Fergal Quinn (snooker player)
Northern Irish snooker player (born 2000)
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Fergal Quinn (born 11 March 2000) is a Northern Irish professional snooker player from County Tyrone. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2025–26 snooker season.
| Born | 11 March 2000[1] |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Northern Ireland |
| Nickname | Fearless[2] |
| Professional | 2025–present |
| Highest ranking | 90 (July 2026) |
| Current ranking | 102 (as of 14 September 2026) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 112 (2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters) |
Early life
From Coalisland, County Tyrone, Quinn started playing snooker as an eight year-old. His father was a keen amateur snooker player who played against future World Snooker Champion Ken Doherty in competition.[3]
Career
Quinn was entered into the draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. In his opening match he recorded a win over world number 18 Hossein Vafaei, before missing out on a place in the next stage against Martin O'Donnell.[4]
He entered Q School in May 2024, where in the first event he was edged out 4-3 by Dylan Emery.[5] He was a top-up player competing as an amateur at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024.[6]
He reached the semi-final of the WSF Championship in January 2025 where he faced Gao Yang of China, losing 4-2. For this performance, he was awarded a place into the qualifying rounds for the 2025 World Snooker Championship, where he lost in the first round 10-9 to Liam Graham.[7][8] He reached the final round of the second event at Q School in May 2025 by defeating former professional Ashley Carty, before facing another former professional in Dean Young. A 4-1 win over Young earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, starting with the 2025–26 snooker season.[9][10]
2025-26 season
He made his professional debut at the Wuhan Open, where he lost in the first round 5-0 against world number 46 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.[11] He recorded his first frames in a 4-2 defeat to Gao Yang in the 2025 British Open qualifying round in June 2025.[12] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Matthew Selt, Scott Donaldson and Umut Dikme of Germany.[13] He defeated countryman Robbie McGuigan 4-3 in the first qualifying round of the 2025 Northern Ireland Open.[14] In April 2026, he recorded a 10-4 win over Egyptian Hatem Yassen in the first round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship, before losing in the second round to Long Zehuang.[15][16]
Personal life
When based at the Q House academy in Darlington he shared a flat with fellow snooker player Hossein Vafaei.[17]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2017/ 18 |
2020/ 21 |
2022/ 23 |
2023/ 24 |
2024/ 25 |
2025/ 26 |
2026/ 27 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 90 | ||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Championship League | NR | A | A | RR | RR | RR | RR | ||||||
| China Open | A | Tournament Not Held | LQ | ||||||||||
| Wuhan Open | Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||||
| British Open | Not Held | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| English Open | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Shenzhen Open[nb 4] | Tournament Not Held | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| International Championship | A | Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | |||||||
| Shoot Out | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | |||||||
| Scottish Open | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | |||||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | |||||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | A | LQ | |||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| World Open | A | Not Held | A | A | LQ | ||||||||
| Tour Championship | NH | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | A | LQ | A | A | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Gibraltar Open | LQ | A | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | A | 2R | NH | |||||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||
| Six-red World Championship | A | NH | LQ | Tournament 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. | |||
Career finals
Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2020 | Northern Ireland Under-21 Championship | Robbie McGuigan |
5–4 |
