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 1R A 1R
UK Championship 1R 4R 1R 1R A 2R
Scottish Open Tournament Not Held 1R A 2R
German Masters LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ
World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open 1R 1R 2R 1R A 3R
Shoot-Out Variant Format Event 3R 2R 1R
Players Championship[nb 7] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open Not Held MR 1R 2R 2R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ
China Open LQ LQ LQ LQ A LQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ A 2R
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters LQ LQ LQ LQ A Non-Rank.
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 3R WD 1R NR
Indian Open LQ LQ NH LQ A 3R NH
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) 		QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ^ Players qualified through European Tour Order of Merit started the season without prize money ranking points.
  4. ^ a b He was an amateur.
  5. ^ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  6. ^ The event was called the Haikou World Open (2013/2014)
  7. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2013 European Under-21 Snooker Championship England Ashley Carty 6–0

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