Itaro Santos

Itaro Santos
Born (1985-07-28) 28 July 1985 (age 39)
Recife, Pernambuco
Sport country Brazil
Professional2015–2017
Highest ranking92 (May 2016)[1]

Itaro Santos (born 28 July 1985) is a German-born Brazilian former professional snooker player. Itaro is based at the Legends Snooker Academy in Leytonstone, England, United Kingdom.

Career

Since 2004 Santos has also competed for Germany, as his native Brazil was not then a member of the IBSF. He is a two-time German Amateur Championship and together with Lasse Münstermann and Sascha Lippe competed as part of Team Germany at the European Team Snooker Championship of 2007. Through a wildcard Santos has also competed in the finals of the World Series of Snooker 2008/09. However he only managed to finish third in his group and failed to qualify for the next round.

Santos won the 2015 Pan American Championship to earn a two-year card for the snooker tour beginning with the 2015–16 season.[2] He only played four matches in the 2015/2016 season, losing all of them.[3] Santos also lost all 12 of his matches in the 2016–17 season, though he was 3–1 ahead of world number six Shaun Murphy at the UK Championship, but was beaten 6–3. He has now dropped off the tour.[4][5]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2002/
03 		2004/
05 		2008/
09 		2012/
13 		2014/
15 		2015/
16 		2016/
17 		2018/
19
Ranking[6][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 92 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] Tournament Not Held Minor-Ranking LQ A
World Open[nb 5] A A A A Not Held LQ A
Paul Hunter Classic[nb 6] NH Pro-am Event Minor-Ranking Event A 1R
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R A
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 1R A
UK Championship A A A A A 1R 1R A
Scottish Open A Not Held MR Not Held 1R A
German Masters Tournament Not Held A A LQ LQ A
World Grand Prix Tournament Not Held NR DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A A A A 1R 1R A
Shoot Out Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event 1R A
Indian Open Tournament Not Held A NH LQ A
Players Championship[nb 7] Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held MR WD A
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ
China Open NH A A A A LQ LQ A
World Championship LQ LQ A A LQ A LQ A
Former ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open Tournament Not Held A A A Not Held
Shanghai Masters Not Held A A A A LQ NR
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Series Grand Final Not Held RR Tournament 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 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.
PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ a b c d e f He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. ^ The event was also called the Riga Open (2014/2015-2015/2016)
  5. ^ The event was also called the LG Cup (2002/2003) and the Grand Prix (2004/2005, 2008/2009)
  6. ^ The event was also called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005)
  7. ^ The event was also called the Players Tour Championship Final (2012/2013, 2014/2015-2015/2016)

Tournament wins

Amateur

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2005[7] German Amateur Championship Germany Lasse Münstermann 4–0
Runner-up 1. 2006 German Amateur Championship Germany Lasse Münstermann Unknown
Winner 2. 2008[8] German Amateur Championship Germany Christian Gabriel 4–0
Runner-up 2. 2009[9] German Amateur Championship Germany Patrick Einsle 2–4
Winner 1. 2015 Pan American Championship Brazil Thadeu Nobres 6-0

References

  1. ^ "WORLD RANKINGS After 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. ^ Acosta, Roberto (1 February 2015). "Brasil arrasó con los premios del Panamericano de Snooker" (in Spanish). Late!. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  3. ^ "Itaro Santos 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Itaro Santos 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  5. ^ "God told me to give up snooker - Ronnie O'Sullivan". ESPN (UK). Retrieved 10 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  7. ^ "German Champion 2005 is Itaro Santos". snookernachrichten.blogspot.com. Retrieved 14 November 2005.
  8. ^ "Christian Gabriel is German runner". snookerberlin.de. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
  9. ^ "Patrick Einsle on the German throne Snooker". snookernachrichten.blogspot.com. Retrieved 3 November 2009.