Luca Brecel
Luca Brecel (right) and Kyren Wilson at the 2016 German Masters
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| Born |
8 March 1995 Dilsen-Stokkem |
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| Sport country |
 Belgium
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| Nickname | Belgian Bullet |
| Professional | 2011– |
| Highest ranking | 26 (December 2016) |
| Current ranking | 26 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £267,588 |
| Highest break | 140 |
| Century breaks | 61 |
| Best ranking finish | Final (2016 German Masters) |
Luca Brecel (born 8 March 1995 in Dilsen-Stokkem) is a Belgian professional snooker player. He won the European Under-19 title at the age of 14 and is the youngest player to play at the Crucible after qualifying for the 2012 World Championship aged 17. His first ranking event final came at the 2016 German Masters which he lost to Martin Gould.
In April 2009, he became the youngest European under-19 champion at 14 years of age.
In May 2009, in the Grand Final of the World Series of Snooker in Portugal, he beat Jimmy White 4–3 and former World Champion Ken Doherty 5–3 on his way to the quarter-finals, where he lost 4–5 to Graeme Dott. In August 2009, he beat Joe Perry, the then world number 12, at the Paul Hunter Classic. On 8 January 2010, Brecel defeated former world champion Stephen Hendry 4–1 at an exhibition game in Brugge (Bruges), Belgium.
Luca Brecel became the Belgian senior snooker champion on 24 May 2010, beating Bjorn Haneveer 7–4 in the final. He also had the highest break of the tournament with a 136.
Brecel was one of the eight players in the first ever Power Snooker event, held on 30 October 2010 at the indigO2, next to the then reigning world champion Neil Robertson, Ding Junhui, Mark Selby, Ali Carter, Shaun Murphy, Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan. Brecel was defeated by O'Sullivan in the first round.
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