Michael Georgiou
Born |
Forest Hill, England | 18 January 1988
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Sport country |
Cyprus (2016βpresent) England (until 2016) |
Professional | 2008/09, 2014β |
Highest ranking | 72 (June 2017) |
Current ranking | 72 (as of 26 June 2017) |
Career winnings | Β£58,133[1] |
Highest break | 139 (2017 German Masters Qualifiers) |
Century breaks | 12[2] |
Best ranking finish | Last 16 (2015 Welsh Open and 2017 Shoot-Out) |
Michael Georgiou (born 18 January 1988) is an English-Cypriot professional snooker player from Forest Hill. He is a practice partner of Tony Drago, who practises 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.
Georgiou started his comeback season in the best possible way as he whitewashed Aditya Mehta 5β0 to qualify for the venue stages of the 2014 Wuxi Classic, where he beat Marcus Campbell 5β2, before losing 5β3 to Neil Robertson.[5] Anthony McGill eliminated him 6β4 in the first round of the UK Championship, but Georgiou then overcame 2006 world champion Graeme Dott 5β1 and Andrew Pagett 5β3 in qualifying for the German Masters. He lost 5β3 against Alfie Burden.[6] Georgiou's best form came at the Welsh Open where he defeated Peter Lines 4β1, Lee Walker 4β2 and Dott 4β3 to reach the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time.[7] However, he suffered a 4β2 defeat to four-time world champion John Higgins.[8]
Georgiou made his debut in the Australian Goldfields Open by beating Ross Muir 5β0, Aditya Mehta 5β4 and David Gilbert 5β4, but lost 5β2 to John Higgins in the first round.[9] Before the UK Championship he had been practicing with seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry and knocked out David Morris 6β5 in the opening round.[10] He was defeated 6β2 by Mark Allen in the second round.[11] Gergiou reached the third round of the Welsh Open by overcoming Jamie Jones 4β0 and Peter Ebdon 4β2, but lost 4β1 to Higgins for the second year in a row.[9] He needed to qualify for the World Championship to remain on tour, but lost his opening game 10β6 to Noppon Saengkham meaning he needed to come through Q School to earn his place back.[12]
In 2016, Georgiou announced that he would be representing Cyprus at the 2016/17 Q School tournaments. Georgiou was successful in the second event in regaining his tour place defeating Craig Steadman 4β1 in the final round and as a result would qualify for the tour as a Cypriot player.[13] He got to the third round of the Paul Hunter Classic courtesy of beating Fraser Patrick 4β1 and David Gilbert 4β2 and lost 4β1 to Gerard Greene. Georgiou secured 6β2 and 6β4 wins over Matthew Selt and Mike Dunn to set up a third round encounter with Ronnie O'Sullivan at the UK Championship. Georgiou took the opening frame, but would go on to lose 6β1 and described his opponent as not human after the match such was his standard of play.[14] He had a fourth round showing at the Shoot-Out and was eliminated by Andy Hicks.[15]
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2008/ 09 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Ranking[16][nb 1] | UR[nb 2] | UR[nb 2] | 90 | 76[nb 3] | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Riga Masters[nb 4] | NH | Minor-Ranking | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||
China Championship | Not Held | NR | |||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | Pro-am | MR | 3R | ||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | NH | LQ | NH | 2R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
World Open[nb 5] | LQ | Not Held | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||
European Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||
English Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||
International Championship | NH | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | LQ | 1R | 2R | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||
Scottish Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||
German Masters | NH | 1R | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||
Shoot-Out | NH | Variant Format | 4R | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | NH | NR | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | LQ | 4R | 3R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||
Gibraltar Open | Not Held | MR | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship | NH | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||
China Open | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||
Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
The Masters | LQ | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||
Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Trophy | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bahrain Championship | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
Wuxi Classic[nb 6] | NR | 2R | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Goldfields Open | NH | LQ | 1R | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | NH | ||||||||||||||||||
Former variant format tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoot-Out | NH | A | 1R | Ranking |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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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. |
- β From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
- 1 2 New players don't have a ranking.
- β Players qualified through the Q School started the season without ranking points.
- β The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015β2015/2016)
- β The event was called the Grand Prix (2008/2009)
- β The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009)
References
- β http://cuetracker.net/players/michael-georgiou/career-total-statistics
- β "Career-total Statistics for Michael Georgiou - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- β "Michael Georgiou Q&A". World Snooker. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- β "Highfield Breaks Lion's Heart". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
- β "Michael Georgiou 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- β "Alfie Burden makes last 16 of snookerβs German Masters". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- β "Mark WIlliams wins all-Welsh battle". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- β "Welsh Open: Mark Selby knocked out by Luca Brecel". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
- 1 2 "Michael Georgiou 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- β "In Form Higgins Starts Strongly". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- β "Joe Swail may face Mark Allen test after both progress". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
- β "Q School Order of Merit". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
- β "Michael Georgiou represents Cyprus flag in Q School 2016 confirmed by World Snooker". Cyprus Snooker Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
- β "O'Sullivan is unstoppable, says beaten Georgiou". RTΓ. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- β "Michael Georgiou 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- β "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.