Michael Georgiou

Michael Georgiou
Born (1988-01-18) 18 January 1988
Forest Hill, England
Sport country  Cyprus (2016–present)
 England (until 2016)
Professional 2008/09, 2014–
Highest ranking 74
Current ranking 106 (as of 31 October 2016)
Highest break 130 (2015 Gdynia Open)
Century breaks 5[1]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2015 Welsh Open)

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.[2]

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".[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6] However, he suffered a 4–2 defeat to four-time world champion John Higgins.[7]

Georgiou made his debut in the Australian Goldfields Open by beating Ross Muir 5–0, Aditya Mehta 5–4 and David Gilbert 5–4, but lost 5–2 to John Higgins in the first round.[8] Before the UK Championship he had been practicing with seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry and knocked out David Morris 6–5 in the opening round.[9] He was defeated 6–2 by Mark Allen in the second round.[10] Gergiou reached the third round of the Welsh Open by overcoming Jamie Jones 4–0 and Peter Ebdon 4–2, but lost 4–1 to Higgins for the second year in a row.[8] He needed to qualify for the World Championship to remain on tour, but lost his opening game 10–6 to Noppon Saengkham meaning he needed to come through Q School to earn his place back.[11]

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 4–1 in the final round and as a result would qualify for the tour as a Cypriot player.[12]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2008/
09 		2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17
Ranking[13][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] 90 UR[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] NH Minor-Ranking 1R
Indian Open NH LQ NH 2R
World Open[nb 5] LQ Not Held LQ
Paul Hunter Classic Pro-am MR 3R
Shanghai Masters LQ LQ LQ 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
German Masters NH 1R LQ
World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ
Welsh Open LQ 4R 3R
Gibraltar Open Not Held MR
Players Championship Grand Final NH DNQ DNQ
China Open LQ LQ LQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ
Ranking & variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out NH Variant Format
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters LQ A A A
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World Championship A 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 NH
Former variant format tournaments
Shoot-Out NH A 1R RV
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. 1 2 New players don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ Players qualified through the Q School started the season without ranking points.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (2008/2009)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009)

References

  1. ↑ "Career-total Statistics for Michael Georgiou - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Michael Georgiou Q&A". World Snooker. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
  3. ↑ "Highfield Breaks Lion's Heart". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 21 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  4. ↑ "Michael Georgiou 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Alfie Burden makes last 16 of snooker's German Masters". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Mark WIlliams wins all-Welsh battle". South Wales Argus. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Welsh Open: Mark Selby knocked out by Luca Brecel". BBC Sport. Retrieved 10 April 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Michael Georgiou 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "In Form Higgins Starts Strongly". World Snooker. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Joe Swail may face Mark Allen test after both progress". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  11. ↑ "Q School Order of Merit". World Snooker. Retrieved 2 May 2016.
  12. ↑ "Michael Georgiou represents Cyprus flag in Q School 2016 confirmed by World Snooker". Cyprus Snooker Federation. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  13. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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