# Simon Lichtenberg

Simon Lichtenberg (born 15 December 1997) is a German former professional snooker player.

## Career

Lichtenberg was the German amateur champion in 2016 and won the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships in 2018. With this win he was awarded a two-year card for the professional snooker tour from the 2018–19 season onwards.
He lost his tour card at the end of the 2020 season after failing to make the top 64, but he regained it in the first Q School event by beating Leo Fernandez 4–1 in the final.

## Performance and rankings timeline

| Tournament | 2016/ 17 | 2017/ 18 | 2018/ 19 | 2019/ 20 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 |
| Ranking | | | | 93 | | 71 |
| Ranking tournaments |||||||
| Championship League | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | RR | RR |
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | 1R |
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R |
| English Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | LQ |
| UK Championship | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R |
| Scottish Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Shoot-Out | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R |
| German Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| European Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | 2R | LQ |
| Welsh Open | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | LQ |
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | 1R |
| Gibraltar Open | LQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | WD |
| Tour Championship | Not Held | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| World Championship | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| Former ranking tournaments |||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | 1R | LQ | 2R | NR | Not Held | Not Held |
| Indian Open | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| China Open | A | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| Riga Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | Not Held | Not Held |
| International Championship | A | A | LQ | LQ | Not Held | Not Held |
| China Championship | NR | A | LQ | LQ | Not Held | Not Held |
| World Open | A | A | 1R | LQ | Not Held | Not Held |
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | RR | NH |
| Former non-ranking tournaments |||||||
| Haining Open | A | A | 1R | A | Not Held | Not Held |
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 | NH / Not Held | NH / Not Held | NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. |
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |
| R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. |
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |
* ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
* 1 2 He was an amateur.
* ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
* ↑ Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points.

## Career finals
### Amateur finals: 11 (7 titles)

| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2015 | German Grand Prix - Event 1 | Lukas Kleckers | 0–4 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2016 | German Grand Prix - Event 1 | Andreas Ploner | 1–3 |
| Winner | 1. | 2016 | German Grand Prix - Event 3 | Roman Dietzel | 3–2 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2016 | German Grand Prix - Event 4 | Roy Stolk | 1–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 2016 | German Amateur Championship | Roman Dietzel | 4–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 2017 | German Grand Prix - Event 2 | Jan Eisenstein | 1–3 |
| Winner | 3. | 2017 | German Grand Prix - Event 5 | Omar Alkojah | 3–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 2017 | German 6-red Championship | Christoph Gawlytta | 5–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 2018 | EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships | Tyler Rees | 6–3 |
| Winner | 6. | 2018 | German Grand Prix - Event 4 | Jörn Hannes-Hühn | 3–0 |
| Winner | 7. | 2019 | German Grand Prix - Event 4 | Richard Wienold | 3–1 |