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'{{Blacklisted-links|1= *http://prosnookerblog.com/players/g-h/martin-gould/ *:''Triggered by <code>\bprosnookerblog\.com\b</code> on the local blacklist'' *http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/players.php?ID=26&season=2000/2001 *:''Triggered by <code>\bcuetracker\.net\b</code> on the local blacklist'' *http://www.prosnookerblog.com/centuries/ *:''Triggered by <code>\bprosnookerblog\.com\b</code> on the local blacklist'' *http://www.cuetracker.net/Players/Martin-Gould/Career-Total-Statistics *:''Triggered by <code>\bcuetracker\.net\b</code> on the local blacklist''|bot=Cyberbot II|invisible=false}} {{EngvarB|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} {{BLP sources|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox snooker player | name = Martin Gould | image = Martin Gould at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2015-02-04 01.jpg | caption = German Masters 2015 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1981|9|14}} | birth_place = [[Pinner]], London | Sport country = {{ENG}} | Nickname = The Pinner Potter<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Gould - World Snooker |date= 11 January 2015|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/players/martin-gould/|work=World Snooker|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]|accessdate=22 April 2017}}</ref> | Professional = 2003/2004, 2007– | High ranking = 11 <small>(February–March 2012)</small><ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings after Welsh Open |date=20 February 2012 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/fb/9d/0,,13165~171515,00.pdf |format=PDF |work=World Snooker |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] |accessdate=1 January 2013 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/68QZqyMuD?url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/fb/9d/0%2C%2C13165~171515%2C00.pdf |archivedate=15 June 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> | Prize money = [[Pound sterling|£]]851,167<ref name="cuetracker">{{cite web|title=Career-total Statistics for Martin Gould – Professional|url=http://www.cuetracker.net/Players/Martin-Gould/Career-Total-Statistics|publisher=CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database|accessdate=8 February 2016}}</ref> | High break = 143 <small>([[2017 European Masters (snooker)|2017 European Masters]]) </small> | Century break = 173<ref name="centurybreaks">{{cite web|title=Centuries|url=http://www.prosnookerblog.com/centuries/|publisher=Pro Snooker Blog|accessdate=7 November 2016}}</ref> | Ranking wins = 1 | Minor wins = 1 | Other wins = 2 | World champ = }} '''Martin Gould''' (born 14 September 1981) is an English professional [[snooker]] player from [[Pinner]] in the [[London Borough of Harrow]]. He practises at the Rileys Watford pool and snooker club. He has appeared in three ranking finals and won one ranking title, the [[2016 German Masters]]. ==Career== Gould began his professional career by playing [[Challenge Tour (snooker)|Challenge Tour]] in 2000, at the time the second-level professional tour.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.cuetracker.net/pages/players.php?ID=26&season=2000/2001 | title=Martin Gould – Season 2000/2001 | accessdate=4 January 2013}}</ref> In 2002, Gould won his first [[English Amateur Championship]], beating Craig Taylor in the final. Gould reached the semi-finals of the 2002 European Championship. Gould enjoyed a good run in the qualification for the [[2003 World Snooker Championship]], winning 8 matches, beating [[Alain Robidoux]] and [[Stephen Maguire]]. Gould's campaign ended when he lost to [[Patrick Wallace]]. However, he dropped off the Main Tour after this sole season, and barely played for the next four years, having to look after his terminally ill mother. Gould returned to action in 2007 as he won his second English Amateur Championship, beating [[David Lilley (snooker player)|David Lilley]] 8–7 in a dramatic black-ball decider, as Lilley potted the black only for the white ball to go in-off. He then won the English Play-offs in [[Leeds]] to ensure his return to the Main Tour for [[Snooker season 2007/2008|2007/08 season]]. Gould reached the last 32 of the [[2007 Northern Ireland Trophy]], beating [[Matthew Stevens]] 5–4 from 3–0 down in the last 48. He also won multiple qualifying matches at both the [[2007 UK Championship (snooker)|UK Championship]] and [[2008 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] qualifying events, although he did not ultimately qualify for either event. He finished the season inside the top 64. Gould came through qualifying for the [[2008 UK Championship (snooker)|2008 UK Championship]], beating [[Supoj Saenla]] 9–1, [[Tom Ford (snooker player)|Tom Ford]] 9–6, and in the final qualifying round overturned a 5–2 deficit to overcome [[Dominic Dale]] 9–6. In the first round Gould faced eventual champion [[Shaun Murphy (snooker player)|Shaun Murphy]], Murphy did go 7–3 ahead before Gould rattled off four frames in a row to bring the score back to 7–7, but Murphy held on to seal a 9–7 victory. Gould then also reached the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time, at the [[2009 Welsh Open (snooker)|2009 Welsh Open]], beating Stephen Hendry 5–3 in the last 32. Solid qualifying results in the remainder of the season helped him into the top 48 in the world rankings for [[Snooker season 2009/2010|2009/10 season]] meaning Gould had only to win two matches to qualify for events. In the [[2009 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] qualifying, Gould defeated [[Rodney Goggins]] 10–7, [[David Gilbert (snooker player)|David Gilbert]] 10–8 and former top 16 player [[Matthew Stevens]] 10–4 to qualify for the World Championship, where he lost in the first round. Despite dismal results during the first tournaments of [[Snooker season 2009/2010|2009/10 season]], he again returned to the Crucible the following year and defeated [[Marco Fu]] 10–9 in the first round. In the second round he spectacularly led [[Neil Robertson (snooker player)|Neil Robertson]] 6–0, 11–5 and 12–10, playing arguably his best snooker ever, before ultimately losing 13–12.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8642142.stm Neil Robertson comeback denies Martin Gould in thriller] BBC Sport, 24 April 2010</ref> Robertson went on to win the championship that year. Gould had a strong start to the [[Snooker season 2010/2011|2010/11 season]], reaching the last 16 of the [[2010 Shanghai Masters|Shanghai Masters]] after beating [[Stephen Hendry]] 5–3, and scored his major ranking quarter-final at the [[2010 World Open (snooker)|World Open]], where he lost 1–3 to [[Peter Ebdon]]. He performed successfully during the minor-ranking [[Players Tour Championship|PTC]] events, his best result being the final of the [[Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 6|Event 6]], where he lost 3–4 to [[Dominic Dale]] despite Dale needing snookers in the decider. Having qualified to the [[Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Finals|PTC Grand Finals]], in March 2011 Gould reached his first career final, where he was beaten 4–0 by Shaun Murphy. Gould once again qualified for the [[2011 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]], and defeated [[Marco Fu]] 10–8 in a repeat of the previous year's first round match. Gould was then defeated by reigning [[China Open (snooker)|China Open]] champion and eventual World Championship runner-up, [[Judd Trump]]. ===Top 16 breakthrough=== Gould began the [[Snooker season 2011/2012|2011/2012]] season by qualifying for the first two ranking events of the year, the [[2011 Australian Goldfields Open|Australian Goldfields Open]] and the [[2011 Shanghai Masters|Shanghai Masters]], being knocked out in the first round by [[Stephen Hendry]] in the former and in the second round to [[Matthew Stevens]] in the latter.<ref name="2011/12">{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=27&season=2011 | title=Martin Gould 2011/2012 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref> His consistent performances were enough to see him break into the elite top 16 for the first time in October, meaning he would no longer have to qualify for the ranking tournaments.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rankings after PTC6 (2011 Warsaw Classic) |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/dc/8f/0,,13165~167900,00.pdf |work=worldsnooker.com |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] |format=PDF |accessdate=21 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029190034/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/dc/8f/0%2C%2C13165~167900%2C00.pdf |archivedate=29 October 2013 |df= }}</ref> In November, Gould won the [[2011 Power Snooker Masters Trophy|Masters Trophy]] of the variant form of the game, [[Power Snooker]], beating reigning champion [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]] in the final.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2522338,00.html | title=Glittering Gould's Got The Power | publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|WPBSA]] | date=20 November 2011 | accessdate=21 May 2012}}</ref> Gould finished 2011 by reaching the final of [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 11|PTC Event 11]], where he lost to [[Tom Ford (snooker player)|Tom Ford]] 3–4.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/19122011/58/ford-beats-gould-ptc-11-final.html | title=Ford beats Gould in PTC 11 final | publisher=[[Yahoo! News]] | accessdate=20 December 2011}}</ref> He also reached the semi-finals of [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 9|Event 9]] and [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 12|Event 12]] to finish 10th in the [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012#Order of Merit|Order of Merit]] and seal his place in the [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Finals|Finals]], where he lost 1–4 to eventual winner [[Stephen Lee (snooker player)|Stephen Lee]] in the last 24.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=10&season=2011|title=Order of Merit|publisher=WWW Snooker|date=8 January 2012|accessdate=18 April 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Betfair Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2012)|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=103|publisher=WWW Snooker|accessdate=18 March 2012}}</ref> Gould's recent rise up the world rankings earned him a place in the prestigious [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]] tournament for the first time in [[2012 Masters (snooker)|2012]]. Only the top 16 are invited to the event with Gould drawing [[Shaun Murphy (snooker player)|Shaun Murphy]] in the first round and being beaten 2–6.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/snooker/16587442.stm | title=Masters Snooker: Shaun Murphy eases past Martin Gould | publisher=[[BBC Sport]] | date=16 January 2012 | accessdate=17 January 2012}}</ref> After breaking into the top 16, Gould only won two matches in ranking events during the rest of the campaign. His season ended with three successive first round defeats, culminating in an 8–10 loss to [[David Gilbert (snooker player)|David Gilbert]] in the [[2012 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]].<ref name="2011/12"/> He finished the season ranked world number 14, meaning he had climbed 7 places during the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/1d/b0/0,,13165~176157,00.pdf |title=Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season |accessdate=21 May 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616125200/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/1d/b0/0%2C%2C13165~176157%2C00.pdf |archivedate=16 June 2013 |df= }}</ref> The [[Snooker season 2012/2013|2012/2013 season]] was a year of contrasts for Gould as he won three tournaments, but failed to perform in the ranking events. He began with a 3–5 defeat to Jamie Cope in the [[2012 Wuxi Classic|Wuxi Classic]], but then beat [[Ken Doherty]] 5–3 and [[Cao Yupeng]] 5–4 to reach the quarter-finals of the [[2012 Australian Goldfields Open|Australian Goldfields Open]] where he lost 2–5 to [[Mark Davis (snooker player)|Mark Davis]].<ref name="2012/13">{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=27&season=2012 | title=Martin Gould 2012/2013 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=21 May 2013}}</ref> Gould then won his first professional title carrying ranking points at the minor-ranking [[Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Event 2|Second PTC]] event of the season. He beat [[Stephen Maguire]] 4–3 in the final and credited his work with new coach Stephen Feeney as a major reason for his success.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2879428,00.html | title=Gould Makes Breakthrough | publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] | accessdate=21 May 2013}}</ref> He couldn't translate this form in to the main ranking tournaments though, as he lost in the first round of the next three events and lost his qualifying match in another three to drop out of the top 16.<ref name="2012/13"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Official world rankings issued after the williamhill.com UK Championship 2012 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/17/ba/0,,13165~178711,00.pdf |work=worldsnooker.com |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] |accessdate=10 December 2012 |archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/6CoJ9ZObW?url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/17/ba/0%2C%2C13165~178711%2C00.pdf |archivedate=10 December 2012 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref> At the [[2013 Snooker Shoot-Out|Snooker Shoot-Out]], the event where each match is played over one frame lasting 10-minute under shot clock rules, Gould won the title by beating [[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]] in the final. The £32,000 cheque he received is the biggest of his career to date.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-gould-beats-allen-shoot-final-201226499.html | title=Snooker – Gould beats Allen in shoot-out final | publisher=[[Eurosport]] | accessdate=21 May 2013}}</ref> Despite following this up with first round defeats in the [[2013 World Open (snooker)|World Open]] and [[Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Finals|PTC Finals]], Gould had won Group 5 of the [[2013 Championship League|Championship League]] to qualify for the [[2013 Championship League#Winners group|Winners Group]].<ref name="2012/13"/> There he won three of his six matches to progress to the semi-finals where he beat [[Ding Junhui]] 3–0, before seeing off [[Ali Carter]] 3–2 to win the tournament with a century break in the deciding frame.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/snooker-gould-lifts-championship-league-snooker-title-224619494.html | title=Snooker – Gould lifts Championship League Snooker title | publisher=[[Eurosport]] | accessdate=21 May 2013}}</ref> Gould's season ended when he lost 5–10 to [[Shaun Murphy (snooker player)|Shaun Murphy]] in the first round of the [[2013 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] to finish the year ranked world number 25, a drop of 11 places from the start season.<ref name="2012/13"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/49/bc/0,,13165~179273,00.pdf |title=Official World Snooker Ranking List for the 2013/2014 Season |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] |accessdate=21 May 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130611202605/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/49/bc/0%2C%2C13165~179273%2C00.pdf |archivedate=11 June 2013 |df= }}</ref> ===2013/2014 season=== In the ranking events of the [[Snooker season 2013/2014|2013/2014 season]], Gould reached the second round on four occasions but could never advance beyond this point. He also lost in the qualifying rounds for five other tournaments.<ref name="2013/14">{{cite web|title=Martin Gould 2013/2014|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2013&player=27|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> Gould's best result on the [[Players Tour Championship 2013/2014|European Tour]] was at the [[European Tour 2013/2014 – Event 2|Rotterdam Open]] where he lost in the quarter-finals 4–3 to [[Mark Selby]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://au.eurosport.com/snooker/williams-selby-through-to-semi-finalb-stage-in-rotterdam_sto3852776/story.shtml | title=Williams, Selby through to semi-final stage in Rotterdam | publisher=[[Eurosport]] | accessdate=27 April 2014}}</ref> For the second successive year he qualified for the [[2014 Championship League#Winners' group|Winners' group]] of the [[2014 Championship League|Championship League]] and won through to the semi-finals where he beat [[Stephen Maguire]] 3–0. Gould was unable to defend his title however, as he was defeated 3–1 in the final by [[Judd Trump]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3701471,00.html |title=Trump Triumphs at Championship League |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] |accessdate=27 April 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140428052825/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0%2C%2C13165~3701471%2C00.html |archivedate=28 April 2014 |df= }}</ref> As the tournament is non-ranking Gould was unable to halt his slide down the rankings which meant he needed to win three qualifying matches to reach the first round of the [[2014 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]]. He did so with comprehensive 10–1 victories over Mitchell Travis and [[Igor Figueiredo]] and then beat [[Liang Wenbo]] 10–7.<ref name="2013/14"/> Gould played [[Marco Fu]] over whom he had already beaten twice in the event before, but he was unable to extend this into a hat-trick of triumphs as he lost 10–7.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/sports/others/fu-ends-gould-world-championship-jinx_785880.html | title=Fu ends Gould world championship jinx | publisher=[[Zee News]] | accessdate=28 April 2014}}</ref> He fell five more places this season to end it as the world number 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0,,13165~180593,00.pdf |title=World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] |accessdate=9 May 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030740/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0%2C%2C13165~180593%2C00.pdf |archivedate=8 May 2014 |df= }}</ref> ===2014/2015 season=== [[File:Martin Gould at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2015-02-04 01.jpg|thumb|Martin Gould at the 2015 German Masters]] Gould won three matches to advance to the quarter-finals of the [[2014 Wuxi Classic]] and came from 57–0 down in the deciding frame against [[Stephen Maguire]] to beat him 5–4.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://livescores.love-snooker.com/FrameDetails.aspx?t=13741&m=214173 | title=Martin Gould 5–4 Stephen Maguire | publisher=Love Snooker | accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> In Gould's first ranking event semi-final since 2011 he was defeated 6–4 by [[Joe Perry (snooker player)|Joe Perry]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www1.skysports.com/more-sports/snooker/news/12243/9364919/wuxi-classic-neil-robertson-and-joe-perry-into-final-of-season-opening-ranking-event | title=Wuxi Classic: Neil Robertson and Joe Perry into final of season-opening ranking event | publisher=[[Sky Sports]] | accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> He was knocked out in the last 16 of both the [[2014 Australian Goldfields Open|Australian Goldfields Open]] and [[2014 Shanghai Masters (snooker)|Shanghai Masters]].<ref name="2014/15">{{cite web|title=Martin Gould 2014/2015|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2014&player=27|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> In October, he reached the final of the [[European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3|Bulgarian Open]], but lost 4–2 to [[Shaun Murphy (snooker player)|Shaun Murphy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Murphy Storms To Bulgaria Title|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~4196699,00.html|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]]|date=5 October 2014|accessdate=11 October 2014}}</ref> At the inaugural [[2015 World Grand Prix|World Grand Prix]], Gould knocked out [[Alan McManus]] 4–1, [[Mark Selby]] 4–2 and [[Peter Ebdon]] 4–2 to meet [[Judd Trump]] in the semi-finals. Gould made a 111 break to go 5–1 up, but incredibly lost five frames in a row during which Trump outscored him 395–37 to be defeated 6–5.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dailypost.co.uk/sport/other-sport/watch-judd-trump-secures-place-8892973 | title=Judd Trump secures place in World Grand Prix final after remarkable comeback | publisher=''[[North Wales Daily Post]]'' | accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> He had a chance to exact revenge in the very next event as he met Trump again in the quarter-finals of the [[Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 – Finals|PTC Grand Final]] after eliminating [[Michael White (snooker player)|Michael White]] and turning the tables on [[Shaun Murphy (snooker player)|Shaun Murphy]], but was beaten 4–2.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.westlondonsport.com/other-sport/snooker/gould-beaten-by-trump-in-thailand | title=Gould beaten by Trump in Thailand | publisher=West London Sport | accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> However, Gould's good season ended with a surprise 10–6 loss to amateur [[Adam Duffy]] in the first round of [[2015 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] qualifying.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/other-sports/snooker/eckington-potter-duffy-advances-in-quest-for-crucible-qualification-1-7199919 | title=Eckington potter Duffy advances in quest for Crucible qualification | publisher=The Star | accessdate=25 April 2015}}</ref> ===2015/2016 season: First ranking event win=== Gould's season began at the [[2015 Australian Goldfields Open|Australian Goldfields Open]], where he beat [[Marco Fu]] 5–4, [[Michael Holt (snooker player)|Michael Holt]] 5–3 and [[Matthew Selt]] 5–1.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=27&season=2015 | title=Martin Gould 2015/2016 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=7 July 2015}}</ref> He then eased past [[Stephen Maguire]] 6–1 in the semi-finals to play in the second ranking event final of his career, in which he made two centuries and came back from 7–5 down to level [[John Higgins (snooker player)|John Higgins]] at 8–8.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/higgins-to-face-gould-in-bendigo-final/ | title=Higgins To Face Gould in Bendigo Final | publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] | accessdate=7 July 2015}}</ref> Gould had the first chance in the deciding frame, but could only score eight points as a 89 break from Higgins denied him the title.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/higgins-on-top-down-under/ | title=Higgins On Top Down Under | publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]] | accessdate=7 July 2015}}</ref> Gould qualified for the [[2015 Shanghai Masters|Shanghai Masters]] by beating [[Liam Highfield]] 5–2 in the final round of qualifying, and beat [[Barry Hawkins]] 5–1 in the last 32, before getting revenge on John Higgins for the defeat in Australia by beating him 5–3. He crashed out to [[Stuart Bingham]] 5–4 in the quarter-finals despite leading 4–2. Gould would also suffer disappointment at the [[UK Championship]] as he let a 5–1 lead slip against underdog [[David Grace (snooker player)|David Grace]] in the quarter-finals, losing 6–5 after having several chances to close out the victory.<ref>[http://www.westlondonsport.com/other-sport/snooker/gould-stunned-by-grace-comeback-in-epic-quarter-final Gould stunned by Grace comeback in epic quarter-final]</ref> At the [[2016 German Masters|German Masters]], Gould defeated [[Mark Williams (snooker player)|Mark Williams]] 5–4 in the last 32, [[Ben Woollaston]] 5–0 in the last 16, [[Judd Trump]] 5–4 in the quarter-finals (after having suffered three close losses to him the previous season), [[Graeme Dott]] 6–2 in the semi-finals and [[Belgium|Belgian]] [[Luca Brecel]] 9–5 in the final to win the first ranking title of his professional career.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/35485492|title=German Masters 2016 schedule & results|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=8 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/35518488|title=German Masters: Martin Gould wins maiden ranking title|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=8 February 2016|date=7 February 2016}}</ref> Gould lost in the final of the [[European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 6|Gdynia Open]] 4–1 to [[Mark Selby]]. After being knocked out in the second round of the [[2016 World Grand Prix|World Grand Prix]] by [[Shaun Murphy (snooker player)|Shaun Murphy]], Gould ended the season with three first round defeats, culminating with a 10–8 loss to [[Ding Junhui]] at the [[2016 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2015&player=27 | title=Martin Gould 2015/2016 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=6 August 2016}}</ref> ===2016/2017 season=== A run of failing to get past the third round of a ranking event in the [[Snooker season 2016/2017|2016/2017 season]] ended when Gould played in the [[2017 German Masters]]. The defending champion beat [[Jamie Jones (snooker player)|Jamie Jones]] 5–0, [[Ricky Walden]] 5–3 and [[Ryan Day]] 5–2 to face [[Ali Carter]] in the semi-finals and he was defeated 6–2. The run gave Gould the final place for the [[2017 World Grand Prix|World Grand Prix]] and he edged out [[Mark Selby]] 4–3, before losing 4–3 to [[Joe Perry (snooker player)|Joe Perry]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2016&player=27| title=Martin Gould 2016/2017| publisher=Snooker.org| accessdate=5 March 2017}}</ref> Gould won three matches to qualify for the [[2017 World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] and fell 7–2 behind [[John Higgins (snooker player)|John Higgins]] in the opening session of the first round.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/yan-secures-crucible-debut/|title=Yan Secures Crucible Debut|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]]|accessdate=13 April 2017}}</ref> He threatened a fightback upon his return, but would be eliminated 10–6.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/higgins-sets-allen-clash/|title=Higgins Sets Up Allen Clash|publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association|World Snooker]]|accessdate=19 April 2017}}</ref> == Performance and rankings timeline == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" |- style="background:#efefef;" ! '''Tournament''' ! [[Snooker season 1999/2000|1999/<br/>00]] ! [[Snooker season 2000/2001|2000/<br/>01]] ! [[Snooker season 2001/2002|2001/<br/>02]] ! [[Snooker season 2002/2003|2002/<br/>03]] ! [[Snooker season 2003/2004|2003/<br/>04]] ! [[Snooker season 2004/2005|2004/<br/>05]] ! [[Snooker season 2007/2008|2007/<br/>08]] ! [[Snooker season 2008/2009|2008/<br/>09]] ! [[Snooker season 2009/2010|2009/<br/>10]] ! [[Snooker season 2010/2011|2010/<br/>11]] ! [[Snooker season 2011/2012|2011/<br/>12]] ! [[Snooker season 2012/2013|2012/<br/>13]] ! [[Snooker season 2013/2014|2013/<br/>14]] ! [[Snooker season 2014/2015|2014/<br/>15]] ! [[Snooker season 2015/2016|2015/<br/>16]] ! [[Snooker season 2016/2017|2016/<br/>17]] ! [[Snooker season 2017/2018|2017/<br/>18]] |- | style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref name="Ranking history">{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=6 February 2011}}</ref><ref group="nb">From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="NMT">He was not on the Main Tour.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="NMT"/> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="NMT"/> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="NMT"/> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="UR">New players don't have a ranking.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="NMT"/> | style="text-align:center;"|<ref group="nb" name="UR"/> | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2008/2009|63]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2009/2010|46]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2010/2011|43]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2011/2012|21]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2012/2013|14]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2013/2014|25]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2014/2015|30]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2015/2016|26]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2016/2017|15]] | style="text-align:center;"|[[Snooker world rankings 2017/2018|16]] |- | colspan="30" | '''Ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Riga Masters (snooker)|Riga Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)</ref> | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Minor-Rank. | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Riga Masters|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[China Championship (snooker)|China Championship]] | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 China Championship (snooker)|3R]] |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Paul Hunter Classic]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)</ref> | colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Pro-am Event | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Minor-Ranking Event | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Paul Hunter Classic|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Paul Hunter Classic|1R]] |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Indian Open (snooker)|Indian Open]] | colspan="12" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Indian Open|3R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[World Open (snooker)|World Open]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Grand Prix (1999/2000–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010), the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2010 World Open (snooker)|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 World Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 World Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 World Open (snooker)|1R]] | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 World Open (snooker)|2R]] |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[European Open (snooker)|European Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)</ref> | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | colspan="8" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 European Masters (snooker)|1R]] |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[English Open (snooker)|English Open]] | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held |style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 English Open (snooker)|3R]] |style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 English Open (snooker)|1R]] |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[International Championship]] | colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 International Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 International Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 International Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 International Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 International Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;" |[[2017 International Championship|SF]] |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Shanghai Masters (snooker)|Shanghai Masters]] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 Shanghai Masters|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Shanghai Masters|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Shanghai Masters|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Shanghai Masters|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Shanghai Masters (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2015 Shanghai Masters|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Shanghai Masters|WR]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| {{nowrap|[[Northern Ireland Open (snooker)|Northern Ireland Open]]}} | colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[UK Championship (snooker)|UK Championship]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2008 UK Championship (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 UK Championship (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 UK Championship (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 UK Championship (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 UK Championship (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 UK Championship (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2015 UK Championship (snooker)|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 UK Championship|2R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Scottish Open (snooker)|Scottish Open]]<ref group="nb" >The event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)</ref> | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|MR | colspan="3" align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|WD | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[German Masters]] | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 German Masters|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 German Masters|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|[[2016 German Masters|'''W''']] | align="center" style="background:yellow;" | [[2017 German Masters|SF]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker Shoot-Out|Shoot-Out]] | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Non-ranking Event | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Snooker Shoot-Out|1R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Grand Prix (snooker)|World Grand Prix]] | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NR | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 World Grand Prix|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 World Grand Prix|2R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Welsh Open (snooker)|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 Welsh Open (snooker)|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Welsh Open (snooker)|4R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Welsh Open (snooker)|1R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Gibraltar Open]] | colspan="14" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|MR | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| {{nowrap|[[Players Championship Grand Final|Players Championship]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)</ref>}} | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|[[Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Finals|F]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Finals|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Finals|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|DNQ | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[Players Tour Championship 2014/2015 – Finals|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[Players Tour Championship 2015/2016 – Finals|1R]] | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|DNQ | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[China Open (snooker)|China Open]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 China Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 China Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 China Open (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 China Open (snooker)|2R]] | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2009 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2010 World Snooker Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 World Snooker Championship|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 World Snooker Championship|1R]] | |- |colspan="30" | '''Non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Champion of Champions (snooker)|Champion of Champions]] | colspan="12" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Champion of Champions|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2016 Champion of Champions|QF]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Masters (snooker)|The Masters]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Masters (snooker)|1R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Championship League]] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Championship League|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Championship League|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|[[2013 Championship League|'''W''']] | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|[[2014 Championship League|F]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|WD | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Championship League|RR]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Championship League|RR]] | |- |colspan="30" | '''Variant format tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | {{nowrap|[[Six-red World Championship]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)</ref>}} | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2008 Six-red Snooker International|QF]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|NH | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Six-red World Championship|RR]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Six-red World Championship|1R]] | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2017 Six-red World Championship|RR]] |- |colspan="30" | '''Former ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[British Open (snooker)|British Open]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Irish Masters]] | colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Non-Ranking Event | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Northern Ireland Trophy]] | colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2007 Northern Ireland Trophy|2R]] | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Bahrain Championship]] |align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#cccccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|LQ |align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#cccccc;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Wuxi Classic]]<ref group="nb" name="WUC">The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)</ref> | colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Non-Ranking Event | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2012 Wuxi Classic|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Wuxi Classic|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| [[2014 Wuxi Classic|SF]] | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Australian Goldfields Open]] | colspan="10" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Australian Goldfields Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2012 Australian Goldfields Open|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2013 Australian Goldfields Open|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Australian Goldfields Open|2R]] | style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|[[2015 Australian Goldfields Open|F]] | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Not Held |- |colspan="30" | '''Former non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[2011 Brazil Masters|Brazil Masters]] | colspan="10" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[2015 World Grand Prix|World Grand Prix]] | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"| [[2015 World Grand Prix|SF]] | colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Ranking |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[General Cup]]<ref group="nb">The event was called the General Cup International (2004/2005–2011/2012)</ref> |align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#cccccc;"| Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held |align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 General Cup|RR]] |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker Shoot-Out|Shoot-Out]] | colspan="9" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Tournament Not Held | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2011 Snooker Shoot-Out|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|[[2012 Snooker Shoot-Out|QF]] | style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|[[2013 Snooker Shoot-Out|'''W''']] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2014 Snooker Shoot-Out|1R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2015 Snooker Shoot-Out|3R]] | style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[2016 Snooker Shoot-Out|2R]] | colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"| Ranking |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |- bgcolor="#efefef" ! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend |- | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;" width="30"|LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament<br />(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | lost in the quarter-finals |- | align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF | lost in the semi-finals | align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F | lost in the final | align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W''' | won the tournament |- | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;" width="30"|DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;" width="30"|A | did not participate in the tournament | align="center" style="color:#cccccc;" width="30"|WD | withdrew from the tournament |} {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || means an event was not held. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || means an event is/was a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|RV / Ranking & Variant Format Event || means an event is/was a ranking & variant format event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|PA / Pro-am Event || means an event is/was a pro-am event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|VF / Variant Format Event || means an event is/was a variant format event. |} ==Career Finals== ===Ranking event finals: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" |'''Legend''' |- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" | World Championship (0–0) |- bgcolor="dfe2e9" | UK Championship (0–0) |- bgcolor= | Other (1–2) |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !width="80"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="50"| Year !width="250"| Championship !width="200"| Opponent in the final |align="centr" width="50"| '''Score''' |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | [[Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Finals|2011]] | [[Players Tour Championship Finals]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Shaun|Murphy|Shaun Murphy (snooker player)}} | align="centr"|0–4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | [[2015 Australian Goldfields Open|2015]] | [[Australian Goldfields Open]] | {{flagicon|SCO}} [[John Higgins (snooker player)|John Higgins]] | 8–9 |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. | [[2016 German Masters|2016]] | [[German Masters]] | {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Luca Brecel]] | 9–5 |} ===Minor-ranking event finals: 5 (1 title, 4 runners-up)=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !width="80"|'''Outcome''' !width="20"|'''No.''' !width="50"|'''Year''' !width="250"|'''Championship''' !width="200"|'''Opponent in the final''' |align="centr" width="50"|'''Score''' |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 2010 | [[Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 6|Players Tour Championship – Event 6]] | {{Flagicon|WAL}} {{sortname|Dominic|Dale}} | align="centr"|3–4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. | 2011 | [[Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Event 11|Players Tour Championship – Event 11]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Tom|Ford|Tom Ford (snooker player)}} | align="centr"|3–4 |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. | 2012 | [[Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Event 2|Players Tour Championship – Event 2]] | {{Flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Stephen|Maguire}} | align="centr"|4–3 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 3. | [[European Tour 2014/2015 – Event 3|2014]] | [[Bulgarian Open]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Shaun|Murphy|Shaun Murphy (snooker player)}} | align="centr"|2–4 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 4. | [[European Tour 2015/2016 – Event 6|2016]] | [[Gdynia Open]] | {{Flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Mark|Selby}} | align="centr"|1–4 |} ===Non-ranking event finals: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)=== {| class="wikitable" |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" |'''Legend''' |- bgcolor="ffffcc" | Masters (0–0) |- bgcolor="d0f0c0" | Premier League (0–0) |- | Other (2–1) |} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !width="80"|'''Outcome''' !width="20"|'''No.''' !width="50"|'''Year''' !width="250"|'''Championship''' !width="200"|'''Opponent in the final''' |align="centr" width="50"|'''Score''' |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. | [[2013 Championship League|2013]] | [[Championship League]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Ali|Carter}} | align="centr"|3–2 |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 2. | [[2013 Snooker Shoot-Out|2013]] | [[Snooker Shoot-Out]] | {{flagicon|NIR}} [[Mark Allen (snooker player)|Mark Allen]] | 1−0 |- | bgcolor="ffa07a"|Runner-up | 1. | [[2014 Championship League|2014]] | [[Championship League]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Judd Trump]] | align="centr"|1–3 |} ===Variant event finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- !width="80"|'''Outcome''' !width="20"|'''No.''' !width="50"|'''Year''' !width="250"|'''Championship''' !width="200"|'''Opponent in the final''' |align="centr" width="50"|'''Score''' |- | style=" background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 2009 | {{nowrap|[[Pro Challenge Series - Event 2]] ('''6 Reds''')}} | {{flagicon|IRL}} [[Ken Doherty]] | 2−6 |- | style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. | [[2011 Power Snooker Masters Trophy|2011]] | [[Power Snooker]] | {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Ronnie|O'Sullivan}} | align="centr"|<ref group="nb">This format was based on points. Gould won 286–258.</ref> |} ==Notes== {{reflist|group=nb}} ==References== {{reflist|2}} ==External links== {{Commons category|Martin Gould}} * {{World Snooker|active|13165~2233737,00}} * {{CueTracker player|pid=martin-gould}} * [http://prosnookerblog.com/players/g-h/martin-gould/ Profile at Pro Snooker Blog] {{Top ten English male snooker players}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Gould, Martin}} [[Category:1981 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:English snooker players]] [[Category:People from Pinner]]'