Mike Green (racquetball)

Mike Green

File:Mike Green at 2006 World Racquetball Championships.jpg Green at 2006 Worlds
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1973-08-22) August 22, 1973 Burlington, Ontario
Residence	Burlington, Ontario
Sport
Sport	Racquetball
Achievements and titles
National finals	1st 2002-04, 2006, 2008, 2010-13 (singles) 1st 2000, 2004-07, 2010-2011, 2013 (doubles)
Highest world ranking	6th
Medal record World Championships 2014 Burlington Doubles 2012 Santo Domingo Team 2010 Seoul Doubles 2006 Santo Domingo Doubles 2002 San Juan Doubles Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Singles Pan Am Championships 1999 Pan Am Championships Singles 2006 Pan Am Championships Doubles 2007 Pan Am Championships Singles 2010 Pan Am Championships Doubles 2011 Pan Am Championships Doubles 2012 Pan Am Championships Singles

Mike Green (born August 22, 1973) is a Canadian racquetball player from Burlington, Ontario. Green has won more Canadian Men's titles than any other player: 9 singles titles and 8 doubles titles.

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.

Domestic and international career

Green has been Canadian Men's Singles Champion nine times - in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013 - and Doubles Champion eight times - in 2000 with Mike Ceresia, 2004 with Tom O'Brien, 2005-2007 with Brian Istace and 2010 and 2011 with Kris Odegard, and 2013 with Coby Iwaasa. Green's 17 combined Canadian titles is one behind the 18 of Josée Grand'Maître and Jennifer Saunders.

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. 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, 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 in singles and at the 2002 World Championships in doubles with Mike Ceresia.

Green finished with bronze medals from the Pan American Racquetball Championships in doubles in 2006 with Brian Istace and in 2011 with Kris Odegard and in singles in 2007. 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).

Green also represented Canada at the 2009 World Games.

Personal

Green has a Bachelor of Commerce degree from McMaster University.