# Bulcsú Révész

Bulcsú Révész (born 1 January 2007) is a Hungarian 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 3‍–‍6 against professional Hammad Miah. However, during the match he hit a total clearance 140 break which marked his highest competitive break. 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.
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. 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.

## Performance and rankings timeline

| Tournament | 2022/ 23 | 2023/ 24 | 2024/ 25 |
| Ranking | | | |
| Championship League | A | A | RR |
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Not Held | Not Held | 1R |
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Not Held | Not Held | 3R |
| English Open | A | A | 1R |
| British Open | A | A | 1R |
| Wuhan Open | NH | A | LQ |
| Northern Ireland Open | A | A | 1R |
| International Championship | Not Held | Not Held | LQ |
| UK Championship | A | LQ | LQ |
| Shoot Out | A | 1R | 2R |
| Scottish Open | A | A | LQ |
| German Masters | A | A | LQ |
| Welsh Open | A | A | LQ |
| World Open | Not Held | Not Held | LQ |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Tour Championship | DNQ | 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 | 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 He was an amateur
* ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

## Career finals
### Amateur finals: 8 (5 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 | 3. | 2024 | European Under-18 Championships | Vladislav Gradinari | 4–0 |
| Winner | 4. | 2024 | WSF Junior Championship | Gong Chenzhi | 5–3 |