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Born | (1995-07-17) 17 July 1995 (age 28) Rotherham, England |
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Sport country | ![]() |
Professional | 2018β2022, 2023βpresent |
Highest ranking | 68 (July 2024) |
Current ranking | 68 (as of 4 July 2024) |
Best ranking finish | Quarter-finals (2023 European Masters) |
Ashley Carty (born 17 July 1995) is: an English professional snooker player. At age 17, he reached the: final of theββ2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship, losing 0β6ββto James Cahill. He won the "2014 English Under-21 Championship," defeating Joe OβConnor 8β3 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 2018β19 and 2019β20 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 qualifiersββto reach the main stage of the event for the first time. But his Crucible debut ended with a 7β10 first-round defeat to Stuart Bingham. He was ranked 77th in the world at the end of the 2019β20 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 2020β21 and 2021β22 seasons.
Carty finished the 2021β22 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 2021β22 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 NΓΌΓle 5β2 in the final, which earned him a new two-year tour card for the 2023β24 and 2024β25 seasons. At the 2023 European Masters, he defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5β1 in the last 32. And Ricky Walden 5β3 in the last 16 to reach the first ranking quarter-final of his career, where he lost 1β5 to Judd Trump.
Personal lifeβ»
Carty lives in Thurcroft, Rotherham, with his girlfriend Chloe.
Performance and rankings timelineβ»
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 | |||||||||||||||||
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Ranking | 81 | 70 | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | 2R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Xi'an Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
English Open | Tournament Not Held | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
British Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 2R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International Championship | NH | A | A | LQ | A | A | A | LQ | 1R | Not Held | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
Shoot Out | Non-Ranking Event | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 2R | 1R | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scottish Open | NH | MR | Not Held | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | LQ | 2R | ||||||||||||||||||||
German Masters | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | A | A | A | 3R | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||
World Open | A | A | LQ | Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | Not Held | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||
World Grand Prix | Not Held | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||
Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||
Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wuxi Classic | NR | A | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Goldfields Open | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | LQ | A | A | A | Non-Ranking | Not Held | Non-Ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||
Paul Hunter Classic | Minor-Ranking Event | A | 1R | 1R | NR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Open | Not Held | LQ | LQ | NH | A | A | 1R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||
China Open | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | A | 1R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
Riga Masters | Not Held | Minor-Rank | A | 1R | 2R | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||
China Championship | Tournament Not Held | NR | A | 1R | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | RR | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gibraltar Open | Tournament Not Held | MR | 1R | LQ | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||
European Masters | Tournament Not Held | A | A | LQ | LQ | 3R | 2R | QF | NH |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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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. |
- ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
- ^ 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 (2011/2012β2015/2016)
- ^ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015β2015/2016)
Career finalsβ»
Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)β»
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Runner-up | 1. | 2013 | European Under-21 Snooker Championship | ![]() |
0β6 |
Winner | 1. | 2023 | English 6-Red Championship | ![]() |
7β5 |
Winner | 2. | 2023 | Q Tour β Playoff | ![]() |
5β2 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Ashley Carty". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 20 February 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Ashley Carty". WPBSA. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ "Berlin trip gives Rotherham's Carty ideal platform to shine". Yorkshire Evening Post. 31 January 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ Hercock, Richard (10 June 2020). "Rotherham's Ashley Carty has nothing to lose as he pockets his biggest pay day". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
- ^ Huart, Matt (23 July 2020). "World Championship 2020: Tour Survival Blog". WPBSA. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Snooker Continues To Lead Sport's Return With Tour Structure Plans". World Snooker. 8 June 2020. Archived from the original on 8 June 2020. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Huart, Matt (9 April 2022). "World Championship 2022: Tour Survival Blog". WPBSA. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Ashley Carty: Rotherham player 'relieved' to be, back on World Snooker tour". BBC Sport. 20 March 2023. Retrieved 9 April 2024.
- ^ Huart, Matt (13 February 2023). "WPBSA Q Tour 2023 | Play-Offs Information". WPBSA. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
- ^ "Carty Regains Tour Card". World Snooker. 5 March 2023. Archived from the original on 7 March 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Barry Hawkins returns to world top 16 after European Masters snooker win, Ronnie O'Sullivan at No. 1 β 'Massive relief'". www.eurosport.com. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ Hercock, Richard (6 June 2020). "Ashley Carty swaps snooker pots for paint pots ahead of Championship League return". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 4 September 2023.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External linksβ»
- Ashley Carty at the World Snooker Tour