Julien Leclercq (snooker player)

Julien Leclercq

Born	(2003-02-03) 3 February 2003 (age 22) Crisnée, Liège, Belgium [1]
Sport country	Belgium
Nickname	The Belgian Beast [2]
Professional	2022–present
Highest ranking	62 (July 2023)
Current ranking	80 (as of 2 September 2025)
Best ranking finish	Runner-up (2023 Shoot Out)

Julien Leclercq (born 3 February 2003) is a Belgian professional snooker player.

Leclercq turned professional in 2022 after winning the Q Tour Playoff and gained a two-year tour card for the 2022–23 and 2023–24 snooker seasons. ^[3]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2020/ 21	2022/ 23	2023/ 24	2024/ 25	2025/ 26
Ranking [nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	68	[nb 4]	77
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	A	RR	RR	RR	RR
Saudi Arabia Masters	Not Held			2R	3R
Wuhan Open	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ
English Open	A	1R	1R	LQ	LQ
British Open	NH	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ
Xi'an Grand Prix	Not Held			1R	LQ
Northern Ireland Open	A	1R	1R	LQ	LQ
International Championship	Not Held		LQ	LQ
UK Championship	A	LQ	LQ	LQ
Shoot Out	A	F	2R	1R
Scottish Open	A	LQ	1R	1R
German Masters	A	LQ	3R	LQ
World Grand Prix	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	A	2R	1R	LQ
World Open	Not Held		LQ	LQ
Tour Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Classic	NH	1R	Not Held
European Masters	A	LQ	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.
PA / Pro-am Event				means an event is/was a pro-am event.

1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
2. He was an amateur
3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
4. Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent(s) in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2023	Snooker Shoot Out	Chris Wakelin	0–1

Team finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Team/Partner	Opponent(s) in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2021 [4]	European Team Snooker Championships	Belgium 1 Kevin Hanssens	Wales 1 Elfed Evans Darren Morgan	5–2
Runner-up	1.	2022 [5]	European Team Snooker Championships	Belgium 1 Kevin Hanssens	Poland 1 Mateusz Baranowski Antoni Kowalski	3–5

Amateur finals: 4 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2021	EBSA European Under-18 Championship	Ben Mertens	3–4
Runner-up	2.	2021	EBSA European Under-21 Championship	Dylan Emery	2–5
Runner-up	3.	2022	Q Tour - Event 3	Sean O'Sullivan	2–5
Winner	1.	2022	Q Tour - Play-Off	Alex Clenshaw	5–2

References

1. A.R. "Julien Leclercq enfin professionnel: "Je suis aux anges"". lavenir.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2022-12-13. Retrieved 2022-12-13.
2. "Julien Leclercq". World Snooker Tour . Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
3. "Leclercq wins Q Tour Play-off". WST. 11 March 2022. Archived from the original on May 10, 2022.
4. "European Team Snooker Championships Men - Albufeira / Portugal 2021". esnooker.pl.
5. "European Team Snooker Championships Men - Shengjin / Albania 2022". esnooker.pl.

External links

• Cue sports portal

• Julien Leclercq at WPBSA
• Julien Leclercq at WPBSA SnookerScores
• Julien Leclercq at the World Snooker Tour
• Julien Leclercq at Snooker.org