Andres Petrov Explained

Andres Petrov
Birth Date:15 October 1996
Birth Place:Tallinn, Estonia
Professional:2022–2024
High Ranking:84 (June 2023)
Best Finish:Last 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.[1]

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.[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

Tournament2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2019/
20
2022/
23
2023/
24
2024/
25
Ranking[6] [7] [8] [9] 84
Ranking tournaments
Championship LeagueNon-Ranking EventRRRRWD
Xi'an Grand PrixTournament Not Held
Saudi Arabia Snooker MastersTournament Not Held
English OpenNot HeldAA1RLQ
British OpenTournament Not HeldLQLQ
Wuhan OpenTournament Not HeldLQ
Northern Ireland OpenNot HeldAALQ2R
International ChampionshipAAAANHLQ
UK ChampionshipAAAALQLQ
Shoot OutNon-RankingAA1R1R
Scottish OpenNot HeldAALQLQ
World Grand PrixNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
German MastersAAAALQLQ
Welsh OpenAAAALQLQ
World OpenAAAANHLQ
Players Championship[10] DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Tour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQ
World ChampionshipAALQALQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[11] Minor-RankingA1RTournament Not Held
WST ClassicTournament Not Held1RNot Held
European MastersNot HeldAALQLQNH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World ChampionshipAAAARRNot Held
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw
  1. R
lost 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 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

Amateur finals: 12 (11 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2014Estonian Amateur Championship Mihkel Rehepapp6–1
Winner2.2015Estonian Amateur Championship (2) Alexander Leitmäe6–4
Winner3.2016Estonian Amateur Championship (3) Alexander Leitmäe6–2
Runner-up1.2017EBSA European Snooker Championship Chris Totten3–7
Winner4.2017Estonian Amateur Championship (4) Alexander Leitmäe6–0
Winner5.2018Estonian Amateur Championship (5) Denis Grabe6–3
Winner6.2019Estonian Amateur Championship (6) Denis Sokolov6–0
Winner7.2020Baltic Snooker League - Event 1 Mark Mägi4–1
Winner8.2020Estonian Amateur Championship (7) Denis Grabe6–3
Winner9.2021Estonian Amateur Championship (8) Mark Mägi6–1
Winner10.2021European 6-reds Championship Paweł Rogoza5–0
Winner11.2022EBSA European Snooker Championship Ben Mertens5–3

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Petrov's European Perfection. WPBSA. 17 June 2022.
  2. Web site: Petrov, Andres. Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL). 17 June 2022. 20 August 2022. et.
  3. Web site: Welcome Estonia's First Snooker Pro In 2022. snookerzone.co.uk. 20 June 2022.
  4. Web site: Andres Petrov. WPBSA. 20 August 2022.
  5. Web site: Andres Petrov European Champion!. ebsa.tv. 17 June 2022.
  6. Web site: Ranking History. Snooker.org. 20 August 2022. 19 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181219070820/http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/history.asp. live.
  7. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  8. He was an amateur
  9. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  10. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  11. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)