Tony Meo
| Tony Meo | |
|---|---|
| birthday | 4th October 1959 (age 60) |
| place of birth | Tooting , London |
| nationality |
 England
|
| Nickname (s) | The Cat Meo, Meo |
| professional | 1979-1997 |
| Prize money | £ 621,126 |
| Highest break | 147 ( Matchroom League 1988 ) |
| Century Breaks | 52 |
| Main tour successes | |
| World championships | - |
| Ranking tournament victories | 1 |
| Minor tournament victories | - |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 10 ( 84/85 - 85/86 ) |
Tony Meo (born October 4, 1959 in Tooting , London ) is a former English snooker player .
Career
Tony Meo came from an Italian family but decided to stay in England at the age of 13 and not return to Italy with his parents. He attended the same school in south London as Jimmy White and scored a maximum break at 17 as the youngest player to date . After winning the national U-19 championship in 1978, he became a professional snooker player a year later.
At the Snooker World Championship in 1983 he reached the quarter-finals for the first time, a year later he was in the final of a ranking tournament for the first time at the Classic , which he lost very nearly 8: 9 to Steve Davis . Together with Davis as a partner, he won the World Doubles Championship four times between 1982 and 1986 . He was also part of the victorious English team at the World Team Classic 1983.
In 1988 he scored his only official maximum break as a professional in the Matchroom League .
After falling from 10th place in the world snooker rankings to 31st place, he had another very successful year in 1989 when he won his only ranking tournament with the British Open and made it to the semifinals of the 1989 World Cup .
As a result, he could no longer build on these achievements; In 1991 he played for the last time in a World Cup finals. After the end of the 1996/97 season, he ended his active career.
successes
Ranking tournament victories
Invitation tournament victories
- Australian Masters - 1981, 1985
- English Professional Championship - 1986, 1987
- Matchroom International League - 1990
Team competitions
- World Doubles Championship - 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986
- World Team Classic - 1983
Others
- English U-19 Championship - 1978.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Profile of Tony Meo on CueTracker (as of January 29, 2019)
- ↑ Player Profile Tony Meo - Chris Turner's Snooker Archive ( Memento from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Tony Meo - worldsnooker.com ( Memento from November 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Then and Now: Tony Meo - eurosport.yahoo.com ( Memento of July 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- Player Profile Tony Meo - Chris Turners Snooker Archive ( Memento from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meo, Tony |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tooting , London |