Farakh Ajaib
Farakh Ajaib (born 3 February 1991) is a Pakistani professional snooker player from Lancashire.
| Born | 3 February 1991 Blackburn, England |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  England (until 2021) Pakistan (since 2021)[1] |
| Professional | 2020–2022 |
| Highest ranking | 90 (August 2021) |
| Current ranking | 99 (as of 3 May 2022) |
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 | LQ | |||||
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Gibraltar Open | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | |||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||
| World Championship | A | LQ | 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. | |||
- It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
- He was an amateur.
- New players don't have a ranking.
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". 10 August 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.
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