Basem Abdullah Eltahhan (born 17 August 1982 in
Alexandria
Alexandria ( or ; ar, ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيَّةُ ; grc-gre, Αλεξάνδρεια, Alexándria) is the second largest city in Egypt, and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast. Founded in by Alexander the Great, Alexandria ...
,
Egypt
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) is an Egyptian former professional
snooker
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player. Eltahhan turned professional in 2017 winning the
African Championship An African Championship is a top level international sports competition between African athletes or sports teams representing their respective countries or professional sports clubs.
List of Championships
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Career
In 2017, Eltahhan beat fellow countryman
Wael Talaat 6–5 in the final of the African Championship. The win gained him a two-year card on the
World Snooker Tour
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for the
2017–18 and
2018–19 seasons.
Due to lack of sponsorship Eltahhan couldn't make his professional debut until the
2017 English Open. His only match win during the season came at the single-frame
Shoot-Out event, although he impressed at the
2017 UK Championship
The 2017 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 28 November to 10 December 2017 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The event was the 41st edition of the UK Championship, first held in 1977, or ...
, battling world number 1
Mark Selby
Mark Anthony Selby (born 19 June 1983) is an English professional snooker player, who is a four-time World Snooker Champion. Ranked world number one on multiple occasions, he has won a total of 21 ranking titles, placing him eighth on the ...
before ultimately losing 4–6; Selby praised his opponent afterwards, saying that Eltahhan played like a top-32 player.
Eltahhan failed to win a single match during the next season, which ended with a 10-0 whitewash at the hands of
Liang Wenbo
Liang Wenbo (; born 25 March 1987) is a Chinese professional snooker player based at the Oracle Snooker Club, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. Liang, who plays left-handed, has reached one Triple Crown final, made three Masters appearances, and ...
at the
2019 World Championship qualifying rounds, and thus was relegated from the tour.
Performance and rankings timeline
Career finals
Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)
References
External links
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Egyptian snooker players
1982 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Alexandria