David Lilley (snooker player)

David Lilley (born 19 October 1975) is an English professional snooker player.[1]

David Lilley
Born (1975-10-19) 19 October 1975
Sport country England
Professional2019–
Highest ranking109 (Jan 2019)
Current ranking 118 (as of 17 August 2020)
Career winnings£35,400
Highest break136:
2018 Q School - Event 2
Century breaks34
Best ranking finishQuarter-finals (2016 Indian Open)

Career

David Lilley's first big success was his victory at the Amateur European Championships in 1995, defeating his compatriot David Gray 8–7. In 1997 he reached the final of the English Amateur Championship for the first time and won it with a score of 8–7 against Robert Marshall. In 1999, he was by an 8–5 victory in the final against Andrew Norman English amateur champion. In the same year he reached the semifinals of the Amateur European Championships and the final of the World Amateur Snooker Championship, in which he defeated the Welshman Ian Preece 8–11. In 2000 he lost the final of the English Amateur Championship with 5–8 against Nick Marsh. In February 2002, he participated for the first time in qualifying for the World Snooker Championship, but retired in the second qualifying round against Timothy Paling. 2004 won Lilley by an 8–6 victory over Wayne Cooper for the third time the English Amateur Championship. In the 2004 World Amateur Snooker Championship he was narrowly defeated in the semi-finals 6–8 by the eventual champion Mark Allen. In qualifying for the 2005 World Snooker Championship, he retired in the third round against Stuart Mann. In the English Amateur Championship 2007, he lost in the final against Martin Gould only just with 7–8.

After not having participated in international tournaments for seven years, he participated in the Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Event 2 in August 2012 and retired there in the first qualifying round against Ben Harrison.

In May 2016, he tried to qualify for the Main Tour via Q School. In the first tournament he reached the final of his group, but lost there against the Chinese Chen Zhe, the second tournament he retired in the second round. Although he missed the qualification for the Main Tour, as seventeen of the Q-School Order of Merit he can participate as a substitute for tournaments of the season 2016/17. At the 2016 Indian Open, the second world ranking tournament of the season, he received for the first time a starting place. After defeating Tian Pengfei 4–3 in qualifying, he defeated Mike Dunn, Mark Williams and Robert Milkins in the main round to reach the quarter-finals, where he lost to England's Shaun Murphy 2–4.[2]

He was first on the Q School Order of Merit in 2018. He played very well in the 18/19 season, just missing out on gaining a tour card for the 19/20 season numerous times; he was 4th on the challenge tour list, and lost 5–4 to Kacper Filipiak in the 2019 EBSA European Snooker Championship, where a win would have granted him a place on the tour. He will appear in Snooker 19, making him the only player in the game who has never turned pro (the other amateurs in the game are former pros).

On 23 May 2019, he beat Sean Maddocks 4–0 in the final qualifying round of Q School - Event 1, finally becoming a pro after 30 years as an amateur.[3]

Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2001/
02		 2004/
05		 2012/
13		 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19		 2019/
20
Ranking[4][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters Not Held A A 1R LQ
International Championship Not Held A LQ A 2R LQ
China Championship Not Held NR A A LQ
English Open Not Held A LQ 2R 1R
World Open[nb 4] A A A A A 1R LQ
Northern Ireland Open Not Held 1R A 2R 2R
UK Championship A A A A A 1R 1R
Scottish Open A Not Held A A 3R 1R
European Masters A A NH A A LQ 1R
German Masters Not Held A A A LQ LQ
World Grand Prix Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A A A A 1R 1R
Shoot-Out Not Held NR A 2R A 2R
Players Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open Not Held LQ A 1R 2R
Tour Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ A A A LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic[nb 5] NH PA MR 1R A A NR
Indian Open Not Held QF A A NH
China Open A A A A A LQ NH
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
VF / Variant Format Eventmeans an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. He was an amateur.
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. The event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002 and Grand Prix 2004/2005)
  5. The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 12 (5 titles, 7 runners-up)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1995 EBSA European Snooker Championship David Gray 8–7
Runner-up 1. 1995 IBSF World Snooker Championship Sakchai Sim-Ngam 7–11
Winner 2. 1997 English Amateur Championship Robert Marshall 8–7
Winner 3. 1999 English Amateur Championship Andrew Norman 8–5
Runner-up 2. 1999 IBSF World Snooker Championship Ian Preece 8–11
Runner-up 3. 2000 English Amateur Championship Nick Marsh 5–8
Winner 4. 2004 English Amateur Championship Wayne Cooper 8–6
Runner-up 4. 2007 English Amateur Championship Martin Gould 7–8
Runner-up 5. 2017 English Amateur Championship Billy Joe Castle 7–10
Winner 5. 2018 Challenge Tour - Event 5 Brandon Sargeant 3–1
Runner-up 6. 2018 Challenge Tour - Event 8 Simon Bedford 1–3
Runner-up 7. 2019 EBSA European Snooker Championship Kacper Filipiak 4–5
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gollark: ++magic reload_ext irc_link
gollark: I really need better monitoring.
gollark: That's probably it.
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References
  1. "David Lilley - Player Profile - Snooker".
  2. Ãrdalen, Hermund. "David Lilley - Players - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  3. "LILLEY BLOSSOMS TO EARN PRO CARD". World Snooker. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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