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Amir Sarkhosh

Sarkhosh pictured in 2016
Born	(1991-05-30) 30 May 1991 (age 34)
Sport country	Iran
Professional	2024–present
Highest ranking	94 (September 2024)
Best ranking finish	Last 64 (x3)

Amir Sarkhosh (born 30 May 1991) is a talented snooker player from Karaj, Iran. Snooker is a cue sport played on a large table covered with green cloth, where players use a cue stick to hit a white ball (the cue ball) and pocket 15 red balls and six colored balls in a specific order. Amir Sarkhosh is well-known for winning the Asian Snooker Championship three times.

Amir Sarkhosh's Snooker Journey

Amir Sarkhosh started playing in international snooker tournaments in 2004. At first, he didn't win many big titles, but he kept working hard.

Early Years and First Finals

In 2008, Amir reached the main part of the Amateur World Championship. He also made it to the quarter-finals (the round before the semi-finals) of the under-21 Asian Championship. He reached two more quarter-finals in under-21 championships in 2012.

In 2013, Amir played in the final of the Asian Six-Red Snooker Championship. Six-Red Snooker is a faster version of the game with fewer red balls. He lost that final to Muhammad Asif. Later that year, he was invited to play in the Six-Red snooker tournament at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. He reached the final again but lost to Xiao Guodong.

First Big Wins

The next year, in 2014, Amir Sarkhosh reached the 6-Red Asian Championship final once more. This time, he won his first international title against Boonyarit Keattikun! Soon after, he and his teammate Ehsan Heydari Nezhad reached the final of a team tournament, but they lost to a team from India.

Amir continued to do well. He reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 IBSF World Snooker Championship and the semi-finals of the Asian Championships in 2013 and 2016. He was especially good in team events during this time.

Team Successes

• In 2015 and 2016, Amir and his partner Soheil Vahedi won the Asian Team Championship.
• They also won the IBSF World Team Cup in 2016, after finishing second in 2013.
• In 2017, Amir, Soheil Vahedi, and Hossein Vafaei won a gold medal in the snooker team competition at the Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.

In 2017, Amir reached the final of the IBSF World Snooker Championship but lost to Pankaj Advani. He won another big title in 2018, beating Ali Gharahgozlou to win the Asian Snooker Championship.

More Championship Titles

Amir Sarkhosh kept winning!

• In 2019, he won the 6-Red Asian Championship again.
• In 2021, he reached the final of the Asian Championship but lost to Pankaj Advani again.
• He also reached the final of the 2021 IBSF World Snooker Championship, losing to Ahsan Ramzan.
• In 2022, he won another major international title at the Asian Championship, defeating Ishpreet Singh Chadha.
• Later in 2022, he reached two more finals: the 6-Red Asian Championship (lost to Siyavosh Mozayani) and the IBSF World Snooker Championship (lost to Lim Kok Leong).
• In 2023, he won his third Asian Championship title, which is a huge achievement! This put him on par with record winner James Wattana.
• A few months later, he won the 6-Red Asian Championship for the third time.

Becoming a Professional Player

In 2024, Amir Sarkhosh achieved a big dream: he earned a spot on the World Snooker Tour. This means he became a professional player and now competes against the very best snooker players in the world. He earned this spot by doing well in the WPBSA Q Tour Global Play-Offs, which is a special competition to get onto the professional tour.

First Professional Season (2024/2025)

Amir had his first win as a professional player in the 2024/2025 season. He beat Joshua Thomond 5-3 to qualify for the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix. He also beat David Lilley 6-3 to qualify for the 2024 International Championship. His most impressive win so far was beating David Gilbert, who was ranked world number 21, by a score of 5-3 to qualify for the 2025 World Open.

Career finals

Amateur finals: 13 (6 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	2013	Asian 6-Reds Championship	Muhammad Asif (PAK)	4–7
Runner-up	2.	2013	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Xiao Guodong (CHN)	4–5
Winner	1.	2014	Asian 6-Reds Championship	Boonyarit Keattikun (THA)	7–6
Runner-up	3.	2017	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Pankaj Advani (IND)	2–8
Winner	2.	2018	ACBS Asian Snooker Championship	Ali Gharahgozlou (IRN)	6–1
Winner	3.	2019	Asian 6-Reds Championship	Babar Masih (PAK)	7–4
Runner-up	4.	2021	ACBS Asian Snooker Championship	Pankaj Advani (IND)	3–6
Runner-up	5.	2022	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Ahsan Ramzan (PAK)	5–6
Winner	4.	2022	ACBS Asian Snooker Championship	Ishpreet Singh Chadha (IND)	5–0
Runner-up	6.	2022	Asian 6-Reds Championship	Siyavosh Mozayani (IRN)	4–5
Runner-up	7.	2022	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Lim Kok Leong (MAS)	0–5
Winner	5.	2023	ACBS Asian Snooker Championship	Rory Thor (MAS)	5–1
Winner	6.	2023	Asian 6-Reds Championship	Chau Hon Man (HKG)	6–2

Team finals: 6 (4 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Tournament	Team partners	Opponents	Score
Runners-up	1.	2013	Asian Team Snooker Championship	Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN)	Alok Kumar (IND)  Brijesh Damani (IND)  Manan Chandra (IND)	0–3
Runners-up	2.	2013	IBSF World Team Cup	Soheil Vahedi (IRN)	Muhammad Asif (PAK)  Muhammad Sajjad (PAK)	3–5
Winners	1.	2015	Asian Team Snooker Championship	Soheil Vahedi (IRN)	Ali Gharahgozlou (IRN)  Ehsan Heydari Nezhad (IRN)	3–0
Winners	2.	2016	Asian Team Snooker Championship	Soheil Vahedi (IRN)	Pankaj Advani (IND)  Aditya Mehta (IND)  Manan Chandra (IND)	3–2
Winners	3.	2016	IBSF World Team Cup	Soheil Vahedi (IRN)	Chen Zifan (CHN)  Yuan Sijun (CHN)	5–2
Winners	4.	2017	Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games	Hossein Vafaei (IRN)  Soheil Vahedi (IRN)	Ahmed Saif (QAT)  Ali Al Obaidli (QAT)  Khamis Al Obaidli (QAT)	3–0