Itaro Santos Explained

Itaro Santos
Birth Date:28 July 1985
Birth Place:Recife, Pernambuco
Professional:2015–2017
High Ranking:92 (May 2016)[1]

Itaro Santos (born 28 July 1985) is a German-born Brazilian former professional snooker player. Itaro is based at the Legends Snooker Academy in Leytonstone, England, United Kingdom.

Career

Since 2004 Santos has also competed for Germany, as his native Brazil was not then a member of the IBSF. He is a two-time German Amateur Championship and together with Lasse Münstermann and Sascha Lippe competed as part of Team Germany at the European Team Snooker Championship of 2007. Through a wildcard Santos has also competed in the finals of the World Series of Snooker 2008/09. However he only managed to finish third in his group and failed to qualify for the next round.

Santos won the 2015 Pan American Championship to earn a two-year card for the snooker tour beginning with the 2015–16 season.[2] He only played four matches in the 2015/2016 season, losing all of them.[3] Santos also lost all 12 of his matches in the 2016–17 season, though he was 3–1 ahead of world number six Shaun Murphy at the UK Championship, but was beaten 6–3. He has now dropped off the tour.[4] [5]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament2002/
03
2004/
05
2008/
09
2012/
13
2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2018/
19
Ranking[6] [7] [8] [9] 92
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[10] Tournament Not HeldMinor-RankingLQA
World Open[11] AAAANot HeldLQA
Paul Hunter Classic[12] NHPro-am EventMinor-Ranking EventA1R
English OpenTournament Not HeldA
Northern Ireland OpenTournament Not HeldA
UK ChampionshipAAAAA1R1RA
Scottish OpenANot HeldMRNot Held1RA
German MastersTournament Not HeldAALQLQA
World Grand PrixTournament Not HeldNRDNQDNQDNQ
Welsh OpenAAAAA1R1RA
Shoot OutTournament Not HeldNon-Ranking EventA
Indian OpenTournament Not HeldANHLQA
Players Championship[13] Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Gibraltar OpenTournament Not HeldMRWDA
Tour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQ
China OpenNHAAAALQLQA
World ChampionshipLQLQAALQALQA
Former ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields OpenTournament Not HeldAAANot Held
Shanghai MastersNot HeldAAAALQNR
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Series Grand FinalNot HeldRRTournament Not 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.
PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.

Tournament wins

Amateur

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2005[14] 4–0
Runner-up1.2006Unknown
Winner2.2008[15] 4–0
Runner-up2.2009[16] 2–4
Winner1.2015Pan American Championship Thadeu Nobres6-0

Notes and References

  1. Web site: WORLD RANKINGS After 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters. World Snooker. https://web.archive.org/web/20160701154059/http://www.worldsnooker.com/rankings/. 1 July 2016. 2016-07-01.
  2. Web site: Acosta . Roberto . Brasil arrasó con los premios del Panamericano de Snooker . Late! . 1 February 2015 . 29 April 2015 . Spanish.
  3. Web site: Itaro Santos 2015/2016 . Snooker.org . 12 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Itaro Santos 2016/2017. Snooker.org . 10 April 2017.
  5. Web site: God told me to give up snooker - Ronnie O'Sullivan. ESPN (UK). 10 April 2017.
  6. Web site: Ranking History. Snooker.org. 6 February 2011.
  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 also called the Riga Open (2014/2015-2015/2016)
  11. The event was also called the LG Cup (2002/2003) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005, 2008/2009)
  12. The event was also called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005)
  13. The event was also called the Players Tour Championship Final (2012/2013, 2014/2015-2015/2016)
  14. Web site: German Champion 2005 is Itaro Santos . snookernachrichten.blogspot.com . 14 November 2005.
  15. Web site: Christian Gabriel is German runner . snookerberlin.de . 10 November 2008.
  16. Web site: Patrick Einsle on the German throne Snooker . snookernachrichten.blogspot.com . 3 November 2009.