Soheil Vahedi
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| Born | March 15, 1989 Tehran, Iran |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Iran |
| Nickname | The King of Persia[1] |
| Professional | 2017– |
| Highest ranking | 87 (August 2018) |
| Best ranking finish | Last 32 (2018 Gibraltar Open) |
Medal record | |
Soheil Vahedi (Persian: سهیل واحدی, born March 15, 1989 in Tehran) is an Iranian snooker player.[3]
Career
In 2009 Vahedi entered the World Amateur Under-21 Snooker Championships in his home country in Kish, Iran in which he reached the final, before he lost 9–8 Noppon Saengkham. Seven years following his disappointment in Kish, Vahedi made it to the final of the World Amateur Snooker Championship where he defeated Andrew Pagett 8–1 to win the 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship, as a result he was offered a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2017/2018 and 2018/2019 seasons.[4][5]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 |
2017/ 18 |
2018/ 19 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[6][nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 86 |
| Ranking tournaments | ||||
| Riga Masters[nb 4] | MR | A | LQ | LQ |
| World Open | NH | A | LQ | LQ |
| Paul Hunter Classic | MR | A | WD | A |
| China Championship | NH | NR | LQ | LQ |
| European Masters | NH | A | WD | LQ |
| English Open | NH | A | 1R | |
| International Championship | A | A | LQ | LQ |
| Northern Ireland Open | NH | A | 1R | |
| UK Championship | A | A | 1R | |
| Scottish Open | NH | A | 1R | |
| German Masters | A | A | LQ | |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Welsh Open | A | A | 2R | |
| Shoot-Out | NR | A | 1R | |
| Indian Open | NH | A | 1R | |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |
| Gibraltar Open | MR | A | 3R | |
| Tour Championship | Not Held | |||
| China Open | A | A | LQ | |
| World Championship | A | WD | LQ | |
| Variant format tournaments | ||||
| Six-red World Championship | RR | A | RR | A |
| Former ranking tournaments | ||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | 1R | NR |
| 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. | |||
Career finals
Pro-am finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (6-red) |  Yan Bingtao
|
1–5 |
Amateur finals: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2009 | World Amateur Under-21 Championship |  Noppon Saengkham
|
8–9 |
| Winner | 1. | 2016 | World Amateur Championship |  Andrew Pagett
|
8–1 |
References
- ^ "Soheil Vahedi". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Career-total Statistics for Soheil Vahedi - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
- ^ davidcaulfield (2016-11-29). "Soheil Vahedi Wins World Amateur Championship". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
- ^ "Clear win for Soheil to claim Tour Ticket". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Iran's Soheil Vahedi wins IBSF World Snooker". Tehran Times. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External links
- Soheil Vahedi at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database