Andres Petrov (born 15 October 1996) is an

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professional

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player. He is the first professional snooker player from

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. Petrov turned professional at the start of the 2022/23 season after winning the

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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 Tallinn University (TLU; et, Tallinna Ülikool, ''TLÜ'') is a public research university in Estonia. Located in the centre of Tallinn, the capital city of Estonia, Tallinn University is one of the three largest institutions of higher education ...

, with a degree in

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in 2018.

Career

Petrov started playing snooker in 2009. In 2017 he reached the final of the

for the first time, where he lost 7-3 to

Chris Totten Chris Totten (born 5 December 1998 in Wishaw, Lanarkshire) is a Scottish former professional snooker player. He is a former EBSA European Snooker Champion. Career In March 2017, Totten entered the 2017 EBSA European Snooker Championship as th ...

, and notably reached the last 64 of the

2019 Riga Masters The 2019 Riga Masters (also known as the 2019 Kaspersky Riga Masters due to sponsorship) was a professional ranking snooker tournament held from 26 to 28 July 2019 at the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia. It was the sixth Riga Masters event, wit ...

as an amateur. He turned professional in 2022 after winning the European Snooker Championship with a 5-3 victory over

Ben Mertens Ben Mertens (born 13 October 2004) is a Belgian professional snooker player. He won the World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships in 2018. Career Ben Mertens is from Wetteren. When he was 12 years old, he reached the 2nd round of the 2017 EBSA Eu ...

in the final.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Amateur finals: 12 (11 titles)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Petrov, Andres 1996 births Living people Snooker players Sportspeople from Tallinn Tallinn University alumni Estonian people of Russian descent 21st-century Estonian people