Farakh Ajaib
Born | Blackburn, England | 3 February 1991
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Sport country | England (until 2021) Pakistan (since 2021)[1] |
Professional | 2020–present |
Highest ranking | 90 (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 | |||||
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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 | |||||
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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. |
References[]
- ^ "Farakh Flies Flag For Pakistan". wst.tv. 14 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "Farakh Ajaib crowned East Lancashire Snooker Championship winner". Lancashire Telegraph.
- ^ "Q School 2020: Event Three Qualifiers". August 10, 2020.
- ^ "Q School 3 (2020) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
- ^ "Accrington snooker player enjoying life on tour after English Open exit". Lancashire Telegraph.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
Categories:
- 1991 births
- Sportspeople from Blackburn
- English snooker players
- Living people
- English people of Pakistani descent
- Pakistani snooker players
- English snooker biography stubs