Eddy Merckx (billiards player)

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Eddy Merckx (born Reet, Belgium, 4 September 1968) is a Belgian professional three-cushion billiards player.

In the year 2006, he beat Nikos Polychronopoulos 3–1 to win the world title in three cushions billiards. In 2007, he added the European title, by beating the reigning champion Frédéric Caudron.

Merckx was born in 1968, the year cyclist Eddy Merckx won his first Giro d'Italia, and he was named after the cyclist. In daily life, he often adopts the family name of his wife,^{[clarification needed]} to avoid confusion with his much more famous namesake.

Preceded by Daniel Sánchez	UMB World Three-cushion Champion 2006	Succeeded by Ryuuji Umeda

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