Fixtures

German Masters Qualifiers 2026 01/05 19:00 - Artemijs Zizins vs Liu Wenwei View
Welsh Open 01/09 16:00 7 Artemijs Zizins vs Ross Muir View

Results

Scottish Open 2025 12/15 14:35 6 Stuart Bingham v Artemijs Zizins 4-2
Snooker Shoot-Out 2025 12/11 13:00 7 Artemijs Zizins v Vladislav Gradinari CANC
UK Championship Qualifiers 2025 11/27 13:00 10 Artemijs Zizins v David Lilley 5-6
UK Championship Qualifiers 2025 11/25 14:30 9 Ali Carter v Artemijs Zizins 4-6
UK Championship Qualifiers 2025 11/24 09:30 8 Artemijs Zizins v Ka Wai Cheung 6-3
Scottish Open Qualifiers 2025 10/15 12:30 8 Jimmy Robertson v Artemijs Zizins 2-4
Scottish Open Qualifiers 2025 10/14 12:00 7 Artemijs Zizins v Mateusz Baranowski 4-3
International Championship Quals 2025 10/02 13:30 7 Gary Wilson v Artemijs Zizins 6-3
English Open Qualifers 2025 09/12 09:00 7 Artemijs Zizins v Yao Pengcheng 3-4
Northern Ireland Open Qualifier 2025 09/07 09:00 8 Fan Zhengyi v Artemijs Zizins 4-2
Northern Ireland Open Qualifier 2025 09/05 12:00 7 Artemijs Zizins v Zhao Hanyang 4-2
Xi’an Grand Prix Qualifiers 2025 09/01 09:00 7 Long Zehuang v Artemijs Zizins 5-1

Wikipedia - Artemijs Žižins

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. He is the first ever professional player from Latvia.

History

In 2022. he became European U16 champion defeating Liam Davies in the semi-final and Moldovan Vladislav Gradinari in the final.

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.

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.

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. In June 2024, he made his professional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester, losing 3–0 to former world champion John Higgins.

In July 2024, he recorded a 5-3 win over experienced professional Robbie Williams in qualifying for the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix. He reached the third round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters, in which he was defeated by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. In the previous round, he scored a 137 break in a deciding frame victory against Xu Si. At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024, he reached the round of 64 with wins over Duane Jones and Robbie Williams. He also qualified for the 2025 German Masters, achieving a 5–4 win over Englishman Matthew Selt.

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. 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. 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.

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. He reached the last-64 of the 2025 Scottish Open with a win over Jimmy Robertson before losing to former world champion Stuart Bingham.