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Jonas Luz
Jonas Luz (born 29 November 1985) is a Brazilian snooker player. He won the Pan America title to earn a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024-25 snooker season. Career From Esteio, in the Rio Grande do Sul, he started playing snooker at three years-old. He is based in Canoas where he trains at the Match Clube de Sinuca. Luz won the Brazilian Snooker Championships in 2021. He won the Six Reds Snooker at Clube União, in Caçapava in 2022. He was runner-up at the 2023 Brazilian Championship. Luz won the 2023 Pan American Snooker Championship held in Rio de Janeiro. He overcame a defeat to Itaro Santos in the group stage to beat Zico, Rafinha, and Canadian Charlie Brown en-route to the final. In the final he defeated compatriot Fabinho 5-4. With the win he earned qualification to snooker’s professional circuit for the first time. Professional career He secured his first win as a professional in August 2024, defeating Mostafa Dorgham at the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Maste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters
The 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 30 August to 7 September 2024 at Green Halls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was the inaugural edition of the tournament and was part of the 2024–25 snooker season. The tournament featured a total prize fund of £2,302,000, the second-highest after the World Championship. It is one of snooker's four major tournaments. Judd Trump won the tournament, defeating Mark Williams 109 in the final. There were 91 century breaks made in the event, the highest being a 147 by Noppon Saengkham. Format There were 17 amateur wildcard players from the Middle East included in the draw, including 7 from Saudi Arabia. Rounds 1, 2, and 3 were the best of 7 ; rounds 4 and 5 were the best of 9 frames; round 6, the quarterfinals and the semifinals were the best of 11 frames; and the final was a best of 19 frames match, played over two . The tournament was broadcast on Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooker World Rankings
The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional snooker players to determine their qualification and seeding for events on the World Snooker Tour and other tournaments, as well as their future professional status on the tour. First introduced in the 1976–77 snooker season, 1976–77 season, world rankings are maintained by the sport's governing body, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA); Each player's world ranking is based on their performances, in terms of cumulative prize money earned in designated List of snooker tournaments#current ranking, ranking tournaments over the preceding two years. Every professional member of the WPBSA is assigned a ranking disregarding their activeness on the circuit. The List of world number one snooker players, current number one in world snooker rankings is Judd Trump from England, taken over from Northern Ireland's Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen since 26 August 2024. Other forms ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scottish Open (snooker)
The Scottish Open is a Snooker world rankings, ranking professional snooker tournament held in the United Kingdom. The tournament had many name changes in its history, as the tournament was formerly called International Open, Matchroom Trophy and Players Championship. Apart from a hiatus in the Snooker season 1990/1991, 1990/1991 and Snooker season 1991/1992, 1991/1992 seasons, the tournament remained a ranking event until Snooker season 2003/2004, 2003/2004. In the Snooker season 2012/2013, 2012/2013 season the tournament was added back to the calendar as part of the Players Tour Championship 2012/2013, Players Tour Championship minor-ranking series. On 29 April 2015, Barry Hearn announced it would return to the main tour in 2016 at the Emirates Arena Glasgow, as part of the new Home Nations Series with the existing Welsh Open (snooker), Welsh Open, and the new English Open (snooker), English Open and Northern Ireland Open (snooker), Northern Ireland Open tournaments. The winner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Snooker Shoot Out
The 2024 Snooker Shoot Out (officially the 2024 9Club Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 4 to 7 December 2024 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England. The tenth Snooker world rankings, ranking event of the 2024–25 snooker season, 202425 season, it was played under a variation of the standard rules of snooker, with every match contested over a single . The event was broadcast by Eurosport and Discovery+ in Europe and other broadcasters worldwide. Mark Allen (snooker player), Mark Allen was the defending champion, having defeated Cao Yupeng 654 in the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out (2023–24 season), previous final, becoming the first player in the history of the event to win the title while ranked within the world's top 16. Allen was defeated by Si Jiahui in the second round. Tom Ford (snooker player), Tom Ford won the tournament, defeating Liam Graham (snooker player), Liam Graham 3128 in the final and capturing his maiden ranking title. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snooker Shoot Out
The Snooker Shoot Out is a professional snooker tournament played under a variation of the standard rules. First staged in 1990 Shoot-Out, 1990 as the Shoot-Out, the event was revived in 2011 Snooker Shoot-Out, 2011 and renamed the Snooker Shoot Out. Held from 2011 to 2016 as a non-ranking event with 64 competitors, it became a Snooker world rankings, ranking event in 2017 Snooker Shoot Out, 2017 for an expanded field of 128 players. Unlike other major snooker tournaments, each match only consists of one frame, played over a maximum of 10 minutes, with a shot clock in effect; the format allows a player to claim the title by only winning 7 frames of snooker, making it the shortest possible run to win a ranking event. Players do not have to wear waistcoats and bow ties and audiences do not have to remain silent during play, as the event becoming known for its boisterous atmosphere. The event is also notable for its wildcard entrants, including young amateur players; Liam Davies ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Championship
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament. It is one of snooker's prestigious Triple Crown events, along with the World Championship and the Masters. It is usually held at the Barbican in York, England. Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the tournament a record eight times, followed by Steve Davis with six titles and Stephen Hendry with five. History The UK Championship was first held in 1977 in Tower Circus, Blackpool as the United Kingdom Professional Snooker Championship, an event open only to British residents and passport holders. Patsy Fagan won the inaugural tournament by defeating Doug Mountjoy by 12 frames to 9 in the final and won the first prize of £2000. The following year the event moved to the Guild Hall, Preston, where it remained until 1997. The rules were changed in 1984, when the tournament was granted ranking status and all professionals were allowed to enter. Since then, it has carried more ranking points than any tournament other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Championship
The International Championship is a professional Snooker world rankings, ranking snooker tournament. The reigning champion is Ding Junhui. History The event was introduced in the 2012–13 snooker season, 2012/2013 season. It was named as the "first overseas 'major'", because the tournament had the same level of ranking points as the UK Championship. With the change in the rankings system from points to prize money, the International Championship had the third highest prize fund and winner's cheque of any ranking event on the snooker calendar, behind the World and UK Championships, and the highest outside of the United Kingdom, until 2018 when the China Open (snooker), China Open had its winner's cheque raised to £225,000. The 2012 International Championship, 2012 edition ran from 28 October to 4 November in Chengdu, China, and it was won by Judd Trump, who defeated Neil Robertson 10–8 in the final. Winners References {{Snooker tournaments International Championsh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
