Michael Holt (snooker player)
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Holt at the 2014 German Masters
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| Born |
7 August 1978 Nottingham |
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| Sport country |
 England
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| Nickname | The Hitman |
| Professional | 1996/1997, 1998– |
| Highest ranking | 20 (November 2013–April 2014) |
| Current ranking | 22 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £959,639 |
| Highest break | 145 (2005 UK Championship) |
| Century breaks | 177 |
| Best ranking finish | Final (2016 Riga Masters) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Minor-ranking | 2 |
| Non-ranking | 1 |
Michael Holt (born 7 August 1978) is a professional snooker player from Nottingham, England. He has won two minor-ranking tournaments and has reached one final of a ranking event, the Riga Open, as well as five further quarter-finals and at the Shanghai Masters he reached a semi final.
He lost in the final qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship in 2001 and 2002. Holt almost qualified for the 2004 event – he was 9–5 ahead in his final qualifying match against Anthony Hamilton, before losing the next five frames to lose the match.
In the 2005 World Snooker Championship, he beat his friend Paul Hunter in the first round. In the second round he faced Steve Davis, losing 10–13 after having led 8–2. For the 2005 tournament he used eBay to auction the sponsorship space on his waistcoat to Cabaret, a Nottingham nightspot.
He qualified for the 2006 World Championship, and lost in the first round to eventual runner-up Peter Ebdon 10–8, earning Ebdon's applause as a result of his performance. He won the non-ranking German Open in 2006, and reached the final in 2005. His 5–3 victory over Ronnie O'Sullivan in the 2007 Malta Cup was his first in five attempts against O'Sullivan. He then lost to Mark King in the last 16 there. He lost to eventual champion John Higgins in the first round in 2007 The rest of 2007 was unspectacular, barring victory in the minor Dutch Open, which featured 7 of the top 32 of the time, including wins over Nigel Bond and Barry Pinches. He missed out on the 2008 World Championship after losing to Michael Judge, causing him to drop out of the top 32 after 4 seasons there, after a season in which he failed to reach the last 16 of a ranking event.
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