| Born | 31 March 2001 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Wales |
| Professional | 2022–2024 |
| Highest ranking | 66 (December 2023) |
| Current ranking | 75 (as of 7 May 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 32 |
Dylan Emery (born 31 March 2001) [1] is a Welsh former professional snooker player.
| Born | 31 March 2001 |
|---|---|
| Sport country | Wales |
| Professional | 2022–2024 |
| Highest ranking | 66 (December 2023) |
| Current ranking | 75 (as of 7 May 2024) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 32 |
Dylan Emery (born 31 March 2001) [1] is a Welsh former professional snooker player.
The winner of the 2021 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships, he defeated Julien Leclercq in the final, 5–2. [2] As a result of this win, he has earned a place on the professional World Snooker Tour from the 2022–23 snooker season. [3]
Emery also won the delayed 2020 Welsh Amateur Championship, defeating Paul Davies 8–6. [4] Called up as a last-minute replacement for the 2022 Turkish Masters, Emery defeated Alfie Burden 5–0 to qualify for the event. [5] He then met John Higgins, who beat him 5–2, with Higgins suggesting he would do well on the tour the following season. [6]
| Tournament | 2017/ 18 | 2018/ 19 | 2019/ 20 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 | 2022/ 23 | 2023/ 24 | 2024/ 25 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking [7] [nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 74 | [nb 2] | |||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | RR | RR | ||||||||||
| English Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | ||||||||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | 1R | LQ | |||||||||||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | 2R | ||||||||
| International Championship | A | A | A | Not Held | 2R | ||||||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||||
| Shoot Out | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | 3R | ||||||||
| Scottish Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | LQ | ||||||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | 2R | LQ | LQ | 2R | ||||||||
| World Open | A | A | A | Not Held | LQ | ||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||
| Tour Championship | NH | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||
| World Championship | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | A | 1R | NR | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||
| WST Pro Series | Not Held | RR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | 1R | Not Held | ||||||||||||
| Gibraltar Open | LQ | A | A | 2R | A | Not Held | |||||||||
| WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | 1R | Not Held | ||||||||||||
| European Masters | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | NH | |||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||
| Six-red World Championship | A | A | 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. | 2017 | World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships |  Mikhail Terekhov | 4–1 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2018 | Challenge Tour - Event 4 |  Mitchell Mann | 0–3 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2019 | EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championships |  Aaron Hill | 3–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 2019 | Welsh Under-21 Championship | Liam Davies | 3–0 |
| Winner | 3. | 2021 | Welsh Amateur Championship | Paul Davies | 8–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 2021 | EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships |  Julien Leclercq | 5–2 |
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