Soheil Vahedi

Soheil Vahedi
Born (1989-03-15) March 15, 1989
Tehran, Iran
Sport country  Iran
Professional 2017–
Highest ranking 87 (August 2018)
Current ranking 88 (as of 27 August 2018)
Career winnings £13,312[1]
Highest break 124:
2018 China Open (gualifying)
Century breaks 3[1]
Best ranking finish Last 32 (2018 Gibraltar Open)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Mixed snooker
World Games
2017 Wrocław Individual
Men's snooker
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
2017 Ashgabat Team
2017 Ashgabat Six-red singles
2017 Ashgabat Singles

Soheil Vahedi (Persian: سهیل واحدی‎, born March 15, 1989 in Tehran) is an Iranian snooker player.[2]

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.[3][4]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2015/
16		 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19
Ranking[5][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 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. 1 2 He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

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) China 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 Thailand Noppon Saengkham 8–9
Winner 1. 2016 World Amateur Championship Wales Andrew Pagett 8–1

References

  1. 1 2 "Career-total Statistics for Soheil Vahedi - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 13 February 2016.
  2. ↑ davidcaulfield (2016-11-29). "Soheil Vahedi Wins World Amateur Championship". SnookerHQ. Retrieved 2017-01-19.
  3. ↑ "Clear win for Soheil to claim Tour Ticket". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Iran's Soheil Vahedi wins IBSF World Snooker". Tehran Times. 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  • Soheil Vahedi at CueTracker.net: Snooker Results and Statistic Database
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