Who was the first snooker player to win six ranking tournaments in one season?
Judd Trump (born 20 August 1989) is an English professional snooker player from Bristol. A former world champion and the current world number one, he has won a career total of 19 ranking titles. He is one of 11 players to have won a career Triple Crown.
Trump turned professional in 2005, aged 16. He had a breakthrough year in 2011 when he captured his first ranking title at the 2011 China Open, reached the final of the 2011 World Championship (losing 15–18 to John Higgins), and claimed his first Triple Crown title by winning the 2011 UK Championship, defeating Mark Allen 10–8 in the final.
In the 2018–19 snooker season, he won his first Masters, defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–4 in the final, and completed his Triple Crown by claiming his first world title at the 2019 World Snooker Championship, defeating Higgins 18–9. In doing so, he became the first player to win over £1 million in prize money in a single season. In the 2019–20 snooker season, he won six ranking tournaments, setting a new record for the most ranking titles in one season.
The six tournaments were:
2019 International Championship
2019 World Open
2019 Northern Ireland Open
2020 German Masters
2020 Players Championship
2020 Gibraltar Open
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