Jonas Luz
Brazilian snooker player
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Jonas Luz (born 29 November 1985) is a Brazilian snooker player. He won the Pan America title to earn a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024-25 snooker season.[2]
| Born | November 29, 1985[1] |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Brazil |
| Professional | 2024–present |
| Highest ranking | 97 (July 2025) |
| Current ranking | 115 (as of 2 March 2026) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 112 (2024 Saudi Arabia Masters) |
Career
From Esteio, in the Rio Grande do Sul,[3] he started playing snooker at three years-old. He is based in Canoas where he trains at the Match Clube de Sinuca.[4]
Luz won the Brazilian Snooker Championships in 2021. He won the Six Reds Snooker at Clube União, in Caçapava in 2022. He was runner-up at the 2023 Brazilian Championship.[5]
Luz won the 2023 Pan American Snooker Championship held in Rio de Janeiro. He overcame a defeat to Itaro Santos in the group stage to beat Zico, Rafinha, and Canadian Charlie Brown en-route to the final. In the final he defeated compatriot Fabinho 5-4. With the win he earned qualification to snooker’s professional circuit for the first time.[6][7]
Professional career
He secured his first win as a professional in August 2024, defeating Mostafa Dorgham at the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.[8]
In June 2025, he was drawn to make his season debut in the first round of qualifying for the 2025 Wuhan Open against Ryan Day of Wales, losing 5-1.[9][10] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Jak Jones, Ben Mertens and Welsh amateur Alfie Davies.[11]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2024/ 25 |
2025/ 26 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | 92 | |||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | A | RR | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | 2R | 2R | |||||||
| Wuhan Open | A | LQ | |||||||
| English Open | WD | LQ | |||||||
| British Open | A | LQ | |||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | A | LQ | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | LQ | |||||||
| International Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| UK Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Shoot Out | 1R | 1R | |||||||
| Scottish Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| German Masters | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Welsh Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| World Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | LQ | ||||||||
| 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. | |||