Tony Drago
Tony Drago at the 2008 Mosconi Cup
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| Born |
22 September 1965 Valletta, Malta |
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| Sport country |
 Malta
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| Nickname | The Tornado Maltese Falcon The Boss |
| Professional |
Snooker: 1985–2008; 2009–2016 Pool: 2000– |
| Highest ranking | 10 (1998/99) |
| Career winnings | Snooker: £1,127,868 Pool: €132,562.98 |
| Highest break | 147 (2002 B&H Championship) |
| Century breaks | 130 |
| Best ranking finish | Runner-up (1997 International Open) |
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| Minor-ranking | 1 |
| Non-ranking | 1 |
Tony Drago (born 22 September 1965 in Valletta, Malta) is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship in 1988. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8–6 and 2008 Predator International 10-ball Championship beating Francisco Bustamante 13–10.
Drago's highest snooker world rankings position was number ten (in 1998). He has reached two major finals – the Mita/Sky World Masters in 1991 (losing to Jimmy White), and the International Open in 1997 (his only ranking event final, and his first run past a quarter-final beaten by Stephen Hendry). He reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 1988. He has appeared in the tournament 11 times more, most recently in 2004/2005, with five further last-sixteen runs. He lost to Matthew Stevens in three successive years – 8–13 in the last 16 in 1999, 2–10 in the 2000 first round, and 1–10 in the 2001 first round.
After failing to qualify for the 2004 World Championships, Drago entered a decline in snooker. He dropped out of the top 32 of the rankings a year later, and, after losing to Issara Kachaiwong in his opening qualifier for the 2008 World Championship, he dropped off the tour.
In 2009, Drago won the EBSA International Open, which gave him the chance to return for the 2009/2010 season. He reached the third qualifying round of the Shanghai Masters, Grand Prix, and UK Championship. He then qualified for the Welsh Open, by defeating Simon Bedford (5–3), Peter Lines (5–2), Jimmy Michie (5–2), and Gerard Greene (5–2), where he played against Ryan Day in the first round, but he lost 4–5. In the China Open qualifying, Drago defeated Lee Page (5–2), John Parrott (5–2), Anthony Hamilton (5–4), and Stephen Lee (5–2), to qualify for the televised stages of the China Open. As a result of such a solid season, he got a place in the top 64 and finished 54th.
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