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Dean Young (snooker player)

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Dean Young
Born (2002-01-07) 7 January 2002 (age 23)
Sport country Scotland
Professional2021–2025
Highest ranking87 (August 2024)
Current ranking 96 (as of 5 May 2025[needs update])
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2022 Shoot Out)

Dean Young (born 7 January 2002) is a Scottish professional snooker player.

Early life

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He is from Edinburgh, Scotland, and attended Firrhill High School. He began playing snooker at the age of seven years-old. He is based at the Locarno Snooker Club in Edinburgh.[1]

Career

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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. He reached round four (round-of-16) at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out.[4]

After completing two years on the tour, he qualified for a two-year card again in June 2023, at Q School. He described the completion of his first two years as his “apprenticeship”.[5]

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.[6][7] In December 2023, he reached the third round of the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out with wins over David Grace and Hong Kong teenager Shaun Liu, before losing to two-time former World Championship runner-up Ali Carter.[8]

He reached the last-32 of the 2024 Scottish Open in December 2024, held in his home city of Edinburgh.[9] He was drawn against Polish teenager Michal Szubarczyk in the first round of qualifying for the 2025 World Snooker Championship in April 2025, winning 10-8 before facing Stan Moody.[10][11]

He dropped off the World Snooker Tour after the 2024-25 season. He reached the final round of Q School in May 2025 but was denied an immediate return after a defeat to Fergal Quinn.[12] After his performances at Q School he was ranked seventh in the 2025 Q School Order of Merit.[13]

Entered as a top-up player, Young was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Pang Junxu, Jiang Jun and Oliver Lines, recording a 3-1 win over Jiang Jun.[14][15]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Tournament 2019/
20 		2020/
21 		2021/
22 		2022/
23 		2023/
24 		2024/
25 		2025/
26
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 88 [nb 4] 90 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League NR A RR A RR RR RR
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 2R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held LQ LQ
English Open A A LQ LQ LQ LQ
British Open Not Held 1R 1R LQ LQ
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held 1R
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 2R
German Masters A A LQ LQ LQ LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A LQ 1R WD LQ
World Open A Not Held WD LQ
Tour Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Pro Series NH RR Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters Not Held LQ Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open A A WD Tournament Not Held
WST Classic Not Held 1R Not Held
European Masters A A LQ LQ LQ Not Held
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 c 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

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Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

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

References

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  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. ^ Livie, Alex (23 January 2022). "Mark Williams eases into last 16 of Snooker Shoot Out, world No. 1 Mark Selby crashes out to Robbie Williams". tntsports. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Burden, Young, Heathcoate and Carrington regain cards". wst.tv. 6 June 2023. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  6. ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. ^ "Zhou and Jones make winners week". wst.tv. 5 July 2023. Archived from the original on 7 July 2023. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  8. ^ "Snooker Shoot Out 2023 - Latest scores, results, schedule, order of play as Mark Allen and Mark Williams feature". tntsports.co.uk. 9 December 2023.
  9. ^ McQuarrie, Alec (15 December 2024). "Latest scores, results and schedule as Wu Yize and Lei Peifan battle for title". tntsports.co.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  10. ^ Kane, Desmond (29 March 2025). "Ronnie O'Sullivan: Why remarkable 33-year-old World Championship record held by snooker GOAT could be under threat". TNTSports.
  11. ^ Brotherton, Alex (8 April 2025). "Szubarczyk, 14, beaten in World Championship qualifiers". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  12. ^ "GRACE, BURNS, BENZEY AND QUINN SECURE TOUR CARDS AT Q SCHOOL". wst.tv. 1 June 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
  13. ^ "2025 Q School Order of Merit". wst.tv. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 27 June 2025.
  14. ^ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2025". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  15. ^ Caulfield, David (9 July 2025). "Jack Lisowski progresses in Championship League Snooker". Snookerhq.com. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
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