Mike Green (racquetball)

Mike Green

Green at 2006 Worlds

Personal information

Nationality

Canadian

Born

August 22, 1973
Burlington, Ontario

Residence

Burlington, Ontario

Sport

Racquetball

Achievements and titles

National finals

1st 2002-04, 2006, 2008, 2010-13, 2016 (singles) 1st 2000, 2004-07, 2010-2011, 2013, 2015 (doubles)

Highest world ranking

6th

Medal record

World Championships
	2002 San Juan	Doubles
	2006 Santo Domingo	Doubles
	2010 Seoul	Doubles
	2012 Santo Domingo	Team
	2014 Burlington	Doubles
Pan American Games
	2003 Santo Domingo	Singles
Pan Am Championships
	1999 Rosarito	Singles
	2006 Guatemala City	Doubles
	2007 Santiago	Singles
	2010 San Pedro Sula	Doubles
	2011 Managua	Doubles
	2012 Temuco	Singles

Mike Green (born August 22, 1973) is a Canadian racquetball player from Burlington, Ontario. Green is the current Canadian Champion in Men's Singles, winning his 10th title in 2016, which tied him with Sherman Greenfeld for most Men's Singles titles. Overall, Green has 19 Canadian Championships in Men's Singles and Doubles, which is than any other men's player.^[1]

Professional career

Green's career high professional ranking was 8th at the end of the 2003-04 International Racquetball Tour (IRT) season. Green's ranking is the highest ever by a Canadian player except for Kane Waselenchuk and fourth best for a non-American behind Waselenchuk and Mexicans Alvaro Beltran and Daniel De La Rosa.

Green has reached the semi-finals of IRT Tier 1 or Grand Slam events seven times, and those all occurred over the four season period from 2000-01 to 2003-04, when he was playing most of the IRT tournaments. Since then he has only played a few tournaments each season and not gotten past the Round of 16.^[2]

International career

Green has made 28 appearances on Team Canada beginning in 1996, and that's the most appearances by a Canadian men's player. He's won gold medals thrice: in singles at the 2012 and 1999 Pan American Racquetball Championships and in doubles with Tim Landeryou at the 2010 Pan American Championships.^[3] Green was also part of Team Canada that won the overall team title at the 2000 World Championships, which is the only time the USA has not won that title.

In addition, Green earned medals on eight other occasions. Most recently Green and Vincent Gagnon won silver at the 2014 World Championships,^[4] which was his second silver at Worlds as he and Landeryou won silver at the 2010 World Championships. Green also got silver at the 2003 Pan American Games^[5] in singles and at the 2002^[6] World Championships in doubles with Mike Ceresia.

Green finished with bronze medals from the Pan American Racquetball Championships in doubles in 2006^[7] with Brian Istace and in 2011 with Kris Odegard and in singles in 2007.^[8] Green also came home with bronze in doubles from both the 2002 World Championships (with Tom O'Brien) and 2006 World Championships (with Brian Istace).^[9]

Green also represented Canada at the 2009 World Games.

Canadian career

Green has been Canadian Men's Singles Champion 10 times, and is the current champion, defeating Tim Landeryou 15-6, 15-8, in the final.^[10] His previous titles came in 2002, 2003,^[11] 2004, 2006, 2008,^[12] 2010, 2011,^[13] 2012,^[14] and 2013^[15] - and Doubles Champion eight times - in 2000 with Mike Ceresia, 2004 with Tom O'Brien, 2005-2007^[16] with Brian Istace and 2010 and 2011^[17] with Kris Odegard, and 2013 with Coby Iwaasa.^[18] Green's 19 combined Canadian titles is one behind the 20 of Jennifer Saunders.^[19]

Personal

Green has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University.

References

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