Ben Mertens

Male; Belgium (Belgium); Born: 13 Oct 2004 (20 years)
Status: Professional; First season as pro: 2022; Ranking: n/a; Twitter: @benmertens2004; Other sources: CueTracker; World Snooker

2024/2025
International Championship (3-10 Nov 2024)
Rd 2 (11)		Ben Mertens [90]		v		Si Jiahui / Pagett	2024-11-04 06:30:00Z
Scottish Open Qual (28-30 Oct 2024)
Q Rd 2		Jimmy Robertson [40]	4	-	2	Ben Mertens [89]
Q Rd 2	Robertson won frame 4 on a re-spotted black (59-59)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [89]	4	-	0	Robbie McGuigan [98]
International Championship Qual (30 Sep - 2 Oct 2024)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [90]	6	-	4	Graeme Dott [51]
Q Rd 1	Match was pulled off at 5-4 to Mertens.
Northern Ireland Open Qual (28-29 Sep 2024)
Q Rd 1		Daniel Womersley (a)	4	-	1	Ben Mertens [90]
British Open (23-29 Sep 2024)
Rd 3		Mark Allen [3]	4	-	1	Ben Mertens [101]
Rd 3	147 by Allen in frame 2. It's his fourth and the 205th in pro snooker. Watch on YouTube.
Rd 2		Ben Mertens [101]	4	-	1	Hammad Miah [80]
English Open Qual (12-14 Sep 2024)
Q Rd 1		Chris Totten [105]	4	-	1	Ben Mertens [88]	Re-spotted black in frame 5 (65-65)
Saudi Arabia Masters (30 Aug - 7 Sep 2024)
Rd 3		Stephen Maguire [30]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [94]
Rd 2		Ben Mertens [94]	4	-	0	Long Zehuang [67]
Rd 1		Ben Mertens [94]	4	-	0	Abdullah Alotayyani (a)
Xi'an Grand Prix (19-25 Aug 2024)
Rd 2		Gary Wilson [11]	5	-	1	Ben Mertens [100]
British Open Qual (31 Jul - 3 Aug 2024)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [101]	4	-	1	Zak Surety [95]
Wuhan Open Qual (28-30 Jul 2024)
Q Rd 1		John Higgins [16]	5	-	1	Ben Mertens [96]
Xi'an Grand Prix Qual (25-27 Jul 2024)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [100]	5	-	4	Simon Blackwell (a)	The players were pulled off at 4-4
Championship League Stage One Group 9 (24 Jun 2024)
Grp		Artemijs Zizins [102]	3	-	0	Ben Mertens [89]
Grp		Ben Mertens [89]	3	-	0	John Higgins [9]
Grp		Ma Hailong [63]	2	-	2	Ben Mertens [89]
2023/2024
World Championship Qual (8-17 Apr 2024)
Q Rd 3		Si Jiahui [23]	10	-	9	Ben Mertens [74]	End of 1st session Si 5-4 up
Q Rd 3	Mertens was 9-8 and 69-0 ahead with only 67 left. Si got a snooker to force the decider which he won.						End of 1st session Si 5-4 up
Q Rd 2		Ben Mertens [74]	10	-	9	Rod Lawler [87]	The match was pulled off at 9-7 to Lawler. Re-rack in frames 11 & 19.
Welsh Open (12-18 Feb 2024)
Rd 2		Fan Zhengyi [33]	4	-	2	Ben Mertens [73]
German Masters (29 Jan - 4 Feb 2024)
Rd 2		Fan Zhengyi [31]	5	-	3	Ben Mertens [73]
Welsh Open Qual (25-27 Jan 2024)
Q Rd 2		Ben Mertens [73]	4	-	0	Hammad Miah [85]
World Open Qual (22-24 Jan 2024)
Q Rd 2		Ben Woollaston [57]	5	-	4	Ben Mertens [72]
German Masters Qual (18-22 Dec 2023)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [73]	5	-	3	Rory Thor [107]
Scottish Open (11-17 Dec 2023)
Rd 2		Liam Graham [111]	4	-	2	Ben Mertens [68]
Shoot Out (6-9 Dec 2023)
Rd 1		Peng Yisong [79]	63	-	10	Ben Mertens [60]
UK Championship Qual (18-23 Nov 2023)
Q Rd 2		Marco Fu [89]	6	-	4	Ben Mertens [72]
Scottish Open Qual (30 Oct - 2 Nov 2023)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [68]	4	-	0	Ahmed Aly Elsayed [120]
Northern Ireland Open Qual (17-20 Oct 2023)
Q Rd 1		Mark Allen [1]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [66]
Wuhan Open (9-15 Oct 2023)
Rd 3		Lyu Haotian [39]	5	-	1	Ben Mertens [70]
Rd 2		Ben Mertens [70]	5	-	1	Dominic Dale [58]
British Open (25 Sep - 1 Oct 2023)
Rd 2		Yuan Sijun [51]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [72]
International Championship Qual (18-23 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 2		Robbie Williams [47]	6	-	3	Ben Mertens [70]	Williams won frame 5 after having needed two snookers.
English Open Qual (6-8 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 2		Zhang Anda [55]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [71]
Wuhan Open Qual (1-5 Sep 2023)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [70]	5	-	2	Shaun Murphy [7]
European Masters (22-27 Aug 2023)
Rd 3		David Gilbert [19]	5	-	4	Ben Mertens [69]
Rd 2		Ben Mertens [69]	5	-	3	Sanderson Lam [72]
British Open Qual (14-19 Aug 2023)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [72]	4	-	2	Louis Heathcote [102]
European Masters Qual (25-29 Jul 2023)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [69]	5	-	4	Gary Wilson [14]
Championship League Stage One Group 28 (4 Jul 2023)
Grp		Anthony Hamilton [28]	2	-	2	Ben Mertens [62]
Grp		Ben Mertens [62]	2	-	2	Xing Zihao [112]
Grp		Ben Mertens [62]	2	-	2	Ryan Thomerson [78]
Grp	Mertens forced a re-spotted black after needing snookers in frame 1 but lost.
2022/2023
World Championship Qual (3-12 Apr 2023)
Q Rd 3		Jimmy Robertson [25]	10	-	6	Ben Mertens [89]
Q Rd 2		Ben Mertens [89]	10	-	6	Julien Leclercq [72]
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [89]	10	-	3	Victor Sarkis [116]
WST Classic (16-22 Mar 2023)
Rd 2		Pang Junxu [44]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [95]
Rd 1		Ben Mertens [95]	4	-	1	Ricky Walden [21]
Welsh Open (13-19 Feb 2023)
Rd 4		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [105]
Rd 4	Mertens reached the last 16 for the first time in his professional career.
Rd 3		Ben Mertens [105]	4	-	3	David Gilbert [17]
Rd 3	Mertens made a career high break of 130 and reached the last 16 for the first time.
Rd 2		Ben Mertens [105]	4	-	2	Jackson Page [61]
Shoot Out (25-28 Jan 2023)
Rd 2		Fan Zhengyi [31]	55	-	52	Ben Mertens [100]
Rd 2	Break 52 (BM)
Rd 1		Ben Mertens [100]	34	-	21	Anthony Hamilton [33]
Welsh Open Qual (11-13 Jan 2023)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [105]	4	-	0	Barry Pinches [83]
Q Rd 1	Re-rack in frame 4
6 Red World Championship Qual (7-9 Jan 2023)
Q Rd 5		Chris Wakelin	6	-	2	Ben Mertens
Q Rd 4		Ben Mertens	6	-	5	Jamie Jones
Q Rd 3		Ben Mertens	6	-	0	Mark Davis
Q Rd 2		Ben Mertens	6	-	2	Jordan Brown
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens	6	-	1	Jenson Kendrick
English Open Qual (25-30 Oct 2022)
Q Rd 2		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	4	-	3	Ben Mertens [99]
German Masters Qual (21-26 Nov 2022)
Q Rd 2		Barry Pinches [84]	5	-	4	Ben Mertens [102]
UK Championship Qual (5-10 Nov 2022)
Q Rd 1		Martin O'Donnell (a)	6	-	4	Ben Mertens [102]
Scottish Open Qual (9-14 Oct 2022)
Q Rd 1		Ashley Hugill [103]	4	-	1	Ben Mertens [99]
Q Rd 1	re-spotted black in frame 3 (66-66)
British Open (26 Sep - 2 Oct 2022)
Rd 1		Craig Steadman [79]	4	-	3	Ben Mertens [116]
Northern Ireland Open Qual (23-28 Aug 2022)
Q Rd 2		Noppon Saengkham [38]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens [98]
British Open Qual (9-14 Aug 2022)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens [116]	4	-	1	Ryan Thomerson [113]
Championship League Stage One Group 7 (19 Jul 2022)
Grp		Ben Mertens	3	-	1	Xu Si [69]
Grp		Ben Mertens	3	-	1	Liam Highfield [33]
Grp		Shaun Murphy [7]	2	-	2	Ben Mertens
European Masters Qual (15-24 Jul 2022)
Q Rd 1		David Grace [52]	5	-	2	Ben Mertens [110]
2021/2022
Q School 3 (28 May - 2 Jun 2022)
Rd 3		Steven Hallworth	4	-	1	Ben Mertens (a)
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	1	Halim Hussain (a)
Q School 2 (22-27 May 2022)
Final		Zak Surety	4	-	2	Ben Mertens (a)
Final	27-70, 62-19, 38-79, 82-8, 65-56, 63-39 Surety earns a spot on the World Snooker Tour for 2022/2023 and 2023/2024.
Rd 5		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	1	Liam Davies (a)
Rd 4		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	0	Eden Sharav (a)
Rd 3		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	0	Alfie Davies (a)
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a)	w/o			Muhammad Imran (a)
Q School 1 (16-21 May 2022)
Rd 2		Liu Hongyu (a)	4	-	3	Ben Mertens (a)
Q Tour Play Off (10-11 May 2022)
Rd 1		Ryan Davies (a) [15]	4	-	1	Ben Mertens (a) [2]
World Championship Qual (4-13 Apr 2022)
Q Rd 1		Louis Heathcote [101]	6	-	5	Ben Mertens (a)
Q Tour 4 (18-20 Mar 2022)
Rd 3		Michael Georgiou (a) [24]	3	-	1	Ben Mertens (a) [4]
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a) [4]	3	-	1	Kuldesh Johal (a) [29]
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a) [4]	3	-	1	Jenson Kendrick (a) [44]
Q Tour 3 (28-30 Jan 2022)
SF		Julien Leclercq (a) [68]	4	-	2	Ben Mertens (a) [8]
SF	64-67, 75-18 (68), 108-13, 79-5 (78), 0-65, 93-0 (93)
QF		Ben Mertens (a) [8]	4	-	0	Mink Nutcharut (af)
Rd 3		Ben Mertens (a) [8]	3	-	1	Michael White (a) [3]
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a) [8]	3	-	0	Florian Nüßle (a) [39]
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a) [8]	3	-	0	Sergey Isaenko (a) [57]
Q Tour 2 (10-12 Dec 2021)
SF		Michael White (a)	4	-	0	Ben Mertens (a)
SF	74-53, 76-4 (76), 137-0 (137), 103-4 (98)
QF		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	1	Sanderson Lam (a)
Rd 3		Ben Mertens (a)	3	-	1	Ian Martin (a)
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a)	3	-	1	Soheil Vahedi (a)
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a)	w/o			Julien Leclercq (a)
Q Tour 1 (19-21 Nov 2021)
Rd 1		Simon Bedford (a)	w/o			Ben Mertens (a)
Rd 1	Mertens has withdrawn
2020/2021
Q School 3 (8-13 Jun 2021)
Rd 4		Lei Peifan	4	-	2	Ben Mertens (a)
Rd 3		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	2	Niel Vincent (a)
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	0	Evan Munro (a)
Q School 2 (2-7 Jun 2021)
Rd 2		David Donovan (a)	4	-	3	Ben Mertens (a)
Q School 1 (27 May - 1 Jun 2021)
Rd 2		Lee Stephens (a)	4	-	3	Ben Mertens (a)
World Championship Qual (5-14 Apr 2021)
Q Rd 1		Lei Peifan [98]	6	-	5	Ben Mertens (a)	Lei was 5-1 down
Shoot Out (4-7 Feb 2021)
Rd 2		Robert Milkins [28]	37	-	0	Ben Mertens (a)
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a)	44	-	10	Zak Surety [84]
Rd 1	Mertens replaced Kacper Filipiak who withdrew
European Masters (21-27 Sep 2020)
Rd 1		Robert Milkins [49]	5	-	0	Ben Mertens (a)
2019/2020
WSF Open (10-17 Jan 2020)
Rd 2		Ben Fortey (a)	3	-	1	Ben Mertens (a)
Q School 3 (5-9 Aug 2020)
Rd 3		Steven Hallworth (a)	4	-	3	Ben Mertens (a)
Q School 1 (3-7 Aug 2020)
Rd 5		Simon Blackwell (a)	4	-	0	Ben Mertens (a)
Rd 4		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	0	Brian Ochoiski (a)
Rd 3		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	1	Mark Anthony Taylor (a)
Q School 3 (5-9 Aug 2020)
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a)	3	-	0	Paul Burrell (a)
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a)	3	-	1	Patrick Whelan (a)
Q School 2 (4-8 Aug 2020)
Rd 2		Ryan Cronin (a)	3	-	1	Ben Mertens (a)
Q School 1 (3-7 Aug 2020)
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a)	3	-	2	Jack Smithers (a)
World Championship Qual (21-28 Jul 2020)
Q Rd 2		Sam Baird [68]	6	-	4	Ben Mertens (a)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a)	6	-	2	James Cahill [93]
Challenge Tour 10 (1-2 Mar 2020)
Rd 3		Matthew Glasby (a) [25]	3	-	2	Ben Mertens (a) [24]
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a) [24]	3	-	2	Steven Hallworth (a) [22]
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a) [24]	3	-	1	Iulian Boiko (a) [30]
Challenge Tour 9 (15-16 Feb 2020)
QF		Leo Fernandez (a) [42]	3	-	1	Ben Mertens (a) [23]
Rd 3		Ben Mertens (a) [23]	3	-	1	Kuldesh Johal (a) [44]
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a) [23]	3	-	0	Peter Devlin (a) [28]
Challenge Tour 7 (14-15 Dec 2019)
QF		Dean Young (a) [13]	3	-	0	Ben Mertens (a) [27]
Rd 3		Ben Mertens (a) [27]	3	-	0	Patrick Whelan (a) [10]
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a) [27]	3	-	0	Robbie McGuigan (a) [8]
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a) [27]	3	-	0	Sanderson Lam (a) [11]
Challenge Tour 5 (28-29 Feb 2020)
Rd 1		Ross Muir (a) [29]	3	-	1	Ben Mertens (a) [25]
Challenge Tour 4 (19-20 Oct 2019)
Rd 1		Alex Taubman (a) [41]	3	-	0	Ben Mertens (a) [34]
Challenge Tour 3 (5-6 Oct 2019)
Rd 3		Andrew Pagett (a) [4]	3	-	0	Ben Mertens (a) [38]
Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a) [38]	3	-	2	Paul S Davison (a) [26]
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a) [38]	3	-	0	Kayden Brierley (a)
Challenge Tour 2 (21-22 Sep 2019)
Rd 2		Jeff Cundy (a)	3	-	2	Ben Mertens (a) [40]
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a) [40]	3	-	2	Paul S Davison (a) [26]
Challenge Tour 1 (31 Aug - 1 Sep 2019)
Rd 1		Robbie McGuigan (a)	3	-	1	Ben Mertens (a)
Paul Hunter Classic (24-25 Aug 2019)
Rd 1		Joe Perry [5]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens (a)
2018/2019
Q School 3 (30 May - 4 Jun 2019)
Rd 2		Adam Duffy (a)	4	-	1	Ben Mertens (a)
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	3	John Welsh (a)
Q School 2 (24-29 May 2019)
Rd 2		Noel Landers (a)	4	-	2	Ben Mertens (a)
Q School 1 (18-23 May 2019)
Rd 2		Matthew Glasby (a)	4	-	3	Ben Mertens (a)
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	1	Garry Coulson (a)
Shoot-Out (21-24 Feb 2019)
Rd 2		Ryan Davies (a)	37	-	12	Ben Mertens (a)
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a)	60	-	59	James Wattana [103]
German Masters Qual (18-21 Dec 2018)
Q Rd 1		Yuan Sijun [63]	5	-	0	Ben Mertens (a)
Paul Hunter Classic (22-26 Aug 2018)
Rd 2		Andrew Higginson [24]	4	-	0	Ben Mertens (a)
Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	1	Adam Stefanow
Q Rd 2		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	0	Jan Matejicek (a)
Q Rd 1		Ben Mertens (a)	4	-	1	Marvin Losi (a)
2017/2018
Paul Hunter Classic (22-27 Aug 2017)
Q Rd 2		Patrick Einsle (a)	4	-	2	Ben Mertens (a)
2015/2016
Euro Tour 2 (26-30 Aug 2015)
Q Rd 2		Ben Jones (a)	4	-	0	Ben Mertens (a)

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