Farakh Ajaib
Born (1991-02-03) 3 February 1991
Blackburn, England
Sport country England (until 2021)
 Pakistan (since 2021)[1]
Professional2020–2022
Highest ranking90 (August 2021)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2022 European Masters (2022–23 season))

Farakh Ajaib (born 3 February 1991) is a British 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 third event of the 2020 Q School 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]

Competing at the 2022 European Masters in August, 2022 Ajaib lost to Judd Trump in a deciding frame in a last 16 match in which Ajaib had trailed 4-2 but had left Trump needing three snookers at 4-4.[6]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2010/
11		 2011/
12		 2016/
17		 2018/
19		 2020/
21		 2021/
22		 2022/
23
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 89 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR RR
European Masters Not Held A A 1R LQ 3R
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R A
Northern Ireland Open Not Held A 1R 1R 1R WD
UK Championship A A A A 1R 2R LQ
Scottish Open Not Held A A 1R LQ A
English Open Not Held A 1R 2R LQ A
World Grand Prix Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Shoot Out Non-Ranking A 1R 1R 2R 1R
German Masters A A A LQ LQ LQ A
Welsh Open A A A A 1R LQ LQ
Players Championship[nb 4] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R
Tour Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A A A LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking LQ A Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters Not Held A LQ Tournament Not Held
Indian Open Not Held A LQ Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not Held LQ NH
Gibraltar Open Not Held A 1R 1R 2R 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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1 2009 PIOS – Event 5 Scotland Anthony McGill 0–6
Winner 1. 2022 Q Tour – Event 3 England Harvey Chandler 5–3
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 He was an amateur
  3. ↑ New players don't have a ranking
  4. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Final (2010/2011–2011/2012)

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". 10 August 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. ↑ "JUDD TRUMP FENDS OFF DRAMATIC FARAKH AJAIB COMEBACK IN INCREDIBLE MATCH TO BOOK PLACE IN EUROPEAN MASTERS QUARTER-FINAL". Eurosport.com.
  7. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2019.


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