Phil O'Kane (born 25 September 1992) is an English professional snooker player. He won a two-year card for the World Snooker Tour from the 2026–27 season.
Career From Sidcup, O'Kane is a member of Spots and Stripes in Redhill, Surrey but started playing cue sports with his father, Danny, at the New Eltham Social Club. He combined his amateur snooker career with working as a lift engineer. In May 2026, he entered Q School for the fourteenth time, having first entered Q School as a teenager in 2011. Recording wins over Zachary Richardson, Daniel Womersley and former professionals Jeff Cundy and Jamie O'Neill in event one, he won a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2026–27 snooker season.
O'Kane's practice partner is Sean O'Sullivan, a fellow player on the main tour. O'Kane and O'Sullivan both qualified for the main tour on the same day at the 2026 Q School.
O'Kane had his first match win as a professional in June 2026 with a defeat of Chatchapong Nasa of Thailand in the first qualifying round of the 2026 Wuhan Open.
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2026/27RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurPlayers qualified through the Q School started the season without ranking pointsRanking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventAAARRChina OpenAAAAAANot HeldLQWuhan OpenTournament Not HeldLQBritish OpenTournament Not HeldAA1REnglish OpenNot HeldAAAAAALQShenzhen OpenTournament Not HeldLQNorthern Ireland OpenNot HeldAAAAAALQInternational ChampionshipNHAAAAANot HeldUK ChampionshipAAAAAAAAAShoot OutNon-RankingAAA1RAAScottish OpenNHMRNHAAAAAAGerman MastersAAAAAAAAAWelsh OpenAAAAAAAAAWorld Grand PrixNot HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld OpenAAAAAANot HeldTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAAAAAAAAAFormer ranking tournamentsWuxi ClassicNRALQTournament Not HeldAustralian Goldfields OpenAALQTournament Not HeldPaul Hunter ClassicMinor-RankingLQAWDTournament Not HeldGibraltar OpenNot Held1RLQAAWDNot HeldFormer non-ranking tournamentsSix-red World ChampionshipNHAAAAANot HeldLQNH
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 heldNR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking eventR / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking eventMR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event
Career finals Amateur finals: 3 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2023 EPSB Open Series - Hurricane - Event 2 Nathan Jones 3–2Runner-up 1. 2024 EPSB Open Series - Cueball - Event 3 Hayden Staniland 2–3Runner-up 2. 2024 EPSB Open Series - Cueball - Event 4 Ian Martin 2–3
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