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Darren Appleton (born 8 February 1976 in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England) is an English pool (pocket billiards) player, nicknamed "Dynamite".〔(insidepoolmag.com ), "Dynamite Blasts World 10-Ball Championship"〕 He won the first WPA World Ten-ball Championship in 2008 against Wu Chia-ching, the former world champion in both nine-ball and eight-ball from Taiwan. With the victory, he became the second male player from Britain to win a world championship after Daryl Peach who won the world nine-ball title a year earlier. ==Career== Appleton, who started playing pool at age 12, was formerly the world ranked no. 1 player in British-style eight-ball pool.〔 He was twice runner-up in the WEPF Eight-ball Pool World Championship. In 2006, he joined the International Pool Tour's standardised eight-ball competition. That year, he also won the Straight Pool Challenge at the Derby City Classic. On 5 October 2008, Appleton claimed an upset victory in the inaugural WPA World Ten-ball Championship over Wu Chia-ching, 13–11, winning the US$100,000 top prize: "I've waited 16 years for this and have to enjoy the moment. I had mixed feelings and I was looking back at my disappointments in the past. I was ranked first (earlier in the decade) in the world but I have never won a world championship... It was a dream come true for me and I'm happy to win the title here in the Philippines."〔(manilastandardtoday ), "Appleton's 16-year Wait Over"〕〔( iht.com ), "Appleton Wins World 10-ball Title"〕〔(sports.inquirer.net ), "Appleton Nips Wu for Title; Pulpul 4th"〕〔( abs-cbnnews.com ) "Appleton Makes History as 1st World Ten Ball Champ"〕 In May 2009, Appleton challenged Dennis Hatch of the United States in a three-day race-to-100 challenge match of ten-ball. Hatch, however, came out the victor with a score of 100-83. In the same year, he won the World Pool Masters tournament by defeating Nick van den Berg. Darren Appleton also won the 2010 U.S. Open 9-ball Championship against Corey Deuel of the United States in a match that went into extra racks. Appleton was a member of the victorious European team in the 2010 Mosconi Cup. He was named MVP for the tournament with a 5-1 win to loss ratio. In 2012, Appleton won the WPA World Nine-ball Championship, subduing China's Li He-wen in the finals with a score of 13-12. In 2013, he won the nine-ball tournament at the World Games 2013, beating Chang Jung-lin 11–10 in the final. In 2013, he scored a record breaking 200 run in the World Straight Pool Championship against Francisco Bustamante, winning 200-1. This broke the following records: * The World Straight Pool Championship record of 73 events with a 175 ball run which was previously held by Thorsten Hohmann. * The all time record at any major event of 183 which was set at the US Open 14.1 by Joe Procita. * First time, in a major tournament, of completing all 200 balls and finishing the game without missing a shot. In 2014, he won the World Straight Pool Championship, beating Shane Van Boening in the final. Also he won 2014 World Cup of Pool playing with Karl Boyes for Team England. On 2 February 2015, Darren Appleton won the 2015 Chinese Pool World Championship, defeating Mark Selby 21–19 in the final.〔(Darren Appleton and Bai Ge Won the First Chinese Pool Champion )〕〔(Mark Selby v Darren Appleton, Final 2015 Chinese Pool World Championship )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Darren Appleton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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