Josh Boileau

Josh Boileau
Born (1995-07-02) 2 July 1995
Newbridge, Kildare
Sport country  Ireland
Professional 2016–
Highest ranking 113 (November 2016)
Current ranking 118 (as of 31 October 2016)
Career winnings £4,812[1]
Highest break 126 (2015 Hunter Classic)[2]
Century breaks 3[1]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2016 Northern Irish Open)

Josh Boileau (born 2 July 1995 in Newbridge, Kildare) is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the current Under-21 European Snooker Champion.

Career

In 2014 Boileau entered the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships in Bucharest where he reached the final, before he lost 6–1 Oliver Lines. Two years following his disappointment in Bucharest, Boileau once again made it to the final where he defeated Brandon Sargeant 6–1 to win the 2016 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship, as a result he was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons.[3][4]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/
14		 2014/
15		 2015/
16		 2016/
17
Ranking[5][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] NH Minor-Ranking LQ
Indian Open A A NH A
World Open LQ Not Held LQ
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking Event 1R
Shanghai Masters A A A LQ
European Masters Tournament Not Held LQ
English Open Tournament Not Held 1R
International Championship A A A A
Northern Ireland Open Tournament Not Held 3R
UK Championship A A A 1R
Scottish Open NH Not Held
German Masters A A A
World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ
Welsh Open A A A
Gibraltar Open Not Held MR
Players Championship[nb 5] DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A A
World Championship A A LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open LQ A A 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.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. 1 2 3 He was not on Main Tour.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015−2015/2016)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014−2015/2016)

Tournament wins

Amateur finals: : 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2014 European Under-21 Snooker Championship England Lines, OliverOliver Lines 1–6
Runner-up 2. 2014 World Under-21 Snooker Championship Iran Vafaei, HosseinHossein Vafaei 3–8
Winner 1. 2016 European Under-21 Snooker Championship England Brandon Sargeant 6–1

References

  1. 1 2 "Career-total Statistics for Josh Boileau - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ↑ "Centuries by Josh Boileau". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  3. ↑ "IMPERIAL BOILEAU GETS U21 CROWN FOR IRELAND". ebsa.tv. 13 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "Ireland's Josh Boileau takes European Under-21 title and turns professional". RTÉ Sport. 14 February 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

External links

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