Fergal Quinn

Fergal Quinn (born 11 March 2000) is a Northern Irish professional snooker player from County Tyrone. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2025–26 snooker season.

Early life From Coalisland, County Tyrone, Quinn started playing snooker as an eight year-old. His father was a keen amateur snooker player who played against future World Snooker Champion Ken Doherty in competition.

Career Quinn was entered into the draw at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. In his opening match he recorded a win over world number 18 Hossein Vafaei, before missing out on a place in the next stage against Martin O'Donnell.

He entered Q School in May 2024, where in the first event he was edged out 4-3 by Dylan Emery. He was a top-up player competing as an amateur at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024.

He reached the semi-final of the WSF Championship in January 2025 where he faced Gao Yang of China, losing 4-2. For this performance, he was awarded a place into the qualifying rounds for the 2025 World Snooker Championship, where he lost in the first round 10-9 to Liam Graham. He reached the final round of the second event at Q School in May 2025 by defeating former professional Ashley Carty, before facing another former professional in Dean Young. A 4-1 win over Young earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, starting with the 2025–26 snooker season.

2025-26 season He made his professional debut at the Wuhan Open, where he lost in the first round 5-0 against world number 46 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. He recorded his first frames in a 4-2 defeat to Gao Yang in the 2025 British Open qualifying round in June 2025. He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Matthew Selt, Scott Donaldson and Umut Dikme of Germany. He defeated countryman Robbie McGuigan 4-3 in the first qualifying round of the 2025 Northern Ireland Open. In April 2026, he recorded a 10-4 win over Egyptian Hatem Yassen in the first round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship, before losing in the second round to Long Zehuang.

Personal life When based at the Q House academy in Darlington he shared a flat with fellow snooker player Hossein Vafaei.

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: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2020 Northern Ireland Under-21 Championship Robbie McGuigan 5–4