Tyler Edey (born February 29, 1980) is a Canadian

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player. He reached the first place at the

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Championship. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Liu Cheng-chuan. This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition of the tournament.

Career

In the

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Tyler Edey reached the 13th place in 2004. In 2006, he lost in the

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World Cup only in the second round against the Taiwanese Liu Cheng-chuan. In 2007 he retired in the preliminary round. Tyler Edey took the first place in the

Championship. "I am a better player this year. I've lost so much. I don't want to come in second anymore," said an overjoyed Edey. Previously he had lost

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in the round of 16 against Wu Chia-ching. In 2008 Edey reached the 19th place at the

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. He finished fifth in the Predator International Championship, and in the sixteenth finals of the 10-Ball World Cup he was eliminated by the Chinese Liu Haitao. He finished seventeenth in the US Open in 2008. In 2009 he lost in the second round against the Philippines

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, at the 10-Ball World Cup, he did not get beyond the preliminary round. At the

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2010 he also retired in the preliminary round. Edey represented Canada three times at the

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. In 2006 and 2008 he reached the round of 16 with

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and Edwin Montal, in 2009 he left with Jason Klatt in the first round. Edey was also a player of the Canadian team at the 2010 World Billiards Championship; in the third losers round against

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he was eliminated.

References

External links

Industry profile of Tyler Edey
Canadian pool players Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 1980 births {{pool-bio-stub