Leone Crowley
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| Born | 2 June 2006 Dublin Hill, Cork, Ireland |
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| Sport country | |
| Professional | 2025–present |
| Highest ranking | 108 (September 2025) |
| Current ranking | 115 (as of 14 December 2025[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 | edit source]A successful junior snooker player, he won Irish national titles in the U12, U14, U16, U18, and U21 age-groups.[1] In 2022, he was a finalist at the EBSA European Under-18 Snooker Championship, in Albania.[2] He had his first televised match at the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out in Swansea, where he was defeated by Welsh professional Jackson Page.[3][4]
He won the U21 UK Open Championship in 2024.[1] 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.[5][6] 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.[7][2] He was awarded a place into the qualifying rounds for the 2025 World Snooker Championship.[8] In the first round of qualifying, held in Sheffield, in April 2025, he was defeated 3-10 by Thailand professional Manasawin Phetmalaikul.[9][10]
2025-26 season
[edit | edit source]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.[11][12] 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.[13] 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.[14][15]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]He is from Dublin Hill, Cork, in the Republic of Ireland.[5] He practised for a time with former professional Anthony O'Connor at Shooters snooker club in Cork.[16] He regularly practises at Mark Allen's snooker camp in Belfast.[17]
Performance and rankings timeline
[edit | edit source]| Tournament | 2023/ 24 |
2024/ 25 |
2025/ 26 |
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| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] |
| Championship League | A | A | RR |
| Saudi Arabia Masters | NH | A | 2R |
| Wuhan Open | A | A | LQ |
| English Open | A | A | LQ |
| British Open | A | A | 1R |
| Xi'an Grand Prix | NH | A | LQ |
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | LQ |
| International Championship | A | A | LQ |
| UK Championship | A | A | LQ |
| Shoot Out | 1R | A | 1R |
| Scottish Open | A | A | |
| German Masters | A | A | |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Welsh Open | A | A | |
| World Open | A | A | |
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |
| World Championship | A | LQ |
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
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| 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 | edit source]Amateur finals: 11 (8 titles)
[edit | edit source]| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | 2017 | Irish Under-12 Championship | 3–0 | |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | Irish Under-18 Championship | 0–4 | |
| Winner | 2. | 2021 | Irish Under-18 Championship | 3–2 | |
| Winner | 3. | 2021 | Irish Under-16 Championship | 3–2 | |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2021 | Irish Under-21 Championship | 1–3 | |
| Winner | 4. | 2022 | Irish Under-18 Championship | 3–1 | |
| Winner | 5. | 2022 | Irish Under-21 Championship | 3–2 | |
| Winner | 6. | 2022 | Irish Under-16 Championship | 3–0 | |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2022 | European Under-18 Championships | 1–4 | |
| Winner | 7. | 2023 | Irish Under-21 Championship | 3–2 | |
| Winner | 8. | 2025 | WSF Junior Championship | 5–0 |
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Leone Crowley at WPBSA
- Leone Crowley at WPBSA SnookerScores
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