Josh Boileau

Josh Boileau (born 2 July 1995 in Newbridge, Kildare) is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the current Under-21 European Snooker Champion.

Career

In 2014 Boileau entered the EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championships in Bucharest where he reached the final, before he lost 6–1 Oliver Lines. Two years following his disappointment in Bucharest, Boileau once again made it to the final where he defeated Brandon Sargeant 6–1 to win the 2016 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship, as a result he was given a two year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 seasons.^[3]^[4]

Tournament	2013/ 14	2014/ 15	2015/ 16	2016/ 17
Ranking^[5]^{[nb 1]}	UR^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 2]}	UR^{[nb 3]}
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters^{[nb 4]}	NH	Minor-Ranking
Indian Open	A	A	NH	A
World Open	LQ	Not Held
Paul Hunter Classic	Minor-Ranking Event
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A
European Championship	Tournamet Not Held
English Open	Tournamet Not Held
International Championship	A	A	A
Irish Open	Tournamet Not Held
UK Championship	A	A	A
Scottish Open	NH	Not Held
German Masters	A	A	A
World Grand Prix	NH	NR	DNQ
Welsh Open	A	A	A
Gibraltar Open	Not Held		MR
Players Championship^{[nb 5]}	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
China Open	A	A	A
World Championship	A	A	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open	LQ	A	A	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.

↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 He was not on Main Tour.
↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015−2015/2016)
↑ The event was called the the Players Championship Grand Final (2013/2014−2015/2016)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2014	European Under-21 Snooker Championship	Oliver Lines	1–6
Runner-up	2.	2014	World Under-21 Snooker Championship	Hossein Vafaei	3–8
Winner	1.	2016	European Under-21 Snooker Championship	Brandon Sargeant	6–1