Michael Holt (snooker player)

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Michael Holt
Michael Holt
birthday 7th August 1978 (age 42)
nationality EnglandEngland England
Nickname (s) The Hitman
professional since 1996
Prize money £ 1,252,943 (As of August 27, 2020)
Highest break 144
Century Breaks 210 (as of August 27, 2020)
Main tour successes
World championships -
Ranking tournament victories 1
Minor tournament victories 2
World rankings
Highest WRL place 20 (Sept. 2013 – March 2014)
Current WRL location 30 (as of August 17, 2020)

Michael Holt (born August 7, 1978 ) is an English snooker player.

Career

Holt started playing snooker when he was 12 or 13 years old , wanting to emulate his favorite player, Steve Davis . In 1996 he became a professional snooker. His greatest successes so far on the Snooker Main Tour he achieved in 1999 at the UK Championship and in 2003 and 2005 at the Grand Prix , where he advanced to the quarter-finals. His highest break to date of 144 points was in 2005.

At the German Open , which was not part of the Main Tour at the time , he finished second in Fürth in October 2005 , and only had to admit defeat to Mark King in the final. A year later he secured the title there with a 4-2 final win over Barry Hawkins .

At the Prague Classic 2010 he won his first minor world ranking tournament. He defeated John Higgins 4-3 in the final. At the 10th PTC Event 2011/12 , Holt won his second minor ranking title.

At the Riga Masters 2016 , which emerged from a minor tournament, he reached the final of a full ranking tournament for the first time, but then lost to Neil Robertson . In 2020 he reached the final of a ranking tournament again at the snooker shoot-out and this time won his first title against Zhou Yuelong .

Personal

Michael Holt occasionally attracts attention in his games with emotional outbursts. Holt, who enjoys fitness training , is a hobby cook and avowed football fan, his favorite team is Nottingham Forest . He is also based in the city of Nottingham . He has been married since June 2017 and has a son since March 2018.

Holt achieved notoriety when he did not want to give up the second frame at the score of 1:95 in the game against Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Aberdeen Grand Prix in 2006. O'Sullivan then played wrong suits until Holt finally gave up at 95:30.

successes

Ranked tournament victories

Minor ranking tournament victories

Others

  • WLBSA World Mixed Doubles Championship (with Reanne Evans ) - 2009

Web links

Commons : Michael Holt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile of Michael Holt on CueTracker (as of August 16, 2018)
  2. ↑ World Rankings after the Zhangjiagang Open (AT2) 2013 (PDF; 266 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . September 30, 2013. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ World Rankings after the Ruhr Open (ET5) 2013 (PDF; 266 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . October 7, 2013. Archived from the original on November 2, 2013. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.
  4. ↑ World Rankings after the Indian Open 2013 (PDF; 236 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . October 21, 2013. Archived from the original on November 26, 2013. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.
  5. ↑ World Rankings after the Zhengzhou Open (AT3) 2013 (PDF; 266 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . October 29, 2013. Archived from the original on November 26, 2013. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.
  6. ↑ World Rankings after the International Championship 2013 (PDF; 265 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . November 4, 2013. Archived from the original on December 10, 2014. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.
  7. ↑ World Rankings after the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup (ET6) 2013 (PDF; 266 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . November 11, 2013. Archived from the original on November 26, 2013. Retrieved on November 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ World Rankings after the Antwerp Open (ET7) 2013 (PDF; 265 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . November 18, 2013. Archived from the original on February 3, 2014. Retrieved on November 20, 2013.
  9. ↑ World Rankings after UK Championship 2013 (PDF; 265 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . December 9, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2013. Retrieved on February 1, 2014.
  10. ↑ World Rankings after German Masters 2014 (PDF; 265 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . February 3, 2014. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  11. ↑ World Rankings after Gdynia Open (ET8) 2014 (PDF; 265 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . February 10, 2014. Archived from the original on December 1, 2014. Retrieved on March 17, 2014.
  12. ↑ World Rankings after Welsh Open 2014 (PDF; 265 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . March 3, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  13. ↑ World Rankings after the Dongguan Open (AT4) 2014 (PDF; 265 kB) In: worldsnooker.com . World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association . March 11, 2014. Archived from the original on December 13, 2014. Retrieved March 17, 2014.
  14. ↑ [1]
  15. ↑ quiproco gp snooker aberdeen 2006 o'sullivan vs holt . In: youtube.com . October 28, 2006. Retrieved October 14, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Holt, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Hitman
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1978