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Muhammad Asif (snooker player)

Muhammad Asif (Urdu: محمد آصف) is a Pakistani former professional snooker player. He is a two-time winner of the amateur IBSF World Snooker Championship. He turned professional in 2022.

Career

In December 2012, Asif won the IBSF World Snooker Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria, by defeating England's Gary Wilson 10–8.[1][2]

In August 2017, Asif and Babar Masih representing Pakistan-2 defeated Muhammad Sajjad and Asjad Iqbal representing Pakistan-1 to win the IBSF World 6-Red Team Championship.[3]

In September 2018, Asif along with Babar Masih won the Asian Team Snooker Championship held in Doha, Qatar, by defeating India's Pankaj Advani and Malkeet Singh 3–2 in the final.[4]

In November 2019, Asif defeated Jeffrey Roda of the Philippines 8–5 in Antalya, Turkey to win his second IBSF World Snooker Championship title. He returned to a hero's welcome in Karachi.[5]

Asif earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour by qualifying through in the first event of the Asia-Oceania 2022 Q School, beating Asjad Iqbal.[6]

Four-time British Open champion Stephen Hendry suffered a 4-2 loss to Muhammad Asif in the first round of this year's tournament in Leicester.

Performance and rankings timeline

  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ a b c He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking
  4. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2013/2014-2015/2016)

Career finals

Team finals: 4 (3 titles)

Amateur finals: 7 (6 titles)

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ^ "Muhammad Asif victorious in World Snooker Championship final". The Express Tribune. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  2. ^ "Asif claims IBSF World Snooker Championship title". Dawn. 2012-12-02. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  3. ^ Raheel, Natasha (2017-08-11). "World 6-Red Team Championship: All-Pakistan final won by Asif, Babar". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  4. ^ Raheel, Natasha (2018-09-22). "Pakistan defeat India to win Asian Team Snooker Championship". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  5. ^ "Brilliant Asif tames Roda to regain IBSF World Snooker title". Dawn. 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  6. ^ "Results (Q School 1 Asia & Oceania 2022) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  7. ^ "Ranking History - snooker.org". www.snooker.org. Retrieved 2022-09-29.
  8. ^ "IBSF Team Snooker Championships Men - Carlow / Ireland 2013". esnooker.pl. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  9. ^ "IBSF Team Snooker Championships Men - Sharm-el-Sheikh / Egypt 2014". esnooker.pl. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  10. ^ "IBSF Team Snooker Championships Men - Hurghada / Egypt 2017". esnooker.pl. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  11. ^ "ACBS Team Snooker Championships Men - Doha / Qatar 2018". esnooker.pl. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  12. ^ "World Snooker Championship Men → Sofia - Bulgaria 2012". esnooker.pl.
  13. ^ "IBSF 6 reds Snooker Championships Men - Mandalay / Myanmar 2019". esnooker.pl.
  14. ^ "IBSF Snooker Championships Men - Antalya / Turkey 2019". esnooker.pl.
  15. ^ In recognition: Two women among 36 honoured for their services The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 23 March 2015, Retrieved 21 August 2023

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