Lukas Kleckers (born 18 May 1996 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German former professional snooker player and current commentator on snooker coverage for Eurosport.
Career Lukas Kleckers first drew attention in 2013 when, at the age of 17, he captured the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Germany by defeating Roman Dietzel 4–2 in the final of the German Amateur Championship. In the next few years he twice played in the qualifying rounds for the World Championship, losing 10–6 to Noppon Saengkham in 2015 and 10–7 to Rory McLeod in 2016. At the 2015 Riga Open he won a match in a European Tour event for the first time by beating Anthony Hamilton 4–0, before losing 4–0 to Stephen Maguire.
Kleckers came through the 2017 Q School by winning six matches including victories over former professionals Adrian Rosa and Martin O'Donnell to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.
Since falling off the tour after the 2023–24 season, he has worked as a commentator and pundit on snooker coverage for Eurosport.
He also plays team snooker for BC Oberhausen 1 in Germany, a front-runner in the German top-tier Snooker-Bundesliga.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking96Players qualified through Challenge Tour began the season without ranking points80Players qualified through Q School began the season without ranking points77Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventRRRRRRRREuropean MastersNot HeldALQLQLQ2RLQ1RLQBritish OpenTournament Not Held4R1RLQEnglish OpenNot HeldA1R2RA1RLQLQ1RWuhan OpenTournament Not HeldLQNorthern Ireland OpenNot HeldA1R1RA3RLQLQ1RInternational ChampionshipAAALQLQANot HeldLQUK ChampionshipAAA1R1RA1R1RLQLQShoot OutNon-RankingA1R3R1R1R3R3R2RScottish OpenNot HeldA1R1RA1RLQLQ1RWorld Grand PrixNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQGerman MastersAAALQLQLQLQLQLQLQWelsh OpenAAA1R3RA1R1RLQLQPlayers ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld OpenNot HeldALQLQANot Held1RTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipLQLQALQLQLQLQLQLQLQFormer ranking tournamentsShanghai MastersAAALQNon-RankingNot HeldNRPaul Hunter ClassicMRWD1R2RNRTournament Not HeldIndian OpenANHALQLQTournament Not HeldChina OpenAAALQLQTournament Not HeldRiga MastersThe event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)MRA2R2R2RTournament Not HeldChina ChampionshipNot HeldNRLQLQATournament Not HeldWST Pro SeriesTournament Not HeldRRNot HeldTurkish MastersTournament Not Held1RNot HeldGibraltar OpenNHMRA1R1RA1R1RNot HeldWST ClassicTournament Not HeldQFNHFormer non-ranking tournaments Haining OpenMRAA2RANHANot HeldSix-red World ChampionshipAA2RAAANot HeldLQNH 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.
Career finals Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2018 3 Kings Open Andreas Ploner 5–1Runner-up 1. 2023 Vienna Snooker Open Florian Nüßle 0–5
Amateur finals: 15 (11 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2011 German Grand Prix - Final Chris Mcbreen 2–3Winner 1. 2013 German Grand Prix - Event 3 Roman Dietzel 4–2Winner 2. 2013 German Championship Roman Dietzel 4–2Winner 3. 2014 German Grand Prix - Event 1 Sascha Lippe 4–3Winner 4. 2014 German Grand Prix - Event 3 Jan Eisenstein 3–1Runner-up 2. 2014 German Grand Prix - Event 6 Roman Dietzel 2–4Winner 5. 2015 German Grand Prix - Event 1 Simon Lichtenberg 4–0Runner-up 3. 2015 German Grand Prix - Event 2 Rune Kampe 1–3Winner 6. 2016 German Grand Prix - Event 2 Andreas Ploner 3–2Runner-up 4. 2016 European 6-Reds Championship Mateusz Baranowski 3–4Winner 7. 2016 German 6-red Championship Robin Otto 4–0Winner 8. 2019 German 6-red Championship Sascha Breuer 4–2Winner 9. 2019 German Grand Prix - Event 1 Brian Ochoiski 3–1Winner 10. 2019 German Championship Robin Otto 4–0Winner 11. 2020 Challenge Tour – Event 8 Tyler Rees 3–1
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