Bulcsú Révész (born 1 January 2007) is a Hungarian professional

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player. He is the first ever professional snooker player from Hungary. In February 2024 he won the 2024 WSF World Junior Championship, and with it earned a two-year card on the

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starting with

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Career

In 2019, competing as a 12-year-old, Révész made the last-16 of the

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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. 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. He was defeated by Liam Davies in the final of the 2022 World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships. The following year, he became European under-18 snooker champion, defeating Liam Pullen in the final of the 2023 EBSA European Snooker Championships. 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 . He played in the single- professional tournament, the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out where he played

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winner

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. Murphy won the match with the first

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made under the format. 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

from the

. In doing so, he becomes the first professional Hungarian snooker player. In March 2024, he beat Latvian Artemijs Žižins and Vladislav Gradinari of Moldova to win the European U18 championship. 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. In the second round, he was defeated 10-8 by James Cahill.

2024–25 season

He began his pro career at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024, where he was defeated by World Championship finalist

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in his round robin group. In July 2024, he recorded a 5-0 whitewash over experienced professional David Grace in qualifying for the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix. He reached the third round of the 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters with a 4-3 win over Mark Davis. At the 2024 English Open in Brentwood in September 2024 he reached the last-64 where he was defeated by Stephen Maguire. At the

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he recorded a 4-3 win over Ali Carter. He came from 3-0 down to beat Iulian Boiko 4-3 and whitewashed

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to reach the last-64 at the

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. He recorded a win over Baipat Siripaporn in qualifying for the 2025 German Masters.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Amateur finals: 8 (5 titles)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Révész, Bulcsú Living people Hungarian snooker players 21st-century Hungarian sportsmen 2007 births