Andy Lee (; born 27 November 1980), also known as Lee Chun Wai, is an English and Hong Kong former professional snooker player.
Career He qualified for the main tour for the 2008–09 season by beating Adam Duffy 6–3 in the 2008 English Pro Ticket Tour Play-offs. In his début season, he reached the last 64 of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix, beating Lewis Roberts 5–2 and Barry Pinches 5–4 before losing 2–5 to Jimmy Michie; in the China Open, Lee beat Matthew Selt and Paul Davies before losing at the same stage to Gerard Greene. Having earned £5,000 in prize money, Lee finished the season ranked 83rd and was relegated from the main tour.
As an amateur, Lee competed in the Players Tour Championship series between 2010 and 2016, without any success. He entered the 2018 Q School in an attempt to win back a place on the main tour; in the first event he lost in the last 32, 0–4 to Thor Chuan Leong. He progressed one round further in the second event, being eliminated 1–4 by Lu Ning in the last 16. In the third event he beat Kuldesh Johal 4–2 in the quarter-finals to regain his professional status after a hiatus of nine years.Results (Q School 3 2018) - snooker.org
2018/2019 Lee lost the Last 64 2018 World Open 1–5 to Neil Robertson and lost the Last 128 2018 Paul Hunter Classic 3–4 to English Amateur player Reggie Edwards.
Lee reached his first ever the last 32 of a ranking event in the Gibraltar Open, beating Curtis Daher 4–0 and Kuldesh Johal 4–3 before losing 0–4 to Andrew Higginson.
Personal life Lee was born in the United Kingdom, to parents who were emigrated from Hong Kong to the UK in 1975. His father was a Hong Kong policeman. He was educated at John Cleveland College and De Montfort University.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1998/99 2002/03 2003/04 2008/09 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2022/23 2023/24RankingHe was an amateurNew players don't have a ranking9179Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNot HeldNon-Ranking EventRRRREuropean MastersThe event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) and European Open (2002/2003-2003/2004)AAATournament Not HeldAALQLQLQLQBritish OpenAAATournament Not Held1RLQEnglish OpenTournament Not HeldAA1R2RLQLQWuhan OpenTournament Not HeldLQNorthern Ireland OpenTournament Not HeldAA1R1R2RLQInternational ChampionshipTournament Not HeldAAAALQLQNHLQUK ChampionshipAAALQAAAAAA1R1RLQLQShoot OutTournament Not HeldNon-RankingAA1R1R1R1RScottish OpenThe event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)AAANot HeldMRAAA1R2RLQLQWorld Grand PrixTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQGerman MastersNRNot HeldAAAAAALQLQLQLQWelsh OpenAAALQAAAAAA1R3R1RLQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2012/2013 and 2015/2016)Tournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld OpenThe event was called the Grand Prix (1998/1999 and 2008/2009) and the LG Cup (2002/2003-2003/2004)AAALQAAANHAA1RLQNHLQTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipLQLQLQLQAAAAAALQALQLQNon-ranking tournamentsHaining OpenTournament Not HeldMR3RA3RANHAFormer ranking tournamentsNorthern Ireland TrophyNot HeldLQTournament Not HeldBahrain ChampionshipNot HeldLQTournament Not HeldShanghai MastersNot HeldLQAAAAAANon-RankingNHNRPaul Hunter ClassicNot HeldPAMinor-Ranking EventLQA1RNRNot HeldIndian OpenTournament Not HeldAALQNot HeldChina OpenThe event was called the China International (1998/1999)ANot HeldLQAAAAAALQNot HeldRiga MastersThe event was called the Riga Open (2015/2016)Tournament Not HeldMRAALQLQNot HeldChina ChampionshipTournament Not HeldNRALQLQNot HeldGibraltar OpenTournament Not HeldMRAA3R1RNot HeldWST ClassicTournament Not Held1RNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsSix-red World ChampionshipThe event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)Not HeldAAARRAARRAALQNH Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD 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.PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
Career titles Amateur snooker IBSF World Team Snooker Championships - 2014 Hong Kong 6-Red Open Championship - 2011, 2013, 2017 Hong Kong Snooker Open Championship - 2012 (Event 2), 2013 (Event 1, Event 3), 2016 (Event 2), 2017 (Event 2), 2018 (Event 1)
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