Hatem Yassen

Hatem Yassen
Paul Hunter Classic 2016
Born (1986-08-21) 21 August 1986
Cairo, Egypt
Sport country  Egypt
Professional 2015–2017
Highest ranking 115 (June 2016)[1]
Career winnings GB£0[2]
Highest break 79:
2015 UK Championship
Best ranking finish Last 128 (x13)

Hatem Yassen (Arabic: حاتم ياسين Ḥātam Yāsīn; born 21 August 1986) is an Egyptian professional snooker player. Yassen turned professional in 2015 winning the African Championship.

Career

In 2015, Yassen beat fellow countryman and former professional Mohamed Khairy 6–5 in the final of the African Championship. The win gained him a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons.[3][4] He lost all six matches he played during the season and failed to pick up a frame in four of them.[5] It was a similar story the following season as he lost all eight matches he played and he has now dropped off the tour.[6]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2015/
16
2016/
17
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2] 125
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters MR LQ
Indian Open NH LQ
World Open NH LQ
Paul Hunter Classic MR 1R
Shanghai Masters A LQ
European Masters NH A
English Open NH A
International Championship LQ A
Northern Ireland Open NH A
UK Championship 1R A
Scottish Open NH A
German Masters LQ A
Welsh Open 1R 1R
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open MR A
Players Championship Grand Final DNQ DNQ
China Open LQ A
World Championship LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open A 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.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2016 ABSF African Snooker Championships Egypt Mohamed Khairy 6–5

References

  1. "WORLD RANKINGS After 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters". World Snooker. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  2. "Career-total Statistics for Hatem Yaseen - Professional". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. "The Africa Snooker Championship" (PDF). Africa Snooker & Billiards Association. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. "Tour Players 2015/2016" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  5. "Hatem Yassen 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  6. "Hatem Yassen 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
  7. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  • Hatem Yassen at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database
  • Profile on Pro Snooker Blog
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