Lukas Kleckers

Lukas Kleckers
Paul Hunter Classic 2017
Born (1996-05-18) 18 May 1996
Essen, North Rhine
Sport country  Germany
Nickname The Ruhr-Potter
Professional 2017–
Highest ranking 95 (July 2018)
Current ranking 101 (as of 27 August 2018)
Career winnings £7,500[1]
Highest break 137:
2017 Northern Ireland Open
Century breaks 2[1]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2017 Riga Masters, 2018 Riga Masters)

Lukas Kleckers (born 18 May 1996 in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia) is a German snooker player.

Career

Kleckers first drew attention in 2013 when, at the age of 17, he captured the highest ranking and most prestigious amateur event in Germany by defeating Roman Dietzel 4–2 in the final of the German Championship. In the next few years he twice played in the qualifying rounds for the World Championship, losing 10–6 to Noppon Saengkham in 2015 and 10–7 to Rory McLeod in 2016.[2] At the 2015 Riga Open he won a match in a European Tour event for the first time by beating Anthony Hamilton 4–0, before losing 4–0 to Stephen Maguire.[3]

In May 2017, Kleckers came through Q-School by winning six matches including victories over former professionals Adrian Rosa and Martin O'Donnell to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.[4]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19
Ranking[5][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 96
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] MR A 2R 2R
World Open Not Held A LQ LQ
Paul Hunter Classic MR WD 1R 2R
China Championship Not Held NR LQ LQ
European Masters Not Held A LQ LQ
English Open Not Held A 1R
International Championship A A A LQ LQ
Northern Ireland Open Not Held A 1R
UK Championship A A A 1R
Scottish Open Not Held A 1R
German Masters A A A LQ
World Grand Prix NR DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A A 1R
Shoot-Out NR A 1R
Indian Open A NH A LQ LQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open NH MR A 1R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held
China Open A A A LQ
World Championship LQ LQ A LQ
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World Championship A A 1R A A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters A A A LQ NR
Performance Table Legend
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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2018 3 Kings Open Austria Andreas Ploner 5–1

Amateur finals: 10 (7 titles, 3 runners-up)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2013 German Grand Prix - Event 3 Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2
Winner 2. 2013 German Championship Germany Roman Dietzel 4–2[6]
Winner 3. 2014 German Grand Prix - Event 1 Germany Sascha Lippe 4–3
Winner 4. 2014 German Grand Prix - Event 3 Germany Jan Eisenstein 3–1
Runner-up 1. 2014 German Grand Prix - Event 6 Germany Roman Dietzel 2–4
Winner 5. 2015 German Grand Prix - Event 1 Germany Simon Lichtenberg 4–0
Runner-up 2. 2015 German Grand Prix - Event 2 Denmark Rune Kampe 1–3
Winner 6. 2016 German Grand Prix - Event 2 Austria Andreas Ploner 3–2
Runner-up 3. 2016 European 6-Reds Championship Poland Mateusz Baranowski 3–4
Winner 7. 2016 German 6-red Championship Germany Robin Otto 4–0

References

  1. 1 2 "Career-total Statistics for Lukas Kleckers - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "Lukas Kleckers 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lukas Kleckers 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kleckers Books Tour Sport". World Snooker. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  6. ↑ "Lukas Kleckers is a German snooker champion". derwesten.de. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
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