Florian Nüßle (born 18 December 2001) is an Austrian snooker player from Graz.[1] In 2017, aged 16, he became his country's youngest national snooker champion.
 Paul Hunter Classic 2018 | |
| Born | 18 December 2001 Graz, Austria |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Austria |
| Best ranking finish | Quarter-final (2024 Shoot Out) |
Career
editNational tournaments
editFlorian Nüßle became interested in snooker as a child and played pool with a standing aid when he was five years old. He also played football in his youth for five years for SK Sturm Graz, and golf, but ultimately opted for snooker. After obtaining his secondary school certificate he went to the UK with the aim of becoming a professional player.[2]
He first participated in the Austrian national youth championships in 2007, and won his first national title in the under–16 age group at the age of 13, defending his title in the following two years. In 2015 he won the under–21 title and defended it in the years that followed. At 16, he became the youngest player to win the national championship when he won the Austrian National Championship.[3] He also became ranked as Austrian number one that season.[3] In 2018 he played Andreas Ploner in the final, winning 5–2.[3]
International tournaments
editAfter his first national youth title, he played in the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships and IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship. At the 2017 event, he reached the quarter-finals of the under-21 event. He also entered the IBSF World Snooker Championship that year, reaching the semi-finals losing to eventual champion Pankaj Advani 4–7.[4] From 2017, he competed in the annual pro-am Paul Hunter Classic (PHC), an amateur tournament from the World Snooker Tour. He would defeat professional player Elliot Slessor during the 2018 event.[5]
Performance and rankings timeline
edit| Tournament | 2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2022/ 23 |
2023/ 24 |
2024/ 25 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[6][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | ||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking | A | RR | RR | RR | ||||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | A | |||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | A | |||||||||||
| English Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||
| British Open | Not Held | A | A | A | A | ||||||||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | A | A | ||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| International Championship | A | A | A | Not Held | A | A | |||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| Shoot Out | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | QF | ||||||
| Scottish Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | |||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||
| World Open | A | A | A | Not Held | A | ||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Tour Championship | NH | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | |||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | LQ | 1R | NR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||
| WST Pro Series | Not Held | RR | Not Held | ||||||||||
| European Masters | A | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | A | NH | ||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | Ranking | 1R | 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. | |||
Career finals
editAmateur finals: 8 (5 titles)
edit| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2017 | Austrian Amateur Championship |  Oskar Charlesworth
|
5–0 |
| Winner | 2. | 2018 | Austrian Amateur Championship (2) | Andreas Ploner
|
5–2 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships |  Jackson Page
|
3–5 |
| Winner | 3. | 2019 | Austrian Amateur Championship (3) | Andreas Ploner
|
5–4 |
| Winner | 4. | 2020 | Austrian Amateur Championship (4) | Jérôme Liedtke
|
5–0 |
| Winner | 5. | 2022 | IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship |  Taweesap Kongkitchertchoo
|
6–5[7] |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2022 | EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships |  Ben Mertens
|
1–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2023 | Q Tour – Playoff |  Ashley Carty
|
2–5 |
References
edit- ^ Christian Sprenger (9 May 2018). "Florian Nüßle - 16-jähriger Österreicher arbeitet an Karriere als Snooker-Profi" (in German). Salzburger Nachrichten. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Birgit Riezinger (3 January 2017). "Florian Nüßle: Großes Talent am grünen Tisch" (in German). Der Standard. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ a b c "Florian Nüßle: Die Snooker-Weltspitze im Fokus" (in German). Kleine Zeitung. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Florian Nüßle: Die Snooker-Weltspitze im Fokus" (in German). Kleine Zeitung. 21 April 2018. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ Jürgen Kesseler (25 August 2018). "GST pink Nürnberg 23.-25.08.18 sideevent PHC" (in German). Snookermania. Retrieved 11 September 2018.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ^ "Wendy Jans wins her 8th World title; Florian claims his maiden world championship title". IBSF. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
