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Polish snooker player (born 2004)

Antoni Kowalski
Born (2004-02-09) 9 February 2004 (age 20)
Zielona Góra
Sport country Poland
Professional2024–present
Highest ranking99 (July 2024)
Current ranking 99 (as of 16 December 2024)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2024 Shoot Out)

Antoni Kowalski (born 9 February 2004) is a Polish professional snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.

Early life

Kowalski is from Zielona Góra in Poland.

Career

In 2019, he won the World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships, defeating Hungarian Bulcsú Révész 4–2 in the final. He became the first Polish player to win the title.

In 2022, Kowalski was runner up to Liam Davies in the Under-18 and Under-21 categories at the IBSF World Snooker Championship.

In January 2023, Kowalski defeated Mateusz Baranowski 5-2 in the final of the Polish Championship in Lublin. It was his second Polish national championship, having also won the title in 2021.

2023-24 season

In November 2023, Kowalski secured the biggest title of his career as he defeated Rory McLeod 5-3 in the final to win the Landywood Q Tour title.

In January 2024, he defeated Baranowski in the final of the Polish national championship again, for his third national title. In March 2024, he reached the final of the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships where he lost to Liam Davies.

2024-25 season

He entered Q School in May 2024 and in the second event he progressed to the latter stages with wins over Jed Mann, and former professional James Cahill. In the final round he faced Englishman Simon Blackwell and triumphed 4-1 to earn an assured two-year card on the World Snooker Tour.

He began his pro career at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024 with his results including a 2-2 draw with World Championship finalist Jak Jones in his round robin group. He reached the third round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters with a 4-0 win over He Guoqiang. He defeated Hammad Miah at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open in September 2024. In December 2024, he reached the last-16 of the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out. That month, he reached the last-64 of the 2025 German Masters with a 5-0 win over Martin O'Donnell, and the last-64 of the 2025 World Open.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/
14 		2014/
15 		2015/
16 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2019/
20 		2020/
21 		2024/
25
Ranking
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event A RR
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not Held LQ
Saudi Arabia Masters Tournament Not Held 3R
English Open Not Held A A A A LQ
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held LQ
Northern Ireland Open Not Held A A A A LQ
International Championship A A A A A A NH LQ
UK Championship A A A A A A A LQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking A A A A 4R
Scottish Open Not Held A A A A 1R
German Masters A A A A A A A
Welsh Open A A A A A A A
World Open A Not Held A A A NH
World Grand Prix NH NR DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A A A A A LQ A
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking LQ LQ NR Not Held
European Masters Not Held A A A 2R 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 an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2013/2014–2015/2016)

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 1

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2024 Belgian Open England Joe O'Connor 2–4

Amateur finals: 8 (5 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2019 World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships Hungary Bulcsú Révész 4–2
Winner 2. 2020 Polish Amateur Championship Poland Mateusz Baranowski 6–4
Runner-up 1. 2022 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship Wales Liam Davies 3–4
Runner-up 2. 2022 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship Wales Liam Davies 1–5
Winner 3. 2023 Polish Amateur Championship (2) Poland Mateusz Baranowski 5–2
Winner 4. 2023 Q Tour – Event 4 Jamaica Rory McLeod 5–3
Winner 5. 2024 Polish Amateur Championship (3) Poland Mateusz Baranowski 5–1
Runner-up 3. 2024 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships Wales Liam Davies 3–5

Team finals: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Team/Partner Opponent(s) in the final Score
Winner 1. 2022 European Team Snooker Championships  Poland 1
Mateusz Baranowski 		 Belgium 1
Julien Leclercq
Kevin Hanssens 		5–3
Winner 2. 2023 European Team Snooker Championships (2)  Poland 1
Mateusz Baranowski 		 Israel
Shachar Ruberg
Eden Sharav 		5–4

References

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  2. Czykier, Mariusz (11 November 2023). "A GREAT SUCCESS FOR THE POLISH TEENAGER. A BIG STEP TOWARDS PROMOTION TO THE WORLD ELITE". Eurosport. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  3. "A rising star from Hungary: Bulcsú Révész". World Snooker Tour. 14 October 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  4. Pathak, Vivek (24 August 2019). "Antoni Kowalski – Champion World Under-16 Boys Snooker". IBSF. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
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  17. "Graham stuns Carter to reach last 16". wst.tv. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
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  19. "HIGGINS BEATS WANG WITH LATE CLEARANCE". wst.tv. 20 December 2024. Retrieved 21 December 2024.
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  21. "European Team Snooker Championships Men - Albena / Bulgaria 2023". esnooker.pl.

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