NIELS FEIJEN - THE NETHERLANDS

Age - 28
Based - The Hague, Holland
Nickname - The Terminator
Hobbies - Dj-ing, fitness
Cue Used - Longoni
Achievements - 2005 Belgium Open Champion. Third place 2004 US Open. 2004, 2003 & 2002 European Straight Pool Champion. 2001 World Pool Championship Quarter-Finalist. Runner-up Tokyo 9-Ball 2001. Currently ranked No.2 in Europe.

Feijen shot to pool fame with a sensational come-from-behind win over Francisco Bustamante at the World Championship in 2000 and had a great year in 2001 when he reached the last eight at the WPC, including an excellent win over Efren Reyes.

He followed that up by coming second to Reyes at the world’s richest 9-ball tournament in Tokyo, winning over $65,000. Despite his skills at 9-ball, it may be pool of the straight variety that is his strongest suit as he has dominated the discipline at the European Championship over the past few years.

Feijen has had an up and down season so far – he won the Belgium Open in February of this year and has recorded enough high finishes to maintain a Top 2 ranking in Europe. The downs include a last 64 defeat at the World Pool Championship at the hands of unheralded Vietnamese player Thanh Nam Nguyen.

Feijen is a big tournament player though as successive high finishes at the US Open would indicate, and will be among the front runners in Doncaster.