2023 Shoot Out Finalist
78
£33,500
£33,500
Belgium’s Julien Leclercq earned a place on the World Snooker Tour for the first time at the start of the 2022/23 season following his victory at the 2022 WPBSA Q Tour Playoff.
Leclercq competed in the 2021 World Championship as an amateur qualifier, recorded a 6-5 victory against Soheil Vahedi in the opening round before losing 6-2 to Chang Bingyu.
A former finalist at the EBSA European Under-18 and Under-21 Championships in 2021, the high-scoring left-hander defeated Alfie Lee, Michael Georgiou, Harvey Chandler and finally Alex Clenshaw 5-2 at the Q Tour Playoffs to turn professional.
Leclercq previously compiled the tournament high break of 121 at the 2020 WSF Junior Open.