Farakh Ajaib

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Farakh Ajaib
Born (1991-02-03) 3 February 1991 (age 30)
Blackburn, England
Sport country England (until 2021)
 Pakistan (since 2021)[1]
Professional2020–present
Highest ranking90 (August 2021)
Current ranking 93 (as of 20 December 2021)

Farakh Ajaib (born 3 February 1991) is a Pakistani professional snooker player from Lancashire.

Career[]

In 2018, Ajaib was crowned the inaugural East Lancashire Snooker Championship winner.[2] He was a ‘top-up’ player for several main tour events in 2018/19 – reward for a solid 2018 Q School campaign.[3] At the Q School 2020 – Event 3 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Ajaib clinched a two-year Tour Card on to the 2020–21 and 2021–22 snooker seasons.[4]

At the 2020 English Open, Ajaib defeated Rod Lawler 4–0 before losing 4–3 to Zhou Yuelong in a close match described as a “marathon”.[5]

Performance and rankings timeline[]

Tournament 2016/
17 		2018/
19 		2020/
21 		2021/
22
Ranking[6][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 89
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking RR RR
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R
Northern Ireland Open A 1R 1R 1R
English Open A 1R 2R LQ
UK Championship A A 1R 2R
Scottish Open A A 1R LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Shoot-Out A 1R 1R 2R
German Masters A LQ LQ LQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
European Masters A A 1R LQ
Welsh Open A A 1R
Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open A 1R 1R
Tour Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic LQ A Not Held
Riga Masters A LQ Not Held
Indian Open A LQ Not Held
WST Pro Series Not Held RR NH
Performance Table Legend
LQ 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-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD 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.
VF / Variant Format Event means an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b He was an amateur.
  3. ^ New players don't have a ranking.

References[]

  1. ^ "Farakh Flies Flag For Pakistan". wst.tv. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Farakh Ajaib crowned East Lancashire Snooker Championship winner". Lancashire Telegraph.
  3. ^ "Q School 2020: Event Three Qualifiers". August 10, 2020.
  4. ^ "Q School 3 (2020) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  5. ^ "Accrington snooker player enjoying life on tour after English Open exit". Lancashire Telegraph.
  6. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.


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