Shokat Ali

Shokat Ali

Born	(1970-03-04) March 4, 1970 (age 54)
Sport country	Pakistan
Professional	1991–2007
Highest ranking	34 (2002/2003)
Best ranking finish	Quarter-final (x1)
Medal record Men's snooker Representing   Pakistan Asian Games 1998 Bangkok Individual 1998 Bangkok Doubles 1998 Bangkok Team World Games 2001 Akita Individual

Shokat Ali (born 4 March 1970) is a snooker player who has represented Pakistan in international tournaments. ^{[1] [2]}

Career

Ali turned professional in 1991. ^[1] He appeared on the BBC1 game show "Big Break" in 1997. ^[3]

At the 1998 Asian Games, he won a gold medal in the snooker singles, a bronze medal in the snooker doubles and a bronze medal in the snooker team event. ^{[4] [5]}

He defeated Jimmy White to reach the last 16 of the 1998 Grand Prix. ^[1] At the 2001 Thailand Masters, he reached the quarter-finals, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan en route. ^[6]

In 2005, his cue was stolen from his car, ^[7] and he suffered a deterioration of results as he struggled to find another cue he could show his best form using.

He represented Pakistan in the 2006 Asian Games held in Doha, Qatar. ^[8]

He dropped off the game's main professional tour in 2007, but showed signs of a return to form in 2008, winning an event on the secondary PIOS Tour. ^{[9] [1]}

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1991/ 92	1992/ 93	1993/ 94	1994/ 95	1995/ 96	1996/ 97	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2001/ 02	2002/ 03	2003/ 04		2004/ 05	2005/ 06	2006/ 07
Ranking [10] [nb 1]	[nb 2]	143	110	83	87	76	59	49	69	68	40	34	49		65	54	55
Ranking tournaments
Northern Ireland Trophy	Tournament Not Held															NR	LQ
Grand Prix [nb 3]	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	2R	LQ	LQ	3R	LQ	1R	1R	2R	LQ		1R	LQ	LQ
UK Championship	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	2R	LQ	2R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ		1R	LQ	LQ
Malta Cup [nb 4]	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	LQ	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ		LQ	LQ	LQ
Welsh Open	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ		2R	LQ	LQ
China Open [nb 5]	Tournament Not Held						NR	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	Not Held			LQ	LQ	LQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ		LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ		A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open [nb 6]	LQ	MR	NR	Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic [nb 7]	LQ	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
German Masters [nb 8]	Tournament Not Held				LQ	LQ	2R	NR	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held			Non-Ranking Event					LQ	NR	Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters [nb 9]	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	QF	LQ	NR	Not Held				NR
Scottish Open [nb 10]	NH	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ		Not Held
British Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	LQ	LQ		LQ	Not Held
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event											LQ	LQ		LQ	NH	NR
Former non-ranking tournaments
China Masters	Tournament Not Held				F	Tournament Not Held
Pakistan Masters	Tournament Not Held				1R	Tournament Not Held
Malta Masters	Tournament Not Held				1R	Tournament Not Held
Poland Masters	Tournament Not Held				QF	Tournament Not Held
Euro-Asia Masters Challenge	Tournament Not Held												RR	RR	Not Held

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
DQ	disqualified from the tournament

NH / Not Held				event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Event				means an event is/was a pro-am event.

1. From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
2. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
3. The event was also called the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
4. The event was called the European Open (1991/1992–2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)
5. The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
6. The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
7. The event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)
8. The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
9. The event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
10. The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1996	China Masters	Rod Lawler	3–6
Winner	1.	1998	Asian Games	Sam Chong	7–6

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2008	PIOS – Event 3	Michael White	6–3

References

1. Hayton, Eric; Dee, John (2004). The CueSport Book of Professional Snooker: The Complete Record & History. Lowestoft: Rose Villa Publications. pp. 191–194. ISBN   978-0-9548549-0-4.
2. "International Open 1997" Archived 2014-06-30 at the Wayback Machine , by Hermund Årdalen, WWW Snooker, Oslo, Norway, 4 May 2005; accessed 1 March 2007
3. "BBC1". Sandwell Evening Mail. 28 February 1997. p. 40.
4. The Citizen: Snooker: Shokat strikes gold Archived 2007-06-29 at archive.today
5. "Pakistani cueists enjoyed good year". DAWN. 25 December 2001. It is very sad indeed that Pakistan after gaining a gold medal in snooker at the 13th Asian Games held in Bangkok, Thailand in 1998, when Shoukat Ali beat Malaysia's professional Sam Chong in the final, and securing two bronze medals also in the doubles through Shoukat Ali and Farhan Mirza and the team championship through Shoukat Ali, Farhan Mirza and Saleh Mohammad, the Pakistan Billiard and Snooker Association has still not received official affiliation from the Pakistan Olympic Association.
6. "BBC Sport: Ali shocks O'Sullivan". Archived from the original on 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
7. "BBC Sport: Ali appeals for missing cue". Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
8. "Shaukat Ali to compete in Doha Games". DAWN. 1 October 2006.
9. World Snooker News: The Wonder Of Cue
10. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

External links

• Cue sports portal

• Shokat Ali at snooker.org Sports record of Shokat Ali