Alexander Kazakis

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Alexander Kazakis
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nation GreeceGreece Greece
birthday July 16, 1991
Medal table
Euro tour 0 × gold 2 × silver 1 × bronze
European Championship 1 × gold 0 × silver 1 × bronze
Pool world rankings
Current WRL location 9 (as of July 2, 2020)

Alexander Kazakis ( Greek Αλέξανδρος Καζάκης Alexandros Kazakis , born July 16, 1991 ) is a Greek pool player .

Career

At the European Junior Championships in 2008 and 2009 , Kazakis won the bronze medal in 9-ball . In March 2010 he won his first medal at the European men's championship when he was eliminated in the 9-ball competition only in the semifinals 6: 9 against the eventual European champion Ralf Souquet . At the 9-Ball World Championship in 2010 , he was eliminated without a win in the preliminary round.

On the Euro Tour he reached the quarter-finals for the first time at the Italy Open 2011 , but lost it 4: 9 against eventual tournament winner Ralf Souquet. In 2012 he made it to the round of 16 at the North Cyprus Open and the European Open . In May 2013 he won the silver medal at the Austria Open after losing 4: 9 in the final against Niels Feijen from the Netherlands . In September 2013 he reached the round of 64 for the first time at the 9-Ball World Championship , in which he was eliminated by Jalal Yousef . A year later he was eliminated again in the round of 64. In October 2014 he won his second Euro Tour medal; at the Dutch Open he reached the semifinals and was subject to Mark Gray , the eventual winner of the tournament. A few weeks later he achieved his best result so far at the US Open with 17th place.

In February 2015, he made it to the round of 64 in his first participation in the 10-ball World Cup , in which he lost to eventual world champion Ko Pin-yi . April 2015 Kazakis was a 8: 5 victory in the final against the Spaniard Francisco Pizarro Díaz- European champion in the 10-Ball . It was the first European championship title in pool for a Greek player. At the 9-Ball World Cup in 2015 he reached the round of 16 after victories against former world champions Niels Feijen and Chao Fong-Pang , in which he was only slightly defeated by Aloysius Yapp with 10:11. In November 2015 he made it to the final of the Treviso Open , which he lost 3: 9 to Mark Gray.

In 2016 Kazakis did not take part in the European Championship and therefore could not defend his European title in 10-ball. At the 9-ball world championship in 2016 he reached the quarter-finals and was eliminated from Shane van Boening 9:11 . At the China Open 2016 and the Kuwait Open , which was held for the first time , he reached the round of 32. In November 2016, he won the Kremlin Cup with a 9: 6 final victory over Thorsten Hohmann .

Team career

Kazakis has formed the Greek team at the World Cup of Pool three times with Nikos Ekonomopoulos . They reached the round of 16 in 2013 and 2014 . In 2014 they were defeated there by the eventual tournament winners Darren Appleton and Karl Boyes from England 1: 7. In 2015 they were eliminated in the first round against Aloysius Yapp and Chan Keng Kwang from Singapore .

With the Greek national team Kazakis reached the semi-finals of the team world championship in 2010 .

successes

10-ball European champions : 2015
Kremlin Cup : 2016

Web links

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  1. ↑ Alexandros Kazakis - 2014 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Overbeck : Kazakis, Khodjaeva and Tahti grab the 10-ball titles. In: europeanpocketbilliardfederation.com. European Pocket Billiard Federation , April 17, 2015, accessed August 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Alexandros Kazakis - 2015 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Ted Lerner: It's down to a fantastic four in Doha. (No longer available online.) In: wpa-pool.com. World Pool-Billiard Association , August 3, 2016, archived from the original on August 3, 2016 ; accessed on August 4, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Alexandros Kazakis - 2016 Year in Review. In: azbilliards.com. Retrieved November 12, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Kazakis, Alexander
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kazakis, Alexandros
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek pool player
DATE OF BIRTH July 16, 1991