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 former professional snooker player.
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.
Lee reached his first ever the last 32 of a ranking event in the Gibraltar Open , beating Curtis Daher 4–0 and Kuldesh Johal 4–3 before losing 0–4 to Andrew Higginson .
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 Table Legend
LQ
lost in the qualifying draw
#R
lost in the early rounds of the tournament
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.
^ a b c d e f g h i He was an amateur
^ a b c New players don't have a ranking
^ The event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) and European Open (2002/2003-2003/2004)
^ The event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)
^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2012/2013 and 2015/2016)
^ The event was called the Grand Prix (1998/1999 and 2008/2009) and the LG Cup (2002/2003-2003/2004)
^ The event was called the China International (1998/1999)
^ The event was called the Riga Open (2015/2016)
^ 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
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