12 Facts About Tony Drago

Tony Drago is a Maltese former professional snooker and pool player.

Tony Drago reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship in 1988.

Tony Drago 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.

Tony Drago reached the third qualifying round of the Shanghai Masters, Grand Prix, and 2009 UK Championship.

In 2020 Tony Drago was selected for the Seniors World Championship.

Tony Drago returned to televised snooker in the 2023 World Seniors Championship where he beat both Vito Puopolo and world number 64 Mark Davis to reach the semi finals where he lost to eventual champion Jimmy White.

Tony Drago was member of the winning European team at the 2007 and 2008 Mosconi Cup.

At 2007 in Las Vegas, Tony Drago won all of his single matches which earned him the Most Valuable Player Award.

Tony Drago is well known for the speed of his play, and holds a number of records resulting from this.

Tony Drago was left snookered after a foul and potted the brown as a free ball and again as the colour, before potting the fifteen reds with thirteen blacks, a pink and a blue, and all the colours.

Tony Drago took this as an attempt to disrupt the flow of his game, but apologised publicly when he later found out that Ebdon had been ill during the match.

Tony Drago's style has earned him the nickname "the Tornado".