Igor Figueiredo
| Born | October 11, 1977 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Brazil |
| Nickname | T-Igor[1] |
| Professional | 2010–2012, 2013–2017, 2019–2022 |
| Highest ranking | 65 (September 2010)[2] |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (x3) |
Igor Almeida Figueiredo (born October 11, 1977) is a Brazilian former professional snooker player. Since being relegated from the main professional tour, he has competed in the World Seniors Tour.
Career
[edit]Amateur career
[edit]Prior to entering the PIOS tour in 2009, Figueiredo had only played on 10-foot tables in his home country. Despite this, his results were impressive, allowing him to finish 12th on the year-end ranking list.[3] Figueiredo's most significant achievement however came at the 2009 IBSF World Championship, as he enjoyed a spectacular run to the final. Although he lost 10–8 to experienced Alfie Burden, he was given a wild card by WPBSA onto the main tour for 2010/2011.[4]
2010–2012
[edit]In his first professional tournament, the minor-ranking PTC Event 1, Figueiredo won two matches to reach the last 32. He went further in the Event 3, losing a decider to Barry Hawkins in the last 16. At the Shanghai Masters, Figueiredo beat Jamie O'Neill 5–4 and David Gilbert 5–4 (despite being docked a frame for forgetting his cue).[5] His run ended in the last 64 losing 5–1 to Fergal O'Brien. He also qualified for the televised stages of the World Open, losing 0–3 in the third round to Mark Williams. From this point however, Figueiredo started to struggle for form, losing all his opening matches at the major tournaments. Thanks to his strong performances at the PTC events he was able to retain his tour card for the 2011/12 season, despite finishing only 80th in the world rankings.
Due to the lack of sponsorship Figueiredo only entered qualifying for one ranking event of the next season, the 2012 World Championship, where he won three matches, before losing 7–10 to Joe Jogia.[6] He also participated in the inaugural Brazil Masters and defeated world number 17 Jamie Cope in the first round 4–2,[7] but then lost by the same scoreline to Graeme Dott in the quarter-finals.[6]
2013–2017
[edit]In 2013, Figueiredo returned to Main Tour after receiving the nomination from the Americas region, but the lack of sponsorship again forced him to sit out the whole season until the 2014 World Championship.[8] He repeated his last 64 run of 2012 as he beat Adam Duffy 10–4 in the first qualifying round, and followed it with 10–8 win against Gerard Greene, but suffered a heavy 10–1 defeat to Martin Gould in the penultimate round.[9] Figueiredo also took part in the snooker tournament at the 2013 World Games, where he lost 3–2 to Dechawat Poomjaeng in the bronze medal match.[9]
Figueiredo finally managed to gain sponsorship before the 2014 UK Championship, and was able to enter all the remaining tournaments of the 2014/2015 season. At the UK Championship he defeated Fergal O'Brien 6–4 to reach the last 64, where he lost 6–4 to Anthony McGill. He repeated this result at the German Masters qualifying by beating Kurt Maflin 5–3, before Stuart Bingham defeated him 5–1. Figueiredo went on to lose his opening match at each of the next three ranking tournaments, but enjoyed another strong run at the World Championship qualifiers. He started with a 10–3 win against veteran Nigel Bond, and followed that with a dramatic 10–9 victory over Rod Lawler, in a match where Figueiredo led 8–2 and 9–5, to reach the final round, where he lost 10–4 to Robin Hull.[10]
Figueiredo was able to stay on the tour, as he was issued an International Development Main Tour Card as the Brazilian National Champion.[11] He again had to sit out most of the season up to the 2016 World Championship where he was defeated 10–2 by Matthew Selt in the first qualifying round.[12]
In the latter part of the 2016/2017 season Figueiredo had his best finishes on the tour to date. At the Welsh Open he secured wins over Alfie Burden, Anthony McGill and Dominic Dale, before falling 4–1 to Stuart Carrington. He also reached the fourth round of the Gibraltar Open by eliminating Sydney Wilson, Fraser Patrick and Thor Chuan Leong and lost 4–2 to Nigel Bond.[13] He was relegated from the tour at the end of the year though due to being ranked 111th in the world.[14]
2022-23
[edit]Figueiredo had moved back to Brazil in 2021 during the COVID-19 pandemic and had not competed in any events since. In the 2022-23 season, he chose not to renew his membership of the WPBSA and was removed from the world rankings during the 2022 European Masters.[15]
World Seniors Tour
[edit]Since being relegated from the main professional tour, Figueiredo has competed in the World Seniors Tour. He was runner-up in the UK Seniors Championship in 2018 and winner of the World Seniors Championship in 2024, meeting Ken Doherty in the final on each occasion.[16] By winning the tournament in 2024, beating Doherty 5–2 in the final, he qualified for the 2024 Champion of Champions tournament.[17]
Performance and rankings timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2010/ 11 |
2011/ 12 |
2013/ 14 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2021/ 22 |
2023/ 24 | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[18][nb 1] | [nb 2] | 75 | [nb 2] | 109 | [nb 3] | 126 | [nb 4] | [nb 4] | [nb 2] | 82 | [nb 5] | [nb 4] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Masters | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English Open | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | WD | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | A | A | 1R | 4R | LQ | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Championship | LQ | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | A | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shoot Out | Non-Ranking Event | 1R | A | A | 2R | WD | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scottish Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | A | A | 1R | 1R | WD | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
| German Masters | LQ | A | A | LQ | A | LQ | A | A | LQ | LQ | WD | A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh Open | LQ | A | A | 1R | A | 4R | A | A | 3R | 1R | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship[nb 6] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||
| World Open | LQ | A | A | Not Held | A | A | A | 1R | Not Held | A | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Seniors Championship | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | A | SF | A | W | |||||||||||||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | LQ | A | A | A | A | A | A | Non-Ranking | Not Held | NR | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Open | Not Held | A | LQ | NH | A | A | A | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Open | LQ | A | A | LQ | A | LQ | A | A | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Championship | Tournament Not Held | NR | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | RR | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gibraltar Open | Tournament Not Held | MR | 4R | A | A | 2R | 1R | A | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brazil Masters | NH | QF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Six-red World Championship | RR | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Haining Open | Tournament Not Held | Minor-Ranking | A | A | A | SF | NH | A | 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 now a ranking event | |||
- ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
- ^ a b c New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
- ^ Players issued an invitational tour card began the season without ranking points
- ^ a b c He was an amateur
- ^ Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points
- ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2011/2012 and 2013/2014–2015/2016)
Career finals
[edit]Non-ranking finals: 3 (2 titles)
[edit]| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | UK Seniors Championship |  Ken Doherty
|
1–4 |
| Winner | 1. | 2024 | World Seniors Championship | Ken Doherty
|
5–2 |
| Winner | 2. | 2024 | Seniors 900 |  Jimmy White
|
2–1 [19] |
Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles)
[edit]| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2009 | IBSF World Snooker Championship | Alfie Burden
|
8–10 |
| Winner | 1. | 2018 | WSF Seniors Championship |  Darren Morgan
|
5–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 2019 | Pan American Snooker Championship |  Renat Denkha
|
5–1 |
| Winner | 3. | 2024 | Q Tour Americas 1 – Event 1 | Noel Rodrigues Moreira
|
5–1 |
References
[edit]- ^ "T-Igor, T-Igor, burning bright in Hyderabad". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 9 June 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
- ^ "World rankings after Shanghai Masters 2010" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 October 2010. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
- ^ "2009–10 PIOS Rankings". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2010.
- ^ "T-Igor, T-Igor, burning bright in Hyderabad". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 2012-06-09. Retrieved 2010-06-30.
- ^ "Better late than never for Igor". Foul4.com. Archived from the original on 2022-12-30. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ^ a b "Igor Figueiredo 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ "Cope stunned at Brazil Masters". Eurosport. 16 September 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2012.
- ^ "Tour Players 2013/2014" (PDF). World Snooker. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ a b "Igor Figueiredo 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
- ^ "Igor Figueiredo 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 April 2015.
- ^ "Yan Bingtao Tour Card Deferred". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
- ^ "Igor Figueiredo 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Igor Figueiredo 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Rankings 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "Igor Figueiredo". 24 August 2022.
- ^ "Doherty Wins UK Seniors Crown". World Seniors Tour. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Igor Figueiredo is the Mr Vegas World Seniors Snooker Champion". World Seniors Tour. 12 May 2024. Archived from the original on 12 May 2024. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
- ^ "Seniors 900". snooker.org.
External links
[edit]
- Igor Figueiredo at the World Snooker Tour (archived)
- Igor Figueiredo at snooker.org
