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Haris Tahir
Pakistani snooker player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Haris Tahir (born 9 April 2000) is a Pakistani snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024-25 snooker season.
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Early and personal life
He is from Lahore, Punjab. He has the nickname 'Mr. One-Visit' due to his break-building power, which had led to over a hundred centuries in amateur tournament play. He scored his first 147 break in Lahore in 2015. He Scored 147 in a Tournament as well in Lahore in 2022. To date, he has scored a maximum break three times including practice and competition. [1][2] He won the Pakistan national under-18 championship in 2020.[3]
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In 2017, Tahir was runner-up at the Pakistan national Under-21 Championship. In August of that year he reached the quarterfinal of the Pakistan National Ranking Snooker Championship in Karachi.[4] He was the 2018 Punjab Champion. Then He won the 2020 Under-21 national championship.[2] In October 2020, he reached the final of the Pakistan National Ranking Snooker Championship defeating former national champion Mohammad Bilal 6-3 in the semi-final before facing Mohammad Sajjad.[5]
He competed at the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in 2021 where he defeated Qatar’s Ali Alobaidli before overcoming Khalid Kamani of the UAE 5-2 in the quarter-final.[6] In the semi-final he lost to the 2018 champion from Iran, Amir Sarkhosh.[7][8] In September 2021, he was beaten by compatriot Babar Masih in the quarter finals of the Six Reds World Cup in Qatar.[9]
In June 2023, he was selected to represent Pakistan in Asian 6 Red and Asian Team Championship in Tehran, Iran.[3]
In January 2024, Tahir caused an upset at the NBP National Snooker Championship in Lahore, defeating former champion and fourth-seed Shahid Aftab on a deciding frame and qualified from the round-robin stage.[10][11] He was defeated by Sohail Shahzad in the last-16.[12]
In May 2024, he played at the Asia/Oceania Q School in Bangkok. In the second event Tahir came through 4-3 against China's Zhou Jinhao before facing Indian Laxman Rawat.[13] He then came through a decider against Iran's Ehsan Heydari Nezhad.[14] In the final round he beat Lan Yuhao of China to earn a two year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024–25 snooker season.[15]
He recorded his first win as a professional when he defeated Jamie Jones in a qualifier for the Wuhan Open in July 2024.[16] His run to the last-64 was ended by Chris Wakelin.[17] In September 2024, he defeated Zak Surety at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open.[18]
In June 2025, he received a walkover 5-0 victory in the first round of the 2025 Wuhan Open qualifying after former world champion Luca Brecel failed to show-up for their match.[19] That month, he beat former world champion Ken Doherty in qualifying for the 2025 British Open.[20] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Barry Hawkins, Haydon Pinhey and John Astley, recording a win over group winner Pinhey but missing out on top-spot on frame difference.[21][22]
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Performance and rankings timeline
| 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 | |||
Career finals
Amateur finals: 1
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