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Luca Brecel
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Male; Belgium (Belgium); Born: 8 Mar 1995 (29 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 2011; Ranking wins: 4; Maximums: 1; Best performance: World Champion 2023; Ranking: n/a; Homepage: luca-brecel.com/; Other sources: CueTracker; World Snooker

2024/2025
German Masters (27 Jan - 2 Feb 2025)
Rd 1 (9) Belgium Luca Brecel [7] v Tian Pengfei / tbd  
Masters (12-19 Jan 2025)
Rd 1 (11) Belgium Luca Brecel [7] v England Chris Wakelin [16] Head to head 2025-01-15 19:00:00Z
World Open Qual (20-22 Dec 2024)
Q Rd 1 (9) Belgium Luca Brecel [7] v Ukraine Iulian Boiko (a) Head to head 2024-12-22 14:30:00Z
Snooker Championship (18-20 Dec 2024)
Rd 2 (7) Belgium Luca Brecel v Zhang Anda / Wildcard player   Est. 2024-12-18 21:00:00Z
Scottish Open (9-15 Dec 2024)
Rd 3 (7) Belgium Luca Brecel [7] v China Ding Junhui [10] Head to head 2024-12-12 13:00:00Z

Watch on Eurosport/Discovery+, Matchroom, Huya & more.

Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-1 China Zhou Yuelong [26] Head to head Details 

re-spotted black in frame 5

Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-3 Belgium Julien Leclercq [103]   Details 
UK Championship (23 Nov - 1 Dec 2024)
Rd 1 Wales Jak Jones [17] 6-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head Details 
Champion of Champions (11-17 Nov 2024)
Rd 1 England Kyren Wilson [3] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Northern Ireland Open (20-27 Oct 2024)
Rd 2 China Pang Junxu [27] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [6] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [6] 4-3 China He Guoqiang [59]   Details 
International Championship Qual (30 Sep - 2 Oct 2024)
Q Rd 1 China Jiang Jun [72] 6-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head Details 
Brecel missed the 11th black on his way to a maximum in frame 8.
British Open (23-29 Sep 2024)
Rd 4 Wales Jak Jones [14] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] 4-1 Wales Liam Davies [103]   Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] 4-2 China Tian Pengfei [51] Head to head Details 
Tian potted the black in the final frame but went in-off
British Open Qual (31 Jul - 3 Aug 2024)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] 4-1 United Arab Emirates Mohammed Shehab [109]   Details 
English Open (16-22 Sep 2024)
Rd 2 China Pang Junxu [27] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [6] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [6] 4-3 England Anthony Hamilton [59] Head to head Details 
Saudi Arabia Masters (30 Aug - 7 Sep 2024)
Rd 5 China Pang Junxu [29] 5-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [4] Head to head Details 
Wuhan Open Qual (28-30 Jul 2024)
Q Rd 1 Wales Duane Jones [101] 5-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [4] Head to head Details 
Re-spotted black in frame 5 (Brecel won it)
Xi'an Grand Prix Qual (25-27 Jul 2024)
Q Rd 1 England Hammad Miah [79] w/o Belgium Luca Brecel [4] Head to head Details 
Brecel never arrived
Shanghai Masters (15-21 Jul 2024)
Rd 2 China Si Jiahui [17] 6-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] Head to head Details 
2023/2024
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 2024)
Rd 1 England David Gilbert [31] 10-9 Belgium Luca Brecel [1] Head to head Details 
1st session Brecel 6-3 up.

Brecel suffered from a throat infection. Gilbert was 9-6 down
World Open (18-24 Mar 2024)
Rd 3 Scotland Stephen Maguire [34] 5-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 5-2 England Oliver Brown [91] Head to head Details 
World Open Qual (22-24 Jan 2024)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 5-1 Thailand M Phetmalaikul [115]   Details 
World Masters (4-6 Mar 2024)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-2 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 

118-3 (95), 9-107, 0-81 (81), 94-29 (94)
121-0 (121), 69-0, 131-0 (124)

Referee: Tatiana Woollaston

SF Belgium Luca Brecel 4-2 Northern Ireland Mark Allen Head to head Details 

72-6 (72), 95-58 (71), 0-122 (121)
125-10 (125), 0-133 (133), 101-1 (82)

QF Belgium Luca Brecel 4-1 England Ali Carter Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (12-18 Feb 2024)
QF England Martin O'Donnell [77] 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
Rd 4 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-1 England Tom Ford [18] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-1 Scotland Graeme Dott [46] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-0 England Joe O'Connor [35] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open Qual (25-27 Jan 2024)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-3 China Jiang Jun [106] Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (18-22 Dec 2023)
Q Rd 1 India Ishpreet Singh Chadha [100] 5-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
Masters (7-14 Jan 2024)
Rd 1 England Jack Lisowski [16] 6-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
300th career century for Lisowski in frame two.
Macau Masters - Event 1 (22-24 Dec 2023)
3rd/4th Playoff Scotland John Higgins 6-4 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head
SF England Ali Carter 6-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head
Macau Masters (Melco) Group A (22 Dec 2023)
Grp Scotland John Higgins 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-2 England Barry Hawkins Head to head
Scottish Open (11-17 Dec 2023)
Rd 3 England Martin O'Donnell [79] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-3 England James Cahill [71] Head to head Details 
Scottish Open Qual (30 Oct - 2 Nov 2023)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-0 Ukraine Iulian Boiko (a) Head to head Details 
UK Championship (25 Nov - 3 Dec 2023)
Rd 2 China Zhang Anda [15] 6-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 6-4 China Yuan Sijun [43] Head to head Details 
Champion of Champions (13-19 Nov 2023)
Rd 1 England Barry Hawkins 4-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
International Championship (5-12 Nov 2023)
Rd 2 England Mark Davis [63] 6-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
International Championship Qual (18-23 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 6-2 England Daniel Womersley (a)   Details 
Womersley replaced Ahmed Aly Elsayed who couldn't get a visa
Wuhan Open Qual (1-5 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 1 China Xing Zihao [105] w/o Belgium Luca Brecel [1]  
English Open (2-8 Oct 2023)
Rd 4 China Ding Junhui [15] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 

This was Ding's eighth win from eight meetings

Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-0 Pakistan Muhammad Asif [83]   Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-1 England Andy Hicks [53] Head to head Details 

Brecel potted 15 reds and blacks in frame 1 only to go in-off playing the yellow

English Open Qual (6-8 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-3 England Stan Moody [120]   Details 
British Open Qual (14-19 Aug 2023)
Q Rd 1 China Ding Junhui [15] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
Brecel was 3-0 down
Shanghai Masters (11-17 Sep 2023)
Final England Ronnie O'Sullivan [1] 11-9 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
86-6, 0-134 (134), 76-38 (57), 79-48, 0-76 (75)
22-98 (98), 0-103 (103), 98-31, 78-29 (78), 69-44

Session 2:
63-66 (65), 88-0 (52), 11-86 (55), 36-64 (56)
95-30, 143-0 (143), 120-0 (120), 57-71 (LB 52)
12-83 (83), 67-47

This was O'Sullivan's fifth Shanghai Masters title and fourth in a row.

143 by O'Sullivan in frame 16 was the highest break of the tournament.

Referee: Peggy Li

SF Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 10-7 Australia Neil Robertson [6] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
73-46, 58-51, 78-39 (68), 11-95 (95), 27-76 (60)
99-0 (99), 53-32, 70-23 (56), 40-90 (90)

Session 2:
56-65 (LB 52), 102-14 (84), 46-69, 2-79 (61)
127-1 (123), 12-109 (109), 67-14, 62-34

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 6-3 England Robert Milkins [12] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 6-4 Wales Mark J Williams [9] Head to head Details 
European Masters (22-27 Aug 2023)
Rd 4 England Barry Hawkins [18] 5-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 5-4 England Robbie Williams [46] Head to head Details 
Brecel's century in the last frame was his 200th as a professional.
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 5-3 India Ishpreet Singh Chadha [113] Head to head Details 
European Masters Qual (25-29 Jul 2023)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 5-3 Wales Jackson Page [44] Head to head Details 
Brecel missed the 11th red in a maximum attempt in frame 5
2022/2023
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] Head to head 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 
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 
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 
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 
English Open Qual (25-30 Oct 2022)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 4-3 England Mark Joyce [56] Head to head 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.

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 
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 
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 
British Open Qual (9-14 Aug 2022)
Q Rd 1 Scotland Graeme Dott [34] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 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 
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.

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 
2021/2022
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 2022)
Rd 1 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [38] 10-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] Head to head Details 
Tour Championship (28 Mar - 3 Apr 2022)
SF Scotland John Higgins [8] 10-7 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
26-87 (64), 0-116 (105), 0-115 (78), 75-46
76-64 (LB 64), 106-26 (54, 52), 63-32, 108-7 (108)

Session 2:
66-30, 0-80 (55), 93-6 (50), 52-73 (52,69)
44-72 (68), 0-108 (108), 71-35, 107-8, 68-30 (67)

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [5] 10-6 England Judd Trump [4] Head to head Details 

140 by Judd Trump in frame 13 the HB of the tournament

Gibraltar Open (24-26 Mar 2022)
Rd 3 Wales Jak Jones [44] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 4-1 England David Lilley (a)   Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 4-3 England Jamie Curtis-Barrett (a)   Details 
Curtis-Barrett replaced Kurt Maflin who withdrew.
Turkish Masters (7-13 Mar 2022)
Rd 2 China Zhou Yuelong [18] 5-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [15] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [15] 5-1 England Stuart Carrington [50] Head to head Details 
European Masters (21-27 Feb 2022)
Rd 2 Thailand Sunny Akani [55] 5-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [45] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [45] 5-3 England Gary Wilson [24] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open Qual (15-20 Feb 2022)
Q Rd 1 Jamaica Rory McLeod [82] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [17] Head to head Details 
Players Championship (7-13 Feb 2022)
Rd 1 England Jimmy Robertson [15] 6-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
Turkish Masters Qual (2-6 Feb 2022)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [15] 5-1 England Peter Devlin [83]   Details 
German Masters (26-30 Jan 2022)
Rd 2 England Ricky Walden [29] 5-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] Head to head Details 

Re-rack in frame 6

Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 5-3 China Zhang Anda [114] Head to head Details 
Shoot Out (20-23 Jan 2022)
Rd 2 England Simon Blackwell (a) 54-35 Belgium Luca Brecel [10]   Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 40-20 England Joe Perry [27] Head to head Details 
World Grand Prix (13-19 Dec 2021)
Rd 2 England Jimmy Robertson [15] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [2] 4-1 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [31] Head to head Details 

88 by Brecel in frame 3 was a maximum attempt. Lost position on the 12th red.

Scottish Open (6-12 Dec 2021)
Final Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 9-5 Scotland John Higgins [7] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
71-33, 96-0 (96), 61-8, 0-91
69-21 (61), 59-56, 46-75 (70)
104-0 (104)

Session 2:
79-27 (79), 98-0 (64), 5-97, 17-73 (73)
25-62 (53), 128-0 (127)

Referee: Colin Humphries

This was Brecel's second ranking title.

SF Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 6-1 Scotland Anthony McGill [16] Head to head Details 

96-0 (96), 60-51, 67-11, 60-42
58-1, 1-90 (90), 77-54 (AM 54)

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 5-4 England Matthew Selt [33] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 4-1 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [77] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 4-3 China Pang Junxu [66] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 4-2 England Joe Perry [21] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (23 Nov - 5 Dec 2021)
Final China Zhao Xintong [26] 10-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [40] Head to head Details 
Brecel was the first European from outside the UK and Ireland to compete in the UK final.

For the first time neither of the UK finalists were ranked inside the top 16 at the start of the tournament.

Session 1:
79-4 (79), 0-133 (133), 90-25 (61), 19-80
92-12, 67-40, 47-60, 85-17 (78)

Session 2:
87-0 (87), 120-9 (120), 31-71 (64), 69-6 (56)
13-97 (81), 71-19, 99-0 (99)

Referee: Ben Williams

This was Zhao's first ranking title from his first final. He now has qualified for the Masters.

For the first time neither of the UK Championship finalists was ranked inside top 16 at the start of the tournament and neither was from the UK or Ireland.

SF Belgium Luca Brecel [40] 6-4 England Kyren Wilson [5] Head to head Details 

130-0 (130), 14-121 (121), 105-25 (105), 59-69 (59, 69)
21-67, 108-1 (102), 97-0 (97), 80-0 (80), 1-83 (83), 112-0 (112)

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [40] 6-2 Scotland Anthony McGill [16] Head to head Details 
Rd 4 Belgium Luca Brecel [40] 6-1 England Anthony Hamilton [56] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [40] 6-0 Scotland Stephen Maguire [8] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [40] 6-5 England Tom Ford [25] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [40] 6-2 China Xu Si [90]   Details 
English Open (1-7 Nov 2021)
QF England Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] 5-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 4-2 Scotland Fraser Patrick [117] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 4-1 China Li Hang [39] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 4-0 England Stuart Carrington [51] Head to head Details 
English Open Qual (17-22 Sep 2021)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 4-1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [11] Head to head Details 
European Masters Qual (27-31 Oct 2021)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [45] 5-1 England Barry Pinches [103] Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (18-26 Oct 2021)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 5-1 China Wu Yize [107] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 5-1 England Stuart Bingham [13] Head to head Details 
Northern Ireland Open (9-17 Oct 2021)
Rd 2 Scotland John Higgins [7] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [37] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [37] 4-2 China Liang Wenbo [26] Head to head Details 
Scottish Open Qual (24-29 Sep 2021)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [44] 4-1 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [42]   Details 
Northern Ireland Open Qual (23-27 Aug 2021)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [37] 4-0 Wales Michael White (a) Head to head Details 
British Open (16-22 Aug 2021)
Rd 3 England Hammad Miah [110] 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] 3-1 China Zhao Jianbo [71] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] 3-2 England Barry Hawkins [10] Head to head Details 
Championship League Stage One Group 31 (23 Jul 2021)
Grp China Pang Junxu [56] 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] Head to head Details 
Grp China Chang Bingyu [102] 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [31] 3-1 Scotland Dean Young [104]   Details 
2020/2021
World Championship Qual (5-14 Apr 2021)
Q Rd 4 England Stuart Bingham [18] 10-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [47] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [47] 6-3 England Mark King [50] Head to head Details 
WST Pro Series Second Phase Group 3 (19 Mar 2021)
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 2-0 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [111] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 2-1 England Joe Perry [15] Head to head Details 
Grp England Sam Craigie [46] 2-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 2-0 China Luo Honghao [58] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 2-0 England Mark Davis [40] Head to head Details 
Grp England Jack Lisowski [10] 2-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] Head to head Details 
Grp England Barry Hawkins [14] 2-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] Head to head Details 
Gibraltar Open (1-7 Mar 2021)
Rd 2 England Shaun Murphy [7] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 4-1 England Mark King [42] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2021)
Rd 1 China Zhao Xintong [30] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [37] Head to head Details 

143 by Zhao Xintong in frame 3 is the highest break of the event so far.

Shoot Out (4-7 Feb 2021)
Rd 1 England Shaun Murphy [3] 65-10 Belgium Luca Brecel [24] Head to head Details 
German Masters (27-31 Jan 2021)
Rd 2 England Jack Lisowski [15] 5-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] 5-1 Thailand Noppon Saengkham [41] Head to head Details 
WST Pro Series First Phase Group N (25 Jan 2021)
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 2-0 England Zak Surety [103]   Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 2-1 England Jack Lisowski [10] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 2-1 Scotland Graeme Dott [19] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 2-1 Wales Michael White (a) Head to head Details 

Brecel won the decider on a respot black

Grp England Andrew Higginson [53] 2-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 2-1 Wales Jackson Page [65] Head to head Details 
Grp England Brandon Sargeant [92] 2-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [33]   Details 
Scottish Open (7-13 Dec 2020)
Rd 2 China Liang Wenbo [30] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] 4-3 England Andrew Higginson [57] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (23 Nov - 6 Dec 2020)
Rd 2 China Xiao Guodong [33] 6-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [32] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [32] 6-2 China Lei Peifan [97]   Details 
Match started late due to late arrival of COVID-19 test results.
Northern Ireland Open (16-22 Nov 2020)
Rd 3 England Judd Trump [1] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [32] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [32] 4-1 England Rod Lawler [83] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [32] 4-0 Poland Kacper Filipiak [77] Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (10-14 Nov 2020)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] 5-2 England Andrew Higginson [53] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] 5-4 England James Cahill [74] Head to head Details 
Champion of Champions (2-8 Nov 2020)
Rd 1 England Mark Selby 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
English Open (12-18 Oct 2020)
Rd 2 China Ding Junhui [10] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [38] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [38] 4-0 England Ian Burns [63] Head to head Details 
Championship League Stage One Group 27 (3 Oct 2020)
Grp England Tom Ford [23] 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [37] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [37] 3-1 England Ashley Hugill [112]   Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [37] 3-0 England Mitchell Mann [71] Head to head Details 

Mann didn't score a single point

European Masters (21-27 Sep 2020)
Rd 3 Wales Jackson Page [70] 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [38] Head to head Details 

Seven half-centuries by Page

Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [38] 5-1 England Ali Carter [19] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [38] 5-0 England Steven Hallworth [118] Head to head Details 
2019/2020
World Championship Qual (21-28 Jul 2020)
Q Rd 3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [63] 6-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] Head to head Details 
Championship League (1-11 Jun 2020)
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 2-2 England Ben Woollaston [23] Head to head

After Woollaston went 2-1 up with 141 and 126 the final frame would decide who won the title. Brecel made a 111 to claim the trophy.

Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 2-2 Wales Ryan Day [18] Head to head
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 3-0 England Stuart Bingham [10] Head to head Details 
Championship League S/F Group A (10 Jun 2020)
Grp England Gary Wilson [13] 2-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [25] Head to head
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 3-1 England Ashley Carty [53] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 2-2 England Mark Joyce [39] Head to head
Championship League Group 9 (2 Jun 2020)
Grp England Jack Lisowski [9] 2-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [25] Head to head

Brecel advances from the group thanks to a higher break (138).

Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 3-0 England Oliver Lines [52] Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 2-2 England Robbie Williams [33] Head to head
Gibraltar Open (11-15 Mar 2020)
Rd 3 England Kyren Wilson [8] 4-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] 4-1 England Chris Wakelin [44] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] 4-3 Ireland Ken Doherty [56] Head to head Details 
Shoot-Out (20-23 Feb 2020)
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [1] 59-7 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (10-16 Feb 2020)
Rd 4 Scotland John Higgins [6] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] 4-3 China Tian Pengfei [60] Head to head Details 

Brecel won the deciding frame by doubling the respotted black after having needed two snookers.

Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] 4-2 Scotland Scott Donaldson [22] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [34] 4-1 Poland Kacper Filipiak [103] Head to head Details 
German Masters (29 Jan - 2 Feb 2020)
Rd 2 England Judd Trump [2] 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] 5-0 England Joe Perry [15] Head to head Details 
European Masters (22-26 Jan 2020)
Rd 1 England Gary Wilson [18] 5-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (20-22 Dec 2019)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] 5-1 China Yan Bingtao [18]   Details 
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] 5-3 England Louis Heathcote [85]   Details 
European Masters Qual (17-19 Dec 2019)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] 5-2 England Martin Gould [57] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [36] 5-4 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [47] Head to head Details 

142 by Georgiou in fr 4 Was the H/B of Qualifying

Scottish Open (9-15 Dec 2019)
Rd 1 England Martin Gould [50] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (26 Nov - 8 Dec 2019)
Rd 1 England Nigel Bond [98] 6-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] Head to head Details 
Northern Ireland Open (11-17 Nov 2019)
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [5] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 4-0 England Matthew Selt [28] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [33] 4-0 Poland Adam Stefanow [90] Head to head Details 
World Open (28 Oct - 3 Nov 2019)
Rd 1 England Michael Holt [41] 5-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [24] Head to head Details 
World Open Qual (2-5 Oct 2019)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [24] 5-2 China Wu Yize (a) Head to head Details 
English Open (14-20 Oct 2019)
Rd 1 Poland Adam Stefanow [89] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [26] Head to head Details 
Championship League - Group 1 (7-8 Oct 2019)
Grp Australia Neil Robertson 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-2 England Jimmy Robertson Head to head Details 
Grp Wales Ryan Day 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp England Barry Hawkins 3-2 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-1 England Jack Lisowski Head to head Details 
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
China Championship (23-29 Sep 2019)
Rd 3 Wales Mark J Williams [3] 5-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 5-0 England Mark Joyce [46] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 5-4 China Tian Pengfei [67] Head to head Details 
6 Red, B (2-4 Sep 2019)
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 5-3 China Wu Yize (a) Head to head
Grp Thailand K Lertsattayatthorn (a) 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel  
Grp Scotland Stephen Maguire 5-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head
Paul Hunter Classic (24-25 Aug 2019)
SF England Kyren Wilson [1] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [6] Head to head Details 

39-72 (55), 103-27 (56), 77-35 (60)
54-40, 67-42

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [6] 4-1 England Ricky Walden Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [6] 4-1 Ireland Ken Doherty [11] Head to head Details 
China Championship Qual (15-18 Aug 2019)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 5-1 China Zhang Anda [72] Head to head Details 
International Championship (4-11 Aug 2019)
Rd 2 England Gary Wilson [19] 6-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 6-3 Thailand Sunny Akani [51] Head to head Details 
Riga Masters (26-28 Jul 2019)
Rd 1 China Lyu Haotian [21] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] Head to head Details 
International Championship Qual (14-17 Jun 2019)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] w/o China Zhang Jiankang [82]   Details 
Riga Masters Qual (10-13 Jun 2019)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 4-0 England Andy Hicks Head to head Details 
2018/2019
World Championship (20 Apr - 6 May 2019)
Rd 1 England Gary Wilson [32] 10-9 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] Head to head Details 

Re-rack in the deciding frame. Then it became the longest frame in Crucible history (79 min 31 sec).

China Open (1-7 Apr 2019)
SF Australia Neil Robertson [9] 10-7 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
60-70 (60, 70), 75-32 (57), 23-77 (60), 1-98 (58)
135-0 (135), 8-117 (116), 100-14 (94), 98-0 (98), 76-53 (NR 52)

Session 2:
41-90 (85), 49-75, 76-5 (56), 70-32 (65)
30-85, 78-23 (73), 115-9 (83), 66-56 (66,51)

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-1 Scotland Alan McManus [60] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-0 Iran Hossein Vafaei [36] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-4 England Michael Holt [45] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-1 England Sam Baird [82] Head to head Details 
Gibraltar Open (13-17 Mar 2019)
Rd 1 England Liam Highfield [43] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [6] Head to head Details 
Indian Open (27 Feb - 3 Mar 2019)
Rd 3 Scotland Scott Donaldson [42] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-1 England Andrew Higginson [39] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-0 England Ian Burns [58] Head to head Details 
Shoot-Out (21-24 Feb 2019)
Rd 4 Wales Michael White [24] 47-29 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] 27-26 China Zhao Xintong [53] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] 137-0 England Ricky Walden [20] Head to head Details 
Brecel made a 133 which was his 100th career century.
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] 75-11 Pakistan Farakh Ajaib (a)   Details 
Break 74
China Open Qual (18-20 Feb 2019)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-1 Hong Kong Andy Lee [117] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (11-17 Feb 2019)
Rd 1 Norway Kurt Maflin [49] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [15] Head to head Details 
Masters (13-20 Jan 2019)
QF China Ding Junhui [8] 6-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [15] Head to head Details 

Ding lost frame 9 after three consecutive foul and misses

Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [15] 6-5 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [1] Head to head Details 

140 by Brecel in frame 7 was the highest break in the event

Championship League - Group 4 (9-10 Jan 2019)
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-2 Wales Ryan Day Head to head Details 
Grp England Stuart Bingham 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-1 England Barry Hawkins Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-1 England Ali Carter Head to head Details 
Grp England Mark Selby 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp Scotland Graeme Dott 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Championship League - Group 3 (7-8 Jan 2019)
Grp England Barry Hawkins 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp England Stuart Bingham 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp England Mark Selby 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-2 England Judd Trump Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-0 England Jimmy Robertson Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-2 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details 
Championship League - Group 2 (3-4 Jan 2019)
Final England Jack Lisowski 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 

68-37, 94-0 (94), 92-0 (92)

SF Belgium Luca Brecel 3-2 England Kyren Wilson Head to head Details 

62-22, 110-6, 21-82 (82) , 30-74 (72) , 91-14(67)

Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-0 England Ricky Walden Head to head Details 
Grp England Jack Lisowski 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-1 England Anthony Hamilton Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-1 England Judd Trump Head to head Details 
Grp England Kyren Wilson 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-2 England Jimmy Robertson Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (18-21 Dec 2018)
Q Rd 1 Wales Matthew Stevens [44] 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] Head to head Details 
Scottish Open (10-16 Dec 2018)
Rd 3 Scotland Graeme Dott [21] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 4-2 Scotland Alan McManus [58] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 4-0 England Hammad Miah [111] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (27 Nov - 9 Dec 2018)
Rd 3 China Lu Ning [110] 6-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-5 England Liam Highfield [52] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-4 China Fan Zhengyi [118]   Details 
Northern Ireland Open (12-18 Nov 2018)
Rd 4 England Judd Trump [5] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 4-2 England Gary Wilson [35] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 4-0 England Ian Burns [71] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 4-1 Northern Ireland Raymond Fry (a)   Details 
Champion of Champions (5-11 Nov 2018)
Rd 1 England Judd Trump 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
English Open (15-21 Oct 2018)
Rd 2 England Ali Carter [20] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] 4-0 China Niu Zhuang [83]   Details 
International Championship Qual (9-12 Oct 2018)
Q Rd 1 Northern Ireland Jordan Brown [113] 6-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] Head to head Details 
European Masters (1-7 Oct 2018)
Rd 3 England Anthony Hamilton [28] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 4-3 Scotland Alan McManus [61] Head to head Details 
Brecel was 3-0 down
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 4-2 China Luo Honghao Head to head Details 
European Masters Qual (17-18 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 4-2 Wales Daniel Wells [59] Head to head Details 
China Championship (24-30 Sep 2018)
Rd 1 England Martin O'Donnell [64] 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [1] Head to head Details 
China Championship Qual (19-22 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [1] 5-1 England Joe O'Connor [105] Head to head Details 
Shanghai Masters (10-16 Sep 2018)
Rd 1 China Zhou Yuelong [20] 6-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] Head to head Details 
6 Red World Championship (3-8 Sep 2018)
SF China Ding Junhui 7-6 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head

32-21, 36-28, 14-49, 0-71 (71), 41-0, 21-34, 64-1 (64), 0-64 (64), 58-0, 20-42, 0-35, 57-6 (57), 76-0 (72)

QF Belgium Luca Brecel 6-3 England Tom Ford Head to head
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel 6-3 Wales Ryan Day Head to head
6 Red, G (3-5 Sep 2018)
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 5-1 Thailand Noppon Saengkham Head to head
Grp Hong Kong Marco Fu 5-4 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 5-2 Australia Kurt Dunham (a)  
Paul Hunter Classic (22-26 Aug 2018)
Rd 3 England Chris Wakelin [20] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [4] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [4] 4-1 China Chen Zifan [42]   Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [4] 4-0 England Curtis Daher (a)   Details 
Indian Open Qual (15-16 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] 4-3 England Simon Bedford (a)   Details 
World Open (6-12 Aug 2018)
Rd 2 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [45] 5-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] Head to head Details 

O'Brien was 4-0 down

Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 5-4 Scotland Scott Donaldson [52] Head to head Details 
Riga Masters (27-29 Jul 2018)
Rd 1 England Mark Davis [35] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] Head to head Details 
World Open Qual (6-9 Jul 2018)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 5-1 England Ian Burns [83] Head to head Details 
Riga Masters Qual (2-5 Jul 2018)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] 4-2 England Allan Taylor [68] Head to head Details 
2017/2018
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 2018)
Rd 1 England Ricky Walden [27] 10-6 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] Head to head Details 
Re-spotted black (63-63) in frame 3 after Walden needed 2 snookers. Brecel won the frame though.
China Open (2-8 Apr 2018)
Rd 1 China Cao Yupeng [55] 6-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] Head to head Details 
Championship League - Group 7 (26-27 Mar 2018)
Grp England Judd Trump 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp England Ricky Walden 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp England Jimmy Robertson 3-2 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp Wales Dominic Dale 3-0 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp England Robert Milkins 3-1 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 3-0 Scotland John Higgins Head to head Details 

147 by Brecel in the final frame. Watch on YouTube. It was the 136th maximum in professional snooker and Brecel's first.

Players Championship (19-25 Mar 2018)
Rd 1 Australia Neil Robertson [12] 6-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] Head to head Details 
Romanian Masters (14-18 Mar 2018)
Rd 1 England Judd Trump [2] 4-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] Head to head Details 
Gibraltar Open (7-11 Mar 2018)
Rd 1 England Martin O'Donnell [67] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [7] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (26 Feb - 4 Mar 2018)
Rd 2 England Mike Dunn [42] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 4-2 Ireland Josh Boileau [106]   Details 
World Grand Prix (19-25 Feb 2018)
Rd 1 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [30] 4-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [4] Head to head Details 
Shoot-Out (8-11 Feb 2018)
Rd 3 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [60] 80-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] Head to head Details 

Break 73

Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] 56-7 China Mei Xiwen [59]   Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [5] 37-15 England Jimmy Robertson [26] Head to head Details 
China Open Qual (27-30 Jan 2018)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-4 China Zhao Xintong [65] Head to head Details 
Masters (14-21 Jan 2018)
Rd 1 Northern Ireland Mark Allen [8] 6-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [11] Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (19-22 Dec 2017)
Q Rd 1 England Hammad Miah [76] 5-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [10] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (28 Nov - 10 Dec 2017)
Rd 3 England Mark King [20] 6-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-3 India Aditya Mehta [76] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [13] 6-4 Iran Soheil Vahedi [118]   Details 
Northern Ireland Open (20-26 Nov 2017)
Rd 1 China Fang Xiongman [81] w/o Belgium Luca Brecel [12] Head to head Details 
Shanghai Masters (13-18 Nov 2017)
QF England Judd Trump [4] 5-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 5-4 Scotland Graeme Dott [28] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 5-0 Wales Jamie Jones [44] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 5-0 Wales Matthew Stevens [51] Head to head Details 
Champion of Champions (6-12 Nov 2017)
SF England Shaun Murphy 6-4 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 

4-77 (68), 87-0, 40-90 (63), 27-80 (80)
69-1, 13-70, 131-0 (131), 101-0 (73)
72-14, 65-45

QF Belgium Luca Brecel 6-4 England Mark Selby Head to head Details 
Respotted black in 4th frame - Brecel won it
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel 4-0 England Judd Trump Head to head Details 
International Championship (29 Oct - 5 Nov 2017)
Rd 2 England Mark Joyce [46] 6-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 6-1 China Li Yuan [117]   Details 
English Open (16-22 Oct 2017)
Rd 2 Wales Mark J Williams [17] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 4-1 Wales Ryan Day [18] Head to head Details 
Shanghai Masters Qual (11-13 Oct 2017)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 5-0 Wales Jak Jones [81] Head to head Details 
European Masters (2-8 Oct 2017)
Rd 3 England Stuart Bingham [7] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 4-1 England Chris Wakelin [60] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 4-3 Malaysia Rory Thor [79] Head to head Details 
European Masters Qual (3-4 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 4-3 England Sam Craigie [72] Head to head Details 
International Championship Qual (26-29 Sep 2017)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [14] 6-0 England Allan Taylor [90] Head to head Details 
World Open (18-24 Sep 2017)
SF China Ding Junhui [4] 6-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [25] Head to head Details 

66-28 (61), 49-69, 132-0 (121), 61-59,
36-79 (77), 32-65, 91-0 (91), 80-0 (80)
21-71 (53), 64-14

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 5-4 Scotland Anthony McGill [16] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 5-4 China Cao Yupeng [83] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 5-4 Wales Daniel Wells [57] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 5-1 England Mike Dunn [40] Head to head Details 
Indian Open (12-16 Sep 2017)
Rd 1 England Gary Wilson [47] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [18] Head to head Details 
Paul Hunter Classic (22-27 Aug 2017)
Rd 2 England Mark King [8] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] 4-1 England Ashley Carty (a) Head to head Details 
China Championship (16-22 Aug 2017)
Final Belgium Luca Brecel [27] 10-5 England Shaun Murphy [8] Head to head Details 

Session 1:
2-68 (55), 31-78 (68), 68-15 (64), 0-107 (107)
63-49, 56-19, 77-53 (SM 53), 78-5 (78), 54-58

Session 2:
66-0, 62-30, 1-109 (77), 53-52, 70-30, 61-37

Referee: Deng Shihao

This was Brecel's first ranking trophy. He is the first player from mainland Europe to win a full ranking event. He also reaches the top 16 for the first time.

SF Belgium Luca Brecel [27] 6-5 China Li Hang [58] Head to head Details 
Li reached the semifinals of a ranking tournament for the first time. Before the event he had never made it beyond the last 16.

82-28 (81), 50-76 (52), 80-57 (LH 52)
63-4 (52), 40-71, 41-67 (60), 108-9 (107)
10-44, 45-94 (86), 60-39, 75-11 (75)

QF Belgium Luca Brecel [27] 5-4 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [14] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [27] 5-3 England Mike Dunn [43] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [27] 5-2 Hong Kong Marco Fu [6] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [27] 5-2 England Jimmy Robertson [38] Head to head Details 
World Open Qual (6-9 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [25] 5-4 Scotland Ross Muir   Details 
Indian Open Qual (1-2 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [18] 4-0 England Christopher Keogan [79]   Details 
Riga Masters (23-25 Jun 2017)
Rd 2 Wales Mark J Williams [8] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [20] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [20] 4-3 Wales Lee Walker [62] Head to head Details 
China Championship Qual (3-6 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [27] 5-2 England Sean O'Sullivan Head to head Details 
Riga Masters Qual (31 May - 2 Jun 2017)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [20] 4-2 England Shaun Murphy [4] Head to head Details 
2016/2017
World Championship (15 Apr - 1 May 2017)
Rd 1 Hong Kong Marco Fu [8] 10-9 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] Head to head Details 
Fu was 7-1 down
World Championship Qual (5-12 Apr 2017)
Q Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] 10-5 Wales Dominic Dale [35] Head to head Details 

Dale's second century was his 200th.

Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] 10-8 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [67] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] 10-4 England Sean O'Sullivan [84] Head to head Details 
Gibraltar Open (1-5 Mar 2017)
Rd 3 Wales Ryan Day [19] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [21] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [21] 4-0 Wales Duane Jones [71] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [21] 4-1 England Martin Pitcher (a)   Details 
Shoot-Out (23-26 Feb 2017)
Rd 3 England Anthony Hamilton [55] 98-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [17] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [17] 34-17 Scotland Scott Donaldson [65] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [17] 50-44 Wales Lee Walker [80] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (13-19 Feb 2017)
Rd 1 England Anthony Hamilton [37] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [26] Head to head Details 
China Open Qual (24-27 Jan 2017)
Q Rd 1 England Andy Hicks (a) 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [24] Head to head Details 
Scottish Open (12-18 Dec 2016)
Rd 1 Wales Duane Jones [88] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [24] Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (6-9 Dec 2016)
Q Rd 1 Finland Robin Hull [55] 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [25] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (22 Nov - 4 Dec 2016)
QF England Shaun Murphy [6] 6-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] Head to head Details 
Rd 4 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] 6-3 Scotland Stephen Maguire [19] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] 6-1 China Yu Delu [62] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] 6-5 England Sam Craigie [94] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] 6-0 India Aditya Mehta [99] Head to head Details 
Northern Ireland Open (14-20 Nov 2016)
Rd 3 Wales Michael White [20] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [26] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [26] 4-2 England Jamie Cope [66] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [26] 4-0 England Shaun Murphy [3] Head to head Details 
International Championship (23-30 Oct 2016)
Rd 1 Wales Dominic Dale [35] 6-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] Head to head Details 
English Open (10-16 Oct 2016)
Rd 1 England Ali Carter [14] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [32] Head to head Details 
European Masters (3-9 Oct 2016)
Rd 1 Scotland Scott Donaldson [107] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] Head to head Details 
International Championship Qual (29 Sep - 1 Oct 2016)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [30] 6-2 China Fang Xiongman [103] Head to head Details 
European Masters Qual (26-28 Sep 2016)
Q Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] 4-2 Wales David John   Details 
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] 4-1 China Zhou Yuelong [48] Head to head Details 
6 Red World Championship (5-10 Sep 2016)
QF Scotland Stephen Maguire 7-6 Belgium Luca Brecel Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel 6-5 England Ricky Walden Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel 6-1 Russia Ivan Kakovskii (a)   Details 
6 Red, H (5-7 Sep 2016)
Grp Australia Peter McCullagh (a) w/o Belgium Luca Brecel  
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 5-3 England Matthew Selt Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 5-0 Malaysia Moh Keen Ho (a)   Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 5-4 England Mark Selby Head to head Details 
Grp Belgium Luca Brecel 5-3 Thailand Boonyarit Keattikun   Details 
Shanghai Masters Qual (30 Aug - 2 Sep 2016)
Q Rd 4 England Stuart Carrington [59] 5-4 Belgium Luca Brecel [31] Head to head Details 
Paul Hunter Classic (24-28 Aug 2016)
Rd 1 England Liam Highfield 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [18] Head to head Details 
World Open (25-31 Jul 2016)
Rd 1 Malaysia Rory Thor 5-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [28] Head to head Details 
Indian Open (5-9 Jul 2016)
Rd 1 England Robbie Williams [45] w/o Belgium Luca Brecel [20] Head to head Details 
Riga Masters (22-24 Jun 2016)
Rd 1 England Sean O'Sullivan [67] 4-0 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] Head to head Details 
Riga Masters Qual (3-4 Jun 2016)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 4-0 Egypt Hatem Yassen   Details 
World Open Qual (31 May - 2 Jun 2016)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [28] 5-4 England Peter Lines (a) Head to head Details 
Indian Open Qual (28-30 May 2016)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [20] 4-2 England Hammad Miah Head to head Details 
2015/2016
World Championship Qual (6-13 Apr 2016)
Q Rd 2 England Liam Highfield [70] 10-8 Belgium Luca Brecel [27] Head to head Details 
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [27] 10-8 England Steven Hallworth [100] Head to head Details 
China Open (28 Mar - 3 Apr 2016)
Rd 1 England Mark Joyce [38] 5-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [27] Head to head Details 
PTC Finals (22-27 Mar 2016)
Rd 1 Wales Michael White [12] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [29] Head to head Details 
World Grand Prix (8-13 Mar 2016)
Rd 1 England Ali Carter [21] 4-1 Belgium Luca Brecel [12] Head to head Details 
Euro Tour 6 (23-28 Feb 2016)
Rd 3 England Mark Selby [16] 4-3 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] Head to head Details 
Selby was 0-3 behind
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 4-3 England Steven Hallworth Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 4-3 Northern Ireland Joe Swail Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2016)
Rd 4 China Ding Junhui [12] 4-2 Belgium Luca Brecel [28] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [28] 4-2 England Shaun Murphy [5] Head to head Details 

Interesting black by Murphy in frame four. Watch on World Snooker's Facebook Page.

Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [28] 4-3 England Mark King [37] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [28] 4-3 England Ian Burns [69] Head to head Details 
Shoot-Out (12-14 Feb 2016)
Final Finland Robin Hull [49] 50-36 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] Head to head Details 

Hull's first professional title

SF Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 38-34 Northern Ireland Joe Swail [46] Head to head Details 
QF Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 27-18 England Rod Lawler [44] Head to head Details 
Rd 3 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 47-31 England Ben Woollaston [26] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 46-20 China Xiao Guodong [34] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [23] 48-37 England Mike Dunn [35] Head to head Details 
China Open Qual (9-11 Feb 2016)
Q Rd 1 Belgium Luca Brecel [24] 5-1 China Zhang Anda [70] Head to head Details 
German Masters (3-7 Feb 2016)
Final England Martin Gould [20] 9-5 Belgium Luca Brecel [35] Head to head Details 

1st session:
21-96 (68), 55-50, 52-41, 72-1 (72)
31-73 (51), 83-0 (83), 54-63 (59), 104-4 (104)

2nd session:
129-0 (110), 58-0, 39-76 (55), 66-32
56-69 (56, 63), 78-0

Referee: Maike Kesseler

This was Gould's first major ranking title from his third final. It was Brecel's first such final.

SF Belgium Luca Brecel [35] 6-3 England Kyren Wilson [23] Head to head