Kishan H. Hirani (born 2 June 1992) is a Welsh former professional
snooker player.
Career
Hirani qualified for his first professional tournament in the
2017 Paul Hunter Classic, winning three matches. He played
Chris Wakelin
Chris Wakelin (born 16 March 1992) is an English professional snooker player from Rugby, Warwickshire. He practices in Bar 8 in Rugby.
Career
Early career
Wakelin started playing snooker aged 8, when his parents Mark and Angie bought him his ...
in the first round, but lost 0–4.
Having won the third event of the
2018 Q School, he won a two-year tour card for the
2018–19 and
2019–20 snooker seasons, defeating
Simon Bedford
Simon Bedford (born 8 February 1976) is an English former professional snooker player.
Career
Bedford's best performance in a professional ranking event was to qualify for the 1998 World Championship; he beat Gary Wilkinson 10–9, before l ...
4–2.
2018/19 season
In the
2018 Paul Hunter Classic
The 2018 Paul Hunter Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in August 2018 at the Stadthalle in Fürth, Germany. It was the third ranking event of the 2018/2019 season. The tournament is named in honour of former ...
, Hirani qualified for the second round, defeating
Jamie Clarke 4–3 in the first round, before losing to
Craig Steadman
Craig Steadman (born 14 July 1982) is an English professional snooker player.
Career
Early career
Steadman began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2001, at the time the second-level professional tour. He reached the quarte ...
in the second round 0–4. Hirani played in the first round of the
2018 UK Championship, but lost 6–2 to
Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson (born 11 February 1982) is an Australian professional snooker player who is a former world champion and former world number one. The only Australian to have won a ranking event, he is also the only player from outside the United ...
.
In the summer of 2018, Hirani stated that he intended playing in as many tournaments as possible during his two-year tour card, but that he was seeking a waistcoat sponsor to enable him to do so
Performance and rankings timeline
Career finals
Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)
References
External links
Kishan Hiraniat ''worldsnooker.com''
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Welsh snooker players
Welsh people of Indian descent
British sportspeople of Indian descent
Living people
1992 births