Muhammad Asif ( ur, محمد آصف) is a Pakistani Professional

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player who represents

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in different international tournaments. He is a two-time winner of the amateur

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. In 2022, he turned professional.

Career

In December 2012, Asif won the

held in

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, by defeating England's Gary Wilson 10–8. In August 2017, Asif and Babar Masih representing Pakistan-2 defeated Muhammad Sajjad and Asjad Iqbal representing Pakistan-1 to win the IBSF World 6-Red Team Championship. In September 2018, Asif along with Babar Masih won the Asian Team Snooker Championship held in

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, Qatar, by defeating India's Pankaj Advani and Malkeet Singh 3–2 in the final. In November 2019, Asif defeated Jefrey Roda of the Philippines 8–5 in

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, Turkey to win his second IBSF World Snooker Championship title. He returned to a hero's welcome in Karachi. In June 2022, Asif earned a two-year card on the

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by winning the semifinal in the first event of the Asia-Oceania Q School against Asjad Iqbal.

Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Team finals: 4 (3 titles)

Amateur finals: 7 (6 titles)

References

External links

Muhammad Asif
at ''wst.tv'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Asif, Mohammad Living people Sportspeople from Faisalabad Snooker players from Punjab, Pakistan 1982 births Pakistani snooker players