Simon Lichtenberg
Simon Lichtenberg (born 15 December 1997) is a German professional snooker player.
 Paul Hunter Classic 2016 | |
| Born | 15 December 1997 Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  |
| Professional | 2018– |
| Highest ranking | 93 (June–July 2019) |
| Current ranking | 116 (as of 27 June 2020) |
| Career winnings | £5,600 |
| Highest break | 109: 2017 Q School - Event 1 |
| Century breaks | 1 |
| Best ranking finish | Last 64 (2018 Gibraltar Open, 2018 World Open, 2018 Paul Hunter Classic, 2020 Welsh Open) |
Career
Lichtenberg was the German amateur champion in 2016 and won the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships in 2018. With this win he was awarded a two-year card for the professional snooker tour from the 2018–19 season onwards.[1][2][3]
He lost his tour card at the end of the 2020 season after failing to make the top 64, but he regained it in the first Q School event by beating Leo Fernandez 4-1 in the final.
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[4][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 93 |
| Ranking tournaments | ||||
| Riga Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ |
| International Championship | A | A | LQ | LQ |
| China Championship | NR | A | LQ | LQ |
| English Open | A | A | 1R | 1R |
| World Open | A | A | 1R | LQ |
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | 1R | 1R |
| UK Championship | A | A | 1R | 1R |
| Scottish Open | A | A | 1R | 1R |
| European Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ |
| German Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Welsh Open | A | A | 1R | 2R |
| Shoot-Out | A | A | 1R | 1R |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Gibraltar Open | LQ | 2R | 1R | 1R |
| Tour Championship | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | |
| World Championship | A | A | LQ | LQ |
| Non-ranking tournaments | ||||
| Haining Open | A | A | 1R | A |
| Former ranking tournaments | ||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | 1R | LQ | 2R | NR |
| Indian Open | A | A | LQ | NH |
| China Open | 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 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.
- New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
Career finals
Amateur finals: 11 (7 titles, 4 runners-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2015 | German Grand Prix - Event 1 | |
0–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2016 | German Grand Prix - Event 1 |  |
1–3 |
| Winner | 1. | 2016 | German Grand Prix - Event 3 | |
3–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2016 | German Grand Prix - Event 4 |  |
1–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 2016 | German Amateur Championship | |
4–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2017 | German Grand Prix - Event 2 | |
1–3 |
| Winner | 3. | 2017 | German Grand Prix - Event 5 |  |
3–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 2017 | German 6-red Championship | |
5–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 2018 | EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships | .svg.png){kind=small} |
6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | 2018 | German Grand Prix - Event 4 | |
3–0 |
| Winner | 7. | 2019 | German Grand Prix - Event 4 | |
3–1 |
References
- https://www.blastingnews.com/sport/2018/05/the-17-new-world-snooker-tour-graduates-for-201819-002580347.amp.html. Retrieved 2018-05-28. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - "WSF News: Simon Lichtenberg Awarded Tour Card - World Snooker". Worldsnooker.com. 16 February 2018.
- https://www.wpbsa.com/tour-qualification-2018-19/
- "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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