Hossein Vafaei
Hossein Vafaei (Persian: حسین وفایی; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player. He is the first professional player from Iran. He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final.
| Born | 15 October 1994 Abadan, Iran | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport country | Iran | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | the Prince of Persia | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 15 (October 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 19 (as of 8 April 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Maximum breaks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Century breaks | 119 (as of 17 April 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Ranking | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vafaei made his Crucible debut at the 2022 World Snooker Championship, where he lost 4–10 to Judd Trump in the first round. 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. Vafaei defeated Mark Selby 6–2 in the first round, but lost 4–6 to Jack Lisowski in the quarter-finals, despite equalling the tournament's highest break of 143 in the match.
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