Simon Lichtenberg
Paul Hunter Classic 2016
Born (1997-12-15) 15 December 1997
Berlin, Germany
Sport country Germany
Professional2018–2022
Highest ranking72 (August 2021)

Simon Lichtenberg (born 15 December 1997) is a German former professional snooker player.

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
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 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.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 He was an amateur.
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points.

Career finals

Amateur finals: 11 (7 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2015 German Grand Prix - Event 1 Germany Lukas Kleckers 0–4
Runner-up 2. 2016 German Grand Prix - Event 1 Austria Andreas Ploner 1–3
Winner 1. 2016 German Grand Prix - Event 3 Germany Roman Dietzel 3–2
Runner-up 3. 2016 German Grand Prix - Event 4 Netherlands Roy Stolk 1–3
Winner 2. 2016 German Amateur Championship Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2
Runner-up 4. 2017 German Grand Prix - Event 2 Germany Jan Eisenstein 1–3
Winner 3. 2017 German Grand Prix - Event 5 Syria Omar Alkojah 3–1
Winner 4. 2017 German 6-red Championship Germany Christoph Gawlytta 5–1
Winner 5. 2018 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships Wales Tyler Rees 6–3
Winner 6. 2018 German Grand Prix - Event 4 Germany Jörn Hannes-Hühn 3–0
Winner 7. 2019 German Grand Prix - Event 4 Germany Richard Wienold 3–1

References

  1. Gaynor, Chris (17 May 2018). "The 17 new World Snooker Tour graduates for 2018/19". blastingnews.com. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  2. "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.
  3. "Main tour qualification 2018/19". wpbsa.com. WPBSA. 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 July 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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