Born | 30 June 1976 |
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Nickname | The Couchernator |
Professional | 1992–2004, 2005–2007, 2008–2012 |
Highest ranking | 47 (1999/2000) |
Career winnings | £197,042 |
Highest break | 141 (2006 China Open qualifying , qualifying 2002 PowerHouse UK Championship) |
Century breaks | 39 |
Best ranking finish | Quarter-final (1998 UK Championship) |
Tournament wins | |
Non-ranking | 1 |
Matthew Couch (born 30 June 1974) is an English former professional snooker player.
During a professional career lasting from 1992 to 2012, Couch had little success in ranking events, although he reached the quarter-finals of the UK Championship in 1998, and his highest break is 141 from 2002. He returned to the Main Tour for the 2008/2009 season, and survived due to a fine run in the World Championship qualifiers, including a 10–3 victory over former champion John Parrott. In October 2010, Couch had one of his best results to date, reaching the final of the 2010 Brugge Open, where he lost 4-2 against former World Champion Shaun Murphy. He dropped off the snooker tour at the end of the 2011/2012 season.
Couch is also an official World Snooker coach, and currently resides in Scunthorpe.