Bulcsú_Révész
Bulcsú Révész
Hungarian snooker player
Bulcsú Révész (born 1 January 2007[1]) is a Hungarian snooker player. 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.
| Born | (2007-01-01) 1 January 2007 (age 17) |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Hungary |
| Professional | 2024–present |
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.[2] 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.[3] He was defeated by Liam Davies in the final of the 2022 World Open Under-16 Snooker Championships.[4] The following year, he became European under-18 snooker champion, defeating Liam Pullen in the final of the 2023 EBSA European Snooker Championships.[5]
In November 2023, Révész competed in qualifying for the professional 2023 UK Championship. He lost 3–6 against professional Hammad Miah. However, during the match he hit a total clearance 140 break which marked his highest competitive break.[6] He played in the single-frame 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.[7]
At the WSF Snooker Championship [de] held in Albania in February 2024, Révész defeated China's Gong Chenzhi 5–3 in the final. Winning the event awarded Révész a professional place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season.[8][9] In doing so, he becomes the first professional Hungarian snooker player.[10]
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.[11][12] In the second round, he was defeated 10-8 by James Cahill.[13]
| Tournament | 2022/ 23 |
2023/ 24 |
|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] |
| UK Championship | A | LQ |
| Shoot Out | A | 1R |
| 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 | #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. | |||
Amateur finals: 7 (4 titles)
| 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 |
- "Bulcsu Revesz - Players". snooker.org. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
- "Bulcsú Révész the 12 year old Hungarian Prospect that caught the attention of everyone in Belgrade". EBSA. 3 June 2019. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- "A rising star from Hungary: Bulcsú Révész". World Snooker Tour. 14 October 2022. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- Pathak, Vivek (27 August 2022). "Liam creates history with the hat-trick of titles". IBSF. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- Barroso, Antonio (21 March 2023). "Bulcsú Révész is the new U18 European champion". EBSA. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- Buzás, Gábor (20 November 2023). "Révész Bulcsú időnként csodás játékkal kapott ki a UK-selejtezőben" (in Hungarian). Eurosport. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- "Murphy hits first 147 in Shoot-out history". BBC Sport. 7 December 2023. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- "Hungary for success! Revesz wins junior title". World Snooker Tour. 2 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- Caulfield, David (2 February 2024). "Hungarian teenager Bulcsú Révész wins tour card". SnookerHQ. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- "Sznúker: Történelmi siker, Révész Bulcsú nyerte a junior-vb-t, s ezzel profivá vált!" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 2 February 2024. Archived from the original on 3 February 2024. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- "WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP: FERGAL O'BRIEN BRINGS CURTAIN DOWN ON 33-YEAR CAREER AFTER DEFEAT IN CRUCIBLE QUALIFIER". Eurosport. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- "CRUCIBLE QUALIFYING DAY TWO: REVESZ WEATHERS THE STORM". WST. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- "CRUCIBLE QUALIFYING DAY FOUR: HEATHCOTE WIN LEAVES LINES ON VERGE". WST. 12 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
