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Luca Brecel

Nationality: Belgium (Belgium); Male; Born: 8 Mar 1995 (28 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 2011; Ranking wins: 4; Maximums: 1;
Ranking: 2;
Homepage: lucabrecel.simplesite.com/; Other sources: CueTracker ; World Snooker
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 2023)
Final Belgium Luca Brecel [9] 18-15 England Mark Selby [2] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
77-0 (77), 79-39, 90-28 (90), 38-94 (54)
90-23 (67), 71-55, 9-66 (62), 70-6 (70)

Session 2:
0-134 (134), 126-14 (99), 12-96 (96), 50-67
72-4 (72), 67-19 (67), 1-76 (61), 0-147 (147), 48-71

Session 3:
113-24 (113), 73-0, 101-35 (101), 141-0 (141)
35-86 (63), 56-78 (MS 54), 119-0 (119), 60-40

Session 4:
67-0 (67), 20-78 (78), 36-50, 0-122 (122)
0-81 (50), 0-95 (52), 66-2 (51), 112-0 (112)

Referee: Brendan Moore (his third World final)

This was Brecel's first world title and fourth ranking title. He's the first player from continental Europe to win the title.

147 by Selby in frame 16. It's his fifth maximum and the 189th in pro snooker. It's the 14th at the Crucible but the first in a final. The maximum was the second of the tournament after Kyren Wilson's 147 in the first round. Watch on YouTube.

SF Belgium Luca Brecel [9] 17-15 China Si Jiahui [74]   Details 

Session 1:
72-19 (50), 0-133 (125), 33-102 (102), 29-103 (97)
3-103, 72-53 (72, 53), 107-33 (69), 60-62

Session 2:
36-68 (52), 70-8 (65), 7-123 (122), 0-89 (89)
0-96 (58), 72-41, 0-66 (55), 39-85 (71)

Session 3:
18-109 (90), 0-136 (132), 1-115 (97), 123-0 (108)
82-23, 103-0 (60), 78-33 (66), 78-34 (53)

Session 4:
70-13 (70), 76-26, 81-0 (81), 64-40
81-0, 80-10 (73), 0-91 (91), 61-40

First ranking semifinal for Si. He was the youngest World Championship semi-finalist since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1996 and the first Crucible debutant to reach the last four in 28 years.

Brecel was 14-5 down before winning 11 consecutive frames. He is the first player to turn a 9-frame deficit at the Crucible.

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [9] 13-10 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [1] Head to head Details 

Brecel won the last seven frames. This was O'Sullivan's 100th match at the Crucible.

Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [9] 13-11 Wales Mark J Williams [8] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [9] 10-9 England Ricky Walden [22] Head to head Details 

This was Brecel's first win at the Crucible.

WST Classic (16-22 Mar 2023)
Rd 1 England Haydon Pinhey (a) 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [9]   Details 
Players Championship (20-26 Feb 2023)
QF England Joe O'Connor [16] 6-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [8] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [8] 6-4 England Jack Lisowski [9] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (13-19 Feb 2023)
Rd 4 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [6] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 4-1 China Cao Yupeng [51] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 4-0 England Elliot Slessor [58] Head to head Details 
German Masters (1-5 Feb 2023)
Rd 5 England Robert Milkins [27] 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] Head to head Details 
Rd 4 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 5-2 Wales Matthew Stevens [60] Head to head Details 
Re-rack in frame 5
Shoot Out (25-28 Jan 2023)
Rd 1 England Joe Perry [25] 85-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head Details 

Break 58

World Grand Prix (16-22 Jan 2023)
Rd 2 England Judd Trump [10] 4-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-1 England Joe Perry [26] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open Qual (11-13 Jan 2023)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 4-1 England Sean O'Sullivan [93] Head to head Details 
Masters (8-15 Jan 2023)
Rd 1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [2] 6-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] Head to head Details 
English Open (12-18 Dec 2022)
Final England Mark Selby [4] 9-6 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
90-0 (90), 64-4 (57), 74-14 (74), 27-96
77-43 (52), 45-96, 7-78, 2-72

Session 2:
83-33 (51), 73-5 (61), 0-123 (122), 67-36
62-20, 0-113 (113), 87-0 (87)

Referee: Tatiana Woollaston

Brecel missed the 15th black on the way to a max in the 14th frame.

Selby wins the English Open for the second time. It's his 21st ranking win and first of the season.

SF Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 6-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [10] Head to head Details 

81-8, 83-6 (61), 102-27 (55), 121-1 (71)
89-0 (89), 0-89 (89), 12-71 (63), 78-9

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 5-1 England Judd Trump [3] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 4-2 Wales Jamie Jones [27] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 4-1 Scotland Scott Donaldson [48] Head to head Details 

80 by Donaldson in frame four was a maximum attempt.

Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 4-2 England Oliver Lines [61] Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (21-26 Nov 2022)
Q Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 5-2 England Barry Pinches [84] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 5-2 China Chang Bingyu [75] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (12-20 Nov 2022)
Rd 2 England Tom Ford [32] 6-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 6-4 China Lyu Haotian [36] Head to head Details 
Champion of Champions (31 Oct - 6 Nov 2022)
Rd 1 England Judd Trump [1] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
English Open Qual (25-30 Oct 2022)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 4-3 England Mark Joyce [56] Head to head Details 
Northern Ireland Open (16-23 Oct 2022)
Rd 3 China Lyu Haotian [43] 4-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 4-3 China Pang Junxu [48] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 4-0 England Jimmy White [91]   Details 
Scottish Open Qual (9-14 Oct 2022)
Q Rd 1 Scotland Fraser Patrick [83] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [1] Head to head Details 

Brecel missed the 10th red in a maximum attempt in frame 4.

Northern Ireland Open Qual (23-28 Aug 2022)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 4-0 England Joe O'Connor [51] Head to head Details 
European Masters (16-21 Aug 2022)
Rd 1 China Wu Yize [66] 5-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] Head to head Details 
British Open Qual (9-14 Aug 2022)
Q Rd 1 Scotland Graeme Dott [34] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] Head to head Details 
Championship League Stage Three Group 2 (29 Jul 2022)
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 3-0 China Zhao Xintong [4] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 3-0 China Lyu Haotian [38] Head to head Details 
Grp China Xiao Guodong [32] 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] Head to head Details 
Championship League Stage Two Group B (28 Jul 2022)
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 3-0 England Chris Wakelin [36] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 3-0 Wales Jamie Clarke [42] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 2-2 Wales Daniel Wells (a) Head to head
European Masters Qual (15-24 Jul 2022)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 5-1 Hong Kong Andy Lee [93] Head to head Details 
Championship League Stage One Group 10 (1 Jul 2022)
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 2-2 England Robbie Williams [54] Head to head
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 3-1 England Oliver Brown [91] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 3-0 China Zhao Jianbo (a) Head to head Details 
Championship League (28 Jun - 29 Jul 2022)
Final Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 3-1 China Lu Ning [29] Head to head Details 

68-67 (67 Lu), 0-73 (73), 72-15 (72), 125-0 (100)

Referee: John Pellew.

This was Brecel's third ranking title.