Simon Lichtenberg (born 15 December 1997) is a German former professional snooker player.
 Paul Hunter Classic 2016 | |
| Born | 15 December 1997 Berlin, Germany |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Germany |
| Professional | 2018–2022 |
| Highest ranking | 72 (August 2021) |
Career
editLichtenberg 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
edit| Tournament | 2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2021/ 22 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[4][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 93 | [nb 4] | 71 | |||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | Tournament Not Held | RR | RR | ||||||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | |||
| English Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | LQ | |||
| UK Championship | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | |||
| Scottish Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | |||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
| Shoot-Out | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | |||
| German Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
| European Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | 2R | LQ | |||
| Welsh Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | LQ | |||
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | 1R | |||||||
| Gibraltar Open | LQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | WD | |||
| Tour Championship | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||
| World Championship | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | 1R | LQ | 2R | NR | Not Held | ||||
| Indian Open | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||
| China Open | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||
| Riga Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | Not Held | ||||
| International Championship | A | A | LQ | LQ | Not Held | ||||
| China Championship | NR | A | LQ | LQ | Not Held | ||||
| World Open | A | A | 1R | LQ | Not Held | ||||
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | RR | NH | ||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Haining Open | A | A | 1R | A | Not Held | ||||
| 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. | |||
Career finals
editAmateur finals: 11 (7 titles)
edit| 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 | 6–3 | |
| Winner | 6. | 2018 | German Grand Prix - Event 4 | 3–0 | |
| Winner | 7. | 2019 | German Grand Prix - Event 4 | 3–1 |
References
edit- ^ Gaynor, Chris (17 May 2018). "The 17 new World Snooker Tour graduates for 2018/19". blastingnews.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "WSF News: Simon Lichtenberg Awarded Tour Card - World Snooker". Worldsnooker.com. 16 February 2018. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Main tour qualification 2018/19". wpbsa.com. WPBSA. 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Simon Lichtenberg.
- Simon Lichtenberg at the World Snooker Tour (archived)
- Simon Lichtenberg at snooker.org