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Mazrocis is
probably one of the most cosmopolitan snooker players. He was
born of Latvian/English parentage, spent his early snooker years
honing his skills in the hot bed of snooker in Leicester. He
then moved his playing base to Holland and now represents
Holland on the international stage, with considerable success.
In 2004 he lifted
his first Dutch Championship, helped the Dutch team to third
place, on his first visit to his Latvian homeland and in May
reached the semi finals of the European Championship.
That rounded off a
hugely successful season in which he regained a Main Tour place
for 2004-5, largely on the back of winning the first Challenge
Tour event in Pontins.
He shot to snooker
prominence in 1997 when, against the odds, he strolled to a
memorable victory in the Crucible over Peter Ebdon, the previous
year's runner up.
But his best
professional performance came as long ago as 1996 when he
reached the quarter finals of the Asian Classic.
Hugely successful
as an amateur, Mazrocis won the first European Championship in
1988, but he struggled to make much of an impact when he turned
professional in 1991. |
