Josh Boileau

Josh Boileau

Born	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. 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	Lines, OliverOliver Lines	1–6
Runner-up	2.	2014	World Under-21 Snooker Championship	Vafaei, HosseinHossein Vafaei	3–8
Winner	1.	2016	European Under-21 Snooker Championship	Brandon Sargeant	6–1

References

1. "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

• Josh Boileau at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database