Dean Young (snooker player)
| Born | 7 January 2002 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Scotland |
| Professional | 2021–present |
| Highest ranking | 88 (October 2022) |
| Current ranking | 115 (as of 8 April 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (2022 Snooker Shoot Out) |
Dean Young (born 7 January 2002) is a Scottish professional snooker player.
Career
Young went to Firrhill High School and has been playing since the age of seven. He is based at the Locarno Snooker Club in Edinburgh.[1]
He won the U-21 Scotland National Snooker Championship in 2018 and 2019 defeating Aaron Graham on both occasions.[2]
In June 2021, Young came through event 3 of the 2021 Q School defeating Florian Nüßle and Mitchell Mann amongst others, before beating Haydon Pinhey 4–1 in the final round to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 seasons.[3] He was the only rookie from that year's Q-School.
After two years on the tour, he qualified again for a two-year card in June 2023 at Q School and described the first two years as his “apprenticeship”.[4] He started the 2023-24 season in July 2023 at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England. In the round-robin group stage he earned credible draws against top-50 ranked players Jak Jones and Jamie Jones.[5][6]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2021/ 22 |
2022/ 23 |
2023/ 24 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[7][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 88
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[nb 4] | ||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | NR | A | RR | A | RR | ||||
| European Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||
| British Open | Not Held | 1R | 1R | LQ | |||||
| English Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | ||||
International Championship
|
A | Not Held | LQ | ||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | 1R | LQ | LQ | ||||
| Shoot Out | 3R | 1R | 4R | 2R | 3R | ||||
| Scottish Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||
| German Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | LQ | 1R | WD | ||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||
| World Open | A | Not Held | NH | WD | |||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
WST Pro Series
|
NH | RR | Not Held | ||||||
| Turkish Masters | Not Held | LQ | Not Held | ||||||
| Gibraltar Open | A | A | WD | Not Held | |||||
WST Classic
|
Not Held | 1R | NH | ||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Six-red World Championship | A | Not Held | LQ | 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: 2 (1 title)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2019 | Challenge Tour – Event 7 |  Andrew Pagett
|
3–1 |
References
- ^ Gallacher, Michael (20 July 2020). "Dean Young just three victories away from snooker pro card". Edinburgh News. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
- ^ "Collumb Conquers Scottish Snooker's Premier Event". 15 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Q School 2021 - Event 3 Live Scores | World Snooker Live Scores". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Burden, Young, Heathcoate and Carrington regain cards". wst.tv. 6 June 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
- ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "Zhou and Jones make winners week". wst.tv. 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
External links
- Dean Young at the World Snooker Tour
- Dean Young at snooker.org
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