Simon Lichtenberg (born 15 December 1997) is a German former professional snooker player.
Career From Berlin, 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 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships 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 Lukas Kleckers.
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 Kishan Hirani, Stephen Craigie and Dean Young, before defeating Irishman Leo Fernandez 4–1 in the final round. He reached the last-64 of the 2020 English Open in Milton Keynes in October 2020, with a 4-3 win over experienced player Anthony Hamilton. He reached the last-64 of the 2020 UK Championship with a win over Scottish professional Scott Donaldson 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 Rebecca Kenna.
He competed at the IBSF World Championships in October 2024.
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.He was an amateur.New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.93Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points.71Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueTournament Not HeldRRRRBritish OpenTournament Not Held1RNorthern Ireland OpenAA1R1R1R1REnglish OpenAA1R1R2RLQUK ChampionshipAA1R1R2R1RScottish OpenAA1R1R1RLQWorld Grand PrixDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQShoot-OutAA1R1R2R2RGerman MastersAALQLQLQLQPlayers ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQEuropean MastersAALQLQ2RLQWelsh OpenAA1R2R2RLQTurkish MastersTournament Not Held1RGibraltar OpenLQ2R1R1R1RWDTour ChampionshipNot HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAALQLQLQLQFormer ranking tournamentsPaul Hunter Classic1RLQ2RNRNot HeldIndian OpenAALQTournament Not HeldChina OpenAALQTournament Not HeldRiga MastersAALQLQNot Held AALQLQNot HeldChina ChampionshipNRALQLQNot HeldWorld OpenAA1RLQNot HeldWST Pro SeriesTournament Not HeldRRNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsHaining OpenAA1RANot Held 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 Amateur finals: 11 (7 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2015 German Grand Prix - Event 1 Lukas Kleckers 0–4Runner-up 2. 2016 German Grand Prix - Event 1 Andreas Ploner 1–3Winner 1. 2016 German Grand Prix - Event 3 Roman Dietzel 3–2Runner-up 3. 2016 German Grand Prix - Event 4 Roy Stolk 1–3Winner 2. 2016 German Amateur Championship Roman Dietzel 4–2Runner-up 4. 2017 German Grand Prix - Event 2 Jan Eisenstein 1–3Winner 3. 2017 German Grand Prix - Event 5 Omar Alkojah 3–1Winner 4. 2017 German 6-red Championship Christoph Gawlytta 5–1Winner 5. 2018 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships Tyler Rees 6–3Winner 6. 2018 German Grand Prix - Event 4 Jörn Hannes-Hühn 3–0Winner 7. 2019 German Grand Prix - Event 4 Richard Wienold 3–1
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