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{{short description|Indian snooker player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox snooker player
| name = Lucky Vatnani
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|12|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hyderabad]], [[India]]<ref name="ws" />
| Sport country = {{IND}}
| Nickname =
| Professional = 2011/2012
| High ranking = 85 (May–July 2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=The World Professional Billiards & Snooker Association official World Snooker ranking list for the 2012/2013 season |date=8 May 2012 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/1d/b0/0,,13165~176157,00.pdf |format=PDF |work=worldsnooker.com |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] |accessdate=18 August 2014 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/69tDLWozD?url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/1d/b0/0,,13165~176157,00.pdf |archivedate=13 August 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| Prize money = [[Pound sterling|£]]1,885
| High break = '''137''': 2019 Q School – Event 2
| Century break = 6
| Best finish = Last 64 ([[2012 Welsh Open (snooker)|2012 Welsh Open]])
| Ranking wins =
| Other wins =
| World champ =
}}
'''Lucky Vatnani''' (born 23 December 1985) is an [[India]]n former professional [[snooker]] player. He is from [[Hyderabad]], [[India]],<ref name="ws"/> but was based in [[Sheffield]], [[England]] during his snooker career.<ref name="psb">{{cite web|title=Lucky Vatnani|url=http://www.prosnookerblog.com/players/u-z/lucky-vatnani/|publisher=Pro Snooker Blog|accessdate=18 August 2014}}</ref>

==Career==
Vantani, a graduate from [[Sheffield Hallam University]] in Business Administration,<ref name="psb"/> showed promise in his amateur career, with a 6–5 loss to [[Pankaj Arjan Advani|Pankaj Advani]] in 2010 Indian Championship, as well as a run to the last 16 of the [[IBSF World Snooker Championship]] in 2009 and winning the gold medal in the British University Snooker Championships during the same year.<ref name="psb"/>

In 2011, he won a place on the [[World Snooker Tour]] for the [[2011–12 snooker season|2011–12 season]].<ref name="psb"/> However, he missed several events due to visa issues<ref name="ws">{{cite web|title=Lucky Vatnani|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/PlayersAlphabeticalArticle/0,,13165~2397553,00.html|publisher=World Snooker|accessdate=18 August 2014}}</ref> and would struggle and only won two matches, both in the qualifying stages of the [[2012 Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]]<ref name="psb"/> and with three consecutive defeats to [[Adam Duffy]] in the first round of the [[2012 World Open (snooker)|World Open]], [[2012 China Open (snooker)|China Open]] and [[2012 World Snooker Championship|World Snooker Championship]] ensured he was unable to reach the top 64 and therefore dropped of the tour at the end of the season.<ref name="psb"/>

Vantani competed as an amateur in the preliminary rounds of the [[2013 World Snooker Championship]], but lost 5–3 to [[Paul Wykes]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/b9a79248-067d-4dfc-a427-63b2ef03f4bd.pdf |title=2013 Betfair World Championship Pre-Qualifiers results |publisher=[[World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association]] |accessdate=18 August 2014 |archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/6FffCbhPC?url=http://3a43ed9bbf8e4c3a0092-e5ae3e47d460213726cd286f2f322a12.r38.cf3.rackcdn.com/b9a79248-067d-4dfc-a427-63b2ef03f4bd.pdf |archivedate=6 April 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Snooker.org Qualifiers">{{cite web|title=Betfair World Championship Qualifiers (2013)|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=225|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=18 August 2014}}</ref> He also attempted the regain his place on the tour via the [[World Snooker Q School|Q School]] in 2012, 2013 and 2014, but was unsuccessful on each occasion.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}

In May 2018 he entered [[Q School (snooker)|Q School]] in a bid to re-enter the professional snooker tour.<ref>http://www.worldsnooker.com/q-school-event-two-final-day-line-up/</ref>

==Performance and rankings timeline==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! '''Tournament'''
! [[2010–11 snooker season|2010/ 11]]
! [[2011–12 snooker season|2011/ 12]]
! [[2012–13 snooker season|2012/ 13]]
|-
| style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Snooker world rankings|Ranking]]<ref name="Ranking history">{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=6 February 2011}}</ref><ref group="nb">It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.</ref>
| align="center" |<ref group="nb" name="AMA">He was an amateur.</ref>
| align="center" |<ref group="nb">New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.</ref>
| align="center" |<ref group="nb" name="AMA"/>
|-
| colspan="10" | '''Ranking tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Australian Goldfields Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Shanghai Masters (snooker)|Shanghai Masters]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[UK Championship]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[German Masters]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Welsh Open (snooker)|Welsh Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Open (snooker)|World Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Players Championship Grand Final|Players Tour Championship Grand Finals]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[China Open (snooker)|China Open]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[World Snooker Championship|World Championship]]
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ
|-

|}
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend
|-
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ
| lost in the qualifying draw
| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R
| lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| lost in the quarter-finals
|-
| align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
| lost in the semi-finals
| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
| lost in the final
| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
| won the tournament
|-
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ
| did not qualify for the tournament
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A
| did not participate in the tournament
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD
| withdrew from the tournament
|}
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held || means an event was not held.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event || means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event || means an event is/was a ranking event.
|-
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event || means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
|}
{{Reflist|group=nb}}

==Amateur Year by Year Performances==
{{BLP unsourced section|date=April 2015}}
<ref>{{cite web|title=cuesportsindia|url=http://www.cuesportsindia.com/myweb/profile/lucky_vatnani.htm|website=www.cuesportsindia.com}}</ref>
*2015 Semi Finalist – Snooker Crown – All India open tournament – Delhi
*2015 Quarter Finalist All India Invitational Snooker event – Chennai
*2014 Top 16 World Snooker Championship – Bangalore
*2013 APBSA Snooker event – Winner
*2013 Indian Open pre-qualifying – Delhi – Qualifier
*2013 Film Nagar Snooker event – Winner
*2013 Simply Snooker Academy event – Winner
*2013 All India Bhimavaram Invitational Snooker event – Winner
*2012 79th Indian National Snooker Championship – Rank 6
*2011 CCI Invitational Snooker Tournament – Quarter Finalist
*2011 Shyam Shroff Memorial – Khar Gymkhana Invitational Snooker Tournament – Quarter Finalist
*2010 77th Indian National Snooker Championship – Runner-up
*2009 IBSF World Snooker (Men) Championship – Top 16
*2009 76th Indian National Snooker Championship – Top 16
*2009 BUCS Singles Snooker Championship – Gold Medalist
*2009 CCI Platinum Jubilee Snooker Championship – Top 16
*2008 75th Indian National Snooker Championship – Top 16
*2008 3rd PCL-Manisha Invitation Snooker Championship – Runner-up
*2008 Siri Fort Handicap Snooker Championship – Winner
*2007 74th Indian National Snooker Championship – Top 16
*2006 India National Billiards & Snooker (U-21) Ranked 3
*2006 AP State Senior Billiards & Snooker Championship – winner
*2006 AP State Snooker (U-21) Champion
*2005 AP State Snooker (U-21) Champion
*2004 AP State Snooker (U-21) Champion
*2003 AP State Snooker (U-21) Champion
*2002 AP State Snooker (U-21) Champion
*2001 AP State Snooker (U-21) Champion

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/PlayersAlphabeticalArticle/0,,13165~2397553,00.html Profile on worldsnooker.com]
*
* [http://www.prosnookerblog.com/players/u-z/lucky-vatnani/ Profile on Pro Snooker Blog]

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[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Hyderabad, India]]
[[Category:Indian snooker players]]
[[Category:Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University]]
[[Category:Cue sports players from Telangana]]

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