Artemijs Žižins (born 2 June 2006) is a Latvian professional snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the
World Snooker Tour starting with the
2024–25 snooker season
The 2024–25 snooker season is an upcoming professional snooker season with tournaments played between 2024 and 2025.
Players
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. He is the first ever professional player from Latvia.
Career
In 2022 he became European U16 champion defeating
Liam Davies
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in the semi final and Moldovan
Vladislav Gradinari in the final.
In June 2023, shortly after turning 17 years-old, Žižins defeated five-time champion Rodion Judin 5-2 to claim his first Latvian National Snooker Championship.
In March 2024, he reached the semi-finals of the
EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship where he was defeated by eventual champion
Bulcsú Révész of Hungary.
2024/25
In May 2024, he entered European
Q School and recorded victories over former professional
Iulian Boiko
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Career
In May 2019, Boiko registered his first official century break in a 4–3 defeat against Billy Joe Castle in ...
of Ukraine, and a 4-2 win over veteran professional
Mark Joyce. In the final round he beat Kayden Brierley to win a two-year assured place on the
World Snooker Tour starting from the
2024-25 snooker season. In June 2024, he made his precessional debut at the
2024 Championship League in
Leicester
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, losing 3-0 to former world champion
John Higgins.
In July 2024, he recorded a 5-3 win over experienced professional
Robbie Williams in qualifying for the
2024 Xi'an Grand Prix. He reached the third round of the
2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters
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where he was defeated by
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. In the previous round, he scored a 137 break in a deciding frame victory against
Xu Si. At the
2024 English Open in
Brentwood in September 2024, he reached the round of 64 with wins over
Duane Jones and Robbie Williams.
Performance and rankings timeline
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Zizins, Artemijs
Date of birth unknown
Place of birth unknown
Living people
Latvian snooker players
Latvian sportspeople
21st-century Latvian people