Mahmoud El Hareedy

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Mahmoud El Hareedy
Born (1998-09-27) 27 September 1998 (age 27) [1]
Sport countryFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Professional2025–present
Current ranking 129 (as of 9 November 2025)

Mahmoud El Hareedy (born 27 September 1998) is an Egyptian professional snooker player. He won the 2025 All Africa Snooker Championship to earn a two-year tour card for the World Snooker Tour from the 2025-26 snooker season.

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Career

In 2022, El Hareedy won the African Six-reds Championship held in Morocco, defeating countryman Mohamed Hammouda in the final. [2] [3] [4] He was subsequently invited to play in the 2023 Six-red World Championship held in Bangkok, where he was placed in group G, facing Stuart Bingham, Noppon Saengkham and Jordan Brown. [5] [6]

In 2024, he placed third in the IBSF World Snooker Championship, the premier amateur tournament, the highest placement any Egyptian player has achieved in that event. [7] In June 2025, he again reached the final of the African Six-reds Championship, losing 46 to South Africa's Mutalieb Allie. [8] [9] Later that month, he won the 2025 All Africa Snooker Championship, defeating Moroccan player Yassine Bellamine 61 in the final, and gaining a professional tour card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 seasons. [9] [10]

2025–26 season

Personal life

El Hareedy is from Alexandria and has represented the Smouha Sporting Club on an amateur level. [11] [2] [7] He is right-handed. [1]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2022/
23
2025/
26
Ranking [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League AA
Saudi Arabia Masters NH 1R
Wuhan Open NHA
English Open A 1R
British Open AA
Xi'an Grand Prix NHLQ
Northern Ireland Open ALQ
International Championship NHLQ
UK Championship ALQ
Shoot Out A
Scottish Open ALQ
German Masters A
World Grand Prix DNQ
Players Championship DNQ
Welsh Open A
World Open NH
Tour Championship DNQ
World Championship A
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship RR NH
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. He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Career finals

Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2022African Six-reds Championship Flag of Egypt.svg Mohamed Hammouda 6–4
Runner-up2.2025African Six-reds Championship Flag of South Africa.svg Mutalieb Allie 4–6
Winner3.2025All-Africa Snooker Championship Flag of Morocco.svg Yassine Bellamine 6–1

References

  1. 1 2 "Mahmoud El Hareedy". WPBSA . Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 Al-Qal, Abu Bakr (25 June 2022). "محمود الهريدي ل "تتويج" أطمح في الاحتراف والبلياردو سنوكر يحتاج مزيداً من الدعم المادي والإعلامي" [Mahmoud El Hareedy to “Tatweeg”: I aspire to become a professional, but snooker billiards needs more financial and media support.]. Tatweeg News (in Arabic).
  3. Yousef, Mohammed (27 June 2022). "لاعب الصيد يحرز فضية بطولة أفريقيا للبلياردو سنوكر" [Al-Sayed player wins silver at the African Billiards and Snooker Championship]. Al Wafd News (in Arabic).
  4. "Mahmoud El Hareedy". snooker.org. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  5. "Noppon reaches last 16, O'Sullivan wins". Bangkok Post. 8 March 2023.
  6. "6 Red World Championship Group G (2023)". snooker.org. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  7. 1 2 Ramadan, Rajab (6 November 2024). "لاعب سموحة يحصد الميدالية البرونزية فى بطولة العالم للبلياردو السنوكر (صور)" [Smouha player wins bronze medal in World Billiards and Snooker Championship (photos)]. Al-Masry Al-Youm (in Arabic).
  8. Snooker and Billiards South Africa (26 June 2025). "Mutalieb Allie Crowned African 6 Reds Snooker Champion!". Facebook.
  9. 1 2 "Mahmoud El Hareedy Earns Professional Status with All-Africa Title". WPBSA . 1 July 2025.
  10. Ramadan, Rajab (1 July 2025). "تتويج لاعب سموحة ببطولة أفريقيا 2025 المؤهلة للاحتراف في البلياردو السنوكر" [Smouha player crowned champion of the 2025 African Championship, qualifying for professional billiards and snooker.]. Al-Masry Al-Youm (in Arabic).
  11. "Mahmoud El Hareedy". Facebook. Retrieved 7 October 2025.