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A member of snooker's main tour since turning professional in 1991, O'Brien has been ranked within the world's top 64 players since 1994, reaching his highest position, 9th, for the 2000/2001 season. He has won one ranking title - the 1999 British Open, where he defeated Anthony Hamilton 9–7 in the final - and reached two other major finals, notably in the 2001 Masters.

Career

O'Brien is along with Yan Bingtao one of only two players to score a century in their first frame at the World Championships in the Crucible, which he achieved against Alan McManus in 1994 (though he lost the match 10–7 and did not qualify again until 1998). His greatest achievement was winning the British Open in 1999, beating Anthony Hamilton 9–7 in the final. Hamilton opened with two centuries, but O'Brien won five frames on the final black to defeat the Nottingham man.

O'Brien also came close to winning the Masters title in 2001. After beating Mark Williams, Ken Doherty and Dave Harold, he lost in the final to Paul Hunter after leading 7–3. He has reached one further ranking final, and three semi-finals

O'Brien peaked at No. 9 in the rankings following his sole title, but nosedived after this. He narrowly retained his top 16 place for the 2001/2002 season, but dropped out a year later – and then out of the top 32 a year later. Three further falls down the rankings left him at No. 45, before beginning to recover.

O'Brien's best run at the World Championship is the quarter-final and 2005 he became the first player to beat John Parrott in a World Championship qualifier.

O'Brien started the 2007/2008 campaign in Shanghai where he had beaten Paul Davies and Barry Hawkins in qualifying rounds, however, he lost to Steve Davis in the first round. O'Brien also qualified for the Grand Prix but lost four of his group matches to finish 5th in his group ahead of only Graeme Dott.

After qualifying for the main draw of the 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy by beating Barry Pinches in a deciding frame, O'Brien went on to beat Dave Harold in the first round of the main draw. Victories over John Higgins (in a decider), Barry Hawkins and Ronnie O'Sullivan, before he reached the second ranking-event final of his career by beating Mark Allen by 6 frames to 3. He lost the final to Stephen Maguire, 5–9. This run helped him return to the top 32 of the Snooker world rankings 2007/2008, but the early part of the 2008/2009 season proved disappointing, O'Brien not reaching the last sixteen of any of the first four tournaments.

As of the end of 2009 O'Brien had compiled 101 competitive century breaks in his career.

He qualified for the Players Tour Championship 2011/2012 – Finals held in Galway but lost his Last 24 match 0–4 to Joe Perry.

On 12 April 2017, O’Brien qualified for the 2017 World Snooker Championship after a record-breaking victory in the final qualifying round match against Dave Gilbert. The final frame set the record for the longest frame of the modern era, lasting 123 minutes and 41 seconds.^[1]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tourname	1991/ 92	1992/ 93	1993/ 94	1994/ 95	1995/ 96	1996/ 97	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2001/ 02	2002/ 03	2003/ 04	2004/ 05	2005/ 06	2006/ 07	2007/ 08	2008/ 09	2009/ 10	2010/ 11	2011/ 12	2012/ 13	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19
Ranking^[2]^[3]	^[4]	192	100	42	38	36	23	20	11	9	16	23	33	41	44	46	37	24	31	47	37	34	36	31	27	40	45	51
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters^[5]	Tournament Not Held																							MR		2R	LQ	1R
World Open^[6]	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	QF	2R	1R	2R	2R	3R	2R	3R	LQ	1R	2R	RR	RR	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	Not Held		1R	LQ	3R
{{nowrap\|Paul Hunter Classic^[7]}}	Tournament Not Held													Pro-am Event						Minor-Ranking Event						2R	2R	2R
China Championship	Tournament Not Held																									NR	QF	2R
European Masters^[8]	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	LQ	Not Held		2R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	2R	NR	Not Held								LQ	LQ	2R
English Open	Tournament Not Held																									3R	1R	1R
International Championship	Not Held																					1R	3R	2R	2R	1R	LQ	LQ
Northern Ireland Open	Tournament Not Held																									3R	1R	1R
UK Championship	LQ	1R	1R	3R	LQ	LQ	1R	QF	1R	QF	2R	1R	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	3R	1R	2R	3R	1R	1R
Scottish Open^[9]	NH	2R	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	SF	3R	3R	2R	2R	1R	LQ	Not Held								MR	Not Held			2R	1R	1R
German Masters^[10]	Not Held				LQ	LQ	LQ	NR	Not Held											LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	LQ	1R	1R
World Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held																							NR	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	LQ	LQ	3R	3R	2R	QF	3R	3R	QF	2R	QF	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	1R
Shoot-Out	Tournament Not Held																			Non-Ranking Event						4R	2R	1R
Indian Open	Not Held																						2R	1R	NH	LQ	2R	1R
Players Championship^[11]	Not Held																			DNQ	1R	DNQ	2R	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Gibraltar Open	Tournament Not Held																								MR	1R	1R	2R
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held																											DNQ
China Open^[12]	Not Held						NR	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	1R	LQ	WR	LQ	2R	1R	LQ	1R	2R	LQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	QF	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	F	QF	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Championship League	Not Held																RR	A	A	A	A	A	A	RR	RR	A	A	A
{{nowrap\|World Seniors Championship}}	A	Not Held																		A	A	A	A	F	1R	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open^[13]	LQ	MR	NR	Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic^[14]	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held			Non-Ranking Event					2R	NR	Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters^[15]	LQ	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ	QF	2R	LQ	1R	2R	QF	NR	Not Held			NR	Tournament Not Held
British Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	3R	1R	1R	W	3R	2R	3R	3R	3R	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event											LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	NR	Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy	Tournament Not Held														NR	LQ	F	1R	Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship	Tournament Not Held																	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Wuxi Classic^[16]	Tournament Not Held																	Non-Ranking Event				2R	1R	1R	Tournament Not Held
{{nowrap\|Australian Goldfields Open^[17]}}	Not Held			NR		Tournament Not Held															LQ	LQ	2R	2R	2R	Not Held
Shanghai Masters	Tournament Not Held																1R	1R	LQ	LQ	2R	WR	LQ	QF	LQ	LQ	2R	NR
Former non-ranking tournaments
Champions Cup^[18]	Not Held			A	A	A	A	A	RR	A	A	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held			A	A	A	A	A	R	SF	Tournament Not Held
Scottish Masters	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters	A	A	SF	A	A	A	QF	A	1R	1R	1R	Ranking Event			NH	SF	Tournament Not Held
{{nowrap\|Irish Professional Championship}}	SF	1R	Tournament Not Held												SF	QF	F	Tournament Not Held
Shoot-Out	Tournament Not Held																			3R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	Ranking Event

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
DQ	disqualified from the tournament

NH / Not Held				event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				event is/was a minor-ranking event.

1. ^{{citeweb|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/39581570|title=World Snooker Championship: Fergal O'Brien wins longest frame in snooker history to qualify|date=13 April 2017|work=BBC|accessdate=13 April 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=6 February 2011}}
3. ^From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
4. ^New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
5. ^The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
6. ^The event was called the Grand Prix (1991/1992–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010), the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)
7. ^The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)
8. ^The event was called the European Open (1991/1992–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004), Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
9. ^The event run under different names as International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and Players Championship (2003/2004)
10. ^The event run under different name as German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
11. ^The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)
12. ^The event run under different name as China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
13. ^The event run under different name as Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
14. ^The event run under different names as Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and Asian Classic (1996/1997)
15. ^The event run under different names as Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
16. ^The event run under different name as Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
17. ^The event run under different names as Australian Open (1994/1995) and Australian Masters (1995/1996)
18. ^The event run under different name as Charity Challenge (1994/1995–1998/1999)

Career

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Ranking finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Minor-ranking finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Non-ranking finals: 8 (2 titles, 6 runners-up)

Team finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

References

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