Julian Boyko

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Julian Boyko
birthday September 22, 2005
nationality UkraineUkraine Ukraine
professional from 2020/21
Highest break 100
Century Breaks 1
Best results
Amateur tournaments Ukrainian 6-Red Champion : 2020

6-Red European Champion : 2020

Medal table
Ukrainian championship 0 × gold 0 × silver 2 × bronze

Julian Serhijowytsch Bojko ( Ukrainian Юліан Сергійович Бойко , English transcription: Iulian Boiko ; born  September 22, 2005 ) is a Ukrainian snooker player from Kiev . In 2020 he won the Ukrainian championship in the Six-Red-Snooker variant and reached the final of the WSF Open 2020 . By participating in the finals, he later received the right to start the Main Tour seasons 2020/21 and 2021/22 and thus became the youngest player to date and the first Ukrainian professional snooker. In addition, he won the 6 Red European Championship in 2020 .

Career

2010–2018: beginnings

Julian Bojko began playing snooker at the age of about six after becoming aware of the sport through television broadcasts. A little later he started playing snooker tournaments in his hometown of Kiev . In December 2012 he took part in the Ukrainian championship for the first time. The seven-year-old made it into the round of 16, in which he was clearly defeated by former professional Alan Trigg (0: 3), who then became Ukrainian champions for the third time in a row.

In March 2013, Boyko took part in an international tournament for the first time, the U21 European Championship in Bor , Serbia , and was eliminated with just one win in the group stage. Two months later, at the age of seven, he was the youngest participant in the European Men's Championship in Zielona Góra . In the five preliminary round games, he only won two frames and was eliminated from the bottom of the group. He also finished last in his group at the 2013 Amateur World Championship , this time only winning one frame. At the Ukrainian championship in 2013 he reached the second round again and only just lost to Ihor Slobodjanjuk (2: 3).

In September 2014, Boyko reached the round of 16 at the final tournament of the Ukrainian Cup, which he lost 3-1 to Wladyslaw Vyshnevskyj . After he was eliminated in the preliminary round of the national championship of adults, he reached the quarter-finals of the Ukrainian U21 championship , in which he was defeated by the eventual finalist Mykola Nykyforow (1: 2).

In April 2015, Boyko was eliminated from the first round of the Ukrainian 6-Red Championship . A month later he became national champion of the U21 juniors for the first time with a 3-0 final win against Jurij Semko . In the adult division , he made it to the semi-finals for the first time in the same year, in which he had to admit defeat to future Ukrainian champions Serhiy Petrasch 1: 4. At the final tournament of the Ukrainian Cup in 2015, he lost in the quarter-finals to the eventual tournament winner Maksym Stoljartschuk (0: 3).

After he was eliminated in the first round since 2013 another at five international amateur championships ( U21 European Championship in 2014 , EM 2014 , EM 2015 , U21 World Cup 2015 , Euro U21 2016 ), Boyko came in February 2016 at the inaugural U18 Championship for first time beyond the group stage. In the round of the last 56 he was defeated by the Irish Fergal Quinn (0: 3). Two months later, he managed to defend his title in the Ukrainian U21 championship with a 3-1 win in the final against Oleksij Rudenko . Shortly thereafter, he was eliminated from the adults in the round of 16 against Jewhen Kamelkow (0: 3). The first edition of the 6-Red European Championship in Vilnius , Lithuania, ended for him without a frame gain in the preliminary round. In June 2016 he won the FSU Open (3: 1) in the final against Serhij Petrasch. Two weeks later he reached the semi-finals of the Minsk Open in the Belarusian capital, in which he was only barely defeated by the eventual tournament winner Jeff Jacobs from Belgium (2: 3).

At the beginning of 2017, Bojko narrowly made it into the final round of the U18 European Championship as third in the group. In the preliminary round he had defeated the former French champion Niel Vincent (3: 2). In the round of the last 64 Bojko was narrowly defeated by the Englishman Taylor Fish (2: 3). Then he also took part in the U21 juniors and men in the European Championship, but retired there in the group stage. After he was eliminated in the preliminary round of the Minsk Snooker Cup, he reached the final of the final tournament of the Ukrainian Cup at the end of 2017, which he lost 3-1 to Serhiy Issajenko , and reached the quarter-finals at KN Taurė in Vilnius.

At the beginning of 2018, Boyko made it into the finals in all three age groups at the European Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria . In the U18 juniors he was defeated in the round of 32 to Welsh Dylan Emery (2: 3), in the U21 juniors he lost in the round of 64 to Karol Lelek from Poland (1: 4) and in the adults he had to get in the round of 64 defeated former pro Jordan Brown (1: 4). In March 2018, Bojko took part in a tournament on the Main Tour for the first time. In the first qualifying round of the Gibraltar Open , which is open to amateurs , he met England's Brandon Sargeant , to whom he lost 4-2. A few days later he was eliminated from the group stage of the WSF Championship . In April 2018 he reached the final of the Ukrainian 6-Red championship, which he lost, however, 1: 5 against Wladyslav Vyshnevskyi.

2018/19: Challenge Tour

In May 2018, Ukrainian players, Boyko and Serhij Issajenko , took part in the Q School Main Tour qualification tournament for the first time. However, Bojko remained without a win in all three tournaments. The participants in the Challenge Tour , which was reintroduced for the 2018/19 season , were determined based on the overall ranking ( Order of Merit ) of the Q School . The best 64 athletes not qualified for the Main Tour should get a starting place. Due to numerous cancellations, Bojko, listed on rank 141, was also allowed to compete in the first tournament in June 2018. However, he lost his opening game 3-0 against Luke Simmonds . A few days later he reached the last sixteen at the 6-Red European Championship, in which he was defeated by Irishman Greg Casey 4-0.

In July 2018 Boyko became two Ukrainian junior champions after defeating Heorhij Petrunko ( U16 ) and Andrij Kljestow ( U21 ) 2-0 in the finals. A little later he moved into the main round for the first time at the Paul Hunter Classic , his second Main Tour tournament. After defeating Brandon Sargeant 4: 2, he had to admit defeat 1: 4 to Englishman Billy Joe Castle in the round of 128 . After remaining without a win in his first four appearances, Bojko scored his first win in November 2018 at the last Challenge Tour tournament of the year against Callum Lloyd (3: 2), but then lost in the round of 32 against Lucky Vatnani ( 2: 3). At the final tournament of the Ukrainian Cup in 2018, he was eliminated in the round of 16 against eventual tournament winner Alan Trigg (2: 3).

In February 2019 Bojko reached the round of 16 at the U18 European Championships , in which he lost 3-1 to the eventual European Champion Aaron Hill . A little later he made it to the sixteenth finals in the U21 juniors and in the last 75 in the adults.After he again failed to win in the opening tournament of 2019, Bojko initially competed against the multiple world champion in the final tournament of the Challenge Tour 2018/19 Reanne Evans (3: 2) before losing to Callum Lloyd (1: 3) in the round of 32. On the main tour, he defeated Englishman Sean Maddocks (4-1) at the Gibraltar Open 2019 and then retired in the second qualifying round against Oliver Brown (2-4).

2019/20: WSF Open finalist

In May 2019, Bojko made another attempt to qualify for the professional tour through the Q School. However, he only reached the second round in two out of three tournaments and clearly failed. However, he qualified for the Challenge Tour via the Q-School ranking list, in which he finished 70th . At the beginning of August 2019 he won a tournament of the Baltic Snooker League for the first time in Lviv with a 4-0 final win against Māris Volajs . A few weeks later, he took part in the qualification tournament for the Paul Hunter Classic 2019, now held as an invitation tournament, in Fürth . There he defeated Omar al-Kojah and Sydney Wilson, among others, before he secured the last of 16 starting places for the main tournament with a 3-2 win in the final against professional Barry Pinches . In the round of 16 of the main tournament, however, the 13-year-old Boyko had to admit defeat to the top 30 player Ricky Walden with a clear 4-0.

At the end of August 2019 he reached the quarter-finals of the Ukrainian Independence Cup and was eliminated from the eventual tournament winner Craig Steadman (0: 3). A little later he reached the semi-finals for the second time at the Ukrainian championship , in which he had not participated in the two years before, and this time lost to Wladyslav Vyshnevsky (0: 3). In December 2019 he won the final tournament of the Ukrainian Cup by beating Andrij Schulha 4-0 in the final. At the end of the year he took part in the qualification for the German Masters 2020 on the Main Tour , but lost his opening game against Zhou Yuelong with 0: 5. On the Challenge Tour 2019/20 he took part in four of the seven tournaments in 2019, in which he won a total of two games and achieved his best result to date with the round of 16 at the tournament in Newbury in September.

At the beginning of 2020, Bojko reached the round of 32 at the WSF Junior Open . Then the 14-year-old surprisingly made it into the final at the WSF Open . On the way to the final he had defeated the former pros Zhang Yong (3-0), Sean O'Sullivan (3-0) and Ross Muir (4-1 ), among others . In the final he met another ex-professional, the Englishman Ashley Hugill . In the meantime Bojko took the lead 3: 2, but finally lost to the Englishman 3: 5 and narrowly missed the qualification for the professional tour. Due to tournament cancellations due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the qualification criteria were re-regulated in June 2020 and Bojko also got the right to start the Main Tour seasons 2020/21 and 2021/22 , making him the first Ukrainian to become a professional snooker. At the age of 14, he was the youngest player to date to receive professional status.

In February, Boyko won the Ukrainian 6-Red championship with a 5-2 final win over Alan Trigg . At 14 years and just under five months, he is the youngest ever winner of a Ukrainian individual championship in the adult snooker sport. A few days later the snooker shoot-out was followed by another participation in a main tour tournament, in which, however, he lost to Chang Bingyu in the first round . In March 2020, the European Amateur Championships took place in Albufeira, Portugal . After he was eliminated in the two junior tournaments ( U18 , U21 ) in the round of 16, he moved into the final of the 6-Red European Championship , in which he was European champion with a 5-3 win against the Welsh ex-professional Darren Morgan . At the final men's snooker tournament , he made it into the round of 32 for the first time.

In July 2020, due to his participation in the finals at the WSF Open, he was one of 34 amateurs eligible to qualify for the professional world championship . In the first round, Boyko, who was the first Ukrainian to qualify for the World Cup, met the Malaysian Thor Chuan Leong , against whom he was able to keep up to 3: 3, but finally lost with 3: 6. Two months later, he became Ukrainian U21 champions for the fourth time .

Club career

For the 2019/20 season , Bojko became a member of the German Bundesliga club BC Stuttgart 1891 . In the season that was canceled after eight match days due to the COVID-19 pandemic , however, he was not used.

successes

Single successes
Result year competition Final opponent Final score
Amateur tournaments
winner 2015 Ukrainian U21 Championship UkraineUkraine Yuri Semko 3-0
finalist 2016/1 Ukrainian Cup UkraineUkraine Wladyslav Vyshnevskyi 1: 3
winner 2016 Ukrainian U21 Championship UkraineUkraine Oleksiy Rudenko 3: 1
winner 2016 FSU Open UkraineUkraine Serhiy Petrash 3: 1
finalist 2017 / F Ukrainian Cup UkraineUkraine Serhiy Issajenko 1: 3
winner 2018 Ukrainian U16 championship UkraineUkraine Heorhij Petrunko 2-0
winner 2018 Ukrainian U21 Championship UkraineUkraine Andrij Klyestov 2-0
finalist 2018 Ukrainian 6-Red Championship UkraineUkraine Wladyslav Vyshnevskyi 1: 5
winner 2019/2 Baltic Snooker League LatviaLatvia Māris Volajs 4-0
winner 2019 Paul Hunter Classic - Qualifying Tournament EnglandEngland Barry Pinches 3: 2
winner 2019 / F Ukrainian Cup UkraineUkraine Andrij Shulha 4-0
finalist 2020 WSF Open EnglandEngland Ashley Hugill 3: 5
winner 2020 Ukrainian 6-Red Championship UkraineUkraine Alan Trigg 5: 2
winner 2020 6-Red European Championship WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Darren Morgan 5: 3
winner 2020 Ukrainian U21 Championship UkraineUkraine Mykyta Rudenko (3: 1) 1
1The tournament was held in group mode.
Team successes

Web links

Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Boyko, Julian
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boyko, Julian Serhijowytsch (full name); Бойко, Юліан Сергійович (Ukrainian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION ukrainian snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH September 22, 2005