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Fergal O'Brien

1972 - Today

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Fergal O'Brien (born 8 March 1972) is an Irish retired professional snooker player who competed on the World Snooker Tour from 1991 to 2024. He won one ranking title during his career, defeating Anthony Hamilton 9–7 in the final of the 1999 British Open. He was runner-up at the 2001 Masters, where he lost the final 9–10 to Paul Hunter. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fergal O'Brien has received more than 231,530 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Fergal O'Brien is the 58th most popular snooker (down from 43rd in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 419th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Snooker.

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  • 230k

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  • 36.86

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 20

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SNOOKERS

Among snookers, Fergal O'Brien ranks 58 out of 67. Before him are Ryan Day, David Gilbert, Jack Lisowski, Zhang Anda, Martin Gould, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. After him are Matthew Selt, Andrew Higginson, Michael Holt, Joe Swail, Yan Bingtao, and Xiao Guodong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Fergal O'Brien ranks 1,075. Before him are Rossano Galtarossa, Derrick Alston, Jiro Takeda, Takaya Oishi, Hideyuki Imakura, and Toshihiro Uchida. After him are Hideaki Mori, Egil Østenstad, Virisila Buadromo, Mandira Bedi, Paul Clement, and Tomotaka Fukagawa.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Fergal O'Brien ranks 487 out of 549. Before him are Simon Coveney (1972), Lesley Roy (1986), Jonas Armstrong (1981), Gary Kelly (1974), Liam Miller (1981), and Katie Taylor (1986). After him are Michael Carruth (1967), Dawn Martin (1976), Mark Kinsella (1972), Glenn Whelan (1984), Dara Ó Briain (1972), and Art Parkinson (2001).

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Among SNOOKERS In Ireland

Among snookers born in Ireland, Fergal O'Brien ranks 2. Before him are Ken Doherty (1969).

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