Florian Nüßle
Florian Nüßle (born 18 December 2001) is an Austrian snooker player from Graz.[1] In 2016, aged 16, he was the youngest Austrian national snooker champion.
 Paul Hunter Classic 2018 | |
| Born | 18 December 2001 Graz, Austria |
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| Sport country |  |
| Highest break | 129: (Q School 2019 – Event 3) |
| Century breaks | 2 |
| Best ranking finish | Last 128 (2018 Paul Hunter Classic, 2020 European Masters) |
Career
National tournaments
Florian Nüßle became interested in snooker as a child and played pool with a standing aid when he was five years old. He also played football in his youth for five years for SK Sturm Graz and golf but ultimately opted for snooker. He reached the goal after the secondary school certificate to go to England to start a professional career.[2]
In 2007 he first participated in the national youth championships. He won his first national title at the age of 13 in the under 16 age group, and defended the title in the following two years. In 2015 he also won the under 21 title and defended it in the years that followed. The following year, he became the youngest player to win the national championship, when aged 16, he won the Austrian National Championship.[3] He also became ranked as Austrian number one that season.[3] The following year he played Andreas Ploner in the final, winning 5–2.[3]
International tournaments
After his first national youth title, he played in the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships and IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship. At the 2017 event, he reached the quarter-finals of the U21 event. He also entered the IBSF World Snooker Championship that year, reaching the semi-finals losing to eventual champion Pankaj Advani 4–7.[4] From 2017, he competed in the annual pro-am Paul Hunter Classic (PHC), an amateur tournament from the World Snooker Tour. He would defeat professional player Elliot Slessor during the 2018 event.[5]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
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| Ranking[6][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| European Masters | A | A | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paul Hunter Classic | Ranking | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Paul Hunter Classic | LQ | 1R | NR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
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| 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 Held | means an event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. | |||
| VF / Variant Format Event | means an event is/was a variant format event. | |||
- It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
- He was an amateur.
Career finals
Amateur finals: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2017 | Austrian Amateur Championship | |
5–0 |
| Winner | 2. | 2018 | Austrian Amateur Championship | |
5–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships | .svg.png){kind=small} |
3–5 |
| Winner | 3. | 2019 | Austrian Amateur Championship | |
5–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 2020 | Austrian Amateur Championship | |
5–0 |
References
- Christian Sprenger (9 May 2018). "Florian Nüßle - 16-jähriger Österreicher arbeitet an Karriere als Snooker-Profi" (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- Birgit Riezinger (3 January 2017). "Florian Nüßle: Großes Talent am grünen Tisch" (in German). Der Standard. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- "Florian Nüßle: Die Snooker-Weltspitze im Fokus". Kleine Zeitung. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- "Florian Nüßle: Die Snooker-Weltspitze im Fokus" (in German). Kleine Zeitung. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- Jürgen Kesseler (25 August 2018). "GST pink Nürnberg 23.-25.08.18 sideevent PHC" (in German). Snookermania. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
External links
- Florian Nüßle at snooker.org