Daryl Peach

Daryl Peach
Born (1972-03-08) March 8, 1972
Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
Sport country  England
Pool games 9-ball
Tournament wins
World Champion 9-Ball (2007)

Daryl Peach (born 8 March 1972 in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England) is an English professional pocket billiards (pool) player, who now resides in Blackpool, England. Nicknamed "The Dazzler," he defeated the Philippines' Roberto Gomez in 2007 in Manila, Philippines to become the first Englishman to win the WPA World Nine-ball Championship. Peach defeated many highly ranked players, including the defending champion, Ronnie Alcano, Francisco Bustamente, and Roberto Gomez. Peach held the title until 2010, where the tournament was held in Doha, Qatar, which was won by Francisco Bustamante.

Due to his success in the World Championship, he was called up into the European team for the 2007 Mosconi Cup in Las Vegas, Nevada, having also made the team in 1995. Just as he did in 1995, Peach helped team Europe to secure the cup, along with team mates Tony Drago (Malta), Konstantin Stepanov (Russia), Niels Feijen (Holland), and Ralf Souquet (Germany).

Peach was also the youngest ever winner of the World Pool Masters at the age of 23 years and 3 months old. He is also the only UK player to have been rated as number 1 in the UK rankings, European tour rankings, and WPA World rankings. Peach has twice been a runner up in the World Cup of Pool (2008, and 2015) alongside his fellow English team mate, Mark Gray.

List of titles

  • 1995 Mosconi Cup
  • 1995 World Pool Masters
  • 2007 Eurotour German Open
  • 2007 Mosconi Cup
  • 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
  • 2009 Eurotour Portugal Open
  • 2009 Lugo International Nine-Ball Open[1]
  • 2010 Eurotour Italian Open
  • 2010 International Open 8-Ball
  • 2010 World Team Championship
  • 2012 Eurotour German Open
  • 2012 Longoni Benalux Open
  • 2013 Zagreb Open

References

  1. ↑ "Peach beats Feijen hill-hill for Lugo International 9-Ball Open Win". AzBilliards.com. July 2, 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-02.
Preceded by
Ronato Alcano		 WPA World Nine-ball Champion
2007		 Succeeded by
Francisco Bustamante


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