Bulcsú Révész

Bulcsú Révész (born 1 January 2007 ) is a Hungarian former professional snooker 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 World Snooker Tour starting with 2024–25 snooker season.

Career 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. 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 2005 World Snooker Championship winner Shaun Murphy. Murphy won the match with the first maximum break 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 World Snooker Tour from the 2024–25 snooker season. 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 Jak Jones 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 2024 British Open in Cheltenham he recorded a 4-3 win over Ali Carter. 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. He recorded a win over Baipat Siripaporn in qualifying for the 2025 German Masters.

2025-26 season He suffered a loss to Si Jiahui in the first qualifying round for the Wuhan Open in June 2025, his opening match of the 2025-26 season. He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League, in Leicester in July 2025, against Shaun Murphy, Alfie Burden and Robbie McGuigan, recording wins over Murphy and McGuigan, and only missed out on top-spot by frame difference. He reached the third qualifying round at the 2025 UK Championship before losing a deciding frame 6-5 to Elliot Slessor.

Revesz reached the last-32 of a ranking event for the first time in December at the 2025 Snooker Shoot Out by beating Liam Davies. He also reached the last-32 of the 2026 Welsh Open, before losing on a deciding frame against John Higgins. In April, he recorded a 10-6 win over Craig Steadman and a 10-8 win over Louis Heathcote in the first two rounds of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship before a 10-6 loss to Zhang Anda meant Revesz was relegated from the circuit.

After dropping off the tour following the conclusion of the 2025-26 season, he entered Q School but was defeated by Jeff Cundy in event one. In event two, he reached the quarter-final of his section with wins over Scotland's Evan Munro Amir Nardeia of Portugal, before facing fellow former professional Gong Chenzhi.

Performance and rankings timeline Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD 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.

Career finals Amateur finals: 8 (5 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2019 World Under-16 Championship Antoni Kowalski 2–4Winner 1. 2019 Hungarian Amateur Championship Zsolt Fenyvesi 7–6Runner-up 2. 2021 Hungarian Amateur Championship Zsolt Fenyvesi 4–7Runner-up 3. 2022 World Under-16 Championship (2) Liam Davies 2–4Winner 2. 2022 Wels Open Shachar Ruberg 4–1Winner 3. 2023 European Under-18 Championships Liam Pullen 4–3Winner 3. 2024 European Under-18 Championships Vladislav Gradinari 4–0Winner 4. 2024 WSF Junior Championship Gong Chenzhi 5–3