Tony Meo





















































Tony Meo
Born
(1959-10-04) 4 October 1959 (age 59)
Tooting, London[1]
Sport country
 England[1]
Nickname The Cat
Meo, Meo[1]
Professional 1979–1997[1]
Highest ranking 10 (1984–1986)[1]
Career winnings £621,126[2]
Highest break

147 (1988 Matchroom League)[3]
Century breaks 54[4]
Tournament wins
Ranking 1
Non-ranking 7

Tony Meo (born 4 October 1959) is a retired English snooker player.




Contents






  • 1 Career


  • 2 Performance and rankings timeline


  • 3 Career finals


    • 3.1 Ranking finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)


    • 3.2 Non-ranking finals: 9 (7 titles, 2 runners-up)


    • 3.3 Team finals: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)


    • 3.4 Pro-am finals: 1 (1 runner-up)


    • 3.5 Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)




  • 4 References





Career


Meo was a schoolfriend of Jimmy White in Tooting, South London, and the pair regularly skipped school to play snooker together.[5] At 17 Meo became the then youngest person known to have made a maximum break of 147. He turned professional in 1979. In 1980 he made his World Championship debut and was only defeated 10-9 by Alex Higgins.


In 1984, Meo reached the final of the Classic, facing world number one Steve Davis. The match went to the deciding frame, and Meo only needed to clear the colours to win the title, but missed after being distracted by a shout of encouragement from a spectator. Davis went on to win the frame and match, and used his winning speech to call for an audience ban on alcohol.


With Davis, Meo won four World Doubles titles, and was also part of the victorious England team at the 1983 World Team Classic. His only ranking title came at the 1989 British Open, beating Dean Reynolds 13–6 after beginning the tournament as a 200–1 outsider. In the same year, he reached the semi-final of the World Championship, losing 16–7 to John Parrott.


In 1986, Meo was one of five players under Barry Hearn's management (along with Davis, Terry Griffiths, Willie Thorne and Dennis Taylor) who appeared on "Snooker Loopy", a hit single about the game recorded by Chas & Dave.[1]


Slipping rapidly down the rankings, Meo retired from professional snooker in 1997 and now runs a watch and jewellery shop in Hatton Garden.



Performance and rankings timeline




































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Tournament

1978/
79

1979/
80

1980/
81

1981/
82

1982/
83

1983/
84

1984/
85

1985/
86

1986/
87

1987/
88

1988/
89

1989/
90

1990/
91

1991/
92

1992/
93

1993/
94

1994/
95

1995/
96

1996/
97

Ranking[6]
[nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 2]
18

24

15

10

10

11

20

31

14

15

34

38

51

69

75

75

Ranking tournaments

Asian Classic[nb 3]
Tournament Not Held
NR
A

1R

1R
LQ
LQ
LQ
LQ
LQ

Grand Prix[nb 4]
Tournament Not Held

3R

SF

1R

3R

QF

1R

2R

2R

1R

1R
LQ

1R
LQ
LQ
LQ

UK Championship
Non-Ranking Event

2R

3R

2R

2R

1R

1R

1R
LQ
LQ
LQ
LQ

1R
LQ

German Open
Tournament Not Held
LQ
WD

Welsh Open
Tournament Not Held

2R
LQ
LQ
LQ
LQ
LQ

International Open[nb 5]
Not Held
NR
LQ

1R

2R

2R

1R

2R

QF

1R
Not Held

1R
LQ
LQ
LQ
LQ

European Open
Tournament Not Held

1R

1R

2R
LQ

1R
LQ
LQ
LQ
WD

Thailand Open[nb 6]
Tournament Not Held
Non-Ranking Event
Not Held

2R

1R

2R

1R
LQ
LQ
LQ
WD

British Open[nb 7]
NH
Non-Ranking Event

QF

QF

1R

1R

W

2R

3R
LQ

1R

1R
LQ
LQ
WD

World Championship
A

1R

2R

1R

QF

1R

2R

1R

1R
LQ

SF

2R

2R
LQ
LQ
LQ
LQ
LQ
LQ

Non-ranking tournaments

Scottish Masters
Not Held
A
A

QF
A
A
A
A
NH
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

The Masters
A
A
A

SF

1R

1R

QF

1R

SF
A
A

1R

QF
WD
LQ
LQ
A
A
A

Irish Masters
A
A
A

QF

QF

QF

1R

QF

QF
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A
A

European League[nb 8]
Tournament Not Held
A
Not Held

RR

RR

RR

RR

RR

RR
A
A
A
A
A

Former ranking tournaments

Canadian Masters[nb 9]
Non-Ranking
Tournament Not Held
Non-Ranking
LQ
Tournament Not Held

Hong Kong Open[nb 10]
NH
Ranking Event
NH

2R
Tournament Not Held
Ranking
NH

Classic
NH
Non-Ranking Event

F

1R

3R

3R

2R

2R

2R

1R
LQ
Tournament Not Held

Strachan Open
Tournament Not Held

3R
MR
NR
Not Held

Former non-ranking tournaments

Canadian Masters[nb 11]

F

2R

QF
Tournament Not Held
A
A
A
R
Tournament Not Held

International Open[nb 12]
Not Held

1R
Ranking Event
Not Held
Ranking Event

UK Championship
A

2R

QF

SF

SF

QF
Ranking Event

British Open[nb 13]
NH

SF
LQ

RR

RR
LQ
Ranking Event

Thailand Open[nb 14]
Tournament Not Held

W
RR
RR
A
Not Held
Ranking Event

Pot Black
A
A
A
A
A

1R
A

1R
Tournament Not Held
A
A
A
Not Held

Australian Masters[nb 15]
NH
A
A

W
SF

QF

SF

W
QF
A
NH
R
Tournament Not Held
A
A
NH

Asian Classic[nb 16]
Tournament Not Held

SF
Ranking Event

Matchroom Professional Championship
Tournament Not Held

1R

1R

QF
Tournament Not Held

English Professional Championship
Not Held

F
Not Held

SF

W

W

QF

1R
Tournament Not Held

World Matchplay
Tournament Not Held
A

1R
A
A
A
Tournament Not Held

Shoot-Out
Tournament Not Held

1R
Tournament Not Held



























Performance Table Legend
LQ
lost in the qualifying draw
#R
lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QF
lost in the quarter-finals
SF
lost in the semi-finals
F
lost in the final

W
won the tournament
DNQ
did not qualify for the tournament
A
did not participate in the tournament
WD
withdrew from the tournament














NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.




  1. ^ ab He was an amateur.


  2. ^ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.


  3. ^ The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Dubai Classic (1989/90–1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)


  4. ^ The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982/83–1983/1984)


  5. ^ The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)


  6. ^ The event was also called the Thailand Masters (1983/1984–1986/1987 & 1991/1992) and the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993)


  7. ^ The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)


  8. ^ The event was also called the Professional Snooker League (1983/1984) and the Matchroom League (1986/1987–1991/1992)


  9. ^ The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)


  10. ^ The event was also called the Australian Masters (1979/1980–1987/1988) and Australian Open (1994/1995)


  11. ^ The event was also called the Canadian Open (1978/1979–1980/1981)


  12. ^ The event was also called the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)


  13. ^ The event was also called the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) and International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)


  14. ^ The event was also called the Thailand Masters (1983/1984–1986/1987 & 1991/1992) and the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993)


  15. ^ The event was also called the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and Australian Open (1994/1995)


  16. ^ The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Dubai Classic (1989/90–1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)




Career finals



Ranking finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)




























Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score
Runner-up
1.

1984

The Classic

England Steve Davis
8–9
Winner
1.

1989

British Open

England Dean Reynolds
13–6


Non-ranking finals: 9 (7 titles, 2 runners-up)




















































































Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score
Runner-up
1.

1978

Canadian Open

Canada Cliff Thorburn
15–17
Runner-up
2.

1981

English Professional Championship

England Steve Davis
3–9
Winner
1.

1981

Australian Masters

England John Spencer
3–0
Winner
2.

1983

Pontins Brean Sands

South Africa Silvino Francisco
9–7
Winner
3.

1983

Thailand Masters

England Steve Davis
2–1
Winner
4.

1985

Australian Masters (2)

Australia John Campbell
7–2
Winner
5.

1986

English Professional Championship

England Neal Foulds
9–7
Winner
6.

1987

English Professional Championship (2)

England Les Dodd
9–5
Winner
7.

1990

International League

England Jimmy White

Round-Robin


Team finals: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)


































































Outcome
No.
Year
Championship
Team/partner
Opponent(s) in the final
Score
Winner
1.
1982

World Doubles Championship

England Steve Davis

Wales Terry Griffiths
Wales Doug Mountjoy
13–2
Winner
2.

1983

World Team Classic

 England

 Wales
4–2
Winner
3.
1983

World Doubles Championship (2)

England Steve Davis

England Tony Knowles
England Jimmy White
10–2
Runner-up
1.

1985

World Cup

 England A

Ireland
7–9
Winner
4.
1985

World Doubles Championship (3)

England Steve Davis

England Tony Jones
Wales Ray Reardon
12–5
Winner
5.
1986

World Doubles Championship (4)

England Steve Davis

England Mike Hallett
Scotland Stephen Hendry
12–3


Pro-am finals: 1 (1 runner-up)




















Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score
Runner-up
1.
1978

Pontins Spring Open

England Steve Davis
6–7


Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)




















Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score
Winner
1.
1978
British Under-19 Championship




References





  1. ^ abcdef
    Eurosport. 2010. Then and Now: Tony Meo. [Online] Yahoo! and Eurosport (Updated 6 May) Available at: http://eurosport.yahoo.com/06052010/58/tony-meo.html Archived 2012-07-23 at the Wayback Machine. [Accessed 16 March 2010]. Archived at https://www.webcitation.org/5pXh2Uqhp.



  2. ^ http://cuetracker.net/Players/Tony-Meo/Career-Total-Statistics


  3. ^ http://cuetracker.net/Players/Tony-Meo/Career-Total-Statistics


  4. ^ http://cuetracker.net/Players/Tony-Meo/Career-Total-Statistics


  5. ^ [1]; on Wayback Machine accessed May 7, 2010


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