Iulian Serhiyovych Boiko (; born 22 September 2005) is a Ukrainian professional snooker player.
Career In May 2019, Boiko registered his first official century break in a 4–3 defeat against Billy Joe Castle in the second event of the 2019 Q School.
In January 2020, Boiko finished as runner-up in the WSF Open, as a result, he was awarded a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2020–21 and 2021–22. As a 14 year old, he became the youngest ever professional player. In March 2020, Boiko defeated Darren Morgan, a former professional player, by 5–3 in the final to become the EBSA European 6-Reds champion for the first time. Later in 2020, he participated at the qualifying stages of the World Championship, the youngest player to do so, but he was eliminated by Thor Chuan Leong in the first qualifying round, losing 6–3.
On 4 March 2021, Boiko won his first professional match in Gibraltar Open against Fergal O'Brien, winning 4–3.
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.He was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking9071Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-RankingRRRRAARRRR2RChina OpenAATournament Not HeldLQWuhan OpenTournament Not HeldA1RLQLQBritish OpenTournament Not Held1RAA2R2R3REnglish OpenAAA1RLQAALQLQLQShenzhen OpenThe event was called the Xi'an Grand Prix (2024/2025–2025/2026)Tournament Not HeldLQLQLQNorthern Ireland OpenAAA1RLQAALQLQLQInternational ChampionshipAAANot HeldALQLQLQUK ChampionshipAAA1R1RALQLQLQShoot OutAA1R1R1RA4R2RSFScottish OpenAAA1R1RALQLQLQGerman MastersAALQLQLQALQLQLQWelsh OpenAAA1R1RA1RLQLQWorld Grand PrixDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld OpenAAANot Held1RLQ1RTour ChampionshipNHDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAALQLQLQLQLQLQLQFormer ranking tournamentsPaul Hunter ClassicA1RNRTournament Not HeldWST Pro SeriesNot HeldRRTournament Not HeldTurkish MastersTournament Not Held1RTournament Not HeldGibraltar OpenLQLQA2R2RTournament Not HeldEuropean MastersAAA1RLQALQNot HeldSaudi Arabia MastersTournament Not Held1R5RNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsPaul Hunter ClassicRanking1RTournament Not Held
Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD 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.
Career finals Amateur finals: 6 (4 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2020 WSF Open Ashley Hugill 3–5Winner 1. 2020 EBSA European 6-Reds Championship Darren Morgan 5–3Runner-up 2. 2023 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship Liam Graham 2–5Winner 2. 2023 EBSA European Snooker Shoot-Out Shachar Ruberg 1–0 (44–33)Winner 3. 2024 EBSA European Snooker Shoot-Out Craig Steadman 1–0 (49–5)Winner 4. 2025 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship Oliver Sykes 5–4
Team finals: 1 (1 title) OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipTeamScoreRef.Winner 1. 2024 EBSA European Team Snooker Championship 1with Denys Khmelevskyi 1Aaron BusuttilChris Peplow3–2http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2024/dme/en/show_drabinka_team.php?id_t=464
Personal life Boiko is the son of Serhii Boiko, who is responsible for creating and overseeing the Ukrainian Snooker Federation.
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