Artemijs Žižins
Latvian snooker player
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Artemijs Žižins (born 2 June 2006) is a Latvian professional snooker player. He 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.[2]
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Žižins in 2025 | |
| Born | 2 June 2006 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Latvia |
| Professional | 2024–present |
| Highest ranking | 68 (March 2026) |
| Current ranking | 89 (as of 7 September 2026) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (x2) |
Career
In 2022 he became European U16 champion defeating Liam Davies in the semi-final and Moldovan Vladislav Gradinari in the final.[3]
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.[4]
In March 2024, he reached the semi-final of the EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship where he was defeated by eventual champion Bulcsú Révész of Hungary.[5]
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 Mark Joyce. In the final round he beat Kayden Brierley to win a two-year place on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024-25 snooker season.[6][7][2] In June 2024, he made his professional 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 Robbie Williams in qualifying for the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix.[9] He reached the third round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters, in which 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] He also qualified for the 2025 German Masters, achieving a 5–4 win over Englishman Matthew Selt.[14]
2025/26
In June 2025, he was drawn to make his season debut in the first round of qualifying for the 2025 Wuhan Open where he defeated He Guoqiang of China 5-1.[15] In the qualifying round for the 2025 British Open, he was building a 147 break when he missed the 14th black, in a 4-2 defeat to Bai Yulu.[16] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Si Jiahui, Farakh Ajaib and Kayden Brierley, winning all three matches with the loss of only one frame, to top the group.[17][18]
In qualifying for the 2025 UK Championship, he defeated Cheung Ka Wai 6-3 with a top break of 133, before winning 6-4 against Ali Carter but then narrowly missing a place in the last-32, with a 6-5 defeat to David Lilley.[19][20][21] He reached the last-64 of the 2025 Scottish Open with a win over Jimmy Robertson before losing to former world champion Stuart Bingham.[22][23]
In March 2026, he reached the last-16 of a ranking event for the first time at the 2026 World Open, which saw his ranking rise to a career-high world no. 68.[24]
2026/27
At the start of the 2026-27 season, Zizins beat David Lilley to set up a match against reigning World Champion Wu Yize at the 2026 Wuhan Open, which he won 5-4 on 24 August for the biggest win of his career.[25][26] In September, he reached the last-16 of the 2026 British Open.[27]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2024/ 25 |
2025/ 26 |
2026/ 27 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | 78 | [nb 3] | ||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | RR | 2R | RR | ||||||
| China Open | Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Wuhan Open | LQ | 1R | 1R | ||||||
| British Open | LQ | LQ | 3R | ||||||
| English Open | 1R | LQ | 1R | ||||||
| Shenzhen Open[nb 4] | 1R | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| International Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| UK Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Shoot Out | 2R | WD | |||||||
| Scottish Open | LQ | 1R | |||||||
| German Masters | 1R | LQ | |||||||
| Welsh Open | LQ | 1R | |||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| World Open | LQ | 3R | |||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | 3R | 3R | 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. | |||
| 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
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 |
