# Vinnie Calabrese

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**Vincent** "**Vinnie**" **Calabrese** (born 7 October 1987) is an Australian former professional [snooker](/source/Snooker) player from [Campbelltown, New South Wales](/source/Campbelltown,_New_South_Wales). He was based in [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge) together with his compatriot [Neil Robertson](/source/Neil_Robertson), although he has since moved back to [Australia](/source/Australia).

## Early career

Calabrese started playing snooker aged 7 and soon came to success, winning a number of local tournaments. At the age of just 16 he had already claimed the Australian Snooker Championship. Since 2006 he has been spending a lot of time in England, playing in the [PIOS](/source/PIOS) tournaments and practising with [Neil Robertson](/source/Neil_Robertson). His initial attempts to gain the main tour place via PIOS and later [Q School](/source/World_Snooker_Tour#Q_School) were unsuccessful, however in 2013 he captured the Oceania Championship in [Papua New Guinea](/source/Papua_New_Guinea) with a 6–5 victory against [Matthew Bolton](/source/Matthew_Bolton) to earn a two-year card for the [2013–14](/source/2013%E2%80%9314_snooker_season) and [2014–15](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_snooker_season) seasons.[2]

### 2013/2014 season

Thanks to the newly introduced flat draws, Calabrese was able to qualify for the venue stages of his debut tournament, the [Wuxi Classic](/source/2013_Wuxi_Classic), as he defeated [Anthony McGill](/source/Anthony_McGill) 5–3. He lost 5–1 to [John Higgins](/source/John_Higgins) in the last 64 at the venue in China.[3] At the [UK Championship](/source/2013_UK_Championship) he led world number 22 [Dominic Dale](/source/Dominic_Dale) 5–2, but was pegged back to 5–5 with Calabrese saying afterwards that he couldn't hold himself together. However, in the deciding frame he made a composed 70 break to win 6–5 before losing 6–3 against [Gary Wilson](/source/Gary_Wilson_(snooker_player)) in the second round.[4][5] Calabrese was knocked out of the first round of seven of the eight [European Tour](/source/Players_Tour_Championship_2013/2014) events, but at the [Bluebell Wood Open](/source/European_Tour_2013/2014_%E2%80%93_Event_3) he defeated world number two [Mark Selby](/source/Mark_Selby) 4–2, [Dechawat Poomjaeng](/source/Dechawat_Poomjaeng) 4–2 and [David Morris](/source/David_Morris_(snooker_player)) 4–1 and then led [Jimmy Robertson](/source/Jimmy_Robertson_(snooker_player)) 3–0 in the last 16, but was beaten 4–3.[3] He finished his debut season on the tour ranked world number 105.[6]

### 2014/2015 season

Calabrese won just two matches during the [2014–15 season](/source/2014%E2%80%9315_snooker_season).[7] In February 2015, Calabrese gave up his [World Snooker Tour](/source/World_Snooker_Tour) card after the [Welsh Open](/source/2015_Welsh_Open_(snooker)), in which he lost 4–1 to [Ronnie O'Sullivan](/source/Ronnie_O'Sullivan) in the first round, to return to being an amateur player so he could compete in the Oceania Championship.[8] In March 2015, Calabrese won the Oceania Championship by defeating Matthew Bolton 6–3 in the final and earned a two-year tour card for the [2015–16](/source/2015%E2%80%9316_snooker_season) and [2016–17](/source/2016%E2%80%9317_snooker_season) seasons.[9]

### 2015/2016 season

Calabrese won just two of 13 games during the 2015/2016 season. Despite having a tour card which also covered the 2016/2017 season, he resigned from the tour in February 2016.[10]

## Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/ 14 2014/ 15 2015/ 16 Ranking[11][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 2] Ranking tournaments Australian Goldfields Open LQ LQ LQ Shanghai Masters LQ LQ LQ International Championship LQ LQ LQ UK Championship 2R 1R 1R German Masters LQ LQ LQ Welsh Open 1R 1R 1R World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ Players Tour Championship Grand Final DNQ DNQ DNQ China Open LQ A LQ World Championship LQ A A Non-ranking tournaments Six-red World Championship RR A A Former ranking tournaments World Open LQ Not held Wuxi Classic 1R LQ NH Indian Open LQ A NH

Performance Table Legend LQ lost in the qualifying draw R lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) QF lost in the quarter-finals SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament

NH / Not Held means an event was not held. NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.

## Career finals

### Amateur finals: 15 (9 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Winner 1. 2004 Australian Under-18 Championship Michael Lupton 6–5 Runner-up 1. 2005 Australian Under-21 Championship Adam Kinghorn 5–6 Winner 2. 2005 Australian Under-18 Championship Justin Sajich 5–1 Winner 3. 2005 Australian Amateur Championship Roger Farebrother 6–4 Winner 4. 2006 Australian Under-21 Championship Michael Lupton 8–3 Winner 5. 2007 Australian Under-21 Championship Michael Lupton 6–4 Winner 6. 2008 Australian Under-21 Championship Ricky Emery 6–2 Runner-up 2. 2010 Australian Open Championship Steve Mifsud 5–6 Runner-up 3. 2012 Australian Open Championship Shawn Budd 5–6 Runner-up 4. 2013 Oceania 6-red Championship Adrian Ridley 0–5 Winner 7. 2013 Oceania Championship Matthew Bolton 6–5 Winner 8. 2015 Oceania Championship Matthew Bolton 6–3 Runner-up 5. 2016 Australian Amateur Championship James Mifsud 1–6 Runner-up 6. 2023 Asia Pacific 6-Reds Championship Shaun Dalitz 2–4 Winner 9. 2023 Q Tour Asia-Pacific - Event 2 Steve Mifsud 6–3 Winner 10. 2025 Q Tour Asia-Pacific - Event 1 Salman Asif 5–0

## References

1. ["World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic"](http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/96/c2/0,,13165~180886,00.pdf). *World Snooker*. [World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association](/source/World_Professional_Billiards_and_Snooker_Association). 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.

1. ["Calabrese Excited To Join Tour"](http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3180902,00.html). *worldsnooker.com*. [World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association](/source/World_Professional_Billiards_and_Snooker_Association). Retrieved 16 May 2013.

1. ["Vinnie Calabrese 2013/2014"](http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2013&player=521). Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 August 2013.

1. ["UK Snooker Championship: Vinnie Calabrese ousts Dominic Dale in Barbican opener"](http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/sport/other/indoor/snookernews/10837296.UK_Snooker_Championship__Vinnie_Calabrese_ousts_Dominic_Dale_in_Barbican_opener/?ref=rss). *[The Press](/source/The_Press_(York))*. Retrieved 6 May 2014.

1. ["UK Championship: Mark Selby fights back to beat 15-year-old Shane Castle"](http://www1.skysports.com/snooker/news/12243/9051821/uk-championship-mark-selby-fights-back-to-beat-15-year-old-shane-castle). *Sky Sports*. [Sky Sports](/source/Sky_Sports). Retrieved 6 May 2014.

1. ["World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship"](http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0,,13165~180593,00.pdf). [World Snooker](/source/World_Professional_Billiards_and_Snooker_Association). Retrieved 8 May 2014.

1. ["Vinnie Calabrese 2014/2015"](http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=521&season=2014). Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 May 2015.

1. ["Updated World Rankings"](http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~4511233,00.html). *worldsnooker.com*. [World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association](/source/World_Professional_Billiards_and_Snooker_Association). 23 February 2015. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20150223205708/http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~4511233,00.html) 23 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

1. ["Calabrese Earns Main Tour Return"](http://www.prosnookerblog.com/2015/03/29/calabrese-earns-main-tour-return/). Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

1. ["Vinnie Calabrese 2015/2016"](http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=521&season=2015). Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

1. ["Ranking History"](http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp). Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

## External links

1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season

1. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

1. Since February 2015 he was an amateur

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