Vinnie Calabrese

Vincent "Vinnie" Calabrese (born 7 October 1987) is an Australian former professional snooker player from Campbelltown, New South Wales. He was based in Cambridge together with his compatriot Neil Robertson, although he has since moved back to 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 tournaments and practising with Neil Robertson. His initial attempts to gain the main tour place via PIOS and later Q School were unsuccessful, however in 2013 he captured the Oceania Championship in Papua New Guinea with a 6–5 victory against Matthew Bolton to earn a two-year card for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons.

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, as he defeated Anthony McGill 5–3. He lost 5–1 to John Higgins in the last 64 at the venue in China. At the UK Championship he led world number 22 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 in the second round. Calabrese was knocked out of the first round of seven of the eight European Tour events, but at the Bluebell Wood Open he defeated world number two Mark Selby 4–2, Dechawat Poomjaeng 4–2 and David Morris 4–1 and then led Jimmy Robertson 3–0 in the last 16, but was beaten 4–3.

2014/2015 season Calabrese won just two matches during the 2014–15 season. In February 2015, Calabrese gave up his World Snooker Tour card after the Welsh Open, in which he lost 4–1 to Ronnie O'Sullivan in the first round, to return to being an amateur player so he could compete in the Oceania Championship. 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 and 2016–17 seasons.

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.

Performance and rankings timeline Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD 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 (8 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2004 Australian Under-18 Championship Michael Lupton 6–5Runner-up 1. 2005 Australian Under-21 Championship Adam Kinghorn 5–6Winner 2. 2005 Australian Under-18 Championship Justin Sajich 5–1Winner 3. 2005 Australian Amateur Championship Roger Farebrother 6–4Winner 4. 2006 Australian Under-21 Championship Michael Lupton 8–3Winner 5. 2007 Australian Under-21 Championship Michael Lupton 6–4Winner 6. 2008 Australian Under-21 Championship Ricky Emery 6–2Runner-up 2. 2010 Australian Open Championship Steve Mifsud 5–6Runner-up 3. 2012 Australian Open Championship Shawn Budd 5–6Runner-up 4. 2013 Oceania 6-red Championship Adrian Ridley 0–5Winner 7. 2013 Oceania Championship Matthew Bolton 6–5Winner 8. 2015 Oceania Championship Matthew Bolton 6–3Runner-up 5. 2016 Australian Amateur Championship James Mifsud 1–6Runner-up 6. 2023 Asia Pacific 6-Reds Championship Shaun Dalitz 2–4Runner-up 7. 2026 Asia Pacific Championship Paul Norris 5–6