Mohamed Ibrahim (snooker player)

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Mohamed Ibrahim
Born (1990-03-03) 3 March 1990 (age 34)
Sport countryFlag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Professional2018/2019, 2022-2024
Highest ranking 90 (June 2023)
Best ranking finishLast 64 (x2)

Mohamed Ibrahim (Egyptian Arabic : محمد ابراهيم, born 3 March 1990) is an Egyptian former professional snooker player. He has twice won the African Snooker Championship.

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Career

As the winner of the 2018 ABSF African Snooker Championships he was awarded a place on the professional snooker tour for the 2018–19 season on a two-year card. [1] [2] In October 2018 Ibrahim withdrew his tour card, having not entered a single match during the season. [3]

He previously competed at the highest level at the 2012 Six-red World Championship where he pushed eventual tournament winner Mark Davis to a deciding frame. [4] [5]

He won the 2022 African Snooker Championship in Casablanca, Morocco in July 2022. [6] [7] He secured his first win back on tour defeating Julien Leclercq in UK Championship qualifying in November 2022. He has also become the first Egyptian player to make a professional century, and won a second match to qualify for the Welsh Open.

He started the 2023-24 season at the 2023 Championship League held at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, England from 26 June 2023. In the round-Robin stage he went undefeated, drawing all three matches, including against Si Jiahui. [8] [9] He earned his first win of the 2023-24 season on 17 August 2023, at the British Open qualifying in Leicester, with a 4-3 win over Mink Nutcharut. [10]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2012/
13
2018/
19
2022/
23
2023/
24
Ranking [11] [nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] [nb 3] 90
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-RankingA RR
European Masters NHAALQ
British Open Not HeldA 1R
English Open NHALQLQ
Wuhan Open Not HeldLQ
Northern Ireland Open NHAALQ
International Championship AANHLQ
UK Championship AALQLQ
Shoot Out NRA 1R 1R
Scottish Open MRAALQ
World Grand Prix NHDNQDNQDNQ
German Masters AALQLQ
Welsh Open AA 1R LQ
Players Championship DNQDNQDNQDNQ
World Open AANHLQ
Tour Championship NHDNQDNQDNQ
World Championship AALQLQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Classic Not Held 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship RR ALQNH
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. 1 2 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Career finals

Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2018 ABSF African Snooker Championships Flag of Egypt.svg Mostafa Dorgham 6–1
Winner2.2022 ABSF African Snooker Championships Flag of Egypt.svg Hesham Shawky5–4
Runner-up1.2024African 6-red Championship Flag of Egypt.svg Omar Ramy4–6

References

  1. "Ibrahim Awarded World Snooker Tour Card". WPBSA. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  2. "www.blastingnews.com/sport/2018/05/the-17-new-world-snooker-tour-graduates-for-201819-002580347.amp.html". blastingnews.com. Retrieved 2018-05-18.[ permanent dead link ]
  3. "Robertson Up To Fourth". worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  4. "Selby starts with win - Snooker - Eurosport Asia". asia.eurosport.com. Archived from the original on May 18, 2018. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  5. "SangSom 6 Red World Championship - BLOG N° 1 DU SNOOKER". worldsnooker.skyrock.mobi. Retrieved 2018-05-18.
  6. "Mohamed Ibrahim wins African Snooker Championships". WST.tv. Archived from the original on July 3, 2022.
  7. "Mohamed Ibrahim". WPBSA.com.
  8. "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE SNOOKER 2023". Championship League Snooker. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  9. "Si starts sesson strongly". wst.tv. July 8, 2023. Archived from the original on July 9, 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  10. "Graham scores first professional win". wst.tv. Archived from the original on August 18, 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  11. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 May 2018.