Mateusz Baranowski (born 19 July 1997) is a Polish professional snooker player. He earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour from the 2025-26 snooker season.
Career He is from Zielona Góra. He is a multiple-time Polish national champion having won the title in 2017, 2018, 2022 and 2025, and also reached the semi-finals in 2015, 2020, and 2023.
He reached the final of the WSF Championship on 31 January 2025, where he was defeated by Brian Cini of Malta. For this performance, he was awarded a place in the qualifying rounds for the 2025 World Snooker Championship. In the first round, he recorded a 10-2 win over Iranian professional Amir Sarkhosh. He was then beaten 10-2 in the next round against Ishpreet Singh Chadha.
He competed at Q School in May 2025, where he reached the final round with a 4-3 win over Phil O'Kane before facing Patrick Whelan. He won 4-2 against Whelan and earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour, starting from the 2025-26 snooker season.
2025-26 season He made his professional debut in June 2025 in the qualifying round for the Wuhan Open with a 5-2 defeat to experienced pro Tom Ford. He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Lei Peifan, Long Zehuang and English amateur Ryan Davies, recording a win over Davies. He defeated Wang Yuchen 4-3 in the first qualifying round of the 2025 Northern Ireland Open, recovering from 3-0 down. He reached the last-32 of the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix, where he lost a deciding frame to Gary Wilson. In April, he recorded a 10-5 win over Florian Nüßle in the first round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship, before losing to Ricky Walden.
2026-27 season In September 2026, he defeated Ricky Walden to reach the main draw at the 2026 Scottish Open.
Personal life He formerly worked as a barman in his local snooker hall. He has coached the Polish Junior Snooker Team, which included a 14-year-old Michał Szubarczyk.
Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2011/12 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 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 ranking85Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventARRRRChina OpenAAAAAAANot HeldLQWuhan OpenTournament Not HeldALQLQBritish OpenTournament Not HeldALQLQEnglish OpenTournament Not HeldAAAALQ1RShenzhen OpenThe event was called the Xi'an Grand Prix (2024/2025–2025/2026)Tournament Not HeldA2RLQNorthern Ireland OpenTournament Not HeldAAAALQInternational ChampionshipNHAAAAAAALQLQUK ChampionshipAAAAAAAALQShoot OutNon-RankingAAAAA1RScottish OpenTournament Not HeldAAAALQGerman MastersAAAAAAAALQWelsh OpenAAAAAAAALQWorld Grand PrixNot HeldNRDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2011/2012, 2013/2014–2015/2016)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld OpenAANot HeldAAAALQTour ChampionshipTournament Not HeldDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAAALQAAALQLQFormer ranking tournamentsPaul Hunter ClassicMinor-Ranking EventLQLQNot HeldSaudi Arabia MastersTournament Not HeldA1RNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsSix-red World ChampionshipNHAAARRAANot 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 Pro-am finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2019 Independence Day Cup Craig Steadman 0–4
Amateur finals: 9 (5 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2015 Polish Amateur Championship Adam Stefanow 2–7Winner 1. 2016 EBSA European 6-Reds Championship Lukas Kleckers 4–3Winner 2. 2017 Polish Amateur Championship Kacper Filipiak 6–5Winner 3. 2018 Polish Amateur Championship (2) Kacper Filipiak 6–4Runner-up 2. 2020 Polish Amateur Championship (2) Antoni Kowalski 4–6Winner 4. 2022 Polish Amateur Championship (3) Konrad Juszczyszyn 5–1Runner-up 3. 2023 Polish Amateur Championship (3) Antoni Kowalski 2–5Runner-up 4. 2024 Polish Amateur Championship (4) Antoni Kowalski 1–5Winner 5. 2025 Polish Amateur Championship (4) Daniel Holoyda 5–2
Team finals: 3 (2 titles) OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipTeam/PartnerScoreRunner-up 1. 2019 1Tomasz Skalski Duncan BezzinaTony Drago2–4Winner 1. 2022 1Antoni Kowalski 1Julien LeclercqKevin Hanssens5–3Winner 2. 2023 (2) 1Antoni Kowalski Shachar RubergEden Sharav5–4
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