Asjad Iqbal (born 15 November 1991 in
Sargodha,
Pakistan) is a Pakistani
snooker
Snooker (pronounced , ) is a cue sports, cue sport played on a Billiard table#Snooker and English billiards tables, rectangular table covered with a green cloth called baize, with six Billiard table#Pockets 2, pockets, one at each corner and o ...
player. He turned professional at the start of the 2022/2023 season. 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.
Career
2022/2023 season
As Iqbal's tour card was only granted by Order of Merit, after
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon ( ''Ṭhnwạtʹhn̒ T̄hirphngṣ̄̒phịbūly̒''; born December 14, 1993) is a Thai former professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2010 as the Asian nomination following his run to the semi-finals of ...
was finally denied the same on 1 September 2022 due to disciplinary issues,
WPBSA charges Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon with fixing disciplinary issues on 1st September, 2022
/ref> 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 back on tour defeating Barry Pinches in UK Championship qualifying in November 2022.
Performance and rankings timeline
Career finals
Team finals: 4 (3 titles)
Amateur finals: 3
References
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Pakistani snooker players
Living people
1991 births
People from Sargodha