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Artemijs Žižins - Wikipedia

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Artemijs Žižins
Born	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 18)
Sport country	Latvia
Professional	2024–present
Highest ranking	91 (September 2024)
Current ranking	99 (as of 8 December 2024)
Best ranking finish	Last 64 (x3)

Artemijs Žižins (born 2 June 2006) is a Latvian professional snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2024–25 snooker season.^[1] He is the first ever professional player from Latvia.

Career

In 2022 he became European U16 champion defeating Liam Davies in the semi final and Moldovan Vladislav Gradinari in the final.^[2]

In June 2023, shortly after turning 17 years-old, Žižins defeated five-time champion Rodion Judin 5-2 to claim his first Latvian National Snooker Championship.^[3]

In March 2024, he reached the semi-finals of the EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship where he was defeated by eventual champion Bulcsú Révész of Hungary.^[4]

2024/25

In May 2024, he entered European Q School and recorded victories over former professional Iulian Boiko of Ukraine, and a 4-2 win over veteran professional Mark Joyce. In the final round he beat Kayden Brierley to win a two-year assured place on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024-25 snooker season.^[5]^[6]^[7] In June 2024, he made his precessional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester, losing 3-0 to former world champion John Higgins.^[8]

In July 2024, he recorded a 5-3 win over experienced professional Robbie Williams in qualifying for the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix.^[9] He reached the third round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters where he was defeated by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.^[10] In the previous round, he scored a 137 break in a deciding frame victory against Xu Si.^[11] At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024, he reached the round of 64 with wins over Duane Jones and Robbie Williams.^[12]^[13]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2024/ 25
Ranking^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	RR
Xi'an Grand Prix	1R
Saudi Arabia Masters	3R
English Open	1R
British Open	LQ
Wuhan Open	LQ
Northern Ireland Open	LQ
International Championship	LQ
UK Championship	LQ
Shoot Out	2R
Scottish Open	LQ
German Masters
Welsh Open
World Open
World Grand Prix
Players Championship
Tour Championship
World Championship

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.

^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Career finals

Amateur finals: 5 (4 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2020	Baltic Snooker League - Event 2	Vilius Schulte-Ebbert	4–1
Runner-up	1.	2022	Latvia Amateur Championship	Andrej Pripjoks	0–5
Winner	2.	2022	European Under-16 Championship	Vladislav Gradinari	2–1
Winner	3.	2023	Latvia Amateur Championship	Rodion Judin	5–2
Winner	4.	2024	Latvia Amateur Championship (2)	Andrej Pripjoks	5–3

References

^ "Artemijs Žižins". snookerscores.net. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ Barroso, Antonio (14 June 2022). "Artemis Zizins U16 european champion!". ebsa.tv. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ "YOUNGSTER ŽIŽINS WINS LATVIAN SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP". wpbsa. 20 June 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ "Snooker: Bulcsú Révész defended his U18 European championship title". utanpotlassport.hu. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ "LATVIAN TEENAGER ARTEMIJS ZIZINS SECURES WORLD SNOOKER TOUR CARD WITH Q SCHOOL GLORY AS ALLAN TAYLOR BOOKS RETURN TICKET". Eurosport. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ "EMERY CLOSES IN ON IMMEDIATE RETURN". wst.tv. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
^ "PINHEY ENDS Q SCHOOL HEARTACHE TO TURN PROFESSIONAL". wst.tv. 26 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
^ "JOHN HIGGINS SUFFERS EARLY EXIT AT CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER, GARY WILSON REACHES LAST 32". Eurosport. 25 June 2024. Retrieved 25 June 2024.
^ "Thunder scorches path to Xi'an". wst.tv. 26 July 2024. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
^ "SAUDI ARABIA SNOOKER MASTERS: DAY THREE AFTERNOON". wst.tv. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ "SAUDI ARABIA SNOOKER MASTERS: DAY TWO AFTERNOON". wst.tv. 31 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
^ "BetVictor English Open - Thursday round-up". World Snooker Tour. 12 September 2024. Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
^ "BetVictor English Open - Saturday round-up". World Snooker Tour. 14 September 2024. Archived from the original on 15 September 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

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