Lucky Vatnani

Lucky Vatnani
Born (1985-12-23) 23 December 1985
Hyderabad, India[1]
Sport country  India
Professional 2011/12
Highest ranking 85 (May–July 2012)[2]
Career winnings £ 1,885[3]
Highest break 135 (2014 Q School – Event 2)[3]
Century breaks 4[3]
Best ranking finish Last 64 (2012 Welsh Open)[3]

Lucky Vatnani (23 December 1985) is an Indian former professional snooker player. He is from Hyderabad, India,[1] but was based in Sheffield, England during his snooker career.[4]

Career

Vantani, a graduate from Sheffield Hallam University in Business Administration,[4] showed promise in his amateur career, with a 6–5 loss to Pankaj Advani in 2010 Indian Championship, as well as a run to the last 16 of the IBSF World Snooker Championship in 2009 and winning the gold medal in the British University Snooker Championships during the same year.[4]

In 2011, he won a place on the World Snooker Tour for the 2011/2012 season.[4] However, he missed several events due to visa issues[1] and would struggle and only won two matches, both in the qualifying stages of the Welsh Open[4] and with three consecutive defeats to Adam Duffy in the first round of the World Open, China Open and World Snooker Championship ensured he was unable to reach the top 64 and therefore dropped of the tour at the end of the season.[4]

Vantani competed as an amateur in the preliminary rounds of the 2013 World Snooker Championship, but lost 5–3 to Paul Wykes.[5][6] He also attempted the regain his place on the tour via the Q School in 2012, 2013 and 2014, but was unsuccessful on each occasion.[3]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2012/
13
Ranking[7][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3] 85[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open NH WD A
Shanghai Masters A WD A
UK Championship A LQ A
German Masters A LQ A
Welsh Open A LQ A
World Open A LQ A
Players Tour Championship Grand Finals DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A LQ A
World Championship A LQ LQ
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.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

Amateur Year by Year Performances

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lucky Vatnani". World Snooker. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "The World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association official World Snooker ranking list for the 2012/2013 season". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 8 May 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 August 2012. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Lucky Vatnani". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lucky Vatnani". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "2013 Betfair World Championship Pre-Qualifiers results". World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 August 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  6. ↑ "Betfair World Championship Qualifiers (2013)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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