Judd Trump closes in on £100k prize as snooker star aims to make history by hitting major money milestone
It's been a record breaking season for Judd Trump - and it could be about to get even more lucrative.
The Ace in the Pack became the first snooker player in history to win £1m in prizemoney before Christmas after a glittering season, which saw him crowned UK Champion - as well as lifting the lucrative Saudi and Shanghai Masters. His prize money for this season is now closing in on the £1.3m mark after getting to the semi-finals of the Masters, where he was knocked out by world champ Kyren Wilson. But Trump quickly put that defeat behind him as he closed in on another prize.
At the Championship League in Leicester he cruised to a 3-0 win over Joe O'Connor, producing a hat-trick of century breaks; 113, 103 and 101. That means he is only 35 centuries short of earning a £100,000 bonus for being the first player to make 100 centuries across the campaign.
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Trump - who begins his German Masters title defence against David Grave in Berlin on January 27 - produced 102 in 2019/20 to join Neil Robertson (103 in 2013/14) as the only men to so far hit the landmark total. And he's well ahead in this season's race, with the nearest man to him World Championship finalist Jak Jones on 51.
His career earnings already total more than £9m, which he's splashed out on a fleet of stunning supercars, and that only looks like increasing dramatically with the No.1 seed hot favourite for this year's UK Championship - even pulling out of other events in his focus for glory in Sheffield. Victory there would come with a cheque for £500,000 - making it almost a certainty that he would become the first player to earn £2m in a single season.
Speaking about his winnings, Trump said: "Don’t tell everyone! I think I want a yacht next." He added: "I'm on track for my best season although I won six events in a season (in 2019/20) which was special. The magnitude of the tournaments I have won this time makes it more special, and also the standard I have been able to produce."
