| Haris Tahir | |
| Birth Date: | 2000 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Lahore, Pakistan |
| Professional: | 2024–present |
| High Ranking: | 108 (July 2024) |
Haris Tahir (born 9 April 2000) is a Pakistani snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024-25 snooker season.
He is from Lahore, Punjab. He has the nickname 'Mr One Visit' due to his break-building power which had led to over a hundred centuries in amateur tournament play. He scored his first 147 break in Lahore in 2015. He Scored 147 in a Tournament as Well in Lahore in 2022. To date, he has Scored a maximum break 3 times including practice and competition. [1] He won the Pakistan national under-18 championship in 2020.
In 2017, Tahir was runner-up at the Pakistan national Under-21 Championship. In August of that year he reached the quarterfinal of the Pakistan National Ranking Snooker Championship in Karachi.[2] He was the 2018 Punjab Champion. Then He won the 2020 Under-21 national championship.[3] In October 2020, he reached the final of the Pakistan National Ranking Snooker Championship defeating former national champion Mohammad Bilal 6-3 in the semi-final before facing Mohammad Sajjad.[4]
He competed at the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in 2021 where he defeated Qatar’s Ali Alobaidli before overcoming Khalid Kamani of the UAE 5-2 in the quarter-final.[5] In the semi-final he lost to the 2018 champion from Iran, Amir Sarkosh.[6] [7] In September 2021, he was beaten by compatriot Babar Masih in the quarter finals of the Six Reds World Cup in Qatar.[8]
In June 2023, he was selected to represent Pakistan in Asian 6 Red and Asian Team Championship in Tehran, Iran.[9] In January 2024, Tahir caused an upset at the NBP National Snooker Championship in Lahore, defeating former champion and fourth-seed Shahid Aftab on a deciding frame and qualified from the round-robin stage.[10] [11] He was defeated by Sohail Shahzad in the last-16.[12]
In May 2024, he played at the Asia/Oceania Q School in Bangkok. In the second event Tahir came through 4-3 against China's Zhou Jinhao before facing Indian Laxman Rawat.[13] He then came through a decider against Iran's Ehsan Heydari Nezhad.[14] In the final round he beat Lan Yuhao of China to earn a two year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024–25 snooker season.[15]
He recorded his first win as a professional when he defeated Jamie Jones in a qualifier for the Wuhan Open in July 2024.[16]
| Performance Table Legend | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw |
| lost in the early rounds of the tournament (WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) | QF | lost in the quarter-finals | |
| SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament | |
| DNQ | did not qualify for the tournament | A | did not participate in the tournament | WD | 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 | ||||