Farakh Ajaib

Farakh Ajaib (born 3 February 1991) is a British Pakistani professional snooker player from Lancashire.

Farakh Ajaib

Born	(1991-02-03) 3 February 1991 (age 34) Blackburn, England
Sport country	England (until 2021)  Pakistan (since 2021)[1]
Professional	2020–2022, 2024-present
Highest ranking	85 (July 2025)
Current ranking	85 (as of 24 July 2025)
Best ranking finish	Last 16 (2022 European Masters)

Career

In 2018, Ajaib was crowned the inaugural East Lancashire Snooker Championship winner.^[2] He was a ‘top-up’ player for several main tour events in 2018/19 – reward for a solid 2018 Q School campaign.^[3] At the third event of the 2020 Q School at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Ajaib clinched a two-year Tour Card on to the 2020–21 and 2021–22 snooker seasons.^[4]

At the 2020 English Open, Ajaib defeated Rod Lawler 4–0 before losing 4–3 to Zhou Yuelong in a close match described as a “marathon”.^[5]

Competing at the 2022 European Masters in August, 2022 Ajaib lost to Judd Trump in a deciding frame in a last 16 match in which Ajaib had trailed 4–2 but had left Trump needing three snookers at 4–4.^[6]

He was relegated from the tour in 2023 but regained his place the following year, coming through Q School with a final round win over Iulian Boiko to earn a two-year place starting from the 2024-25 snooker season.^[7]

In June 2025, He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Si Jiahui, Artemijs Žižins and Kayden Brierley, recording a win over Brierley and a draw with Si Jiahui and was the only player in the group to win a single frame against Zizins.^[8][9] He reached the last-32 of the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.^[10]

He was also drawn to face former world champion Judd Trump again at the 2025 Wuhan Open.^[11]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2010/ 11	2011/ 12	2016/ 17	2018/ 19	2020/ 21	2021/ 22	2022/ 23	2024/ 25	2025/ 26
Ranking[nb 1]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	89	[nb 2]	[nb 3]	85
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Non-Ranking Event				RR	RR	RR	RR	RR
Saudi Arabia Masters	Tournament Not Held							2R	5R
Wuhan Open	Tournament Not Held							LQ
English Open	Not Held		A	1R	2R	LQ	A	LQ
British Open	Tournament Not Held					1R	A	LQ	LQ
Xi'an Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held							LQ
Northern Ireland Open	Not Held		A	1R	1R	1R	WD	LQ
International Championship	Not Held		A	A	Not Held			LQ
UK Championship	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	LQ	LQ
Shoot Out	Non-Ranking		A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R
Scottish Open	Not Held		A	A	1R	LQ	A	1R
German Masters	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ
World Grand Prix	Not Held		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Players Championship[nb 4]	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Welsh Open	A	A	A	A	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ
World Open	A	A	A	A	Not Held			LQ
Tour Championship	Not Held		DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	A	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic	Minor-Rank		LQ	A	Tournament Not Held
Riga Masters	Not Held		A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Indian Open	Not Held		A	LQ	Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series	Tournament Not Held				RR	Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters	Tournament Not Held					LQ	Not Held
Gibraltar Open	Not Held		A	1R	1R	2R	Not Held
European Masters	Not Held		A	A	1R	LQ	3R	Not Held
WST Classic	Tournament Not Held						1R	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				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 don't have a ranking
4. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Final (2010/2011–2011/2012)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1	2009	PIOS – Event 5	Anthony McGill	0–6
Winner	1.	2022	Q Tour – Event 3	Harvey Chandler	5–3