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Born | Blackburn, England | 3 February 1991
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Professional | 2020–2022, 2024-present |
Highest ranking | 76 (August 2025) |
Current ranking | 76 (as of 18 August 2025) |
Best ranking finish | Last 16 (2022 European Masters) |
Farakh Ajaib (born 3 February 1991) is a British Pakistani professional snooker player from Lancashire.
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]
Tournament | 2010/ 11 | 2011/ 12 | 2016/ 17 | 2018/ 19 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 | 2022/ 23 | 2024/ 25 | 2025/ 26 | ||||||
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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 | 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 | |||||
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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 |
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
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Runner-up | 1 | 2009 | PIOS – Event 5 | ![]() | 0–6 |
Winner | 1. | 2022 | Q Tour – Event 3 | ![]() | 5–3 |