{{short description|Estonian snooker player (born 1996)}} {{Infobox snooker player | name = Andres Petrov | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1996|10|15|df=y}} | birth_place = Tallinn, Estonia | Sport country = {{EST}} | Professional = 2022–2024 | High ranking = 84 (June 2023) | Official maximums = | Best finish = Last 32 (2023 Northern Ireland Open) | Ranking wins = | World champ = }}
'''Andres Petrov''' (born 15 October 1996) is an Estonian former professional snooker player. He is the first professional snooker player from Estonia. Petrov turned professional at the start of the 2022/23 season after winning the EBSA European Snooker Championship.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wpbsa.com/petrovs-european-perfection/|title=Petrov's European Perfection|publisher=WPBSA|date=17 June 2022}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Petrov was born in Tallinn. His father, Boriss Petrov, is a youth ice hockey coach. Petrov graduated from Tallinn High School of Humanities in 2015 and from Tallinn University, with a degree in youth work in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Andres_Petrov|title=Petrov, Andres|website=Eesti spordi biograafiline leksikon (ESBL)|date=17 June 2022|access-date=20 August 2022|language=et}}</ref>
==Career== Petrov started playing snooker in 2009.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://snookerzone.co.uk/welcome-estonias-first-snooker-pro-in-2022/|title=Welcome Estonia's First Snooker Pro In 2022|publisher=snookerzone.co.uk|date=20 June 2022}}</ref> In 2017 he reached the final of the EBSA European Snooker Championship for the first time, where he lost 7–3 to Chris Totten, and notably reached the last 64 of the 2019 Riga Masters as an amateur.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://wpbsa.com/player/andres-petrov/|title=Andres Petrov|publisher=WPBSA|accessdate=20 August 2022}}</ref> He turned professional in 2022 after winning the European Snooker Championship with a 5–3 victory over Ben Mertens in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ebsa.tv/andres-petrov-european-champion/|title=Andres Petrov European Champion!|publisher=ebsa.tv|date=17 June 2022}}</ref>
In 2023, Petrov defeated twice-defending and home champion Mark Allen 4{{nbnd}}3 in the last 64 at the 2023 Northern Ireland Open.<ref>{{cite web |title=Breakthrough for boy wonder |url=https://wst.tv/breakthrough-for-boy-wonder/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024071359/https://wst.tv/breakthrough-for-boy-wonder/ |archive-date=24 October 2023 |access-date=24 October 2023 |url-status=dead |work=World Snooker Tour}}</ref><ref name="Euro_Allen_Petrov">{{cite web |date=24 October 2023 |title=Northern Ireland Open: Mark Allen stunned by world No. 96 Andres Petrov in second round in late-night thriller |url=https://www.tntsports.co.uk/snooker/northern-ireland-open/2023-2024/northern-ireland-open-mark-allen-stunned-by-world-no.-96-andres-petrov-in-second-round-in-late-night_sto9849484/story.shtml?welcome=eurosport |access-date=2 August 2025 |website=TNT Sports}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Estonian snooker player Andres Petrov defeats world number four Mark Allen |url=https://news.err.ee/1609142927/estonian-snooker-player-andres-petrov-defeats-world-number-four-mark-allen |date=24 October 2023 |last=Cole |first=Michael |work=Eesti Rahvusringhääling}}</ref>
== Performance and rankings timeline == {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;" ! Tournament ! 2014/<br/>15 ! 2015/<br/>16 ! 2016/<br/>17 ! 2019/<br/>20 ! 2022/<br/>23 ! 2023/<br/>24 ! 2024/<br/>25 |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking<ref name="Ranking history">{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=20 August 2022|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219070820/http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/history.asp|url-status=live}}</ref><ref group="nb">It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season</ref> |align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="AMA">He was an amateur</ref> |align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="AMA"/> |align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="AMA"/> |align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="AMA"/> |align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="UR">New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking</ref> |align="center"|84 |align="center"|<ref group="nb" name="AMA"/> |- |colspan="10"|'''Ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Championship League |align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Xi'an Grand Prix |align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Saudi Arabia Masters |align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|English Open |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open |align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuhan Open |align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Open |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|International Championship |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot Out |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Open |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German Masters |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Open |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players Championship<ref group="nb">The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2014/2015–2015/2016)</ref> |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tour Championship |align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ | |- |colspan="10"|'''Former ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Riga Masters<ref group="nb">The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)</ref> |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|MR |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Classic |align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European Masters |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |- |colspan="10"|'''Former non-ranking tournaments''' |- |style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Six-red World Championship |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |} {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" |- ! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament<br />(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | lost in the quarter-finals |- | align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF | lost in the semi-finals | align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F | lost in the final | align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W''' | won the tournament |- | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A | did not participate in the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD | withdrew from the tournament |} {|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || means an event was not held. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || means an event is/was a ranking event. |- | style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |} {{Reflist|group=nb}}
==Career finals== ===Amateur finals: 12 (11 titles)=== {| class="sortable wikitable" !width="67"| Outcome !width="20"| No. !width="30"| Year !width="320"| Championship !width="200"| Opponent in the final !width="30"| Score |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 1. | 2014 | Estonian Amateur Championship | {{flagicon|EST}} Mihkel Rehepapp | 6–1 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 2. | 2015 | Estonian Amateur Championship <small>(2)</small> | {{flagicon|EST}} Alexander Leitmäe | 6–4 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 3. | 2016 | Estonian Amateur Championship <small>(3)</small> | {{flagicon|EST}} Alexander Leitmäe | 6–2 |- | style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | {{flagicon|SCO}} Chris Totten | 3–7 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 4. | 2017 | Estonian Amateur Championship <small>(4)</small> | {{flagicon|EST}} Alexander Leitmäe | 6–0 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 5. | 2018 | Estonian Amateur Championship <small>(5)</small> | {{flagicon|EST}} Denis Grabe | 6–3 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 6. | 2019 | Estonian Amateur Championship <small>(6)</small> | {{flagicon|EST}} Denis Sokolov | 6–0 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 7. | 2020 | Baltic Snooker League - Event 1 | {{flagicon|EST}} Mark Mägi | 4–1 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 8. | 2020 | Estonian Amateur Championship <small>(7)</small> | {{flagicon|EST}} Denis Grabe | 6–3 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 9. | 2021 | Estonian Amateur Championship <small>(8)</small> | {{flagicon|EST}} Mark Mägi | 6–1 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 10. | 2021 | European 6-reds Championship | {{flagicon|POL}} Paweł Rogoza | 5–0 |- | style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner | 11. | 2022 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | {{flagicon|BEL}} Ben Mertens | 5–3 |}
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== {{portal|Cue sports}} * {{WST player|old_id=andres-petrov|archive=20230403061053}} * {{WPBSA player|id=andres-petrov|archive=20240423171431}} * {{WPBSA SnookerScores player}} * {{Snooker.org player}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Andres}} Category:1996 births Category:Living people Category:Estonian snooker players Category:Sportspeople from Tallinn Category:Tallinn University alumni Category:Estonian people of Russian descent Category:21st-century Estonian sportsmen