Sahil Nayyar

Sahil Nayyar

Sahil Nayyar pictured with the Pan American Trophy
Born	(1993-09-29) 29 September 1993 (age 31) [1] Ludhiana, India
Sport country	Canada
Professional	2025–present
Highest ranking	118 (August 2025)
Current ranking	118 (as of 18 August 2025)
Best ranking finish	Last 112 (2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters)

Sahil Nayyar (born 29 September 1993) is a professional snooker player. Representing Canada, he won the 2024 Pan American Championship to earn a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2025-26 snooker season. ^[2]

Career

He won the Ontario Challenge Series in December 2022, also scoring the highest break of the tournament; 124. ^[3] That year, he was a member of the winning team at the Snooker Canada World Cup Team Championship. ^[4]

In October 2024, he defeated Brazil’s Fabio Anderson Luersen 5-1 in the final of the 2024 Pan American Open Snooker Championship. He had reached the final with back-to-back whitewash victories over Andy McCloskey and Floyd Ziegler. ^[5] With the win, Nayyar earned a two-year World Snooker Tour (WST) tour card starting from the 2025-26 snooker season. ^{[6] [7]}

2025–26 season

On his debut tournament as a professional he was drawn against Welshman Matthew Stevens at the 2025 Wuhan Open. At his second tournament, the 2025 British Open, with qualifiers also played in June 2025, he was drawn against Martin O'Donnell. ^[8] He earned a 2-2 draw against Dylan Emery on 17 July 2025 in the 2025 Championship League. ^[9]

Personal life

He was born in city Ludhiana, in Punjab and started playing snooker at the age of 14 years-old. He moved to Canada in 2018 and studied Global Business Management and Global Hospitality Management at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario. He is married. ^{[10] [11]}

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2025/ 26
Ranking [nb 1]	[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	RR
Saudi Arabia Masters	2R
Wuhan Open	LQ
English Open
British Open	LQ
Xi'an Grand Prix
Northern Ireland Open
International Championship
UK Championship
Shoot Out
Scottish Open
German Masters
World Grand Prix
Players Championship
Welsh Open
World Open
Tour Championship
World Championship

Performance Table Legend
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.

1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
2. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Career finals

Amateur finals: 2 (2 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2024	Pan American Amateur Championship	Fabio Anderson Luersen	5–1
Winner	2.	2025	Canadian Amateur Championship	Alan Whitfield	5–2

References

1. "Sahil Nayyar". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
2. "Sahil Nayyar". wst.tv. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
3. "Ontario Challenge Series Results". Snooker Canada. December 21, 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
4. "Team India Wins Inaugural World Cup Team Championship". SnookerCanada. May 23, 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
5. "SAHIL NAYYAR WINS PAN AMERICAN OPEN SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP". wpbsa. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
6. "Sahil Nayyar to Represent Canada on the Pro Tour". Snooker Canada. October 14, 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
7. Caulfield, David (June 11, 2025). "Who are the rookie snooker players this season?". Snookerhq.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
8. Haigh, Phil (June 9, 2025). "Wuhan Open and British Open draws made as Ronnie O'Sullivan enters both". Metro. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
9. Caulfield, David (July 18, 2025). "Fan Zhengyi compiles snooker season's first 147 break". Snookerhq. Retrieved 18 July 2025.
10. "SAHIL NAYYAR CLINCHES 2024 PAN AMERICAN OPEN SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP". pabsa.org. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
11. "MEET THE NEW PROS: SAHIL NAYYAR". wst.tv. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.