| Bulcsú Révész | |
| Birth Date: | 2007 1, df=yes |
| Professional: | 2024–present |
| High Ranking: | 91 (September 2024) |
Bulcsú Révész (born 1 January 2007[1]) is a Hungarian professional snooker player. He is the first ever professional snooker player from Hungary[2]
In February 2024 he won the 2024 WSF World Junior Championship, and with it earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with 2024–25 snooker season.
In 2019, competing as a 12-year-old, Révész made the last-16 of the six-red snooker event at the EBSA European Championships. He reached the quarter-finals of the EBSA European Snooker Open, where he lost out to the eventual winner Kristján Helgason from Iceland.[3] That year, he was runner-up at the under-16 European Championship and the under-16 World Championship, and finished third at the under-21 World Championship.[4] He was defeated by Liam Davies in the final of the 2022 World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships.[5] The following year, he became European under-18 snooker champion, defeating Liam Pullen in the final of the 2023 EBSA European Snooker Championships.[6]
In November 2023, Révész competed in qualifying for the professional 2023 UK Championship. He lost 36 against professional Hammad Miah. However, during the match he hit a total clearance 140 break which marked his highest competitive .[7] He played in the single- professional tournament, the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out where he played 2005 World Snooker Championship winner Shaun Murphy. Murphy won the match with the first maximum break made under the format.[8]
At the held in Albania in February 2024, Révész defeated China's Gong Chenzhi 53 in the final. Winning the event awarded Révész a professional place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.[9] [10] In doing so, he becomes the first professional Hungarian snooker player.[11] In March 2024, he beat Latvian Artemijs Žižins and Vladislav Gradinari of Moldova to win the European U18 championship.[12]
In the first round of qualifying for the 2024 World Snooker Championship he defeated Sean O'Sullivan 10-8, having comeback from 6-1 and 8-5 down.[13] [14] In the second round, he was defeated 10-8 by James Cahill.[15]
He began his pro career at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024, where he was defeated by World Championship finalist Jak Jones in his round robin group.[16] In July 2024, he recorded a 5-0 whitewash over experienced professional David Grace in qualifying for the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix.[17] He reached the third round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters with a 4-3 win over Mark Davis.[18] At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024 he reached the last-64 where he was defeated by Stephen Maguire.[19] At the 2024 British Open in Cheltenham he recorded a 4-3 win over Ali Carter.[20] He came from 3-0 down to beat Iulian Boiko 4-3 and whitewashed Robbie Williams to reach the last-64 at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.[21] [22]
| Tournament | 2022/ 23 | 2023/ 24 | 2024/ 25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[23] | [24] | [25] | ||
| Championship League | A | A | RR | |
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Not Held | 1R | ||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Not Held | 3R | ||
| English Open | A | A | 1R | |
| British Open | A | A | 1R | |
| Wuhan Open | NH | A | LQ | |
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | 1R | |
| International Championship | Not Held | LQ | ||
| UK Championship | A | LQ | LQ | |
| Shoot Out | A | 1R | ||
| Scottish Open | A | A | LQ | |
| German Masters | A | A | ||
| Welsh Open | A | A | ||
| World Open | Not Held | |||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | ||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | ||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | ||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | ||
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 2019 | World Under-16 Championship |  Antoni Kowalski | 2–4 | |
| Winner | 1. | 2019 | Hungarian Amateur Championship |  Zsolt Fenyvesi | 7–6 | |
| Runner-up | 2. | 2021 | Hungarian Amateur Championship | Zsolt Fenyvesi | 4–7 | |
| Runner-up | 3. | 2022 | World Under-16 Championship (2) | Liam Davies | 2–4 | |
| Winner | 2. | 2022 | Welsh Open |  Shachar Ruberg | 4–1 | |
| Winner | 3. | 2023 | European Under-18 Championships | Liam Pullen | 4–3 | |
| Winner | 4. | 2024 | WSF Junior Championship |  Gong Chenzhi | 5–3 |