Dean Young (snooker player)

Dean Young
Born (2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 (age 22)
Sport country Scotland
Professional2021–present
Highest ranking87 (August 2024)
Current ranking 96 (as of 2 December 2024)
Best ranking finishLast 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 		2024/
25
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 88 [nb 4] 90
Ranking tournaments
Championship League NR A RR A RR RR
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 1R
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 2R
English Open A A LQ LQ LQ LQ
British Open Not Held 1R 1R LQ LQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held LQ LQ
Northern Ireland Open A A LQ LQ 1R LQ
International Championship A Not Held LQ 1R
UK Championship A A 1R LQ LQ LQ
Shoot Out 3R 1R 4R 2R 3R 1R
Scottish Open A A LQ LQ LQ
German Masters A A LQ LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A LQ 1R WD
World Open A Not Held WD
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Tour Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Pro Series NH RR Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters Not Held LQ Not Held
Gibraltar Open A A WD Not Held
WST Classic Not Held 1R Not Held
European Masters A A LQ LQ LQ NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship A Not Held LQ Not Held
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.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. ^ Players qualified through the Q School started the season without ranking points

Career finals

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2019 Challenge Tour – Event 7 Wales Andrew Pagett 3–1

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Collumb Conquers Scottish Snooker's Premier Event". 15 May 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Burden, Young, Heathcoate and Carrington regain cards". wst.tv. 6 June 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  5. ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  6. ^ "Zhou and Jones make winners week". wst.tv. 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  7. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.