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Iulian Boiko

Iulian Serhiyovych Boiko (Ukrainian: Юліан Сергійович Бойко; born 22 September 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian former professional snooker player.[2]

Career

In May 2019, Boiko registered his first official century break in a 4–3 defeat against Billy Joe Castle in the second event of the 2019 Q School.[3]

In January 2020, Boiko finished as runner-up in the WSF Open, as a result, he was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2020–21 and 2021–22.[4] As a 14 years old, he became the youngest ever professional player.[5] In March 2020, Boiko defeated Darren Morgan, a former professional player, by 5–3 in the final to become the EBSA European 6-Reds champion for the first time.[6] Later in 2020, he participated at the qualifying stages of the World Championship, the youngest player to do so,[5] but he was eliminated by Thor Chuan Leong in the first qualifying round, losing 6–3.[7]

On 4 March 2021, Boiko won his first professional match in Gibraltar Open against Fergal O'Brien, winning 4–3.[8]

Performance and rankings timeline

  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b c d e f He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Career finals

Amateur finals: 4 (2 titles)

Personal life

Boiko is the son of Serhii Boiko, who is responsible for creating and overseeing the Ukrainian Snooker Federation.[10]

References

  1. ^ "Iulian Boiko". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 1 December 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  2. ^ "Iulian Boiko". snooker.org. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Match Result | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 2022-03-30. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  4. ^ "SNOOKER CONTINUES TO LEAD SPORT'S RETURN WITH TOUR STRUCTURE PLANS". World Snooker Tour. 2020-06-08. Archived from the original on June 8, 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Iulian Boiko". World Snooker. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020.
  6. ^ Administrator (2020-03-16). "Iulian Boiko is the new 6 Reds European Snooker Champion". European Billiards & Snooker Association. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  7. ^ "Thor ends 14-year-old Iulian Boiko's dream of qualifying for World Championship". uk.sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  8. ^ "15-year-old Iulian Boiko beats veteran for first pro win at Gibraltar Open". Metro. 2021-03-04. Retrieved 2021-03-04.
  9. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Iulian Boiko | WSF l World Snooker Federation". www.worldsnookerfederation.org. Retrieved 2021-03-04.

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