Soheil Vahedi (, born March 15, 1989) is an Iranian former professional snooker player.
Career In 2009 Vahedi entered the World Amateur Under-21 Snooker Championships in his home country in Kish, Iran in which he reached the final, before he lost 9–8 Noppon Saengkham. Seven years following his disappointment in Kish, Vahedi made it to the final of the World Amateur Snooker Championship where he defeated Andrew Pagett 8–1 to win the 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship, as a result he was offered a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. Vahedi came through the first event of the 2019 Q School by winning five matches to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2015/16 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the season He was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking86Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points80Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventRRRRBritish OpenTournament Not Held1RNorthern Ireland OpenNH1R1R2R1RLQEnglish OpenNH1R1R1R1R1RUK ChampionshipA1R1R1R1R1RScottish OpenNH1R2R1R1RLQWorld Grand PrixDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQShoot OutNR1RA3R1RWDGerman MastersALQLQLQLQLQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQEuropean MastersNHWDLQLQ1R1RWelsh OpenA2R2R4R1R1RTurkish MastersTournament Not HeldLQGibraltar OpenMR3R1R2R4R4RTour ChampionshipNot HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipALQLQLQLQLQFormer ranking tournamentsShanghai MastersA1RNon-RankingNot HeldIndian OpenNH1R2RTournament Not HeldChina OpenALQLQTournament Not HeldRiga MastersThe event was called the Riga Open (2015/2016)MRLQLQWDNot HeldInternational ChampionshipALQLQLQNot HeldChina ChampionshipNHLQLQLQNot HeldWorld OpenNHLQLQLQNot HeldWST Pro SeriesTournament Not HeldRRNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsSix-red World ChampionshipRRRRAANot Held Performance 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-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held event was not heldNR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking eventR / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking eventMR / Minor-Ranking Event event is/was a minor-ranking event
Career finals Pro-am finals: 1 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2017 1–5
Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 2009 Noppon Saengkham 8–9Winner 1. 2015 Asian 6-Reds Championship Ehsan Heydari Nezhad 7–4Winner 2. 2016 World Amateur Championship Andrew Pagett 8–1
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