John Vassalos

John Vassalos
birthday	February 28, 1982
society	Champion Club

John Vassalos (born February 28, 1982 ) is a Greek pool player .

Career

In 1996 and 1997 Vassalos was European youth champion in the 9-ball students. In 1997 he was runner-up in the 14/1 and in 1998 in the 9-ball European student champion. In 1999 he became vice world champion of the juniors as well as 8-ball European champion and 9-ball vice-European champion of the juniors. In 2000 he was 9-ball junior European champion and third in 8-ball. In the same year he finished 33rd at the Italy Open and barely missed the knockout round.

At the 2004 European Championships , he came 17th in 9-ball and 25th in 8-ball. At the Austrian Open 2004 he was only eliminated in the semifinals and thus won his first Euro Tour medal. In 2007 he won the Austria Open with a 10: 9 final victory against the Maltese Tony Drago . At the Swiss Open 2007 he lost in the quarter-finals to the German Oliver Ortmann , in the second round of the Costa del Sol Open he lost to the German Ralf Souquet after defeating Ortmann in the sixteenth-finals. In 2008 he was eliminated from the French Open and the Italy Open in the sixteenth finals against Imran Majid and Sebastian Staab . At the German Open 2008 he reached the round of 16, but lost it to Thomas Engert .

At the Team World Cup 2010 Vassalos reached the semi-finals with the Greek team, which was lost to eventual world champions Great Britain.

Web links

Player profile on the website of the European Pocket Billiard Federation

personal data
SURNAME	Vassalos, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek pool player
DATE OF BIRTH	February 28, 1982