Andres Petrov

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Andres Petrov
Born (1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 28)
Tallinn, Estonia
Sport countryFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
NicknameThe Tallinn Lamborghini [1]
Professional2022–2024
Highest ranking 84 (June 2023)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (2023 Northern Ireland Open)

Andres Petrov (born 15 October 1996) is an Estonian former 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]

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Early life and education

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

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

Tournament 2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2019/
20
2022/
23
2023/
24
2024/
25
Ranking [7] [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 84 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR WD
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldA
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not HeldA
English Open Not HeldAA 1R LQA
British Open Tournament Not HeldLQLQA
Wuhan Open Tournament Not HeldLQA
Northern Ireland Open Not HeldAALQ 2R A
International Championship AAAANHLQA
UK Championship AAAALQLQLQ
Shoot Out Non-RankingAA 1R 1R A
Scottish Open Not HeldAALQLQA
German Masters AAAALQLQA
Welsh Open AAAALQLQA
World Open AAAANHLQA
World Grand Prix NRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Players Championship [nb 4] DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour Championship Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship AALQALQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
Riga Masters [nb 5] MRA 1R Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R Not Held
European Masters Not HeldAALQLQNH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship AAAA RR Not Held
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew 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 3 4 5 He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  5. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 12 (11 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2014Estonian Amateur Championship Flag of Estonia.svg Mihkel Rehepapp6–1
Winner2.2015Estonian Amateur Championship (2) Flag of Estonia.svg Alexander Leitmäe6–4
Winner3.2016Estonian Amateur Championship (3) Flag of Estonia.svg Alexander Leitmäe6–2
Runner-up1.2017 EBSA European Snooker Championship Flag of Scotland.svg Chris Totten 3–7
Winner4.2017Estonian Amateur Championship (4) Flag of Estonia.svg Alexander Leitmäe6–0
Winner5.2018Estonian Amateur Championship (5) Flag of Estonia.svg Denis Grabe6–3
Winner6.2019Estonian Amateur Championship (6) Flag of Estonia.svg Denis Sokolov6–0
Winner7.2020Baltic Snooker League - Event 1 Flag of Estonia.svg Mark Mägi4–1
Winner8.2020Estonian Amateur Championship (7) Flag of Estonia.svg Denis Grabe6–3
Winner9.2021Estonian Amateur Championship (8) Flag of Estonia.svg Mark Mägi6–1
Winner10.2021European 6-reds Championship Flag of Poland.svg Paweł Rogoza5–0
Winner11.2022 EBSA European Snooker Championship Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ben Mertens 5–3

References

  1. 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.
  2. "Petrov's European Perfection". WPBSA. 17 June 2022.
  3. "Petrov, Andres". Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL) (in Estonian). 17 June 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  4. "Welcome Estonia's First Snooker Pro In 2022". snookerzone.co.uk. 20 June 2022.
  5. "Andres Petrov". WPBSA. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  6. "Andres Petrov European Champion!". ebsa.tv. 17 June 2022.
  7. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2022.