Hossein Vafaei
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Hossein Vafaei (Persian: حسین وفایی; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player.[2] He is the first professional player from Iran.[3] He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final.
Born | (1994-10-15) 15 October 1994 (age 29) Abadan, Iran | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport country | Iran | |||||||||||||||||
Nickname | The Prince of Persia[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Professional | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | 15 (October 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 21 (as of 7 May 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Maximum breaks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Century breaks | 120 (as of 6 May 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
Tournament wins | ||||||||||||||||||
Ranking | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vafaei made his Crucible debut at the 2022 World Snooker Championship,[4] where he lost 4–10 to Judd Trump in the first round.[5] He made his Masters debut at the 2023 event, replacing Zhao Xintong in the draw after the sport's governing body suspended Zhao amid a match-fixing investigation.[6] Vafaei defeated Mark Selby 6–2 in the first round,[7] but lost 4–6 to Jack Lisowski in the quarter-finals, despite equalling the tournament's highest break of 143 in the match.[8]