# Ashley Carty

Ashley Carty (born 17 July 1995) is an English professional snooker player.

## Career

At age 17, he reached the final of the 2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship, losing 0–6 to James Cahill. He won the 2014 English Under-21 Championship, defeating Joe O’Connor 8–3 in the final. The following year, competing as an amateur, he reached the last 32 of both the 2015 German Masters and the 2015 Welsh Open.
At the third event of the 2018 Q School he earned a two-year professional tour card for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons. He achieved his first significant professional success when he defeated Ken Doherty and Neil Robertson in televised matches at the 2020 Championship League, topping his group. At the 2020 World Snooker Championship, he defeated Ross Muir, Jimmy Robertson, and Robert Milkins in the qualifiers to reach the main stage of the event for the first time, but his Crucible debut ended with a 7–10 first-round defeat to Stuart Bingham. He was ranked 77th in the world at the end of the 2019–20 season, outside the top-64 cutoff point, but reaching the main stage of the World Championship secured him a two-year tour card for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.
Carty finished the 2021–22 season ranked 75th in the world, and was relegated from the professional tour. Carty stated that his father had been in hospital for almost five months with COVID-19 during the 2021–22 season, and he did not practice for much of that time. However, he won the 2022/23 WPBSA Q Tour Playoff in March 2023, beating Florian Nüßle 5–2 in the final, which earned him a new two-year tour card for the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons. At the 2023 European Masters, he defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–1 in the last 32 and Ricky Walden 5–3 in the last 16 to reach the first ranking quarter-final of his career, where he lost 1–5 to Judd Trump.

## Personal life

Carty lives in Thurcroft, Rotherham, with his girlfriend Chloe.

## Performance and rankings timeline

| Tournament | 2011/ 12 | 2012/ 13 | 2013/ 14 | 2014/ 15 | 2015/ 16 | 2016/ 17 | 2017/ 18 | 2018/ 19 | 2019/ 20 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 | 2023/ 24 | 2024/ 25 |
| Ranking | | | | | | | | | 81 | | 70 | | 69 |
| Ranking tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | 2R | 2R |
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | LQ |
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | 4R |
| English Open | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ |
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 2R | 2R |
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | 2R | LQ |
| Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | LQ | LQ |
| International Championship | NH | A | A | LQ | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | Not Held | Not Held | LQ | LQ |
| UK Championship | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | LQ | LQ |
| Shoot Out | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R |
| Scottish Open | NH | MR | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | LQ | 2R | LQ |
| German Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ |
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | LQ | LQ |
| World Open | A | A | LQ | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | Not Held | Not Held | LQ | LQ |
| World Grand Prix | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| World Championship | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | |
| Non-ranking tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Championship League | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A |
| Former ranking tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Wuxi Classic | NR | A | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| Australian Goldfields Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | A | Non-Ranking | Non-Ranking | Not Held | Not Held | Non-Ranking | Non-Ranking |
| Paul Hunter Classic | Minor-Ranking Event | Minor-Ranking Event | Minor-Ranking Event | Minor-Ranking Event | Minor-Ranking Event | A | 1R | 1R | NR | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| Indian Open | Not Held | Not Held | LQ | LQ | NH | A | A | 1R | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| China Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| Riga Masters | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Minor-Rank | Minor-Rank | A | 1R | 2R | LQ | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| China Championship | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | NR | A | 1R | LQ | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | RR | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held |
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | LQ | Not Held | Not Held |
| Gibraltar Open | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | MR | 1R | LQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Not Held | Not Held |
| European Masters | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | 3R | 2R | QF | 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 | NH / Not Held | NH / Not Held | NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. |
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |
| R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. |
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-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
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 He was an amateur
* ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
* ↑ Players who qualified via a World Championship Wildcard start without ranking points
* ↑ Players qualified through Q Tour started the season without ranking points
* ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2011/2012–2015/2016)
* ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

## Career finals
### Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2013 | European Under-21 Snooker Championship | James Cahill | 0–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 2023 | English 6-Red Championship | Shaun Wilkes | 7–5 |
| Winner | 2. | 2023 | Q Tour – Playoff | Florian Nüßle | 5–2 |