Amir Sarkhosh (born 30 May 1991) is an Iranian former professional snooker player from Karaj who has won the Asian Snooker Championship three times.
Career Amateur career Since 2004, Sarkhosh regularly participated in international tournaments, initially with only modest success. In 2008, he reached the main round of the Amateur World Championship for the first time and the quarterfinals of the under21 Asian Championship. Two more quarterfinals of international under21 championships followed in 2012. In 2013, he reached the final of the Asian SixRed Snooker Championship, but lost to Muhammad Asif. He then received an invitation to the men's SixRed snooker tournament at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. There he also reached the final, but lost again, this time to Xiao Guodong. The following year, he reached the final of the 6Red Asian Championship again and won his first international title against Boonyarit Keattikun. He was invited to the 2013 and 2014 editions of the professional 6Red World Championship, where he was eliminated in the group stage. Just a few days after his success at the 6Red Asian Championship, he and Ehsan Heydari Nezhad also reached the final of the team tournament that followed. However, they lost to the Indian team.
He achieved further notable successes with a quarterfinal appearance at the 2014 IBSF World Snooker Championship and semifinal appearances at the 2013 and 2016 Asian Championships. During this time he achieved his best results in team tournaments. Together with Soheil Vahedi he won the Asian Team Championship in 2015 and 2016; and the IBSF World Team Cup in 2016, after they had already taken second place there in 2013. The pair then won a gold medal in the snooker team competition at the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games together with Hossein Vafaei. He reached the final of the 2017 IBSF World Snooker Championship, but lost to Pankaj Advani. He had another title win in 2018 when he won the Asian Snooker Championship with a victory over Ali Gharahgozlou.
In 2019 he won the 6Red Asian Championship again. He reached the final of his first tournament, the 2021 Asian Championship, but lost to Advani. He reached the final of the 2021 IBSF World Snooker Championship, but lost to Ahsan Ramzan. At the 2022 Asian Championship he won another major international title when he defeated Ishpreet Singh Chadha in the final. In the same year, he again reached the finals of the 6Red Asian Championship and the 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championship, which he lost to fellow countryman Siyavosh Mozayani and Malaysian champion Lim Kok Leong respectively. The following year, he won his third title at the Asian Championship, equalling record winner James Wattana. A few months later, he won the 6Red Asian Championship for the third time.
2024/2025 season Sarkhosh earned a place on the professional tour for the first time in 2024 by coming through the WPBSA Q Tour Global PlayOffs. He had his first win of the season by beating amateur player Joshua Thomond 53 in qualification for the 2024 Xi'an Grand Prix. He beat David Lilley 63 in qualification for the 2024 International Championship, but his most significant win to date was a 53 defeat of world number 21 David Gilbert in qualification for the 2025 World Open.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 2013/14 2014/15 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking75Ranking tournamentsChampionship LeagueNon-RankingAA2RSaudi Arabia MastersNot Held3R3RWuhan OpenNot HeldLQLQEnglish OpenNot HeldALQ1RBritish OpenNot HeldALQ1RXi'an Grand PrixNot Held1RLQNorthern Ireland OpenNot HeldALQLQInternational ChampionshipAAA1RLQUK ChampionshipAAALQLQShoot OutNon-RankingA1R3RScottish OpenNot HeldALQ1RGerman MastersAAALQLQWorld Grand PrixNHNRDNQDNQDNQPlayers ChampionshipDNQDNQDNQDNQDNQWelsh OpenAAALQ1RWorld OpenANHA1RLQTour ChampionshipNot HeldDNQDNQDNQWorld ChampionshipAALQLQLQFormer non-ranking tournamentsSix-red World ChampionshipRRRRNot 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 held.NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
Career finals Amateur finals: 14 (6 titles) Outcome No. Year Tournament Opponent Score Runner-up 1. 2013 Asian 6-Reds Championship 47 Runner-up 2. 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 45 Winner 1. 2014 Asian 6-Reds Championship 76 Runner-up 3. 2017 IBSF World Snooker Championship 28 Winner 2. 2018 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship 61 Winner 3. 2019 Asian 6-Reds Championship (2) 74 Runner-up 4. 2021 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship 36 Runner-up 5. 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championship (2) 56 Winner 4. 2022 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship (2) 50 Runner-up 6. 2022 Asian 6-Reds Championship (2) 45 Runner-up 7. 2022 IBSF World Snooker Championship (3) 05 Winner 5. 2023 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship (3) 51 Winner 6. 2023 Asian 6-Reds Championship (3) 62 Runner-up 8. 2025 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship (2) 14
Team finals: 6 (4 titles) Outcome No. Year Tournament Team partners Opponents Score Runners-up 1. 2013 Asian Team Snooker Championship 03 Runners-up 2. 2013 IBSF World Team Cup 35 Winners 1. 2015 Asian Team Snooker Championship 30 Winners 2. 2016 Asian Team Snooker Championship (2) 32 Winners 3. 2016 IBSF World Team Cup 52 Winners 4. 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 30
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