Michael Georgiou

Michael Georgiou
Born 18 January 1988
Forest Hill, England
Sport country  England
Professional 2008/09, 2014–
Highest ranking 81 (June–July 2014)[1]
Current ranking 87 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £17,571[2]
Highest break 130 (2015 Gdynia Open)
Century breaks 5[2]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2015 Welsh Open)

Michael Georgiou (born 18 January 1988) is an English professional snooker player of Greek Cypriot descent from Forest Hill. He is a practice partner of Tony Drago, who practices at the Frames Sports Bar in Coulsdon.[3]

Career

Georgiou qualified for the main tour by winning the 2007 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in India. However it was a season to forget as he failed to win a single match and lost his tour place as a result.

Georgiou spent the next two seasons competing in the PIOS series then decided to give up snooker and started a career in recruitment. He commented: "I was doing a 9-to-5 job, sitting behind a desk. But I always kept an eye on snooker and when I saw how the sport had changed and the opportunities that are there now, I decided to give it another try".[4] Georgiou returned to serious action in 2013 as he entered the Q School, his best run coming at the second event where he defeated Dessie Sheehan and Darren Bond, before losing to eventual qualifier Ahmed Saif. Georgiou continued to enter European Tour events as an amateur during the 2013/14 season, while also participating in the EBSA Qualifying Tour where he reached final of one of the tournaments to qualify for the play-offs. There Georgiou was beaten to the two-year tour card by Zak Surety; however he was more successful in the Q School where, after losing early in Event 1, he went all the way in Event 2 by defeating Adam Wicheard, Gareth Green, Sean O'Sullivan, Jordan Brown and in the final round Ashley Carty to confirm his return to the main tour for the 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 seasons.

Michael Georgiou at 2015 German Masters

Georgiou started his comeback season in the best possible way as he whitewashed Aditya Mehta 5–0 to qualify for the venue stages of the 2014 Wuxi Classic, where he beat Marcus Campbell 5–2, before losing 5–3 to Neil Robertson.[5] Anthony McGill eliminated him 6–4 in the first round of the UK Championship, but Georgiou then overcame 2006 world champion Graeme Dott 5–1 and Andrew Pagett 5–3 in qualifying for the German Masters. He lost 5–3 against Alfie Burden.[6] Georgiou's best form came at the Welsh Open where he defeated Peter Lines 4–1, Lee Walker 4–2 and Dott 4–3 to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time.[7] However, he suffered a 4–2 defeat to four-time world champion John Higgins.[8]

Performance and Rankings timeline

Tournament 2008/
09 		2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[9][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3] UR[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 4] NR A 2R
Australian Goldfields Open NH A LQ
Shanghai Masters LQ A LQ
International Championship NH A LQ
UK Championship LQ A 1R
German Masters NH A 1R
Welsh Open LQ A 4R
Indian Open NH A LQ
Players Championship Grand Final NH DNQ DNQ
China Open LQ A LQ
World Championship LQ A LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQ A A
Former ranking tournaments
Northern Ireland Trophy LQ Not Held
Bahrain Championship LQ Not Held
World Open[nb 5] LQ A NH
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New players don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ He was an amateur.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (2008/2009)

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 June 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Career-total Statistics for Michael Georgiou - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Michael Georgiou Q&A". World Snooker. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Highfield Breaks Lion's Heart". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Michael Georgiou 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Alfie Burden makes last 16 of snooker’s German Masters". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Mark WIlliams wins all-Welsh battle". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  8. ↑ "Welsh Open: Mark Selby knocked out by Luca Brecel". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  9. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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