Ahmed Saif (born 1 January 1983) is a former Qatari professional snooker player. He was the first professional player from Qatar. Saif was a professional between 2013 and 2015, reaching a highest ranking of 113 in the world.
Saif as an amateur represented the Qatari national snooker team at the 2002, 2006 and 2010[2] Asian Games, 2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor Games. Saif had success in the 2011 Pan Arab Games where he won a silver medal in the snooker singles, losing to Iraqi Firas Al-Shamini in the final, he also won a bronze in the team event alongside Ali Al Obaidly and Mohsen Bukshaisha.
Saif entered the 2013 Q School in an attempt to become Qatar's first professional snooker player. In the first event he beat fellow countryman Mohsen Bukshaisha, before falling to Shane Castle in the last 64. However, with wins over Zack Richardson, Duane Jones, Michael Georgiou, Antony Parsons and Jamie Clarke in the second event, Saif reached the semi-final stages and won a place on the main tour for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons.[2][5]
Saif was to endure a difficult debut season as a professional, as he failed to win a single match, winning only fourteen frames in fourteen matches, six of which came in his 10–6 loss to Scott Donaldson in the 2014 World Snooker Championship first qualifying round. He finished the season ranked 130.[6]
Saif's first match win as a professional came in January 2015 at the minor-ranking Xuzhou Open over Chinese amateur Long Yun.[7] Later, he achieved his first win in a full ranking event, beating Anthony Hamilton 4–0 at the 2015 Welsh Open, closing out the match with a 95 break which is the highest of his career in competitive play.[8] However, Saif was whitewashed in the next round 4–0 by Alan McManus.[7] He ended his stint on the tour ranked world number 117 and failed to come through Q School in an attempt to win his place back.[9]
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Ahmed Saif born 1 January 1983 is a former Qatari professional snooker player He was the first professional player from Qatar Saif was a professional between 2013 and 2015 reaching a highest ranking of 113 in the world Ahmed SaifBorn 1983 01 01 1 January 1983 age 40 Sport country QatarProfessional2013 2015Highest ranking113 June July 2014 1 Medal record Men s SnookerRepresenting QatarPan Arab Games2011 Doha Singles2011 Doha TeamAsian Indoor Games2009 Vietnam Team2017 Ashgabat Team Contents 1 Career 1 1 Amateur 1 2 Professional 2 Performance and Rankings timeline 3 References 4 External linksCareer EditAmateur Edit Saif as an amateur represented the Qatari national snooker team at the 2002 2006 and 2010 2 Asian Games 2009 and 2013 Asian Indoor Games Saif had success in the 2011 Pan Arab Games where he won a silver medal in the snooker singles losing to Iraqi Firas Al Shamini in the final he also won a bronze in the team event alongside Ali Al Obaidly and Mohsen Bukshaisha Saif also appeared as a wildcard in 2008 Bahrain Championship where he lost 5 1 to Robert Milkins in the wildcard round 3 4 He also appeared in the opening two Players Tour Championship events in the 2010 2011 season however he lost both of them 4 0 to Andrew Higginson and Jamie Clarke Professional Edit Saif entered the 2013 Q School in an attempt to become Qatar s first professional snooker player In the first event he beat fellow countryman Mohsen Bukshaisha before falling to Shane Castle in the last 64 However with wins over Zack Richardson Duane Jones Michael Georgiou Antony Parsons and Jamie Clarke in the second event Saif reached the semi final stages and won a place on the main tour for the 2013 14 and 2014 15 seasons 2 5 Saif was to endure a difficult debut season as a professional as he failed to win a single match winning only fourteen frames in fourteen matches six of which came in his 10 6 loss to Scott Donaldson in the 2014 World Snooker Championship first qualifying round He finished the season ranked 130 6 Saif s first match win as a professional came in January 2015 at the minor ranking Xuzhou Open over Chinese amateur Long Yun 7 Later he achieved his first win in a full ranking event beating Anthony Hamilton 4 0 at the 2015 Welsh Open closing out the match with a 95 break which is the highest of his career in competitive play 8 However Saif was whitewashed in the next round 4 0 by Alan McManus 7 He ended his stint on the tour ranked world number 117 and failed to come through Q School in an attempt to win his place back 9 Performance and Rankings timeline EditTournament 2008 09 2010 11 2013 14 2014 15Ranking 10 nb 1 nb 2 nb 2 nb 3 130Ranking tournamentsShanghai Masters A A LQ LQInternational Championship Not Held LQ LQUK Championship A A 1R 1RGerman Masters NH A LQ AWelsh Open A A 1R 2RIndian Open Not Held LQ LQPlayers Championship Grand Final nb 4 NH DNQ DNQ DNQChina Open A A LQ LQWorld Championship A A LQ LQFormer ranking tournamentsBahrain Championship WR Not HeldWorld Open nb 5 A A LQ NHPerformance Table LegendLQ 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 finalsSF lost in the semi finals F lost in the final W won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournamentNH 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 It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season a b He was an amateur New players don t have a ranking The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals 2010 2011 The event was called the Grand Prix 2008 2009 References Edit World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic PDF World Snooker World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 30 June 2014 Archived from the original PDF on 1 July 2014 Retrieved 1 July 2014 a b Ahmed Saif World Snooker Retrieved 5 June 2014 permanent dead link Bahrain Championship 2008 Global Snooker Archived from the original on 12 February 2012 Retrieved 13 March 2013 Bahrain Championship 2008 Snooker org Archived from the original on 10 October 2018 Retrieved 13 March 2013 Qatar s first pro Saif set to enhance profile of snooker Gulf Times 25 May 2013 Archived from the original on 6 June 2014 Retrieved 5 June 2014 Prize Money Rankings after the World Championship 2014 PDF World Snooker World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 7 May 2014 Archived PDF from the original on 8 May 2014 Retrieved 5 June 2014 a b Ahmed Saif 2014 2015 Snooker org Archived from the original on 7 July 2015 Retrieved 11 April 2015 Qatari Saif Wins First Ranking Match World Snooker World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association 17 February 2015 Archived from the original on 17 February 2015 Retrieved 17 February 2015 World Rankings After 2015 World Championship World Snooker Archived from the original on 7 May 2015 Retrieved 8 May 2015 Ranking History Snooker org Archived from the original on 19 December 2018 Retrieved 6 February 2011 External links EditAhmed Saif at the World Snooker Tour nbsp Ahmed Saif at WorldSnooker com at the Wayback Machine archived April 5 2015 Ahmed Saif at ProSnookerBlog com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ahmed Saif amp oldid 1177148673, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
