Andres Petrov
Born | Tallinn, Estonia | 15 October 1996
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Sport country | Estonia |
Nickname | The Tallinn Lamborghini[1] |
Professional | 2022–present |
Highest ranking | 84 (June 2023) |
Current ranking | 106 (as of 7 May 2024) |
Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2023 Northern Ireland 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.[2]
Early life and education[edit]
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.[3]
Career[edit]
Petrov started playing snooker in 2009.[4] 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.[5] He turned professional in 2022 after winning the European Snooker Championship with a 5-3 victory over Ben Mertens in the final.[6]
Performance and rankings timeline[edit]
Tournament | 2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2019/ 20 |
2022/ 23 |
2023/ 24 | |||
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Ranking[7][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 84 | |||
Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | ||||||
European Masters | Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||
British Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | ||||||
English Open | Not Held | A | A | 1R | LQ | ||||
Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | A | A | LQ | 2R | ||||
International Championship | A | A | A | A | NH | LQ | |||
UK Championship | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||
Shoot Out | Non-Ranking | A | A | 1R | 1R | ||||
Scottish Open | Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||
World Grand Prix | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
German Masters | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||
Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||
Players Championship[nb 4] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
World Open | A | A | A | A | NH | LQ | |||
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
World Championship | A | A | LQ | A | LQ | LQ | |||
Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
Riga Masters[nb 5] | Minor-Ranking | A | 1R | Not Held | |||||
WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | 1R | NH | ||||||
Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
Six-red World Championship | A | A | A | A | RR | 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. |
Career finals[edit]
Amateur finals: 12 (11 titles)[edit]
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Winner | 1. | 2014 | Estonian Amateur Championship | Mihkel Rehepapp | 6–1 |
Winner | 2. | 2015 | Estonian Amateur Championship (2) | Alexander Leitmäe | 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 2016 | Estonian Amateur Championship (3) | Alexander Leitmäe | 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | Chris Totten | 3–7 |
Winner | 4. | 2017 | Estonian Amateur Championship (4) | Alexander Leitmäe | 6–0 |
Winner | 5. | 2018 | Estonian Amateur Championship (5) | Denis Grabe | 6–3 |
Winner | 6. | 2019 | Estonian Amateur Championship (6) | Denis Sokolov | 6–0 |
Winner | 7. | 2020 | Baltic Snooker League - Event 1 | Mark Mägi | 4–1 |
Winner | 8. | 2020 | Estonian Amateur Championship (7) | Denis Grabe | 6–3 |
Winner | 9. | 2021 | Estonian Amateur Championship (8) | Mark Mägi | 6–1 |
Winner | 10. | 2021 | European 6-reds Championship | Paweł Rogoza | 5–0 |
Winner | 11. | 2022 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | Ben Mertens | 5–3 |
References[edit]
- ^ Quarrell, Dan (9 November 2022). "'He doesn't need the toilet!' - Gary Wilson fumes at UK Championship and opponent Andres Petrov hits back". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "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.