| Antoni Kowalski | |
| Birth Date: | 9 February 2004 |
| Birth Place: | Zielona Góra |
| Professional: | 2024–present |
| High Ranking: | 99 (July 2024) |
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. [1]
Kowalski is from Zielona Góra in Poland.[2]
In 2019, he won the World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships, defeating Hungarian Bulcsú Révész 4–2 in the final.[3] [4] He became the first Polish player to win the title.[5]
In 2022, Kowalski was runner up to Liam Davies in the Under-18 and Under-21 categories at the IBSF World Snooker Championship.[6]
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.[7]
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.[8]
In January 2024, he defeated Baronowski in the final of the Polish national championship again, for his third national title.[9] In March 2024, he reached the final of the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships where he lost to Liam Davies.[10]
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.[11] 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.[12] [13]
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.[14]
| Tournament | 2013/ 14 | 2014/ 15 | 2015/ 16 | 2017/ 18 | 2018/ 19 | 2019/ 20 | 2020/ 21 | 2024/ 25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[15] | [16] | [17] | |||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | A | RR | ||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||
| English Open | Not Held | A | A | A | A | ||||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | A | A | A | A | ||||
| International Championship | A | A | A | A | A | A | NH | ||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||
| Shoot Out | Non-Ranking | A | A | A | A | ||||
| Scottish Open | Not Held | A | A | A | A | ||||
| 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[18] | 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 |
| 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. | ||||
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2019 | World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships |  Bulcsú Révész | 4–2 | |
| Winner | 2. | 2020 | Polish Amateur Championship |  Mateusz Baranowski | 6–4 | |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2022 | IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship | Liam Davies | 3–4 | |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2022 | IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship | Liam Davies | 1–5 | |
| Winner | 3. | 2023 | Polish Amateur Championship (2) | Mateusz Baranowski | 5–2 | |
| Winner | 4. | 2023 | Q Tour – Event 4 |  Rory McLeod | 5–3 | |
| Winner | 5. | 2024 | Polish Amateur Championship (3) | Mateusz Baranowski | 5–1 | |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2024 | EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships | Liam Davies | 3–5 |