Farakh Ajaib

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Farakh Ajaib
Farakh Ajaib 2025.jpg
Born (1991-02-03) 3 February 1991 (age 34)
Blackburn, England
Sport countryFlag of England.svg  England (until 2021)
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan (since 2021) [1]
Professional2020–2022, 2024-present
Highest ranking 76 (August 2025)
Current ranking 76 (as of 18 August 2025)
Best ranking finishLast 16 (2022 European Masters)

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

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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 HeldLQLQ
English Open Not HeldA 1R 2R LQALQ
British Open Tournament Not Held 1R ALQLQ
Xi'an Grand Prix Tournament Not HeldLQ
Northern Ireland Open Not HeldA 1R 1R 1R WDLQ
International Championship Not HeldAANot HeldLQ
UK Championship AAAA 1R 2R LQLQ
Shoot Out Non-RankingA 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R
Scottish Open Not HeldAA 1R LQA 1R
German Masters AAALQLQLQALQ
World Grand Prix Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Players Championship [nb 4] DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
Welsh Open AAAA 1R LQLQLQ
World Open AAAANot HeldLQ
Tour Championship Not HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship AAALQLQLQLQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-RankLQATournament Not Held
Riga Masters Not HeldALQTournament Not Held
Indian Open Not HeldALQTournament Not Held
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR Tournament Not Held
Turkish Masters Tournament Not HeldLQNot Held
Gibraltar Open Not HeldA 1R 1R 2R Not Held
European Masters Not HeldAA 1R LQ 3R Not Held
WST Classic Tournament Not Held 1R Not Held
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 He was an amateur
  3. 1 2 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)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Runner-up12009 PIOS – Event 5 Flag of Scotland.svg Anthony McGill 0–6
Winner1.2022 Q Tour – Event 3 Flag of England.svg Harvey Chandler 5–3

References

  1. "Farakh Flies Flag For Pakistan". wst.tv. 14 January 2021. Archived from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  2. "Farakh Ajaib crowned East Lancashire Snooker Championship winner". Lancashire Telegraph.
  3. "Q School 2020: Event Three Qualifiers". 10 August 2020.
  4. "Q School 3 (2020) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  5. "Accrington snooker player enjoying life on tour after English Open exit". Lancashire Telegraph.
  6. "JUDD TRUMP FENDS OFF DRAMATIC FARAKH AJAIB COMEBACK IN INCREDIBLE MATCH TO BOOK PLACE IN EUROPEAN MASTERS QUARTER-FINAL". Eurosport.com.
  7. "AJAIB, KOWALSKI, MANN AND TOTTEN RUN Q SCHOOL GAUNTLET". Wpbsa. 1 June 2024. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
  8. "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2025". championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk. Retrieved 28 June 2025.
  9. Caulfield, David (12 July 2025). "Artemijs Zizins impresses in Group 4 victory". Snookerhq. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  10. "SAUDI ARABIA SNOOKER MASTERS DAY FOUR: O'CONNOR TO FACE ROCKET IN JEDDAH". wst.tv. 12 August 2025. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  11. Kane, Desmond (23 June 2025). "Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson and Mark Selby make flying start to new snooker season in Wuhan Open qualifiers". wst.tv. Retrieved 24 June 2025.