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Antoni Kowalski
Polish snooker player (born 2004) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Early life
Kowalski is from Zielona Góra in Poland.[2]
Career
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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]
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.[8]
In January 2024, he defeated Baranowski 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]
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.[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] He reached the third round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters with a 4-0 win over He Guoqiang.[15] He defeated Hammad Miah at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open in September 2024.[16] In December 2024, he reached the last-16 of the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out.[17] That month, he reached the last-64 of the 2025 German Masters with a 5-0 win over Martin O'Donnell,[18] and the last-64 of the 2025 World Open.[19]
2025-26 season
He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Stuart Bingham, Hatem Yassin and Halim Hussain, finishing second in the group behind Bingham with two wins.[20][21]
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Performance and rankings timeline
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| 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. | |||
Career finals
Pro-am finals: 1
Amateur finals: 8 (5 titles)
Team finals: 2 (2 titles)
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