Andres Petrov (born 15 October 1996) is an Estonian 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.

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.

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Career

Petrov started playing snooker in 2009. 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. He turned professional in 2022 after winning the European Snooker Championship with a 5-3 victory over Ben Mertens in the final.

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Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Amateur finals: 12 (11 titles)

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References

External links

1996 births

Living people

Snooker players

Sportspeople from Tallinn

Tallinn University alumni

Estonian people of Russian descent

21st-century Estonian people