18 Facts About Gerard Greene

Gerard Greene represents Northern Ireland in international events, as his parents are from Belfast.

Alongside this, Gerard Greene reached a ranking semi-final, at the 2007 Grand Prix, losing to the eventual champion Marco Fu, and five quarter-finals.

Gerard Greene was ranked within the world's top 64 players from 1997 until he fell off the main tour, losing his professional status, in 2016.

Gerard Greene was briefly provisionally in the top 16 but then suffered a mid season slump.

Gerard Greene reached his first ranking semi-final at the 2007 Grand Prix.

Gerard Greene came through Group B which included Ronnie O'Sullivan, Steve Davis, Dominic Dale and qualifiers Tom Ford and Mark Joyce.

Gerard Greene won his opening match in six of the season's eight tournaments, but only went further in two of them.

Gerard Greene did not fare well in the Players Tour Championship events as he took part in all 12 of them but only advanced to the last 16 once to finish 57th on the PTC Order of Merit and 42nd in the world rankings.

Gerard Greene had a very poor season in the PTC events to finish 89th on the Order of Merit.

Gerard Greene's season seemed to be heading for an anti-climax as he could not win more than one match in any event until he played in the PTC Finals.

Gerard Greene won his first qualifying match for the German Masters but then lost in the final qualifying round to Li Hang.

At the Welsh Open, Gerard Greene won his first match defeating Daniel Wells, but then suffered a whitewash at the hands of in form Liang Wenbo in the second round.

Gerard Greene enjoyed his best run of the season in a ranking event at the Indian Open in reaching the Last 32.

Gerard Greene participated in all 6 of the Players Tour Championship events, with his best performance a run to the last 32, defeating Neil Robertson along the way.

Gerard Greene lost his first match only once in these events, but was only able to advance beyond the last 64 on one occasion, to finish 56th in the order of merit.

Gerard Greene finished the season ranked in 40th place, from a position of 44 at the start of the season.

Gerard Greene then lost seven of his last nine matches to finish the season as the world number 66, just outside of the top 64 who keep their places.

Gerard Greene entered Q School, but only won two matches over the two events played to confirm his relegation from the tour.