| Born | 23 December 1985 Hyderabad, India [1] |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  India |
| Professional | 2011/2012 |
| Highest ranking | 85 (May–July 2012) [2] |
Lucky Vatnani (born 23 December 1985) is an Indian former professional snooker player. He is from Hyderabad, India, [1] but was based in Sheffield, England during his snooker career. [3]
Vantani, a graduate from Sheffield Hallam University in Business Administration, [3] lost a 5–6 loss in the final of the 2010 Indian Championship to Pankaj Advani in 2010 Indian Championship, and reached the last 16 of the IBSF World Snooker Championship in 2009. He won the gold medal in the British University Snooker Championships during the same year. [3]
In 2011, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour for the 2011–12 season. [3] However, he missed several events due to visa issues [1] and would struggle and only won two matches, both in the qualifying stages of the Welsh Open [3] and with three consecutive defeats to Adam Duffy in the first round of the World Open, China Open and World Snooker Championship ensured he was unable to reach the top 64 and therefore dropped of the tour at the end of the season. [3]
Vantani competed as an amateur in the preliminary rounds of the 2013 World Snooker Championship, but lost 5–3 to Paul Wykes. [4] [5]
Vantanu entered the 2018 Q School in a bid to re-enter the professional snooker tour. [6]
| Tournament | 2010/ 11 | 2011/ 12 | 2012/ 13 | 2016/ 17 | 2017/ 18 | 2018/ 19 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking [7] [nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | |||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| World Open | A | LQ | A | A | A | A | |||
| UK Championship | A | LQ | A | A | A | A | |||
| German Masters | A | LQ | A | A | A | A | |||
| World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
| Welsh Open | A | LQ | A | A | A | A | |||
| Indian Open | Tournament Not Held | WR | LQ | LQ | |||||
| Players Championship [nb 4] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||
| China Open | A | LQ | A | A | A | A | |||
| World Championship | A | LQ | LQ | A | A | A | |||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Australian Goldfields Open | NH | WD | A | Tournament Not Held | |||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | WD | A | A | A | NR | |||
| 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. | |||
Vatnani's achievements include: [8]
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