David Lilley (snooker player)
Born | 19 October 1975 |
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Sport country |
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Career winnings | £22,400[1] |
Highest break |
136: 2018 Q School - Event 2 |
Century breaks | 8[1] |
Best ranking finish | Quarter-final (2016 Indian Open) |
David Lilley (born 19 October 1975) is an English amateur snooker player.[2]
Career
David Lilley's first big success was his victory at the Amateur European Championships in 1995, defeating his compatriot David Gray 8–7. In 1997 he reached the final of the English Amateur Championship for the first time and won this with 8–7 against Robert Marshall. In 1999, he was by an 8–5 victory in the final against Andrew Norman English amateur champion. In the same year he reached the semifinals of the Amateur European Championships and the final of the World Amateur Snooker Championship, in which he defeated the Welshman Ian Preece 8–11. In 2000 he lost the final of the English Amateur Championship with 5–8 against Nick Marsh. In February 2002, he participated for the first time in qualifying for the World Snooker Championship, but retired in the second qualifying round against Timothy Paling. 2004 won Lilley by an 8–6 victory over Wayne Cooper for the third time the English Amateur Championship. In the 2004 World Amateur Snooker Championship he was defeated in the semifinals, the eventual champion Mark Allen only just with 6–8. In qualifying for the 2005 World Snooker Championship, he retired in the third round against Stuart Mann. In the English Amateur Championship 2007, he lost in the final against Martin Gould only just with 7–8.
After not having participated in international tournaments for seven years, he participated in the Players Tour Championship 2012/2013 – Event 2 in August 2012 and retired there in the first qualifying round against Ben Harrison.
In May 2016, he tried to qualify for the Main Tour via Q School. In the first tournament he reached the final of his group, but lost there against the Chinese Chen Zhe, the second tournament he retired in the second round. Although he missed the qualification for the Main Tour, as seventeen of the Q-School Order of Merit he can participate as a substitute for tournaments of the season 2016/17. At the 2016 Indian Open, the second world ranking tournament of the season, he received for the first time a starting place. After defeating Tian Pengfei 4–3 in qualifying, he defeated Mike Dunn, Mark Williams and Robert Milkins in the main round to reach the quarter-finals, defeat England's Shaun Murphy 2–4.[3]
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2001/ 02 |
2004/ 05 |
2012/ 13 |
2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
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Ranking[4][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] |
Ranking tournaments | ||||||
Riga Masters | Not Held | A | A | 1R | ||
World Open[nb 3] | A | A | A | A | A | 1R |
Paul Hunter Classic[nb 4] | NH | PA | MR | 1R | A | A |
China Championship | Not Held | NR | A | A | ||
European Masters | A | A | NH | A | A | LQ |
English Open | Not Held | A | LQ | |||
International Championship | Not Held | A | LQ | A | ||
Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | 1R | A | |||
UK Championship | A | A | A | A | A | |
Scottish Open | A | Not Held | A | A | ||
German Masters | Not Held | A | A | |||
World Grand Prix | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | |||
Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | A | |
Shoot-Out | Not Held | NR | A | 2R | ||
Indian Open | Not Held | QF | A | |||
Players Championship | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||
Gibraltar Open | Not Held | LQ | A | |||
Tour Championship | Not Held | |||||
China Open | A | A | A | A | A | |
World Championship | LQ | LQ | A | A | A |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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LQ | 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-finals |
SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | 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. | |||
VF / Variant Format Event | means an event is/was a variant format event. |
Career finals
Amateur finals: 10 (5 titles, 5 runners-up)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | 1995 | EBSA European Snooker Championship | 8–7 | |
Runner-up | 1. | 1995 | IBSF World Snooker Championship | 7–11 | |
Winner | 2. | 1997 | English Amateur Championship | 8–7 | |
Winner | 3. | 1999 | English Amateur Championship | 8–5 | |
Runner-up | 2. | 1999 | IBSF World Snooker Championship | 8–11 | |
Runner-up | 3. | 2000 | English Amateur Championship | 5–8 | |
Winner | 4. | 2004 | English Amateur Championship | 8–6 | |
Runner-up | 4. | 2007 | English Amateur Championship | 7–8 | |
Runner-up | 5. | 2017 | English Amateur Championship | 7–10 | |
Winner | 5. | 2018 | Challenge Tour - Event 5 | 3–1 |
References
- 1 2 cuetracker.net/players/david-lilley/career-total-statistics
- ↑ "David Lilley - Player Profile - Snooker".
- ↑ Ãrdalen, Hermund. "David Lilley - Players - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
- ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.