Dean Young (snooker player)
| Born | 7 January 2002 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Scotland |
| Professional | 2021– |
| Highest ranking | 113 (August 2021) |
| Current ranking | 96 (as of 2 December 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2020 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 Q-School - Event 3 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.
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2021/ 22 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[4][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | ||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | NR | A | RR | ||||||
| British Open | Not Held | 1R | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| English Open | A | A | |||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | |||||||
| Scottish Open | A | A | |||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Shoot-Out | 3R | 1R | |||||||
| German Masters | A | A | |||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| European Masters | A | A | |||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | |||||||
| Turkish Masters | Not Held | ||||||||
| Gibraltar Open | A | A | |||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| WST Pro Series | NH | RR | 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. | |||
| VF / Variant Format Event | means an event is/was a variant format event. | |||
Career finals
Amateur finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 1. | 2019 | Challenge Tour - Event 7 |  Andrew Pagett
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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.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
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