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Andy Lee (snooker player)

Andy Lee (snooker player)

English and Hong Kong snooker player

Andy Lee (Chinese: 李俊威; born 27 November 1980), also known as Lee Chun Wai, is an English and Hong Kong professional snooker player.

In this Chinese name, the family name is Lee (李).
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Career

He qualified for the main tour for the 2008–09 season by beating Adam Duffy 6–3 in the 2008 English Pro Ticket Tour Play-offs. In his début season, he reached the last 64 of the Royal London Watches Grand Prix, beating Lewis Roberts 5–2 and Barry Pinches 5–4 before losing 2–5 to Jimmy Michie; in the China Open, Lee beat Matthew Selt and Paul Davies before losing at the same stage to Gerard Greene. Having earned £5,000 in prize money, Lee finished the season ranked 83rd and was relegated from the main tour.

As an amateur, Lee competed in the Players Tour Championship series between 2010 and 2016, without any success. He entered the 2018 Q School in an attempt to win back a place on the main tour; in the first event he lost in the last 32, 0–4 to Thor Chuan Leong. He progressed one round further in the second event, being eliminated 1–4 by Lu Ning in the last 16. In the third event he beat Kuldesh Johal 4–2 in the quarter-finals to regain his professional status after a hiatus of nine years.[2]

Lee lost the Last 64 2018 World Open 1–5 to Neil Robertson and lost the Last 128 2018 Paul Hunter Classic 3–4 to English Amateur player Reggie Edwards.

Personal life

Lee was born in the United Kingdom, to parents who were emigrated from Hong Kong to the UK in 1975. His father was a Hong Kong policeman. He was educated at John Cleveland College and De Montfort University.[3]

Performance and rankings timeline

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R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.
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    He was an amateur
  2. [N 2]
    New players don't have a ranking
  3. [N 3]
    The event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) and European Open (2002/2003-2003/2004)
  4. [N 4]
    The event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  5. [N 5]
    The event was called the Players Tour Championship Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
  6. [N 6]
    The event was called the Grand Prix (1998/1999 and 2008/2009) and the LG Cup (2002/2003-2003/2004)
  7. [N 7]
    The event was called the China International (1998/1999)
  8. [N 8]
    The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)

Career titles

Amateur snooker

  • IBSF World Team Snooker Championships - 2014
  • Hong Kong 6-Red Open Championship - 2011, 2013, 2017
  • Hong Kong Snooker Open Championship - 2012 (Event 2), 2013 (Event 1, Event 3), 2016 (Event 2), 2017 (Event 2), 2018 (Event 1)[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Hong Kong Billiard Sports Control Council Co., Ltd". Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  2. [2]
    Results (Q School 3 2018) - snooker.org
  3. [3]
    "Hinckley snooker star Andy Lee's future looks bright". Hinckley Times. 5 March 2009. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
  4. [4]
    "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  5. [5]
    "Elite Athletes". Hong Kong Billiard Sports Control Council Co., Ltd. Archived from the original on 1 November 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
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