Dean Young
Born (2002-01-07) 7 January 2002
Sport country Scotland
Professional2021–present
Highest ranking88 (October 2022)
Current ranking 117 (as of 18 December 2023)
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
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 88 [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
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Open A Not Held NH
Tour Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship A Not Held 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
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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 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. 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. Retrieved 6 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.


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