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Simon Lichtenberg
	Paul Hunter Classic 2016
Born	15 December 1997 (age 27); Berlin, Germany
Sport country	Germany
Professional	2018–2022
Highest ranking	72 (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 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.

^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
^ ^a ^b He was an amateur.
^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
^ 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	Lukas Kleckers	0–4
Runner-up	2.	2016	German Grand Prix - Event 1	Andreas Ploner	1–3
Winner	1.	2016	German Grand Prix - Event 3	Roman Dietzel	3–2
Runner-up	3.	2016	German Grand Prix - Event 4	Roy Stolk	1–3
Winner	2.	2016	German Amateur Championship	Roman Dietzel	4–2
Runner-up	4.	2017	German Grand Prix - Event 2	Jan Eisenstein	1–3
Winner	3.	2017	German Grand Prix - Event 5	Omar Alkojah	3–1
Winner	4.	2017	German 6-red Championship	Christoph Gawlytta	5–1
Winner	5.	2018	EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships	Tyler Rees	6–3
Winner	6.	2018	German Grand Prix - Event 4	Jörn Hannes-Hühn	3–0
Winner	7.	2019	German Grand Prix - Event 4	Richard Wienold	3–1

References

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

External links

Simon Lichtenberg at the World Snooker Tour (archived)
Simon Lichtenberg at snooker.org

[5] It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.

[AMA-6] He was an amateur.

[UR-7] New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

[QS-8] Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points.

[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.

[Ranking_history-4] "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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