Iulian_Boiko

Iulian Boiko

Iulian Boiko

Ukrainian professional snooker player

Iulian Serhiyovych Boiko (Ukrainian: Юліан Сергійович Бойко; born 22 September 2005 in Kyiv, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian snooker player plays professionally from 2020.[2]

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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

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NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. [N 1]
    It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. [N 2]
    He was an amateur
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    New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Career finals

Amateur finals: 4 (2 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2020 WSF Open England Ashley Hugill 3–5
Winner 1. 2020 European 6-Reds Championship Wales Darren Morgan 5–3
Runner-up 2. 2023 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships Scotland Liam Graham 2–5
Winner 2. 2023 European Snooker Shootout Israel Shachar Ruberg 1–0 (44–33)

Personal life

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

References

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