Joe Meara
| Born | 4 August 1975 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Northern Ireland |
| Professional | 1998/99, 2003/04, 2011/12[1] |
| Highest ranking | 94 (June–July 2011)[2] |
| Career winnings | £6,370[1] |
| Highest break | 104 (2004 World Snooker Championship qualifiers)[1] |
| Century breaks | 2[1] |
| Best ranking finish | Last 80 (2004 European Open)[1] |
Joe Meara (born 4 August 1975) is a former professional snooker player from Northern Ireland.
Career summary
He spent three seasons as a professional,[1] as well as entering in the preliminary rounds of the World Snooker Championship and Masters Qualifying Event as an amateur.[1] His most successful season was in 2003/2004, where his best ranking finish was in the last 80 of the 2004 European Open.[1] He qualified for the 2011/2012 professional Main Tour by topping the Northern Ireland rankings,[3] however dropped off the tour at the end of that season after playing a limited schedule due to financial issues and lost every match he played.[3]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 1997/ 98 |
1998/ 99 |
1999/ 00 |
2000/ 01 |
2001/ 02 |
2002/ 03 |
2003/ 04 |
2011/ 12 |
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| Ranking[4][nb 1] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 3] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 3] | UR[nb 3] | ||
| Ranking tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Goldfields Open | Not held | LQ | ||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | Not held | LQ | ||||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||
| World Open[nb 4] | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | A | ||
| German Masters | Non ranking | Not held | LQ | |||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | A | ||
| Players Tour Championship Grand Finals | Not Held | DNQ | ||||||||
| World Championship | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | A | ||
| Non-ranking tournaments | ||||||||||
| The Masters | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | ||
| Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||||
| British Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | NH | ||
| Players Championship[nb 5] | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | NH | ||
| Irish Masters | Non ranking | A | LQ | NH | ||||||
| European Open[nb 6] | NH | A | Not held | A | LQ | NH | ||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
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| 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. | |||
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- Joe Meara at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database
- Player profile on Pro Snooker Blog
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