Alain Robidoux (born July 25, 1960) is a Canadian retired professional snooker player. Robidoux played on the sport's main tour from 1987 to 2004 and reached the final of the 1996 German Open, which he lost 7–9 to Ronnie O'Sullivan.

Career Robidoux was born on 25 July 1960 in Canada. He joined the professional snooker circuit in the 1987–88 snooker season as a "non-tournament" professional. This entitled him to play only in the World Championship. He amassed enough points in the 1988 World Championship qualifiers to finish in the top 128 players, which allowed him to join the tour full-time.

In September 1988, Robidoux became only the sixth player ever to record an officially ratified 147 maximum break, achieved in the qualifying rounds of the European Open. He won the Canadian Professional Championship by defeating Jim Wych 8–4 in the final. He reached the semi-finals of the Grand Prix in October 1988, where he won six consecutive frames from 1–8 down against Alex Higgins, but ultimately lost the match 7–9.

In the first round of the 1996 World Championship, Robidoux was beaten 3–10 by Ronnie O'Sullivan in a controversial match. Although predominantly right-handed, O'Sullivan played a number of shots with his left hand, and the behaviour was described by commentator John Virgo as O'Sullivan "taking the mick". The matter came to a head in the eleventh frame, when Robidoux was 2–8 down and he was declining to concede the frame, instead continuing to despite a 43-point deficit with only the and on the table. He refused to shake O'Sullivan's hand at the end of the match. In response, O'Sullivan claimed that he played better with his left hand than Robidoux could with his right. Realising that O'Sullivan was able to play equally well with both hands, Robidoux later apologised to him.

In the 1996–97 season, Robidoux reached the final of the 1996 German Open, but he lost 7–9 to O'Sullivan despite making a tournament-best 145 break. That same season, he progressed to the semi-finals of the 1997 World Snooker Championship, defeating Brian Morgan, Stefan Mazrocis and Lee Walker, before losing to eventual champion Ken Doherty. He finished the season 9th in the world rankings, which was to be his career-best ranking position. However he then endured a horrid 1997–98 season, losing all his matches and did not win a match again until the following season at the 1999 Welsh Open, where he reached the last 16.

He lost his professional status in 2004 after placing 102nd in the rankings. Robidoux blamed his decline on the destruction of his favourite cue, which he referred to as "the Eel". When he returned the cue to the man from whom he had bought it to have it mended, the man objected to Robidoux having fixed a sponsor's logo to the butt and smashed the cue to pieces. Several years later, Robidoux was asked whether the passage of time had eased his anger towards the cue maker; he responded "I want to kill him."

Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1987/88 1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 2003/04 RankingNew players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.10235161314183220149123649787791 Ranking tournaments World OpenThe event ran under different names such as Grand Prix (1987/1988 to 2000/2001) and LG Cup (2001/2002 to 2003/2004).ASF3R3R3R2R2R2R3RQF1R1RWDLQLQLQLQ British OpenA2R3RQFQF1R2R3R1R2R1R1RLQLQLQLQLQ UK ChampionshipA1RQF2R2R1R2R2R2RQF1R1RWDLQ1RLQ1R Welsh Open Tournament Not Held1R3R1R1R1R3R1R3RWDLQLQLQWD European OpenThe event ran under different names such as European Open (1988/1989 to 1996/1997 and 2001/2002 to 2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999).NH3R2R1RQF2RLQ1RLQ2RNH1R Not HeldLQLQLQ Irish Masters Non-Ranking EventLQWD Players ChampionshipThe event ran under different names such as International Open (1987/1988 to 1996/1997).A2RSF Not held1R1R3RSF1R1R1RLQLQLQLQWD World ChampionshipLQLQ1R2R2R1RLQ1R1RSF1R1RLQLQLQLQLQ Non-ranking tournaments The MastersAAAWRQF1RLQLQLQ1R1R1RAAAAA Former ranking tournaments Canadian MastersNRLQ Tournament Not Held Hong Kong OpenThe event ran under different names as Australian Masters (1987/1988 and 1995/1996) and Australian Open (1994/1995).NR NH2R Tournament Not HeldNRNR Tournament Not Held ClassicALQLQ2R3R Tournament Not Held Strachan Open Tournament Not Held2RMRNR Tournament Not Held Dubai ClassicThe event run under different names as Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and Asian Classic (1996/1997) NH NR2R2R1R1R1RQF1R2R Tournament Not Held German MastersThe event ran under different name as German Open (1995/1996 to 1997/1998). Tournament Not HeldLQF1RNR Tournament Not Held China OpenThe event ran under different names as China International (1997/1998 and 1998/1999) Tournament Not HeldNR1RWDLQLQ Not Held Thailand MastersThe event ran under different names such as Asian Open (1989/1990 to 1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994 to 1996/1997). Not HeldLQ1RQF1R2R1R2R2R1R2RWDLQLQNR NH Former non-ranking tournaments AWTournament Not Held World Masters Not Held2R Tournament Not Held Nescafe Extra Challenge Not HeldRRNHA Tournament Not Held Pontins Professional A A A AQF A A A A A A A ATournament Not Held European ChallengeTournament Not HeldQF ATournament Not Held World MatchplayNHAAAA1R Tournament Not Held Pot Black A A A A AQF ATournament Not Held Charity ChallengeTournament Not Held A A1R A A A A ANot Held Malta Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldAASFQFARA Not Held Scottish MastersA NHAAAAAAAA1RAAAAANH

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.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

Career finals Ranking finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Runner-up 1. 1996 German Open 7–9

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Winner 1. 1988 Canadian Professional Championship Jim Wych 8–4

Team finals: 1 (1 title) OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipTeam/partnerOpponent(s) in the finalScore Winner 1. 1990 World Cup 9–5

Amateur finals: 7 (7 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Winner 1. 1983 Canadian Amateur Championship Tom Finstad 9–3 Winner 2. 1985 Canadian Amateur Championship (2) Michael Sobala 9–6 Winner 3. 1987 Canadian Amateur Championship (3) Jeff White 7–1 Winner 4. 2003 Canadian Amateur Championship (4) Cliff Thorburn 6–2 Winner 5. 2004 Canadian Amateur Championship (5) Tom Finstad 6–2 Winner 6. 2006 Canadian Amateur Championship (6) John White 6–2 Winner 7. 2009 Canadian Amateur Championship (7) John White 6–1

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