Eddy Merckx (billiards player)
Eddy Merckx (born 4 September 1968 in Reet, Belgium) is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player.
Contents
- 1 Career
- 1.1 Season 2006/07
- 1.2 Season 2011/12
- 1.3 Season 2012/13
- 2 Achievements
- 3 References
Career
Season 2006/07
In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos 3–1 to win the world *le in three cushions billiards. In 2007, he added the European *le in Salon de Provence in France, by beating the reigning champion Frédéric Caudron.
Season 2011/12
On 8 October 2011, while playing in the German Bundesliga in Duisburg, Merckx defeated Won Kang 50–6 in six innings, a world record. The inning breakdown was 4-9-26-7-0-4. The previous record for a 50-point game was nine innings, shared by Torbjorn Blomdahl, Frederic Caudron and Marco Zanetti.
Season 2012/13
From 27 August to 1 September 2012 he played on the invitation tournament Cuvino Superprestige, which was held in the city of Lommel, Belgium. The Belgians where looking for the fifth time for their king of 3-cushion and in 2012 it was Merckx by beating world number one Frédéric Caudron in the final. Just a week later on 9 September 2012, he won his second UMB world *le in Porto by defeating again Frédéric Caudron in the semis and Choi Sung-Won in the finals. Another week later he was playing in Suwon on the 3-Cushion World Cup and got on the third place together with Dick Jaspers from the Netherlands. He was climbing up to third place of the world ranking due to his latest wins.
Achievements
- 3-Cushion World Champion (Single): Winner 2006, 2012 • Runner-up 2009
- 3-Cushion European Champion: Winner 2007 • Runner-up 2010, 2011
- 3-Cushion World Cup: Winner 2005, 2009, 2011 • Runner-up 2008
- Chrystal Kelly Tournament: Third 2009
- 3-Cushion Invitation Tournament in Zundert/Netherlands: Winner 2003 • Runner-up 2004, 2005
- Superprestige in Belgium: Winner 2012 • Third 2011
- Belgium Championship: Winner 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012