.jpg) Trump at the 2015 World Championship | |
| Born | 20 August 1989 Whitchurch, Bristol, England |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  England |
| Nickname | The Ace in the Pack[1] |
| Professional | 2005–present |
| Highest ranking | 1 (November–December 2012, February–March 2013, August 2019 – August 2021, October–November 2021, August 2024 – present) |
| Current ranking | 1 (as of 11 November 2024) |
| Maximum breaks | 8 |
| Century breaks | 1,015 (as of 24 November 2024) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 29 |
| Minor-ranking | 4 |
| World Champion | 2019 |
Judd Trump MBE (born 20 August 1989[2]) is an English professional snooker player who is a former world champion and the current world number one. Widely regarded as one of the sport's most talented players, he is currently in fourth place on the list of all-time ranking event winners, having won 29 ranking titles. He has also won four Triple Crown titles.
After a junior career that included winning the English Under-13 and Under-15 titles, and reaching the World Under-21 Championship semi-finals aged 14, Trump turned professional in 2005. He won his maiden ranking title at the 2011 China Open, was runner-up to John Higgins at the 2011 World Snooker Championship, and captured his first Triple Crown title at the 2011 UK Championship. By the end of the 2017–18 season, he had won eight ranking titles but was facing persistent criticism that he was underachieving in the sport, given his talent.[3] In the 2018–19 season, he completed his Triple Crown by winning both the Masters and World Championship, won two other ranking events, and became the first player to win over £1 million in prize money in a single season.[4] In the 2019–20 season, he won six ranking events, setting a new record for the most ranking titles in a single season.[5] He added a further five ranking titles during the 2020–21 season.[6] Voted the World Snooker Tour's Player of the Year for three consecutive years from 2019 to 2021, he was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame in 2021.[7] He reached his third World Championship final in 2022, where he was runner-up to Ronnie O'Sullivan, and was awarded an MBE in the same year. He won his second Masters title in 2023, making him the 11th player to win the tournament more than once.[8][9]
Trump made his 1,000th century break in professional competition at the 2024 British Open, becoming the third player, after O'Sullivan and Higgins, to reach this milestone.[10] In the 2019–20 season, he became the second player, after Neil Robertson, to achieve 100 century breaks in a single season.[11] He has made eight maximum breaks in his career.[12] In 2022, he became the second player, after Shaun Murphy, to compile three maximums in a single calendar year, having made 147s at the 2022 Turkish Masters, the 2022 Champion of Champions and the 2022 Scottish Open.[13][14]
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- ^ "Has Trump's talent matched his title haul?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
- ^ "Judd Trump's record breaking prize money after Snooker World Championship win". Metro. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Gibraltar Open: Judd Trump wins sixth ranking title of season". BBC Sport. 15 March 2020. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Gibraltar Open: Judd Trump win his fifth ranking title of the season". www.sportinglife.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Trump Named Player Of The Year For Third Time". World Snooker. 6 May 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- ^ "Judd Trump holds off Mark Williams to win his second Masters title". the Guardian. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Elated Trump Wins Second Masters Title". World Snooker. 15 January 2023. Archived from the original on 15 January 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- ^ "Judd Trump registers 1,000th century in British Open defeat by Mark Allen". BBC Sport. 27 September 2024. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
- ^ "Judd Trump beats Tom Ford 10–8 to start his world-title defence". Sky Sports. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Perfection For Trump In Edinburgh". World Snooker Tour. 29 November 2022.
- ^ Ivan (6 December 2022). "Will Trump Beat 147s Record?". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 6 December 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Judd Trump hits 'unbelievable' maximum 147 break in emphatic win over Mitchell Mann at Scottish Open". Eurosport UK. 29 November 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.