David Lilley (snooker player)

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David Lilley
Born (1975-10-19) 19 October 1975 (age 46)
Sport country England
Professional2019–2021
Highest ranking86 (October 2020)
Best ranking finishQuarter-final (x1)
Tournament wins
Non-ranking1

David Lilley (born 19 October 1975) is an English former professional snooker player.[1]

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 it with a score of 8–7 against Robert Marshall. In 1999, he won 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 .

In February 2002, he participated for the first time in qualifying for the World Snooker Championship, but retired in the second qualifying round against .

2004 Lilley won 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 narrowly defeated in the semi-finals 6–8 by the eventual champion Mark Allen. In qualifying for the 2005 World Snooker Championship, he retired in the third round against Stuart Mann. In the English Amateur Championship 2007, he only just lost in the final against Martin Gould by 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 .

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 17th on the Q-School Order of Merit he could 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 qualified for a ranking tournament for the first time. 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, where he lost to England's Shaun Murphy 2–4.[2]

He was first on the Q School Order of Merit in 2018. He played very well in the 18/19 season, just missing out on gaining a tour card for the 19/20 season numerous times; he was 4th on the challenge tour list, and lost 5–4 to Kacper Filipiak in the 2019 EBSA European Snooker Championship, where a win would have granted him a place on the tour. He will appear in Snooker 19, making him the only player in the game who has never turned pro (the other amateurs in the game are former pros).

On 23 May 2019, he beat Sean Maddocks 4–0 in the final qualifying round of Q School - Event 1, finally becoming a pro after 30 years as an amateur.[3]

On 9 May 2021, Lilley overcame Jimmy White 5–3 to become the World Seniors Champion,[4] entitling him to play in the 2021 Champion of Champions tournament.[5]

Performance and rankings timeline[]

Tournament 2001/
02 		2004/
05 		2012/
13 		2016/
17 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2019/
20 		2020/
21 		2021/
22
Ranking[6][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 90 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Not Held Non-Ranking Event RR 2R
British Open A A Tournament Not Held 2R
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 1R A 2R 2R 1R LQ
English Open Tournament Not Held A LQ 2R 1R 3R LQ
UK Championship A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 1R
Scottish Open A Not Held A A 3R 1R 1R 2R
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Shoot-Out Not Held NR A 2R A 2R 1R
German Masters Not Held A A A LQ LQ LQ LQ
Players Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
European Masters A A NH A A LQ 1R WD LQ
Welsh Open A A A A A 1R 1R 2R
Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held LQ A 1R 2R 2R
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ A A A LQ LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Champion of Champions Tournament Not Held A A A A A 1R
World Seniors Championship Not Held A A A NH A A W
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic[nb 4] NH PA MR 1R A A NR Not Held
Indian Open Tournament Not Held QF A A Tournament Not Held
China Open A A A A A LQ Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters Tournament Not Held A A 1R LQ Not Held
International Championship Not Held A LQ A 2R LQ Not Held
China Championship Tournament Not Held NR A A LQ Not Held
World Open[nb 5] A A A A A 1R LQ Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR NH
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 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.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g He was an amateur.
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ^ The event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005)
  5. ^ The event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002) and Grand Prix (2004/2005)

Career finals[]

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)[]

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2021 World Seniors Championship England Jimmy White 5–3

Amateur finals: 13 (6 titles)[]

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1995 EBSA European Snooker Championship England David Gray 8–7
Runner-up 1. 1995 IBSF World Snooker Championship Thailand Sakchai Sim-Ngam 7–11
Winner 2. 1997 English Amateur Championship England Robert Marshall 8–7
Winner 3. 1999 English Amateur Championship England Andrew Norman 8–5
Runner-up 2. 1999 IBSF World Snooker Championship Wales Ian Preece 8–11
Runner-up 3. 2000 English Amateur Championship England Nick Marsh 5–8
Winner 4. 2004 English Amateur Championship England Wayne Cooper 8–6
Runner-up 4. 2007 English Amateur Championship England Martin Gould 7–8
Runner-up 5. 2017 English Amateur Championship England Billy Joe Castle 7–10
Winner 5. 2018 Challenge Tour – Event 5 England Brandon Sargeant 3–1
Runner-up 6. 2018 Challenge Tour – Event 8 England Simon Bedford 1–3
Runner-up 7. 2019 EBSA European Snooker Championship Poland Kacper Filipiak 4–5
Winner 6. 2021 Q Tour – Event 1 China Si Jiahui 5–1

References[]

  1. ^ "David Lilley - Player Profile - Snooker".
  2. ^ Ãrdalen, Hermund. "David Lilley - Players - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  3. ^ "LILLEY BLOSSOMS TO EARN PRO CARD". World Snooker. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  4. ^ "World Seniors Snooker: David Lilley claims title with win over Jimmy White". BBC Sport. 9 May 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ Caulfield, David (10 May 2021). "David Lilley Becomes World Seniors Snooker Champion". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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