Robbie Grace (born 14 June 1954) is a South African former professional

snooker Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sport played on a rectangular Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, billiards table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets: one at each corner and ...

player.

Career

Robbie Grace was born on 14 June 1954. He started playing professionally in that season, at the 1986 World Championship. In his first match as a professional, he beat

Maurice Parkin Maurice Parkin is an English former professional snooker player. Career Parkin turned professional in September 1968, entering the 1972 World Championship that season. He won his first qualifying round match 11–10 against Geoff Thompson, ...

10–8, but he lost in the second round of qualifying 3–10 to Wayne Jones. Despite only winning one match, Grace began the next season ranked 63rd of the 118 players on the main tour; he entered five tournaments during that season, including the 1986 UK Championship, where he defeated

Pat Houlihan Patrick Houlihan (7 November 1929 – 8 November 2006) was an English snooker player. He was born in Deptford, London. Houlihan turned professional in 1971 at the age of 42 after many years as an amateur including beating future world champion ...

9–6, Paul Medati 9–6 and Murdo MacLeod 9–6 to reach the last 32, where he was eliminated 1–9 by

Willie Thorne William Joseph Thorne (4 March 195417 June 2020) was an English professional snooker player. He won one ranking title, the 1985 Classic. He also reached the final of the 1985 UK Championship, losing 16–14 to Steve Davis after leading 13– ...

. Between 1990 and 1992, Grace played nine professional matches, but did not win any. His last victory had come in the first qualifying round of the 1990 World Championship, where he beat Anthony Harris 10–8 but lost in the second round 9–10 to Dave Gilbert. Having not played at all during the 1991/1992 season, he was relegated from the tour at its conclusion, ranked 193rd. He won the South African Amateur Championship in 1997. He entered the

South African Professional Championship The South African Professional Championship was a professional snooker tournament which was open only for South African players. History South Africa held a professional championship beginning in 1948. As with Australia it was originally held ...

during the 1980s, finishing as runner-up in the 1989 edition, losing 5–8 to

Perrie Mans Pierre "Perrie" Mans (25 October 1940 – 13 September 2023) was a South African professional snooker player. He first won the South African Professional Championship in 1965 and lifted the title 20 times. Mans won the Benson & Hedges Masters ...

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