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Mike Hallett Born July 6, 1959 Sport country 
EnglandProfessional 1980– Highest ranking 6 (1989/90) Career winnings £920,000 Highest break 139 Tournament wins Ranking 1 Non-ranking 2 Mike Hallett (born July 6, 1959) is an English professional snooker player and television sports commentator.
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Career
Hallett was a consistently solid snooker player, but never achieved the very top ranks. After winning the national under-16 title in 1975, his world ranking peaked at number six in 1989–90, after his only ranking tournament victory at the 1989 Hong Kong Open in which he beat Dene O'Kane 9–8.
In a semi-final match against John Parrott in the 1988 Benson & Hedges Masters, he recovered from needing four snookers to win the decider, 6–5. However, he lost 9–0 to Steve Davis in the final.
In 1991 he reached the Masters Final again at Wembley where, in the 17-frame match, he surged to a 7–0 lead over Stephen Hendry and missed a pink which would have put him 8–0 ahead. He then moved into an 8–2 lead and needed just one frame to win the tournament (in fact, he had just the pink and black to clear for the match in the eleventh frame, but missed with the rest). Hendry managed to spring a comeback to win the match 9–8. To make matters worse, Hallett returned home to find that his house had been burgled.[1]
Hallett did reach the quarter-finals of the World Championship twice, but never progressed further than that. His final season on the main tour was in 2004–05, but went on to play in the Pontin's International Open Series.[2] During his career he won approximately £920,000.[3]
Recently, Hallett has been commentating on Premier League Snooker for Sky Sports, and all major Snooker events on Eurosport. At the start of the 2011/12 season Hallett has entered PTC1 and after winning his first two matches against Duane Jones 4-3 and Elliot Slessor also 4-3, he played Ronnie O'Sullivan and managed to take two frames in losing 4-2.[4]
Tournament wins
Ranking tournaments
- Hong Kong Open (1989)
Non-ranking tournaments
- Humo Masters (1991)
- Regal Scottish Masters (1991)
Team events
- Fosters World Doubles (1987) (with Stephen Hendry)
- World Masters Doubles (1991) (with Stephen Hendry)
References
- ^ BBC SPORT | Other Sports | Snooker | Benson and Hedges Masters 2002 | Winning the hard way
- ^ Snooker Player Ranking – Mike Hallett
- ^ Snooker Player Profile – Mike Hallett
- ^ "Livescores". 2011-11-07. http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/PastTournaments.aspx?t=1029. Retrieved 2011-11-07. "121 Round 3 RONNIE O'SULLIVAN 4 - 2 MIKE HALLETT"
External Links
- Mike Hallett – results & statistics at CueTracker.net
Categories:- 1959 births
- Living people
- English snooker players
- People from Lincolnshire
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