Basem Eltahhan

Basem Abdullah Eltahhan (born 17 August 1982 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an Egyptian former professional snooker player. Eltahhan turned professional in 2017 winning the African Championship.

Basem Eltahhan

Paul Hunter Classic 2018
Born	(1982-08-17) 17 August 1982 (age 42) Alexandria, Egypt
Sport country	Egypt
Professional	2017–2019
Highest ranking	97 (June 2018)
Best ranking finish	Last 64 (2018 Snooker Shoot-Out

Career

In 2017, Eltahhan beat fellow countryman Wael Talaat 6–5 in the final of the African Championship. The win gained him a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.

Due to lack of sponsorship Eltahhan couldn't make his professional debut until the 2017 English Open.^[1] His only match win during the season came at the single-frame Shoot-Out event, although he impressed at the 2017 UK Championship, battling world number 1 Mark Selby before ultimately losing 4–6; Selby praised his opponent afterwards, saying that Eltahhan played like a top-32 player.^[2] Eltahhan failed to win a single match during the next season, which ended with a 10-0 whitewash at the hands of Liang Wenbo at the 2019 World Championship qualifying rounds, and thus was relegated from the tour.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2016/ 17	2017/ 18	2018/ 19
Ranking[3][nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	97
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4]	A	A	LQ
World Open	A	A	LQ
Paul Hunter Classic	A	A	1R
China Championship	NR	A	LQ
European Masters	A	A	LQ
English Open	A	1R	A
International Championship	A	A	A
Northern Ireland Open	A	1R	1R
UK Championship	A	1R	1R
Scottish Open	A	1R	1R
German Masters	A	LQ	LQ
World Grand Prix	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	A	1R	A
Shoot-Out	A	2R	A
Indian Open	A	A	LQ
Players Championship	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Gibraltar Open	A	A	A
Tour Championship	Not Held		DNQ
China Open	A	LQ	A
World Championship	A	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship	RR	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Shanghai Masters	A	A	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.

1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
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 (2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2017	ABSF African Snooker Championships	Wael Talaat	6–5