Soheil Vahedi

Soheil Vahedi
Born (1989-03-15) 15 March 1989 (age 35)
Tehran, Iran
Sport country Iran
NicknameThe King of Persia[1]
Professional2017–2021
Highest ranking80 (August 2020)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (x3)
Medal record
Representing  Iran
Mixed snooker
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Wrocław Individual
Men's snooker
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ashgabat Team
Silver medal – second place 2017 Ashgabat Six-red singles
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Ashgabat Singles

Soheil Vahedi (Persian: سهیل واحدی, born March 15, 1989) is an Iranian former professional 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 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.[3][4] Vahedi came through the first event of the 2019 Q School by winning five matches to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2015/
16 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2019/
20 		2020/
21 		2021/
22
Ranking[5][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] 86 [nb 4] 80 [nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR RR
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R
Northern Ireland Open NH 1R 1R 2R 1R LQ
English Open NH 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R
UK Championship A 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R
Scottish Open NH 1R 2R 1R 1R LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Shoot Out NR 1R A 3R 1R WD
German Masters A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Players Championship[nb 5] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
European Masters NH WD LQ LQ 1R 1R
Welsh Open A 2R 2R 4R 1R 1R
Turkish Masters Tournament Not Held LQ
Gibraltar Open MR 3R 1R 2R 4R 4R
Tour Championship Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters A 1R Non-Ranking Not Held
Indian Open NH 1R 2R Tournament Not Held
China Open A LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters[nb 6] MR LQ LQ WD Not Held
International Championship A LQ LQ LQ Not Held
China Championship NH LQ LQ LQ Not Held
World Open NH LQ LQ LQ Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship RR RR A A Not Held
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 event was not held
NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event
R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event
MR / Minor-Ranking Event event is/was a minor-ranking event
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ a b He was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. ^ Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points
  5. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)
  6. ^ The event was called the Riga Open (2015/2016)

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 1

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: 3 (2 titles)

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. 2015 Asian 6-Reds Championship Iran Ehsan Heydari Nezhad 7–4
Winner 2. 2016 World Amateur Championship Wales Andrew Pagett 8–1

References

  1. ^ "Soheil Vahedi". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 22 September 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  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.