Yasin Merchant

Yasin Merchant
Born (1966-12-17) December 17, 1966
Mumbai, India
Sport country  India
Professional 1992–1997
Highest ranking 65 (1996/1997)
Career winnings £22,000[1]
Highest break 141 (1997 World Championship qualifying)
Century breaks 9
Best ranking finish Last 32 (1995 German Open, 1996 UK Championship)
Tournament wins
Non-ranking 4
Yasin Merchant
Medal record
Men's Snooker
Asian Games
2002 Busan Doubles
2010 Guangzhou Team
2006 Doha Team
Asian Indoor Games
2007 Macau Team

Yasin Merchant, born 17 December 1966 is India's first professional snooker player. He won the National Snooker championships on 3 occasions, in 2001, 2000 and 1991.

Retired

In 2011 retired from the sport.[2][3][4]

Tournament finals

  • 2010 Silver medallist Asian Games China
  • 2006 Bronze medallist - Indoor Asian games, Macau
  • 2007 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship runner-up
  • 2002 Asian Games – Snooker Doubles Gold Medal
  • 2001 ACBS Asian Champion, Indian Snooker Champion
  • 2000 Indian Snooker Champion
  • 1991 ACBS Asian Championship runner-up, Indian Snooker Champion
  • 1989 ACBS Asian Championship Champion
  • 1991 Arjuna Award
  • 1991 Shiv Chattrapati Award
  • WPBSA World Snooker Coach Grade 2

References

  1. ↑ http://cuetracker.net/Players/Yasin-Merchant/Career-Total-Statistics
  2. ↑ "Snooker ace Yasin Merchant calls it a day". ndtv.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  3. ↑ "Merchant loses to O'Donnel in World Snooker Championship". ndtv.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.
  4. ↑ "Snooker ace Yasin Merchant calls it a day". news18.com. Retrieved 26 April 2016.


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