Leone Crowley
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Lightning[1] |
| Born | 2 June 2006 Dublin Hill, Cork, Ireland |
| Sport | |
| Country |  Ireland |
| Sport | Snooker |
| Professional | 2025–present |
| Highest ranking | 86 (July 2026) |
| Current ranking | 89 (as of 4 October 2026[needs update]) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 112 (2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters) |
Leone Crowley (born 2 June 2006) is an Irish professional snooker player. In January 2025 he won the WSF World Junior Championship, and with it earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2025–26 snooker season.
Career
[edit]A successful junior snooker player, he won Irish national titles in the U12, U14, U16, U18, and U21 age-groups.[2] In 2022, he was a finalist at the EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship, in Albania.[3] He had his first televised match at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out in Swansea, where he was defeated by Welsh professional Jackson Page.[4][5]
He won the U21 UK Open Championship in 2024.[2] He reached the final of the WSF Junior Snooker Championship in January 2025 in Saïdia, Morocco, with a semi-final win over Scotland's Amaan Iqbal, having had dominant wins as he progressed through the tournament, only lost six frames in total up to that point in the championship.[6][7] In the final on 23 January 2025, he whitewashed Kaylan Patel of England 5-0 to secure a two-year professional card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2025-26 snooker season. He also became the first Irishman to win the event.[8][3] He was awarded a place into the qualifying rounds for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.[9] In the first round of qualifying, held in Sheffield, in April 2025, he was defeated 3-10 by Thailand professional Manasawin Phetmalaikul.[10][11]
2025-26 season
[edit]In June 2025, he was drawn to make his professional debut in the first round of qualifying for the 2025 Wuhan Open against former world champion Neil Robertson, and suffered a 5-0 defeat.[12][13] He recorded his first win as a professional later that month in qualifying for the 2025 British Open, with a 4-0 win against Hatem Yassen.[14] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Daniel Wells, Ng On Yee and He Guoqiang, earning a 2-2 draw against Wells.[15][16] In April 2026, Crowley won his first round match 10-5 in the qualifying rounds for the 2026 World Snooker Championship against Huang Jiahao before defeating Duane Jones of Wales by the same margin to set up a third round match against experienced professional Dave Gilbert, losing 10-3.[17][18][19]
2026/27 season
[edit]In September 2026, Crowley led former world champion Kyren Wilson 5-2 before being ultimately defeated 6-5 in the qualifying round for the 2026 International Championship.[20]
Personal life
[edit]He is from Dublin Hill, Cork, in the Republic of Ireland.[6] He practised for a time with former professional Anthony O'Connor at Shooters snooker club in Cork.[21] He regularly practises at Mark Allen's snooker camp in Belfast.[22]
Performance and rankings timeline
[edit]| Tournament | 2023/ 24 |
2024/ 25 |
2025/ 26 |
2026/ 27 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 86 | |||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | A | A | RR | RR | |||||
| China Open | Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Wuhan Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||
| British Open | A | A | 1R | LQ | |||||
| English Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||
| Shenzhen Open[nb 4] | NH | A | LQ | LQ | |||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||
| International Championship | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| Shoot Out | 1R | A | 1R | ||||||
| Scottish Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||
| German Masters | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| World Open | A | A | LQ | ||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| World Championship | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | NH | A | 2R | 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 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. | |||
Career finals
[edit]Amateur finals: 11 (8 titles)
[edit]| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2017 | Irish Under-12 Championship | Adam Quinn |
3–0 |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | Irish Under-18 Championship | Aaron Hill |
0–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 2021 | Irish Under-18 Championship | Alex Currid |
3–2 |
| Winner | 3. | 2021 | Irish Under-16 Championship | Aaron Smith |
3–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2021 | Irish Under-21 Championship | Ross Bulman |
1–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 2022 | Irish Under-18 Championship | Alex Currid |
3–1 |
| Winner | 5. | 2022 | Irish Under-21 Championship | Aaron Goldrick |
3–2 |
| Winner | 6. | 2022 | Irish Under-16 Championship | David Farrelly |
3–0 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2022 | European Under-18 Championships |  Liam Davies |
1–4 |
| Winner | 7. | 2023 | Irish Under-21 Championship | Sean Walsh |
3–2 |
| Winner | 8. | 2025 | WSF Junior Championship |  Kaylan Patel |
5–0 |
References
[edit]- ↑ "Leone Crowley". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 18 February 2026. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
- 1 2 "Cork snooker star Leone Crowley on the verge of history after reaching the WSF Junior Championship final". Echolive.ie. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- 1 2 Day, Michael (23 January 2025). "Ireland's Leone Crowley wins WSF World Junior Snooker Championship". Totally Snookered. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "Shaun Murphy makes historic 147 against clock in Shoot Out". RTE.ie. 8 Dec 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "Crowley to play in World Snooker BetVictor Shoot Out". sbireland. 5 December 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- 1 2 "PATEL TO MEET CROWLEY IN WSF JUNIOR FINAL". WST.tv. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "PATEL AND CROWLEY SET UP 2025 WSF JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL". World Snooker Federation. 22 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "Cork teenage star Leone Crowley wins world junior snooker title". the42.ie. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "2025 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP ENTRANTS CONFIRMED". WST.tv. 22 March 2025. Retrieved 22 March 2025.
- ↑ "HALO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING - DAY TWO AS IT HAPPENED". wst.tv. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ "Three Irish in action at World Championship qualifiers later today". Radio Kerry. 8 April 2025. Retrieved 15 April 2025.
- ↑ Kane, Desmond (23 June 2025). "Wuhan Open 2025: Luca Brecel fails to show up for first event of season as Mark Williams, John Higgins and Reanne Evans enjoy winning starts". tntsport. Retrieved 23 June 2025.
- ↑ "Hill books Wuhan Open spot as debutants whitewashed". RTE. 23 Jun 2025. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
- ↑ "BAI BOOKS CHELTENHAM SPOT". wst.tv. 27 June 2025. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ↑ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2025". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
- ↑ Caulfield, David (July 4, 2025). "Ng On Yee impresses in Stage One victory". Snookerhq.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
- ↑ "Leone Crowley and Robbie McGuigan advance in World Championship qualifying". RTE. 6 Apr 2026. Retrieved 7 April 2026.
- ↑ "Robbie McGuigan battles into third round of qualifying at the Halo World Snooker Championship". Irish Times. 9 April 2026. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "Hill and Gilbert set up judgement rematch". wst.tv. 11 April 2026. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
- ↑ "INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFIERS DAY ONE". wst.tv. 17 September 2026. Retrieved 18 September 2026.
- ↑ "Cork snooker is stronger than ever thanks to passionate cue men like O'Connor". Exholive.ie. 22 April 2020. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ↑ "CROWLEY EARNS TOUR CARD WITH WSF JUNIOR TRIUMPH". wst.tv. 23 January 2025. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
External links
[edit]- Leone Crowley at WPBSA
- Leone Crowley at WPBSA SnookerScores
- Leone Crowley at the World Snooker Tour
