There are easier ways to spend a Sunday night than watching a player who keeps reaching snooker finals and keeps walking away second — unless you’ve followed Jack Lisowski long enough to know why the 2025 Northern Ireland Open mattered: in October 2025, he beat Judd Trump 9-8 to win his maiden ranking title, a result confirmed by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (governing body). What follows separates the confirmed facts about Lisowski’s career, marriage and health from the speculation that still follows him online.
Born: 25 June 1991 ·
Career Titles: 1 (2025 Northern Ireland Open) ·
Highest Ranking: 10th in the world ·
2025 Victory: Defeated Judd Trump 9-8 in Northern Ireland Open final
Quick snapshot
- Won maiden ranking title at the 2025 Northern Ireland Open by defeating Judd Trump 9-8 in the final (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (governing body))
- Diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at 16; treated with 16 chemotherapy sessions over nine months (official WPBSA profile) (World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (governing body))
- Exact net worth — not publicly disclosed (The Mirror (UK national outlet))
- Whether he has ever been married — no marriage or divorce record found in public sources (The Mirror (UK national outlet))
- Father’s reported death in March 2025 — noted in Wikipedia’s tournament record without official confirmation (The Mirror (UK national outlet))
- 1991 — born in Churchdown, Gloucestershire (WPBSA profile)
- 2010 — turned professional; named Rookie of the Year (BiographySet)
- October 2025 — first ranking title at the Northern Ireland Open (WPBSA)
- Build on the Belfast win across the rest of the 2025/26 season
- Push for a second ranking title to confirm the breakthrough
- No confirmed schedule for his next match had been published at the time of writing
Ten rows, one pattern: the official bio is solid, the money numbers are estimates, and the personal details stop at what Lisowski has chosen to share.
| Field | Detail |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Jack Adam Lisowski |
| Born | 25 June 1991 (age 33), Churchdown, Gloucestershire |
| Nationality | English |
| Profession | Professional snooker player |
| Turned Professional | 2010 |
| Highest Ranking | 10th in the world |
| Career Titles | 1 — 2025 Northern Ireland Open |
| Finals Record Before 2025 | 0 wins in 6 ranking finals |
| Cancer Diagnosis | Hodgkin lymphoma at age 16 (2008); all-clear reported later (The Mirror) |
| Net Worth (2022 Estimate) | Around £1.6 million (The Mirror) |
For the full career record — tournament-by-tournament results and ranking history — Jack Lisowski’s Wikipedia entry is the most complete public compilation.
Is Jack Lisowski still married?
The short answer: no public record shows Lisowski getting married or divorced. The question keeps surfacing because of a November 2023 social media post in which he referred to his partner as his fiancée — and no later post has announced a wedding.
What the public record shows
- No marriage certificate, wedding announcement or divorce record involving Lisowski exists in the sources reviewed for this article.
- A November 2023 social media post referred to his partner as his fiancée; no follow-up announcement of a wedding has surfaced.
- Biographical databases describe his status as engaged, not married.
So the most accurate answer to “is Jack Lisowski married?” is: not that the public record shows. The distinction matters because “engaged” and “married” carry different legal weight, and search results tend to blur the two once a partner is mentioned at all.
Who is Jack Lisowski’s fiancée?
- Her name has not been widely published in the sources available for this article.
- She was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in November 2023, according to Lisowski’s social media post.
- No further verified medical updates have entered the public record since.
Lisowski keeps his personal life off the snooker pages. The diagnosis was shared once, in his own words, and the couple has not turned it into a public storyline since.
Does Jack Lisowski have children?
- No source reviewed for this article lists children for Lisowski.
- He has not publicly mentioned fatherhood in any verified interview or post in the available record.
As with the marriage question, the honest answer is “not that the public record shows.”
The through-line: after 15 years at the professional level, the public knows Lisowski’s game far better than his home life. The record shows an engagement and a difficult health chapter — and very little else.
What illness did Jack Lisowski have?
Two separate health stories get merged in search results, and they belong to two different people.
Lisowski’s own health record
- Lisowski was diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at age 16, according to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (governing body).
- The diagnosis came in 2008, and treatment involved 16 chemotherapy sessions over nine months, per the same official profile.
- The Mirror (UK national outlet) later identified the illness as Hodgkin’s lymphoma and reported that Lisowski received the all-clear.
This is the “Jack Lisowski illness” answer with documentation behind it. The illness belongs to his past: nothing in the available record suggests he is currently unwell.
The fiancée’s diagnosis vs. Jack’s own health
- The 2023 illness announcement concerned his fiancée, not Lisowski himself.
- She was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer in November 2023, according to his social media post.
- His own cancer was diagnosed in 2008; hers was announced 15 years later.
The two stories are easy to confuse because both involve cancer and both touched the same household. Separated, the record is clear: his cancer is history, and hers has stayed largely out of public view since the announcement.
Jack Lisowski is a cancer survivor, not a player dealing with a current illness. The 2023 diagnosis belonged to his fiancée, and the couple has not shared further treatment details publicly.
Why this matters: conflating the two diagnoses feeds misleading search snippets. The verified version — one survivor, one private family health battle, and a player still competing on tour — is the one worth remembering.
How rich is Jack Lisowski?
Net worth is the question where the public record runs out fastest.
Net worth estimates
- Lisowski’s exact net worth has not been publicly disclosed, according to The Mirror (UK national outlet).
- The most-cited figure — about £1.6 million — comes from a 2022 estimate reported by the same outlet.
- Career prize money recorded by CueTracker and cited by BiographySet (biographical database) stands near $1.5 million, which is a different metric from net worth.
Prize money is the easy part; it excludes sponsorship, appearance fees and other income. The reported £100,000 winner’s cheque for the 2025 Northern Ireland Open, per a Ronnie O’Sullivan fan-site report, is significant — but it is a single tournament payday, not a wealth statement.
Sponsorships and endorsements
- Lisowski lists himself as an ambassador for Vortex Tips in his Instagram bio; the value of that deal has not been published.
- No verified reporting confirms a major sponsorship contract beyond standard tour arrangements.
What can be said with confidence: Lisowski is a former top-10 player with a famous friendship, a cancer-survivor story and now a ranking title — a profile that attracts cue and tip brands. The actual figures, however, sit inside commercial agreements rather than public records.
Any fixed net worth number for Lisowski is an estimate, not a statement. The £1.6 million figure from 2022 predates his biggest career win and tells you little about his finances today.
The pattern: snooker wealth is an iceberg. Prize money is the visible tip; Lisowski’s actual net worth sits below the waterline, and no source reviewed here has a verified measurement of it.
Are Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski friends?
Yes — and the friendship predates the rivalry.
A friendship that predates the rivalry
- Wikipedia’s tournament record describes the pair as friends since the age of 14.
- They are widely described as close friends and practice partners who came up through the junior game together.
- Both have spoken positively about each other in interviews over the years.
The final put the friendship in an awkward spot for an afternoon: to win a first title, Lisowski had to beat the friend he grew up with. He did, 9-8, with the deciding frame going to a break of 46.
The 2025 final as a friendship stress test
- Lisowski entered the final having lost his previous six ranking finals.
- The 9-8 result flipped the usual script between the two friends.
Watching Lisowski close out that decider was the rare snooker moment with genuine emotional stakes. The win was not just a title; it was a personal milestone reached against the player he has practiced with since his teens.
Friendship on tour survives distance, but it gets tested by trophies. Lisowski’s win in Belfast is the first real competitive punctuation mark in their rivalry; a second meeting in a major final would push it further.
What this means: the “are they friends?” question is not just gossip. It explains why the 2025 Northern Ireland Open final was covered as a human story as much as a scoreline.
What is the latest news on Jack Lisowski?
The 2025 Northern Ireland Open win
- The event ran from 19 to 26 October 2025 at Belfast’s Waterfront Hall, according to Wikipedia’s tournament record.
Lisowski beat Judd Trump 9-8 in the final, with the deciding frame settled by a break of 46, according to Wikipedia’s tournament record. It was his seventh ranking final and his first win, after six losses. A Ronnie O’Sullivan fan-site report notes the victory came 15 years after he turned professional.
A title dedicated to his parents
- Lisowski dedicated the victory to his parents, following his father’s death earlier in 2025, according to Wikipedia’s account of the tournament.
- The exact date and circumstances of his father’s death have not been officially confirmed.
If the reported March 2025 timeline is correct, Lisowski spent much of the year processing grief and preparing for the biggest opportunity of his career at the same time. The dedication gave the win a weight that ranking tables cannot capture.
Ranking and what’s next
- Lisowski has been ranked as high as No. 10 in the world during his career.
- The Belfast win improves his position for the rest of the 2025/26 season, including the UK Championship and the World Championship.
The next test is consistency. Lisowski has always had the game to compete at the top; what he lacked was proof he could close out a final. Belfast supplies that proof. The season’s majors are now the real measure of whether one title becomes a run.
For Lisowski, the 2025/26 season now carries a different kind of pressure: proving Belfast was a breakthrough rather than a peak.
Jack Lisowski: career timeline
Put the personal and professional markers side by side, and one pattern emerges: each career high has been preceded by a personal test.
- — Born Jack Adam Lisowski in Churchdown, Gloucestershire (WPBSA profile).
- — Diagnosed with Hodgkin lymphoma at age 16; treated with 16 chemotherapy sessions over nine months (WPBSA profile).
- — Turns professional, per BiographySet (biographical database); career summaries also list him as Rookie of the Year.
- — Announces on X that his fiancée has been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer (his social media post).
- — Father reportedly dies; the date and details have not been officially confirmed.
- — Wins the Northern Ireland Open, his maiden ranking title, beating Judd Trump 9-8 (WPBSA).
The timeline is the answer to any “overnight success” reading of Belfast: the first title came after 15 years of professional snooker, a teenage cancer diagnosis, six lost finals and a family health crisis.
Confirmed facts vs. what’s unclear
Research confidence on Lisowski’s story is uneven: official sources settle the career facts, while personal and financial details rest on thinner ground.
Confirmed facts
- Won the 2025 Northern Ireland Open, his first ranking title (WPBSA, cited above).
- Survived Hodgkin lymphoma, diagnosed at age 16 (WPBSA).
- Fiancée’s stage 3 breast cancer diagnosis was announced in November 2023 (his social media post).
- Engaged, not married, per the same post.
What’s unclear
- Whether Lisowski has ever been married (no public record).
- Exact net worth (not disclosed; £1.6 million is a 2022 estimate).
- Father’s reported death in March 2025 (unconfirmed details).
- The £100,000 winner’s cheque for Belfast (reported by a fan site, not officially confirmed).
For readers, the practical rule is simple: trust the career record, treat the wealth numbers as estimates, and leave room for the parts of Lisowski’s private life that he has not chosen to share.
Key statements and reactions
The record contains more reported lines than verbatim quotes, but the moments below carry the most weight.
Lisowski won the 2025 Northern Ireland Open by defeating Judd Trump 9-8 in the final — a maiden ranking title for the English professional from Cheltenham.
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (governing body)
Lisowski’s November 2023 X post amounted to this: his fiancée had been diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. He shared the news himself and has not turned it into a public storyline since.
Jack Lisowski, via X (formerly Twitter), November 2023
Lisowski’s exact wealth is hard to pin down; the most-cited estimate, from 2022, puts his net worth at about £1.6 million.
The Mirror (UK national outlet)
The thread across all three: the career facts are strongest when they come from official and national sources; the personal weight — grief, relief, a family health battle — comes through Lisowski’s own words and actions.
Where this leaves Lisowski
Fifteen years, six lost finals, a teenage cancer diagnosis and a fiancée’s stage 3 breast cancer announcement: Lisowski’s first ranking title arrived with more emotional weight than most players carry in a career. The 2025 Northern Ireland Open changed the scoreline that mattered most, but it also moved the target. One title builds confidence; a second builds a legacy. For Lisowski, the path forward is clearer than it has ever been: use Belfast as the base for a serious run at the season’s majors, or spend the next few years answering whether he can do it again.
Related reading: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association player profile · Jack Lisowski’s Wikipedia entry
Frequently asked questions
How many ranking titles does Jack Lisowski have?
One. He won the 2025 Northern Ireland Open, his first ranking title, by beating Judd Trump 9-8 in the final.
What is Jack Lisowski’s nationality?
English. The governing body’s player profile lists him as an English professional from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire.
How old is Jack Lisowski?
He was born on 25 June 1991 and was 33 years old during the 2025 Northern Ireland Open.
Did Jack Lisowski win the World Championship?
No. His only ranking title to date is the 2025 Northern Ireland Open; the World Championship is a separate event he has not won.
How much prize money has Jack Lisowski won in his career?
Reported career prize money stands at approximately $1.5 million, per CueTracker data cited by BiographySet. That figure is not the same as net worth.
Where did Jack Lisowski grow up?
He grew up in Churchdown, Gloucestershire, England, and is associated with nearby Cheltenham in his official player profile.
If a question is missing here, the answer is probably in the public record above — or deliberately not in it. Readers who want the separation should trust the career record, treat wealth figures as estimates, and remember that Lisowski’s private life stays private until he says otherwise.
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