Connor Benzey (born 13 February 2002) is an English professional snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting with the 2025–26 snooker season.
Career From Southampton, he played as a youngster at Chandlers Ford Snooker Club. He is son of the local snooker player Mark who won the Southampton snooker singles championship in 1980. He won the European U17 title in Malta in 2019. He finished second in the 2020 EPSB Under-21 Premier Development Tour and reached the last 16 of the World Snooker Federation Open in Malta. He beat Fraser Patrick to reach the last-64 at the 2020 English Open in Milton Keynes in October 2020, before being beaten by John Higgins. He entered Q School in 2020 entered Q School in 2020, he lost in the first round of all three events. In the three following years at Q School his best result was reaching the last-64. In 2024, he managed to reach the last-32 of both Q School events.
A top-up player from the Q School order of merit competing as an amateur at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester, in June 2024, Benzey performed with credit going unbeaten in his round-robin group that included a draw with former world champion Mark Williams, as well as wins against Northern Ireland's Fergal Quinn and professional David Grace. He was defeated by Mark Joyce in the quarterfinals of the Q Tour Global Play-Offs in Antalya in March 2025. He entered Q School in May 2025, reaching the final round of event two with a win against former professional John Astley, where he faced Rodion Judin of Latvia. A 4-2 win earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, starting with the 2025–26 snooker season.
2025-present He made his professional debut against former world champion Kyren Wilson at the 2025 Wuhan Open, losing 5-0. He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Mark Davis, Sam Craigie and Jimmy Robertson, earning a 2-2 draw with group-winner Craigie. On 11 December he recorded a win against Chris Totten at the 2025 Snooker Shoot Out. In April, he recorded a 10-6 win over Haris Tahir of Pakistan in the first round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship before losing to Antoni Kowalski. In September, Benzey recorded a win over Anton Kazakov at the 2026 Scottish Open.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2019/20 2020/21 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking88Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNRARRRRAChina OpenTournament Not HeldLQWuhan OpenNot HeldALQLQBritish OpenNot HeldALQLQEnglish OpenA2RALQLQShenzhen OpenThe event was called the Xi'an Grand Prix (2024/2025–2025/2026)Not HeldALQLQNorthern Ireland OpenAAALQLQInternational ChampionshipANHALQUK ChampionshipAAALQShoot OutA2RA2RScottish OpenAAALQLQGerman MastersAAALQWelsh OpenAAALQWorld Grand PrixDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld OpenANHALQTour ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipLQLQALQFormer ranking tournamentsSaudi Arabia MastersNot HeldA2RNH 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: 2 (2 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2022 EPSB Open Series - Crucible - Event 1 Hamim Hussain 3–0Winner 2. 2024 EPSB Open Series - Frames - Event 2 Marcos Dayao 3–2
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