Luca Brecel
![]() Brecel at the 2022 European Masters | |
Born | Dilsen-Stokkem, Belgium | 8 March 1995
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Sport country | ![]() |
Nickname | The Belgian Bullet[1] |
Professional | 2011–present |
Highest ranking | 2 (May 2023) |
Current ranking | 4 (as of 16 July 2024) |
Maximum breaks | 1 |
Century breaks | 216 (as of 23 August 2024) |
Tournament wins | |
Ranking | 4 |
World Champion | 2023 |
Luca Brecel (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlukaː breːˈsɛl];[3] born 8 March 1995) is a Belgian professional snooker player. A four-time ranking event winner, Brecel is the reigning World Snooker Champion, having won the 2023 event by defeating four-time World Champion Mark Selby 18–15 in the final.
He became the first player from mainland Europe to win a ranking event when he won the 2017 China Championship, and then went on to win other ranking events: the 2021 Scottish Open and 2022 Championship League. He then became the first player from mainland Europe to win the World Championship. He is the youngest player to compete in the World Snooker Championship, making his debut in 2012, aged 17 years and 45 days.[4]
Brecel won the European Under-19 title at the age of 14, and turned professional in 2011. He reached the top 16 in the world rankings in 2017, and reached his first Triple Crown final at the 2021 UK Championship, but lost 5–10 to Zhao Xintong.[5] A week later, he defeated John Higgins 9–5 to win the 2021 Scottish Open.[6]
Amateur career
Brecel started playing snooker when he was nine, and scored his first competitive century break at 12.[7] In April 2009, he became the youngest European Under-19 champion at 14 years of age, in a victory against Michael Wasley in Saint Petersburg.[7] In the Grand Final of the World Series of Snooker in Portugal in May, Brecel beat six-time World Championship runner-up Jimmy White by 4–3 and 1997 world champion Ken Doherty by 5–3. He lost 4–5 to 2006 world champion Graeme Dott in the quarter-finals.[8] In August 2009, he beat Joe Perry, the then world number 12, at the Paul Hunter Classic.[9] Around this time, Brecel's family relocated to a larger home in Maasmechelen so they could fit a full-size practise table.[10]
In January 2010, Brecel had a 4–1 victory against seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry in an exhibition game in Bruges.[11] In May of that year, Brecel beat professional compatriot Bjorn Haneveer by 7–4 to become Belgian senior champion. His break of 136 was the highest of the tournament.[12] Brecel was one of eight players who participated in the new Power Snooker tournament at the indigO2 in October 2010, alongside then reigning world champion Neil Robertson, Ding Junhui, Mark Selby, Ali Carter, Shaun Murphy, Jimmy White, and Ronnie O'Sullivan. Brecel was defeated by eventual winner O'Sullivan in the first round.[13] In December 2010, Brecel was named Belgian Sportsman of the Year in the Promising Talent category.[14]
Professional career
Early professional years (2011–2015)
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In May 2011, Brecel received a wild card for the main tour of the professional 2011–12 season.[15] Brecel turned professional in the following month, beating Anthony Hamilton in his first official professional match. By August, he was ranked number 87 on the snooker world rankings. In January 2012, Brecel made his first maximum break in an amateur tournament.[16] Brecel played in all 12 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, with his best finishes coming in Event 2, Event 8 and Event 9, where he reached the last 32 each time. He finished 69th on the Order of Merit.[17][18]
Brecel became the youngest ever player to qualify for the World Snooker Championship at the 2012 event, after defeating Ian McCulloch, Barry Pinches, Michael Holt and Mark King. In doing so he broke the record of Stephen Hendry from 1986, who was almost two months older than Brecel. This was his first ranking event main draw,[19] but he lost 5–10 in the first round against Stephen Maguire.[20]
Although finishing the season outside the top 64 in the world rankings who automatically retain their places on the snooker tour, Brecel received a two-year wildcard, along with Tony Drago. Barry Hearn, the chairman of World Snooker said the decision was made as it would be a "loss to the sport" if Brecel did not feature.[21] Brecel was awarded the Rookie of the Year Award at the World Snooker Annual Award Ceremony.[22]
In July 2012, Brecel made his second maximum break in an amateur tournament.[23] In qualifying for the first ranking event of the season, the 2012 Wuxi Classic, Brecel reached the third qualifying round but lost 5–4 to Jamie Burnett. He made three century breaks.[24]
Next up for Brecel was the first PTC event of the year, where he defeated former World Champions Graeme Dott and Ken Doherty on his way to the last 16, where he met Judd Trump, who beat him 4–1. Brecel made two centuries in the tournament.[25] He fared a little better in the first European Tour event of the season, reaching the last 64, but was beaten 4–3 by Rory McLeod.[26] He was also knocked out in the last 64 of the third PTC of the season, 4–1, by Chinese player Xiao Guodong.[27] Brecel lost in the last 64 of both the Gdynia Open and the Antwerp Open to Mark Joyce and Stuart Bingham respectively. He was eliminated in the first round of the fourth PTC event of the season, losing 4–3 to Jimmy Robertson.[28] Soon after this defeat, Brecel traveled to Sofia to play in the Bulgarian Open. He won his first round match but was beaten by Mark Davis in the second round.[29] He finished 51st on the PTC Order of Merit.[30]
Brecel failed to qualify for the 2012 Shanghai Masters, losing 1–5 in the second round to Andy Hicks.[31] He also failed to qualify for the fourth ranking event of the season, the 2012 International Championship, losing 6–3 to Anthony Hamilton in the third round.[32] Brecel led Barry Pinches 3–0 in qualifying for the 2013 German Masters but was eventually beaten 4–5.[33]
Brecel qualified for the 2012 UK Championship after coming through four rounds of qualifying. He beat Scott Donaldson 6–5, Peter Lines 6–4, Liu Chuang 6–3 and former World Champion Peter Ebdon 6–1, making five century breaks in the process, to reach the main draw of a ranking event for the second time.[34] He won his first match in a ranking event by beating Ricky Walden 6–5 in the first round. He followed this up with a 6–4 win over Mark King, despite trailing 0-3.[35] He was eventually defeated 6–5 in the quarter-final by Shaun Murphy, having missed a pink which would have given him an opportunity to win on the final black in each of the last two frames.[36]
Following this success, Brecel failed to win any other qualifying match for the rest of the season. He was beaten 6–10 by amateur Fraser Patrick in the first round of World Championship qualifying.[37] He ended his second year as a professional ranked world number 72.[38]
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Brecel lost in the qualifying rounds for the first five ranking events of the 2013–14 season,[39] but received automatic entry into the first round of the UK Championship as all 128 players on the tour were admitted. He began the event defeating Mike Dunn 6–4, but then lost 5–6 to Stephen Maguire, despite having held a 5–2 lead.[40] Brecel qualified for the next ranking event, the German Masters, by defeating James Wattana 5–3, but was eliminated by Joe Perry 2–5 in the opening round.[39] Brecel failed to win a match in either of his next two ranking events as Jimmy Robertson defeated him 2–4 in the last 128 of the Welsh Open whilst Ryan Day won a deciding frame in the first round of the World Open to win 4–5.[39] His best result of the year came at the penultimate ranking event of the season, the China Open where he reached the second round thanks to the withdrawal of Mark Allen. Brecel then beat Dominic Dale 5–1 in the last 16, but missed out on his second career quarter-final as he lost 2–5 against Graeme Dott.[41] In the minor-ranking European Tour events played throughout the season, Brecel advanced to the quarter-finals of the Ruhr Open by defeating Stuart Bingham 4–1, but was then beaten by Robbie Williams in a deciding frame by 73 points to 72.[42] He finished 39th on the European Order of Merit and inside the top 64 in the world ranking for the first time, at number 63.[43][44]
The first ranking event Brecel qualified for in the 2014–15 season was the Australian Goldfields Open where he was defeated by Matthew Stevens 3–5 in the opening round.[45] He was whitewashed 0–6 by Mark Allen in the second round of the 2014 UK Championship.[46] At the 2015 Welsh Open he defeated world number 15 Robert Milkins 4–0 in the opening round, Tian Pengfei 4–1 and Oliver Brown 4–0. In the second match he made a break of 140, the highest in his professional career and ultimately the highest in the tournament.[45] He went on to beat reigning World Champion and world number one Mark Selby in the fourth round after a deciding frame, 4–3, to reach the quarter-finals.[47] There, Brecel met Ricky Walden, ranked number 9 at the time. Brecel lost the first three frames, but won the next five, to reach the first ranking semi-final of his professional career.[48] In the semi-final, he lost to John Higgins 4–6.[49] A pair of quarter-final exits in the European Tour events saw Brecel finish 16th on the Order of Merit, to make his debut in the Grand Final, where he lost 0–4 to Judd Trump in the opening round.[50] Brecel moved up 19 places in the rankings to finish 44th in the world.[51]
First ranking event win (2015–2019)
After failing to qualify for the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open and exiting both the 2015 Shanghai Masters and 2015 International Championship in the first round, Brecel then beat Hossein Vafaei 6–1, Anthony McGill 6–4 and Robin Hull 6–2 to reach the fourth round of the 2015 UK Championship.[52] He subsequently lost to Matthew Selt 4–6 after being 3–1 up in the interval.[53] After beating Zhao Xintong 5–2 and Kurt Maflin 5–3 he reached his first quarter-final of the season soon afterwards at the German Masters, where he recovered from 2–4 down to defeat Mark Joyce 5–4, closing the match with a 102 break.[54] Brecel then won a scrappy game 6–3 in the semi-finals against Kyren Wilson to become only the second European player from outside the UK and Ireland, after Tony Drago, to play in a ranking event final, and the first from Belgium.[55] In the final, Brecel lost 9–5 to Martin Gould, but targeted a top 20 world ranking before the end of the season.[56] He lost in the final of the 2016 Snooker Shoot-Out to Robin Hull.[57] Brecel was beaten in the fourth round of the 2016 Welsh Open (snooker) 2–4 by Ding Junhui and, after losing in the first round of three successive ranking events and failing to qualify for the 2016 World Snooker Championship, he finished the year at 30th in the world, at the time the highest he finished a campaign.[52][58]
Brecel did not get past the first round of any of the first seven ranking events he entered in the 2016–17 season, before he restricted Shaun Murphy to eight points and defeated him 4–0 in the opening round of the Northern Ireland Open.[59] He then beat Jamie Cope 4–2, before losing 1-4 to Michael White. At the UK Championship, Brecel whitewashed Aditya Mehta 6–0 and then overcame Sam Craigie 6–5, Yu Delu 6–1 and Stephen Maguire 6–3 to play Murphy in the quarter-finals of the event for the second time.[60] Murphy won the quarter-final 6–1.[61] Brecel qualified for the World Championship for the second time at the 2017 World Snooker Championship and raced in to a 7–1 lead over Marco Fu in the first round,[62] before losing 9–10.[63]
Brecel won his first ranking title, the 2017 China Championship in August 2017. He defeated Jimmy Robertson, Marco Fu, and Mike Dunn, before defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–4 in the quarter-finals after being 1–4 down. He then defeated Li Hang 6–5 in the semi-finals, before defeating Shaun Murphy 10–5 in the final. His victory propelled him into the top 16 of the rankings for the first time.[64] A month later, at the World Open, Brecel confirmed his status as a top 16 player with a semi-final finish, winning three consecutive rounds in deciding frames, before losing to eventual winner Ding Junhui 6–4.[65]
Having won the China Championship, Brecel was invited to the 2017 Champion of Champions invitational tournament. He completed a whitewashe of Judd Trump 4–0 in the first round and defeated reigning World Champion Mark Selby 6–4. In the semi-final, he suffered a 6–4 defeat to Shaun Murphy, who went on to win the tournament.[66][67]
At the 2018 Northern Ireland Open, Brecel lost in the last 16 to the eventual winner Judd Trump.[68] He also reached the last 16 in the 2019 Snooker Shoot Out[69] and the semi-finals of the non-ranking 2018 Six-red World Championship and the 2019 China Open.[70] At the 2019 World Snooker Championship, he lost 10–9 in the first round to Gary Wilson, with the deciding frame lasting a record 79 minutes.[71] He finished this season again as world number 19.
UK finalist and World Champion (2020–2023)
Brecel's best result in a ranking tournament in the 2019-20 snooker season was an appearance in the last 16 of the Welsh Open, in which he lost 4–3 to John Higgins. During this season he dropped out of the top 32.[72] In June 2020, he won the non-ranking Championship League, beating Stuart Bingham in the final group and drawing against Ryan Day and Ben Woollaston.[73] The following season, Brecel was unable to progress past the third round in any tournament.[citation needed]
Brecel reached the quarter-finals of the 2021 English Open in which he lost 5–1 to Ronnie O'Sullivan. Brecel reached the final of the 2021 UK Championship. This made him the first player from continental Europe to appear in the final of a Triple Crown event. On his way to the final, Brecel completed a whitewash of Stephen Maguire and beat Kyren Wilson 6–4 in the semi-final, with four centuries during the match. In the final he lost 10–5 to Zhao Xintong. As runner-up, Brecel moved up the world rankings from 40th to 18th.[74] In the following week he won his second ranking event, the Scottish Open.[75]
During the 2022-23 season, Brecel won his third ranking title at the 2022 Championship League,[76] and also made it to the final of the 2022 English Open.[77]
At the 2023 World Snooker Championship, he was finally able to win his first match at the tournament, after five failed attempts. This made him the first ever player born in Continental Europe to reach the last-sixteen stage of the World Championship. In the last-sixteen stage, he defeated three-time winner Mark Williams. In his quarter-final match, he faced the defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan. He trailed O’Sullivan 6–10 after the first two sessions, but won all seven frames played in the final session to win the match 13–10.[78] O’Sullivan subsequently said he would like to see Brecel go on to win the tournament. In the semi-final he trailed Si Jiahui 5–14 early in the third session, before Brecel won eleven consecutive frames to take a 16–14 lead, and won the match 17–15.[79] In the final, he faced four-time champion Mark Selby. Brecel took a 6–2 lead after the first session, before having his lead cut to 9–8 in the second. However, he won six of the eight frames in the third session to lead 15–10.[80] In the fourth session, Mark Selby came back to a 16–15 score, but finally Brecel became world champion with a 18-15 score.
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament | 2008/ 09 |
2010/ 11 |
2011/ 12 |
2012/ 13 |
2013/ 14 |
2014/ 15 |
2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
2019/ 20 |
2020/ 21 |
2021/ 22 |
2022/ 23 |
2023/ 24 | ||||||||||||||
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Ranking[81][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | [nb 4] | 72 | 63 | 44 | 30 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 38 | 39 | 12 | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | W | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Masters | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 3R | 3R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||
British Open | Tournament Not Held | 3R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | 3R | WD | 4R | 3R | 3R | 2R | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | A | A | LQ | QF | 2R | 2R | 4R | QF | 3R | 3R | 1R | 2R | F | 2R | |||||||||||||||
Scottish Open | Tournament Not Held | MR | Tournament Not Held | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | W | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||
English Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | F | |||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | NR | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||
Shoot-Out | Non-Ranking Event | 3R | 3R | 4R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||
German Masters | NH | WR | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | F | LQ | LQ | LQ | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | SF | 4R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 4R | 1R | LQ | 3R | |||||||||||||||
Players Championship[nb 5] | NH | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | 1R | DNQ | 1R | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | 1R | QF | |||||||||||||||
WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | SF | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Championship | A | A | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ | 1R | W | |||||||||||||||
Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champion of Champions | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | A | SF | 1R | A | 1R | A | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||
The Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | A | A | A | 1R | |||||||||||||||
Championship League | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | RR | WD | RR | W | A | A | WD | ||||||||||||||
Six-red World Championship[nb 6] | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | QF | WD | SF | RR | Not Held | WD | ||||||||||||||||
Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wuxi Classic[nb 7] | NH | Non-Ranking | LQ | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Goldfields Open | Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | QF | Non-Ranking | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | PA | Minor-Ranking Event | 1R | 2R | 3R | NR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | 2R | NH | WD | 1R | 3R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
China Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | 3R | LQ | 1R | LQ | 1R | SF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||
Riga Masters[nb 8] | Tournament Not Held | Minor-Ranking | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International Championship | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | LQ | 2R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||
China Championship | Tournament Not Held | NR | W | 1R | 3R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
World Open[nb 9] | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | Not Held | 1R | SF | 2R | 1R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||
WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | 2R | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | 2R | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gibraltar Open | Tournament Not Held | MR | 3R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 3R | NH | ||||||||||||||||||||
Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Series Grand Final | QF | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Power Snooker | NH | QF | A | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | 1R | Ranking Event | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shoot Out | NH | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | F | Ranking Event | |||||||||||||||||||||
Romanian Masters | Tournament Not Held | 1R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | PA | Minor-Ranking Event | Ranking Event | SF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | Ranking Event | 1R | A | Tournament Not Held |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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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. | |||
PA / Pro-am Event | means an event is/was a pro-am event. |
- ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
- ^ a b He was an amateur.
- ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
- ^ Players qualified through European nomination started the season without ranking points.
- ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)
- ^ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009)
- ^ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009)
- ^ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)
- ^ The event was called the Grand Prix (2008/2009)
Career finals
Ranking finals: 7 (4 titles)
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Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 2016 | Snooker Shoot Out | ![]() |
0–1 |
Winner | 1. | 2020 | Championship League (June) | ![]() |
Round-Robin |
Pro-am finals: 6 (5 titles)
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
Winner | 1. | 2013 | Dutch Open | ![]() |
5–3[82] |
Winner | 2. | 2014 | 3 Kings Open | ![]() |
5–4[83] |
Runner-up | 1. | 2015 | 3 Kings Open | ![]() |
4–5[83] |
Winner | 3. | 2018 | Golden Q Cup | ![]() |
5–1 |
Winner | 4. | 2020 | 3 Kings Open (2) | ![]() |
5–2[84] |
Winner | 5. | 2020 | Italian Snooker Open | ![]() |
4–1[85] |
Amateur titles
- Belgian Under 16 Championship – 2007, 2008, 2009
- Belgium Ranking Events
- St.Martinus Gent – 2007
- Happy Snooker Hasselt – 2009
- Zele – 2010
- Peer – 2011
- Malta Under 16 Open – 2007
- Flemish Under 16 Championship – 2008
- Belgian Teams Championship – 2008
- Belgian Open Under 21 – 2008
- Belgian Under 21 Championship – 2008, 2009
- European Under-19 Championship – 2009
- International Open under 21 – 2009
- Belgian Senior Championship – 2010, 2013, 2014
- European Snooker Championship – 2010
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External links
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- Luca Brecel at World Snooker
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