Vincent "Vinnie" Calabrese (born 7 October 1987) is an Australian former professional snooker player from Campbelltown, New South Wales. He was based in Cambridge together with his compatriot Neil Robertson, although he has since moved back to Australia.

Vinnie Calabrese
Calabrese at the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1987-10-07) 7 October 1987 (age 37)
Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia
Sport country Australia
Professional2013–2016
Highest ranking79 (June–July 2014)[1]

Early career

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Calabrese started playing snooker aged 7 and soon came to success, winning a number of local tournaments. At the age of just 16 he had already claimed the Australian Snooker Championship. Since 2006 he has been spending a lot of time in England, playing in the PIOS tournaments and practising with Neil Robertson. His initial attempts to gain the main tour place via PIOS and later Q School were unsuccessful, however in 2013 he captured the Oceania Championship in Papua New Guinea with a 6–5 victory against Matthew Bolton to earn a two-year card for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons.[2]

2013/2014 season

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Thanks to the newly introduced flat draws, Calabrese was able to qualify for the venue stages of his debut tournament, the Wuxi Classic, as he defeated Anthony McGill 5–3. He lost 5–1 to John Higgins in the last 64 at the venue in China.[3] At the UK Championship he led world number 22 Dominic Dale 5–2, but was pegged back to 5–5 with Calabrese saying afterwards that he couldn't hold himself together. However, in the deciding frame he made a composed 70 break to win 6–5 before losing 6–3 against Gary Wilson in the second round.[4][5] Calabrese was knocked out of the first round of seven of the eight European Tour events, but at the Bluebell Wood Open he defeated world number two Mark Selby 4–2, Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–2 and David Morris 4–1 and then led Jimmy Robertson 3–0 in the last 16, but was beaten 4–3.[3] He finished his debut season on the tour ranked world number 105.[6]

2014/2015 season

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Calabrese won just two matches during the 2014–15 season.[7] In February 2015, Calabrese gave up his World Snooker Tour card after the Welsh Open, in which he lost 4–1 to Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round, to return to being an amateur player so he could compete in the Oceania Championship.[8] In March 2015, Calabrese won the Oceania Championship by defeating Matthew Bolton 6–3 in the final and earned a two-year tour card for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons.[9]

2015/2016 season

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Calabrese won just two of 13 games during the 2015/2016 season. Despite having a tour card which also covered the 2016/2017 season, he resigned from the tour in February 2016.[10]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Tournament 2013/
14
2014/
15
2015/
16
Ranking[11][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open LQ LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters LQ LQ LQ
International Championship LQ LQ LQ
UK Championship 2R 1R 1R
German Masters LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open 1R 1R 1R
World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ
Players Tour Championship Grand Final DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open LQ A LQ
World Championship LQ A A
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship RR A A
Former ranking tournaments
World Open LQ Not held
Wuxi Classic 1R LQ NH
Indian Open LQ 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 a ranking event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ a b New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  3. ^ Since February 2015 he was an amateur

Career finals

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Amateur finals: 15 (9 titles)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2004 Australian Under-18 Championship   Michael Lupton 6–5
Runner-up 1. 2005 Australian Under-21 Championship   Adam Kinghorn 5–6
Winner 2. 2005 Australian Under-18 Championship   Justin Sajich 5–1
Winner 3. 2005 Australian Amateur Championship   Roger Farebrother 6–4
Winner 4. 2006 Australian Under-21 Championship   Michael Lupton 8–3
Winner 5. 2007 Australian Under-21 Championship   Michael Lupton 6–4
Winner 6. 2008 Australian Under-21 Championship   Ricky Emery 6–2
Runner-up 2. 2010 Australian Open Championship   Steve Mifsud 5–6
Runner-up 3. 2012 Australian Open Championship   Shawn Budd 5–6
Runner-up 4. 2013 Oceania 6-red Championship   Adrian Ridley 0–5
Winner 7. 2013 Oceania Championship   Matthew Bolton 6–5
Winner 8. 2015 Oceania Championship   Matthew Bolton 6–3
Runner-up 5. 2016 Australian Amateur Championship   James Mifsud 1–6
Runner-up 6. 2023 Asia Pacific 6-Reds Championship   Shaun Dalitz 2–4
Winner 9. 2023 Q Tour Asia-Pacific - Event 2   Steve Mifsud 6–3

References

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  1. ^ "World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ^ "Calabrese Excited To Join Tour". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 16 May 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Vinnie Calabrese 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 August 2013.
  4. ^ "UK Snooker Championship: Vinnie Calabrese ousts Dominic Dale in Barbican opener". The Press. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  5. ^ "UK Championship: Mark Selby fights back to beat 15-year-old Shane Castle". Sky Sports. Retrieved 6 May 2014.
  6. ^ "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
  7. ^ "Vinnie Calabrese 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 May 2015.
  8. ^ "Updated World Rankings". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 23 February 2015. Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Calabrese Earns Main Tour Return". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  10. ^ "Vinnie Calabrese 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  11. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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