Eddy Merckx (born 4 September 1968 in

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) is a Belgian professional

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player.

Career

Season 2006/07

In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos 3–1 to win the world title in three cushions billiards. In 2007, he added the European title in Salon de Provence in

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, by beating the reigning champion Frédéric Caudron.

Season 2011/12

On 8 October 2011, while playing in the German

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, Merckx defeated Won Kang 50–6 in six innings, a world record. The inning breakdown was 4-9-26-7-0-4. The previous record for a 50-point game was nine innings, shared by Torbjorn Blomdahl, Frederic Caudron and Marco Zanetti.

Season 2012/13

From 27 August to 1 September 2012 he played on the invitation tournament ''Cuvino Superprestige'', which was held in the city of

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, Belgium. The Belgians where looking for the fifth time for their ''king of 3-cushion'' and in 2012 it was Merckx by beating world number one Frédéric Caudron in the final. Just a week later on 9 September 2012, he won his second UMB world title in

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by defeating again Frédéric Caudron in the semis and Choi Sung-Won in the finals. Another week later he was playing in

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on the 3-Cushion World Cup and got on the third place together with Dick Jaspers from the

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. He was climbing up to third place of the world ranking due to his latest wins.

Achievements

* 3-Cushion World Champion (Single): Winner ''2006, 2012'' • Runner-up ''2009'' * 3-Cushion European Champion: Winner ''2007'' • Runner-up ''2010, 2011'' * 3-Cushion World Cup: Winner ''2005, 2009, 2011'' • Runner-up ''2008'' * Chrystal Kelly Tournament: Third ''2009'' * 3-Cushion Invitation Tournament in

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: Winner ''2003'' • Runner-up ''2004, 2005'' * Superprestige in Belgium: Winner ''2012'' • Third ''2011'' * Belgium Championship: Winner ''2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012'' Achievements
on Kozoom.com. Retrieved 2 Oktober 2012.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Merckx, Eddy (Billiards Player) Belgian carom billiards players World champions in three-cushion billiards Sportspeople from Antwerp Province Living people 1968 births World Games silver medalists for Belgium World Games medalists in cue sports World Games bronze medalists for Belgium 21st-century Belgian sportsmen Medalists at the 2013 World Games Medalists at the 2022 World Games 20th-century Belgian sportsmen