Martin Gould

Quick Facts

Full Name	Martin Gould
Occupation	Snooker Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 14, 1981(1981-09-14)
Age	43
Birthplace	Middlesex
Country	United States
Birth City	Virginia
Horoscope	Virgo

Martin Gould Biography

Martin Gould is one of the most popular and richest Snooker Player who was born on September 14, 1981 in Middlesex, Virginia, United States. Martin Gould (born 14 September 1981) is an English professional snooker player who hails from Pinner within Harrow in the London Borough of Harrow. He has been a part of three finals of ranking and has was awarded a ranking title at that of the German Masters.

Gould was back in action when the winner of his third English Amateur Championship, beating David Lilley 8-7 in a intense black-ball match, in which Lilley hit the black ball but White to be thrown into the off. Then, he took the title in the British Play-offs at Leeds to make sure he was able to reinstatement on his place on the Main Tour for 2007-08 season.

Gould had a strong start to the 2010–11 season, reaching the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters after beating Stephen Hendry 5–3, and scored his major ranking quarter-final at the World Open, where he lost 1–3 to Peter Ebdon. He performed successfully during the minor-ranking PTC events, his best result being the final of the Event 6, where he lost 3–4 to Dominic Dale despite Dale needing snookers in the decider. Having qualified to the PTC Grand Finals, in March 2011 Gould reached his first career final, where he was beaten 0–4 by Shaun Murphy. Gould once again qualified for the 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 champion and eventual World Championship runner-up, Judd Trump.

In November, Gould won the Masters Trophy of the variant form of the game, Power Snooker, beating reigning champion Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final. Gould finished 2011 by reaching the final of PTC Event 11, where he lost to Tom Ford 3–4. He also reached the semi-finals of Event 9 and Event 12 to finish 10th in the Order of Merit and seal his place in the Finals, where he lost 1–4 to eventual winner Stephen Lee in the last 24. Gould’s recent rise up the world rankings earned him a place in the prestigious Masters tournament for the first time in 2012. Only the top 16 are invited to the event with Gould drawing Shaun Murphy in the first round and being beaten 2–6. 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 in the World Championship. He finished the season ranked world number 14, meaning he had climbed 7 places during the year.

Gould made it to the final 32 in the Northern Ireland Trophy, beating Matthew Stevens 5-4 from 0-3 down in the final 48. He also won numerous qualifying matches in both the UK Championship and World Championship qualifying events, though Gould did not get a spot in either event. He finished the year in the top 64.

Martin Gould Net Worth

Martin Gould is one of the richest Snooker Player from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Martin Gould 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gould started his career playing on the Challenge Tour in 2000, at the time a second-tier professional tour. The year 2002 was the year Gould took home his very first English Amateur Championship, beating Craig Taylor in the final. Gould reached the semi-finals at in 2002’s European Championship.

Gould had a great performance during the qualifying process in 2003 for the World Snooker Championship, winning eight matches and defeating Alain Robidoux and Stephen Maguire. Gould’s season ended when he was defeated by Patrick Wallace. But he was dropped from his Main Tour after this sole season, and he played very little for the next four seasons because of caring for his dying mother.

Gould came through qualifying for the 2008 UK Championship, beating Supoj Saenla 9–1, Tom Ford 9–6, and in the final qualifying round overturned a 2–5 deficit to overcome Dominic Dale 9–6. In the first round Gould faced eventual champion 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, 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 2009–10 season meaning Gould had only to win two matches to qualify for events. In the World Championship qualifying, Gould defeated Rodney Goggins 10–7, 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 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 6–0, 11–5 and 12–10, playing arguably his best snooker ever, before ultimately losing 12–13. Robertson went on to win the championship that year.

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In the ranking events of the 2013–14 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. Gould’s best result on the European Tour was at the Rotterdam Open where he lost in the quarter-finals 3–4 to Mark Selby. For the second successive year he qualified for the Winners’ group of the 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 1–3 in the final by Judd Trump. 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 World Championship. He did so with comprehensive 10–1 victories over Mitchell Travis and Igor Figueiredo and then beat Liang Wenbo 10–7. 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 7–10. He fell five more places this season to end it as the world number 30.

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A run of failing to get past the third round of a ranking event in the 2016–17 season ended when Gould played in the 2017 German Masters. The defending champion beat 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 2–6. The run gave Gould the final place for the World Grand Prix and he edged out Mark Selby 4–3, before losing 3–4 to Joe Perry. Gould won three matches to qualify for the World Championship and fell 2–7 behind John Higgins in the opening session of the first round. He threatened a fightback upon his return, but would be eliminated 6–10.

What happened to Martin Gould?

Martin Gould has conceded he was ready to quit snooker after being driven into a “dark place” by social media abuse. The former world No 11 said his enforced time away from the game due to the coronavirus lockdown effectively saved his career.

What ranking is Martin Gould?

Tournament wins

How old is Martin Gould?

40 years (September 14, 1981)

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