Andy Lee (snooker player)

English and Hong Kong snooker player

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

Andy Lee

Paul Hunter Classic 2018

Born|  (1980-11-27) 27 November 1980 (age 44)
Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
Sport country|  England (until 2011)
Hong Kong (since 2012)
Professional| 2008/2009, 2018–2020, 2022–2024
Highest ranking| 79 (June 2023)
Best ranking finish| Last 32 (x3)
Andy Lee

Chinese| 李俊威[1]
| Transcriptions

Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin| Lǐ Jùnwēi
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping| Lei5 Zeon3 Wai1
IPA| [lej˩˧ tsɵn˧.wɐj˥]

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

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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]

### 2018/2019

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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

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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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Tournament  | 1998/
99 | 2002/
03 | 2003/
04 | 2008/
09 | 2010/
11 | 2011/
12 | 2012/
13 | 2015/
16 | 2016/
17 | 2017/
18 | 2018/
19 | 2019/
20 | 2022/
23 | 2023/

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Ranking[4] | [nb 1] | [nb 1] | [nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 1] | [nb 1] | [nb 1] | [nb 1] | [nb 1] | [nb 1] | [nb 2] | 91 | [nb 2] | 79
Ranking tournaments
Championship League | Not Held  | Non-Ranking Event  | RR | RR
European Masters[nb 3] | A  | A  | A  | Tournament Not Held  | A  | A  | LQ  | LQ  | LQ  | LQ
British Open | A  | A  | A  | Tournament Not Held  | 1R | LQ
English Open | Tournament Not Held  | A  | A  | 1R | 2R | LQ  | LQ
Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held  | LQ
Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held  | A  | A  | 1R | 1R | 2R | LQ
International Championship | Tournament Not Held  | A  | A  | A  | A  | LQ  | LQ  | NH  | LQ
UK Championship | A  | A  | A  | LQ  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | 1R | LQ  | LQ
Shoot Out | Tournament Not Held  | Non-Ranking  | A  | A  | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R
Scottish Open[nb 4] | A  | A  | A  | Not Held  | MR  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | 2R | LQ  | LQ
World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ
German Masters | NR  | Not Held  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | LQ  | LQ  | LQ  | LQ
Welsh Open | A  | A  | A  | LQ  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | 1R | 3R | 1R | LQ
Players Championship[nb 5] | Tournament Not Held  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ
World Open[nb 6] | A  | A  | A  | LQ  | A  | A  | A  | NH  | A  | A  | 1R | LQ  | NH  | LQ
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ  | DNQ
World Championship | LQ  | LQ  | LQ  | LQ  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | LQ  | A  | LQ  | LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Haining Open | Tournament Not Held  | MR  | 3R | A  | 3R | A  | NH  | A
Former ranking tournaments
Northern Ireland Trophy | Not Held  | LQ  | Tournament Not Held
Bahrain Championship | Not Held  | LQ  | Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters | Not Held  | LQ  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | Non-Ranking  | NH  | NR
Paul Hunter Classic | Not Held  | PA  | Minor-Ranking Event  | LQ  | A  | 1R | NR  | Not Held
Indian Open | Tournament Not Held  | A  | A  | LQ  | Not Held
China Open[nb 7] | A  | Not Held  | LQ  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | A  | LQ  | Not Held
Riga Masters[nb 8] | Tournament Not Held  | MR  | A  | A  | LQ  | LQ  | Not Held
China Championship | Tournament Not Held  | NR  | A  | LQ  | LQ  | Not Held
Gibraltar Open | Tournament Not Held  | MR  | A  | A  | 3R | 1R | Not Held
WST Classic | Tournament Not Held  | 1R | NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship[nb 9] | Not Held  | A  | A  | A  | RR | A  | A  | RR | A  | A  | LQ  | NH
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.

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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. ^ a b c d e f g h i He was an amateur
2. ^ a b c New players don't have a ranking
3. ^ The event was called the Irish Open (1998/1999) and European Open (2002/2003-2003/2004)
4. ^ The event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)
5. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2010/2011–2012/2013 and 2015/2016)
6. ^ The event was called the Grand Prix (1998/1999 and 2008/2009) and the LG Cup (2002/2003-2003/2004)
7. ^ The event was called the China International (1998/1999)
8. ^ The event was called the Riga Open (2015/2016)
9. ^ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)

## Career titles

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### Amateur snooker

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

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andy Lee (snooker player).

* Andy Lee at the World Snooker Tour (archived)
* Andy Lee at snooker.org