Tony Drago

Tony Drago – Malta

Age -    38

Based -   London, England and Valletta, Malta

Nickname -  ‘Tornado’

Hobbies -  Having fun

Years Playing -  18 years, 9-Ball for 7

Achievements - 2003 World Pool Masters Champion, Bronze medallist at 2003 World Pool Championship, Winner 1997 China Snooker Masters Invitational, First ever 147 break in the B&H Qualifiers.

Although better known as a snooker player, Tony is also a 9-Ball pool fanatic and plays in as many tournaments as he can. An unbelievable run at the 2003 World Pool Championship saw the good-natured man from Malta go all the way to the semi-finals. Despite being unfancied, that performance put Drago right up there as a pool player. He followed that up by winning the World Pool Masters against a field of 16 of the best to cement his reputation. As in snooker, Drago’s style is quick-fire, and when he is o­n a roll he can break and run out a rack in less than a minute! Prior to this summer, Tony had o­ne or two major scalps to his name; he KO’d Bustamante from the 2001 World Championships. Brimming with confidence, Tony has now moved to from pool danger man to a serious contender.

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