Farakh Ajaib (born 3 February 1991) is a former British Pakistani professional snooker player from Lancashire.
Career In 2018, Ajaib was crowned the inaugural East Lancashire Snooker Championship winner. He was a ‘top-up’ player for several main tour events in 2018/19 – reward for a solid 2018 Q School campaign. At the third event of the 2020 Q School at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Ajaib clinched a two-year Tour Card on to the 2020–21 and 2021–22 snooker seasons.
At the 2020 English Open, Ajaib defeated Rod Lawler 4–0 before losing 4–3 to Zhou Yuelong in a close match described as a “marathon”.
Competing at the 2022 European Masters in August, 2022 Ajaib lost to Judd Trump in a deciding frame in a last 16 match in which Ajaib had trailed 4–2 but had left Trump needing three snookers at 4–4.
He was relegated from the tour in 2023 but regained his place the following year, coming through Q School with a final round win over Iulian Boiko to earn a two-year place starting from the 2024-25 snooker season.
In June 2025, He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Si Jiahui, Artemijs Žižins and Kayden Brierley, recording a win over Brierley and a draw with Si Jiahui and was the only player in the group to win a single frame against Zizins. He reached the last-32 of the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters.
He was also drawn to face former world champion Judd Trump again at the 2025 Wuhan Open. He reached the last-64 of the 2025 Xi'an Grand Prix in September 2025, with a 5-4 win over Zhang Anda, recovering 54 point deficit in the decider to win on the final black. He recorded a victory on 11 December 2025 against Stephen Maguire at the 2025 Snooker Shoot Out. After dropping off the tour following the conclusion of the 2025-26 season, he entered Q School in May 2026, losing in event one to Joel Connolly of Northern Ireland.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2010/11 2011/12 2016/17 2018/19 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 2024/25 2025/26RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players don't have a ranking8985Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-Ranking EventRRRRRRRRRRSaudi Arabia MastersTournament Not Held2R5RWuhan OpenTournament Not HeldLQLQEnglish OpenNot HeldA1R2RLQALQLQBritish OpenTournament Not Held1RALQLQXi'an Grand PrixTournament Not HeldLQ1RNorthern Ireland OpenNot HeldA1R1R1RWDLQLQInternational ChampionshipNot HeldAANot HeldLQLQUK ChampionshipAAAA1R2RLQLQLQShoot OutNon-RankingA1R1R2R1R1R2RScottish OpenNot HeldAA1RLQA1RLQGerman MastersAAALQLQLQALQLQWorld Grand PrixNot HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Final (2010/2011–2011/2012)DNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWelsh OpenAAAA1RLQLQLQLQWorld OpenAAAANot HeldLQLQTour ChampionshipNot HeldDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAAALQLQLQLQLQLQFormer ranking tournamentsPaul Hunter ClassicMinor-RankLQATournament Not HeldRiga MastersNot HeldALQTournament Not HeldIndian OpenNot HeldALQTournament Not HeldWST Pro SeriesTournament Not HeldRRTournament Not HeldTurkish MastersTournament Not HeldLQNot HeldGibraltar OpenNot HeldA1R1R2RNot HeldEuropean MastersNot HeldAA1RLQ3RNot HeldWST ClassicTournament Not Held1RNot 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 means an event was not heldNR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking eventR / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking eventMR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event
Career finals Amateur finals: 3 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1 2009 PIOS – Event 5 Anthony McGill 0–6Winner 1. 2022 Q Tour – Event 3 Harvey Chandler 5–3Runner-up 2. 2026 Q Tour – Event 1 Sanderson Lam 1–4
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