Asjad Iqbal

Asjad Iqbal (born 15 November 1991 in Sargodha, Pakistan) is a Pakistani snooker player. He turned professional at the start of the 2022/2023 season.[2] Reaching the final round of the first event of Asia-Oceania Q School in 2022 he earned a two years card for the professional tour via Order of Merit.[3]

Asjad Iqbal
Born (1991-11-15) 15 November 1991[1]
Sargodha, Pakistan
Sport country Pakistan
Professional2022–present
Highest ranking83 (June 2023)
Current ranking 95 (as of 16 October 2023)
Best ranking finishLast 32 (2023 Snooker Shoot Out)

Career

2022/2023 season

As Iqbal's tour card was only granted by Order of Merit, after Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon was finally denied the same on 1 September 2022 due to disciplinary issues,[4] he wasn't able to take part in the first tournaments of the tour calendar. The first professional tournament he was able to attend, was the 2022 Scottish Open, but he lost in the qualification round. He secured his first win on tour against the experienced Barry Pinches at the UK Championship qualifying in November 2022.

Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2015/
16		 2022/
23		 2023/
24
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] 83
Ranking tournaments
Championship League NR A WD
European Masters NH A LQ
British Open NH WD WD
English Open NH LQ A
Wuhan Open Not Held A
Northern Ireland Open NH WD
International Championship A NH A
UK Championship A LQ
Shoot Out NR 3R
Scottish Open NH LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ
German Masters NH LQ
Welsh Open NH LQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ
World Open A NH
Tour Championship NH DNQ
World Championship A LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship 2R LQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Classic NH 1R NH
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 Heldmeans an event was not held
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Career finals

Team finals: 1
Outcome No. Year Championship Team/Partner Opponent(s) in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2017[5] IBSF Team Snooker Championships  Pakistan 1
Muhammad Sajjad		  Pakistan 2
Babar Masih
Muhammad Asif		 4–5

Amateur finals: 3
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2010 Pakistan Amateur Championship Pakistan Muhammad Sajjad 2–8
Runner-up 2. 2017 Pakistan Amateur Championship Pakistan Muhammad Sajjad 6–8
Runner-up 3. 2019 Pakistan Amateur Championship Pakistan Mohammad Bilal 4–8

References
  1. Player portrait at WST
  2. Asjad Igbal of Pakistan turned professional for the first time at the start of the 2022/23 season
  3. "Asjad Iqbal". WPBSA. Retrieved 2022-10-09.
  4. WPBSA charges Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon with fixing disciplinary issues on 1st September, 2022
  5. "IBSF Team Snooker Championships Men - Hurghada / Egypt 2017". esnooker.pl. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
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