Ashley Carty (born 17 July 1995) is an English professional snooker player.
Career At age 17, he reached the final of the 2013 EBSA European Under-21 Snooker Championship, losing 0–6 to James Cahill. He won the 2014 English Under-21 Championship, defeating Joe O’Connor 8–3 in the final. The following year, competing as an amateur, he reached the last 32 of both the 2015 German Masters and the 2015 Welsh Open.
At the third event of the 2018 Q School he earned a two-year professional tour card for the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons. He achieved his first significant professional success when he defeated Ken Doherty and Neil Robertson in televised matches at the 2020 Championship League, topping his group. At the 2020 World Snooker Championship, he defeated Ross Muir, Jimmy Robertson, and Robert Milkins in the qualifiers to reach the main stage of the event for the first time, but his Crucible debut ended with a 7–10 first-round defeat to Stuart Bingham. He was ranked 77th in the world at the end of the 2019–20 season, outside the top-64 cutoff point, but reaching the main stage of the World Championship secured him a two-year tour card for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.
Carty finished the 2021–22 season ranked 75th in the world, and was relegated from the professional tour. Carty stated that his father had been in hospital for almost five months with COVID-19 during the 2021–22 season, and he did not practice for much of that time. However, he won the 2022/23 WPBSA Q Tour Playoff in March 2023, beating Florian Nüßle 5–2 in the final, which earned him a new two-year tour card for the 2023–24 and 2024–25 seasons. At the 2023 European Masters, he defeated Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–1 in the last 32 and Ricky Walden 5–3 in the last 16 to reach the first ranking quarter-final of his career, where he lost 1–5 to Judd Trump.
Personal life Carty lives in Thurcroft, Rotherham, with his girlfriend Chloe.
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2023/24 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 ranking81Players who qualified via a World Championship Wildcard start without ranking points7069Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventRRRR2R2RRRRRChina OpenAAA1RAAA1RTournament Not HeldLQWuhan OpenTournament Not Held2RLQALQBritish OpenTournament Not Held1R2R2R1R1REnglish OpenTournament Not HeldAA1R1R1R1RLQLQA2RShenzhen OpenThe event was called the Xi'an Grand Prix (2024/2025–2025/2026)Tournament Not HeldLQALQNorthern Ireland OpenTournament Not HeldAA1R1R2R2RLQLQALQInternational ChampionshipNHAALQAAALQ1RNot HeldLQLQAUK ChampionshipAAA1RAAA1R1R2R1RLQLQAShoot OutNon-Ranking EventA1R1R3R2R1R2R3R1RScottish OpenNHMRNot HeldAA2R1R2RLQ2RLQALQGerman MastersAAA1RAAALQLQLQLQ1RLQAWelsh OpenAAA3RAAA1R2R1R1RLQLQAWorld Grand PrixNot HeldNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2011/2012–2015/2016)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld OpenAALQNot HeldAALQLQNot HeldLQLQATour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAAALQAAALQ1RLQLQLQLQLQNon-ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueAAAAAAAA2RAAAAAFormer ranking tournamentsWuxi ClassicNRALQLQTournament Not HeldAustralian Goldfields OpenAALQLQLQTournament Not HeldShanghai MastersAAALQAAANon-RankingNot HeldNon-Ranking EventPaul Hunter ClassicMinor-Ranking EventA 1R1RNRTournament Not HeldIndian OpenNot HeldLQLQNHAA1RTournament Not HeldRiga MastersThe event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)Not HeldMinor-RankA1R2RLQTournament Not HeldChina ChampionshipTournament Not HeldNRA1RLQTournament Not HeldWST Pro SeriesTournament Not HeldRRTournament Not HeldTurkish MastersTournament Not HeldLQTournament Not HeldGibraltar OpenTournament Not HeldMR1RLQ2R1R1R1RTournament Not HeldEuropean MastersTournament Not HeldAALQLQ3R2RQFNot HeldSaudi Arabia MastersTournament Not Held4RANH
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: 3 (2 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2013 James Cahill 0–6Winner 1. 2023 English 6-Red Championship Shaun Wilkes 7–5Winner 2. 2023 Q Tour – Playoff Florian Nüßle 5–2
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