| Born | 7 January 2002 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Scotland |
| Professional | 2021–present |
| Highest ranking | 87 (August 2024) |
| Current ranking | 93 (as of 16 December 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 16 (2022 Shoot Out) |
Dean Young (born 7 January 2002) is a Scottish professional snooker player.
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]
| 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 | 2R | |||||||
| German Masters | A | A | LQ | 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. | |||
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2019 | Challenge Tour – Event 7 |  Andrew Pagett | 3–1 |
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