(1988-01-18) 18 January 1988 (age 36) Forest Hill, England
Sport country
England (until 2016) Cyprus (2016–present)
Nickname
The Pride of Cyprus[1]
Professional
2008/2009, 2014–2020
Highest ranking
46 (May–July 2019)
Maximum breaks
1
Tournament wins
Ranking
1
Michael Georgiou (born 18 January 1988) is a British-Cypriot former professional snooker player from Forest Hill. He is a practice partner of Igor Figueiredo and Hammad Miah, who practises at Whetstone Snooker Club.[2]
In 2018, Georgiou won his first professional ranking title by defeating Graeme Dott in the final of the Snooker Shoot-Out.[3][4]
Michael Georgiou made the 140th official maximum break in the third frame of the last 128 match against Umut Dikme at the 2018 Paul Hunter Classic. It was Michael's first professional maximum break.
In 2019 he became the first Cypriot player to qualify for the World Snooker Championship in Sheffield defeating Lee Walker 10–7, Peter Ebdon 10–8 and Yan Bingtao 10–8 in the 3 qualifying rounds to make his Crucible debut.
^Lambis, Paul (2 January 2023). "The pride of Cyprus". Cyprus Mail. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2023.
^"Michael Georgiou Q&A". World Snooker. August 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
^"Georgiou Wins Maiden Title". World Snooker. 11 February 2018. Retrieved 12 February 2018.
^"Shoot-Out-Titel für Michael Georgiou - SnookerPRO". SnookerPRO (in German). 11 February 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
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Wakelin (2023) 117 – Ali Carter (2023) 116 – Michael Holt (2023) 112 – Mark King (2011) 109 – MichaelGeorgiou (2018) 107 – Jak Jones (2020) 106, 101 – Xiao...
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Mark King 123, 108 – Ryan Day 123, 108 – Anthony McGill 121 – MichaelGeorgiou 120 – Michael White 114, 111 – Barry Pinches 112 – Oliver Lines 110 – Sam...
record in qualifying matches for the season by comfortably defeating MichaelGeorgiou to qualify for the International Championship, but was edged out by...
to Mark Davis in the first round, after Davis made a break of 102. MichaelGeorgiou won his first ever ranking title, beating Graeme Dott 67–56 in the...
European Under-19 champion at 14 years of age, in a 6–5 victory against Michael Wasley in Saint Petersburg. The victory would have earned him a place on...
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the crowd. In early 1972, Georgiou and three other paratroopers, Privates Cyril Verbeck, Stephen Peter Kirby, and Michael Wainhouse, carried out an armed...
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