Simon Lichtenberg (born 15 December 1997) is a German former professional

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player.

Career

From

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, the son of British-German parents, Lichtenberg captained the league team of the Snookerfabrik (snooker factory) in Berlin. He was the German amateur champion in 2016 as he defeated 2014 winner Roman Dietzel in the final, by a 4-2 margin. He then won the

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in 2018 in Sofia, Bulgaria, registering wins over top seed Brian Ochoiski in the semi-final, and a 6-3 win in the final against Welshman Tyler Rees. In doing so, he became Germany’s first champion in a major international amateur tournament. Following this win, he was awarded a two-year card for the professional snooker tour from the 2018–19 season onwards to become the second German on the tour that season after

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. He defeated Ryan Day at the 2020 Welsh Open for a big upset win in February 2020. Despite that, he lost his tour card at the end of the 2020 season after failing to make the top 64 in the world rankings, but he regained it in the first Q School event by beating

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and Dean Young, before defeating Irishman

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4–1 in the final round. He reached the last-64 of the 2020 English Open in

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in October 2020, with a 4-3 win over experienced player Anthony Hamilton. He reached the last-64 of the

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with a win over Scottish professional

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who was ranked 86 places higher. He reached the last-64 of the 2021 Snooker Shoot Out held in Milton Keynes in February 2021, with a win over

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. He competed at the

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in October 2024.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Amateur finals: 11 (7 titles)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lichtenberg, Simon 1997 births Living people German snooker players Sportspeople from Berlin