Mick Price

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Mick Price
birthday 2nd June 1966 (age 54)
place of birth Nuneaton
nationality EnglandEngland England
Nickname (s) The Postman
professional 1988 - 2001
Prize money £ 261,124
Highest break 141 ( Benson & Hedges Championship 1994 )
Century Breaks 31
World rankings
Highest WRL place 21 ( 1995/96 )
Best results
Ranked tournaments 1 × semi-finals ( European Open 1993 )
Other professional tournaments 1 × semi-finals ( Benson & Hedges Championship 1996 )

Mick Price (born June 2, 1966 in Nuneaton ) is an English snooker player who spent thirteen seasons as a professional player between 1988 and 2001 and reached number 21 in the world rankings during this time . He became known as the opponent of Ronnie O'Sullivans at his maximum break in the 1997 World Snooker Championship , which was the fastest maximum break in history.

Career

As an amateur player, Price tried to qualify as a professional player in the mid-1980s when he took part in several qualifying events and reached the quarter-finals twice. He eventually became a professional player in 1988 at the age of 22.

First professional years

During his first professional season , Price, whose nickname The Postman is based on a resemblance to the animated character Postman Pat , did not make it through qualifying in six tournaments such as the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championship . In addition to participation in the round of the last 48 at the third WPBSA non-ranking event , participation in the round of 32 at the second event of the same tournament series and a round of 16 at the English Professional Championship , he only achieved the International Open and the Canadian Masters with the round of the last 64 the first main round, but in which he had to admit defeat Steve Longworth and Doug Mountjoy . In the world rankings , he was thus ranked 90th.

Also in the next season Price was eliminated again in six tournaments in the qualification, for example in the snooker world championship only in the final qualifying round against Eddie Charlton . Once again he achieved respectable successes with a round of 16 in the first and a semi-final in the second event in the WPBSA non-ranking series, while he made the round of 64 at the Hong Kong Open, the Asian Open and the UK Championship reached. After all, he managed to win over Ian Brumby , Gary Wilkinson and Cliff Thorburn at the European Open , so that he was only eliminated in the round of 32 - also here against the three-time former vice-world champion Eddie Charlton. Nevertheless, he only improved to 76th place in the world rankings.

With the 1990/91 season , Price reduced his qualifying defeats to four, this time being eliminated in the penultimate qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship . That being said, Price was again successful in non-ranking events when he reached the round of 32 at the International One Frame Shoot-out and the round of 16 at the Benson and Hedges Satellite Championship , where he lost to Cliff Wilson . Meanwhile, he moved into the round of 64 at the Asian Open , the UK Championship , the Classic and the British Open and was eliminated in this round, so that that round represented Price's best result of the season in terms of the ranking tournaments. In the world rankings, he has thus deteriorated by six places to 82nd place.

Promotion to rank 27

Even if Price was eliminated from four tournaments in the second (qualifying) round in the 1991/92 season , the season was much more successful for him than the previous seasons. He was eliminated from three ranking tournaments in the round of 64 and qualified, among other things, with a victory over ex-world champion Joe Johnson for the main round of the snooker world championship in the Crucible Theater , where he surprisingly defeated another ex-world champion with Dennis Taylor and only Alan McManus had to admit defeat in the round of 16 with 10:13 , whereby he was eliminated in the same round at the Asian Open - among other things after a victory over Jimmy White . However, his best season results he achieved both at the Strachan Open and the European Open , where he respectively among others with a victory over Doug Mountjoy pushed forward into the quarter-finals and there with 2: 5 Ken Doherty 5 or 4 Mark Johnston-Allen hit had to give. Thus, he was able to improve rapidly on the world rankings to 35th place, which he just missed the entry into the top 32 places.

At the beginning of the following season , Price also reached the quarter-finals of the Dubai Classic , in which he also made it in the second and third events of the Strachan Challenge as the season progressed. In addition to numerous early defeats, Price was also able to reach the round of 64 at the Grand Prix and the round of 32 at the Benson and Hedges Championship and the International Open . However, he reached the semi-finals of a ranking tournament at the European Open with wins over Dave Harold , Willie Thorne , Danny Fowler , Joe Johnson and Mark Johnston-Allen for the only time in his career, in which he won 3: 6 against the Scot and reigning world champion Stephen Hendry had to admit defeat. In the world rankings, he was able to improve by eight places to 27th place and thus took a place in the top 32 of the world rankings for the first time, which means that he no longer had to qualify for a majority of the tournaments in the following seasons.

During the 1993/94 season , however, Price lost six opening games, some of them in high rounds such as the round of the last 48, where Price now started the tournament. In all other tournaments, Price consistently reached the round of 32 and was eliminated in this, so that he was able to maintain his rank 27 on the world rankings.

In the top 32 for recent years

With the 1994/95 season , Price was finally able to reduce the number of his opening defeats to four, while he played the round of 32 at the European Open and the Thailand Open, the round of 16 at the Benson and Hedges Championship and the Welsh Open reached the quarter-finals at both the International Open and the British Open . Through these successes, Price was able to improve his world ranking by six places to 21st place, which remained his best world ranking for the rest of his career.

However, Price could not keep his form during the next season at the level of the previous season and lost a total of eight opening games, including those in the first four tournaments of the season. In the other three tournaments - the German Open , the British Open and also the Snooker World Championship - he reached the round of 32 with a single win and was eliminated from Tony Drago , Dave Harold and Alan McManus . In the world rankings, he fell eleven places to 32nd place, which meant that he could only just stay in the top 32.

Even if Price still failed to win five opening games in the 1996/97 season , his form improved slightly. While he achieved his best result of the season with a semi-final at the Benson and Hedges Championship , a tournament without influence on the world rankings, he reached the round of 32 in a total of five ranked tournaments, including the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championship , and was eliminated in this . At the Snooker World Championship he qualified for the main round with a 10: 9 win over Jimmy Michie and was immediately defeated by Ronnie O'Sullivan , also because he was the fastest maximum break ever in just 5:08 minutes in the 14th frame of the game played. Nevertheless, he was able to improve as a result on the world rankings by one place to 31st place.

Last professional years

During the 1997/98 season , however, Price was only able to win his opening game in two tournaments, and he was eliminated from the British Open in the round of 32. Only at the Grand Prix did he reach a higher round with the quarter-finals, but was finally eliminated in this round due to a white wash by Jimmy White . He lost two places in the world rankings and slipped out of the top 32 again after five years.

In the following season , Price finally lost numerous opening games, but won one more than in the previous season. However, both the Thailand Masters and the China International were eliminated in the round of 64, making participation in the round of 48 Irish Open Prices the best result of the season. In the world rankings he fell by 24 places to 57th place.

Although Price was able to win a few more opening games in the 1999/2000 season , he did not make it through the round of 64 in any tournament. This was also the case during the next season , so that his 3:10 defeat by Munraj Pal in qualifying for the Snooker World Championship was Price's last professional game, as he - crashed to 83rd place in the world rankings - ended his professional career after thirteen seasons. After Price subsequently participated in several amateur and qualifying tournaments, he reduced his appearance as a snooker player to a local level while he began to work as a math teacher.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mike Malyon: Potted history! Mick Price meets up with Ronnie O'Sullivan 16 years on from Rocket's super 147. CoventryLive, November 26, 2013, accessed on January 2, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Dave H .: Past Masters # 3. Snooker Scene Blog, June 2, 2009, archived from the original on December 5, 2010 ; accessed on January 2, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Mick Price - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ron Florax: Ranking History For Mick Price. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1986-1987 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1987-1988 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1988-1989 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1989-1990 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1990-1991 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1991-1992 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1992-1993 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1993-1994 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1994-1995 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1995-1996 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1996-1997 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Fastest 147 break in snooker. Guinness World Records , accessed January 2, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1997-1998 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1998-1999 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 1999-2000 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 2000-2001 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Ron Florax: Mick Price - Season 2001-2002 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed January 2, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Price, Mick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker player
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuneaton