Marco Zanetti

Marco Zanetti (born 10 April 1962) is an Italian professional three-cushion billiards player and a two-time world champion from Bolzano, Italy.

[3] He is regarded as a brilliant billiards player, but also a controversial person who does not hold back with criticism of the world or continental federation and organizers.

[5] Zanetti lives with his wife Martina and son Samuel (born 2008) in his birth town in South Tyrol.

He defeated Jérémy Bury of France in the semi-finals and then went on to beat Torbjorn Blomdahl of Sweden in the finals, averaging 1.871 in the five-set match.

[8] In 2010 he won the best paid tournament at this time, the Crystal Kelly Cup in Nice, France.

[9][10] The Crystal Kelly Cup was an invitation tournament which has been sponsored by the Dutch software developer Joop van Oosterom.

In the semi-final, against Torbjörn Blomdahl, he made the highest run of the tournament with 15 balls, which gave him an extra bonus of 400 €.

In the semi-final, he won third time in row against Caudron, although the Belgian was equalizing world record in High-Run of 28 points.

Winner as "Player of the Year 2003".
Left: Nobuaki Kobayashi
Right: Raymond Ceulemans