Andres Petrov
Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 15 October 1996
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Sport country | ![]() |
Nickname | The Tallinn Lamborghini |
Professional | 2022–present |
Highest ranking | 115 (August 2022) |
Current ranking | 122 (as of 24 October 2022[needs update]) |
Best ranking finish | Last 64 (2022 English Open) |
Andres Petrov (born 15 October 1996) is an Estonian professional snooker player. He is the first professional snooker player from Estonia. Petrov turned professional at the start of the 2022/23 season after winning the EBSA European Snooker Championship.[1]
Early life and education
Andres Petrov was born in Tallinn. His father, Boriss Petrov, is a youth ice hockey coach. Petrov graduated from Tallinn High School of Humanities in 2015 and from Tallinn University, with a degree in youth work in 2018.[2]
Career
Petrov started playing snooker in 2009.[3] In 2017 he reached the final of the EBSA European Snooker Championship for the first time, where he lost 7-3 to Chris Totten, and notably reached the last 64 of the 2019 Riga Masters as an amateur.[4] He turned professional in 2022 after winning the European Snooker Championship with a 5-3 victory over Ben Mertens in the final.[5]
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2019/ 20 |
2022/ 23 | ||||
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Ranking[6][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | ||||
Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | |||||||
European Masters | Not Held | A | A | LQ | |||||
British Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | A | A | LQ | |||||
UK Championship | A | A | A | A | |||||
Scottish Open | Not Held | A | A | ||||||
English Open | Not Held | A | A | ||||||
World Grand Prix | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
Shoot Out | Non-Ranking | A | A | ||||||
German Masters | A | A | A | A | |||||
Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | |||||
Players Championship[nb 4] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | |||||||
World Championship | A | A | LQ | A | |||||
Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
Riga Masters[nb 5] | Minor-Ranking | A | 1R | NH |
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. |
Career finals
Amateur finals: 12 (11 titles)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | 2014 | Estonian Amateur Championship | ![]() |
6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 2015 | Estonian Amateur Championship (2) | ![]() |
6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 2016 | Estonian Amateur Championship (3) | ![]() |
6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | ![]() |
3–7 |
Winner | 4. | 2017 | Estonian Amateur Championship (4) | ![]() |
6–0 |
Winner | 5. | 2018 | Estonian Amateur Championship (5) | ![]() |
6–3 |
Winner | 6. | 2019 | Estonian Amateur Championship (6) | ![]() |
6–0 |
Winner | 7. | 2020 | Baltic Snooker League - Event 1 | ![]() |
4–1 |
Winner | 8. | 2020 | Estonian Amateur Championship (7) | ![]() |
6–3 |
Winner | 9. | 2021 | Estonian Amateur Championship (8) | ![]() |
6–1 |
Winner | 10. | 2021 | European 6-reds Championship | ![]() |
5–0 |
Winner | 11. | 2022 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | ![]() |
5–3 |
References
- ^ "Petrov's European Perfection". WPBSA. 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Petrov, Andres". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL) (in Estonian). 17 June 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Welcome Estonia's First Snooker Pro In 2022". snookerzone.co.uk. 20 June 2022.
- ^ "Andres Petrov". WPBSA. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "Andres Petrov European Champion!". ebsa.tv. 17 June 2022.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
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- Living people
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