Alexander Ursenbacher
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| Born |
26 April 1996 Rheinfelden, Aargau |
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| Sport country |
 Switzerland
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| Professional | 2013–2015, 2017– |
| Highest ranking | 102 (June–July 2014) |
| Career winnings | £13,683 |
| Highest break | 140 (2013 Q School Event 2) |
| Century breaks | 7 |
| Best ranking finish | Last 48 (2017 World Championship) |
Alexander Ursenbacher (born 26 April 1996) is a Swiss professional snooker player from Rheinfelden. He is Switzerland's second professional snooker player after Darren Paris, who competed on the main tour in the mid-1990s. He is current Under-21 European Snooker Champion.
Having qualified for the main tour through Q-School in 2013, where he defeated Paul Wykes in his quarter-final match, Ursenbacher lost his professional status upon the expiry of his two-year tour card in 2015, however regained it two years later after defeating Jackson Page 6–4 in the final of the 2017 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship.
Ursenbacher started playing snooker in 2008. He has won a host of junior titles in his native Switzerland and has won the national championship twice, due in large part to his stays at Snooker Academies in Sheffield and Gloucester and individual training by former World Championship semi-finalist Ian McCulloch.
In 2013 he turned professional by coming through Q School. After an early defeat in Event One, he played superbly throughout Event Two, losing just one frame in four matches and scoring a top break of 140. He beat nine-time Ladies' World Champion Reanne Evans 4–1, then in the final round he saw off experienced former pro Paul Wykes 4–0.
Ursenbacher experienced a tough start to his debut season as a professional, losing his first seven matches. His first win came in November at the minor-ranking Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup against former world champion Ken Doherty, and he was close to following it with another defeat of a world champion in the form of Peter Ebdon in the next round, ultimately losing 4–3. He failed to win another match until the season-ending World Championship, where he came back from 6–2 down to win 10–7 against David Morris. He lost in the next round 10–5 to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
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