Petri Makkonen

Petri Makkonen is a Finnish professional pool player, born on May 14, 1988. He won the 2012 World Cup of Pool with his partner Mika Immonen and the 2015 German Open Euro Tour event, beating Konrad Juszczyszyn 9-3 in the final. He was runner-up in the ten-ball event at the European Pool Championships, losing 8-7 in the final to David Alcaide. At home he has won the Finnish Pool Championship many times across several disciplines, taking the 14.1 title in 2010, 2011 and 2013, the ten-ball title in 2012, 2014, 2017 and 2020, the eight-ball title in 2012, 2014 and 2017 and the nine-ball title in 2016, and he won the 2024 Orangeforks Nine-ball Open.