Paul Medati

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Paul Medati
birthday November 14, 1944
place of birth Salford
date of death November 29, 2008 (age 64)
Place of death Salford
nationality EnglandEngland England
professional 1981 - 1997
Prize money £ 44,799
Highest break 125 ( WM 1987, Q )
Century Breaks 2
World rankings
Highest WRL place 58 ( 1986/87 )
Best results
Ranked tournaments 4 × round of the last 32
Other professional tournaments 1 × quarter-finals
Amateur tournaments 1 × winner ( Pontins Autumn Open 1980 )

Paul Medati (born November 14, 1944 in Salford ; † November 29, 2008 ibid) was an English snooker and pool player who played on the professional snooker tour for sixteen seasons between 1981 and 1997 and then began a career in pool. He also worked as a pool trainer.

Career

Medati was born to Maltese parents in Salford near Manchester and grew up there. He later attended St Joseph's RC Primary School . and first attracted attention when he reached the round of 16 of qualifying for the English Amateur Championship as part of the Lancashire snooker scene in 1972 . In 1974 he was allowed to participate in the Watney Open and reached the last sixteen, in which he was defeated by John Spencer . The next year he took part in the Pontins Spring Open , moved into the quarterfinals with a victory over Dennis Taylor and lost there to Patsy Fagan . In 1976 he achieved his first major success when he reached the final of the Pontins Autumn Open , even if he lost there to Cliff Wilson . After he had to admit defeat in 1977 in the quarterfinals of the qualification for the English Amateur Championship Dave Martin , he lost his opening game against Tony Meo at the Pontins Spring Open the next year . In 1979 he improved his result at the same tournament when he was eliminated in the semifinals against Jimmy White , before he lost his opening game against Ian Williamson at the Professional Ticket Event in 1980 , but also won the Pontins Autumn Open against Vic Harris . He also won the Double Diamond Amateur Championship at amateur level together with John Virgo ; he could not book any further big title wins. A little later, in 1981, he became a professional player.

First professional years

Medati's first professional season was the 1981/82 season , in which he was eliminated from the quarter-finals of the Bass and Golden Leisure Classic and the fourth qualifying round of the UK Championship in 1981 at the Snooker World Championship, only to the round of the last 48 and there. So he missed getting on the snooker world rankings. In the following two seasons, Medati had some successes - including reaching the group stage at the International Masters in 1984 and a round of 16 participation in the UK Championship in 1983 - but did not make the leap despite another participation in the round of 48 at the 1983 edition in the main round of the World Cup or in the main round of another ranking tournament and thus on the world rankings.

The 1984/85 season held for Medati another defeat in the round of the last 48, the now final qualifying round, at the Snooker World Championship , when he - after a 10: 9 win over Warren King - in this 7:10 Silvino Francisco lost. He also reached the round of 16 of the English Professional Championship , a tournament without influence on the world rankings to determine the English professional champion , here with a victory over ex-world champion John Spencer . Much more important was his participation in the round of 64 at the Grand Prix and in the round of 32 in the Classic , which earned him world ranking points. Thus he placed himself on the world rankings for the first time and was now ranked 60th.

The next season was roughly similar for Medati , when he was eliminated from both the UK Championship and the Classic in the round of 64 and the World Snooker Championship again in the round of 48. He also reached the round of 32 of the British Open alongside the same round at the English Professional Championship . This helped him on the world rankings to a marginal improvement from two places, so that he was now led to rank 58; a place he could never surpass. In 1986, Medati also received some attention when he fought with fellow player Alex Higgins . Higgins tried to disguise this, however, and cited a horse as the cause of his blue eye .

Slipping to 93rd place

During the next two seasons Medati reached several rounds of the last 64 in addition to the obligatory defeats in the qualifying rounds, but was mostly eliminated in this. Exceptions were the Snooker World Championship 1987 and the English Professional Championship 1988 , where he was only eliminated in the round of the last 48, as well as the English Professional Championship 1987 and the British Open 1988 with a defeat in the round of the last 32. On the world rankings deteriorated nevertheless by a few places and was first ranked 67th and then 68th.

In the next three seasons, Medati hardly ever participated in a higher round than the round of the last 64 - he only succeeded in doing this at a few events in the WPBSA Non-Ranking tournament series , the 1989 English Professional Championship and the Dubai Classic of the same year . Even elimination in the round of 64 was also a rarity: if this was the case three times in the 1988/89 season , this number fell to only once per season during the next two seasons. This trend was also reflected in the world rankings, so that in 1991 it was only ranked 93rd.

Last professional years

The trend of the last few seasons continued when Medati reached a round of the last 64 for the last time during the 1991/92 season with the corresponding rounds of the Asian Open and the British Open . In the next three seasons he could only win a few games and rarely reached a round of the last 128. He achieved his best result with a participation in the round of the last 96 of the Thailand Open . From mid-1995 he did not play any more professional games. His failures and the latter meant that he kept falling on the world rankings and only finished 442 for the 1996/97 season . Finally he ended his professional career in 1997 after 16 professional seasons.

Further life

In 2002 Medati began playing pool billiards professionally . He reached the quarter-finals of the European Championship with Team Great Britain in the same year . In 2004, however, he had to slow down after a car accident. Nevertheless, he managed a 2007 victory over Daryl Peach before he reached eighth place in the GB9 Southern Masters in April 2008 . He also worked as a pool trainer. In August of the same year, however, he was diagnosed with lung cancer, the consequences of which he succumbed on November 29, 2008 in his home in the Salford district of Ordsall. He left behind his wife and six children. The Paul Medati Trophy in pool billiards is held annually in his honor .

successes

output year competition Final opponent Result
Amateur tournaments
Second 1976 Pontin's Autumn Open WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cliff Wilson 4: 7
winner 1980 Pontin's Autumn Open EnglandEngland Vic Harris 7: 4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Paul Medati - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h Ron Florax: Ranking History For Paul Medati. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d Snooker star dies at 65th Manchester Evening News , April 29, 2010, accessed July 25, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Dave H .: Paul Medati. In: snookerscene.blogspot.com. Snooker Scene , November 29, 2008, accessed July 25, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1971-1972 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1974-1975 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1974-1975 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1976-1977 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1977-1978 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1978-1979 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1980-1981 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1980-1981 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1981-1982 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1982-1983 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  15. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1983-1984 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1984-1985 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1985-1986 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  18. ↑ Trevor Baxter: Alex "Hurricane" Higgins: Two-times world snooker champion whose style of play and wild ways electrified the sport. Independent , July 26, 2010, accessed July 25, 2020 .
  19. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1986-1987 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  20. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1987-1988 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  21. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1988-1989 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  22. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1989-1990 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  23. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1990-1991 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  24. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1991-1992 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  25. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1992-1993 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  26. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1993-1994 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  27. ↑ Ron Florax: Paul Medati - Season 1994-1995 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on July 25, 2020 .
  28. ↑ Martin Royce: Paul Medati Trophy This Weekend. AZBillliards.com, April 5, 2016, accessed July 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Medati, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English snooker and pool player
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Salford
DATE OF DEATH November 29, 2008
Place of death Salford