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Rod Lawler

  • Title

  • Nationality

    English
  • Turned Pro

    1990
  • Highest Tournament Break

    143 - World Championship 2003
  • Location

    Liverpool
  • D.O.B

    12 July 1971
  • Money List Earnings

    £24,000
  • Nickname

    -

Best ranking event performance: Runner-up

Career highlights:

1996: Reaches his first and only ranking event final at the International Open, beating Stephen Hendry 5-2 in the second round and winning six matches in all before John Higgins ends his title dream with a 9-3 victory. Reaches the last 16 at the Crucible, beating John Parrott before losing to Dave Harold. Climbs to number 20 in the world.
2012: Wins a professional tournament for the first time, 22 years after turning pro, at a Players Tour Championship event in Gloucester, beating Marco Fu in the final.
2014: Reaches the semi-finals of the German Masters in Berlin before losing to Judd Trump.
2019: Reaches the last 16 of the China Open and the quarter-finals of the Shoot Out.
2022: Comes through Q School to regain a place on the pro tour, having been relegated in 2021.

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