Khaled Belaid Abumdas Explained

Khaled Belaid Abumdas
Birth Date:20 January 1987
Professional:2013–2015
High Ranking:114 (June–July 2014)[1]

Khaled Belaid Abumdas (born 20 January 1987), also spelled Khalid, is a Libyan former professional snooker player. He is the first professional snooker player from Libya, competing on the main tour between 2013 and 2015.

Career

Abumdas won a place on the main tour for the 2013–14 and 2014–15 seasons after finishing runner up to Peter Francisco in the 2013 ABSF African Snooker Championship.[2] [3] However, his opening season started late in November due to visa issues and he lost all of his five matches winning only five frames, with his best result being a 5–2 defeat to former top 16 player Ryan Day in the qualifying rounds for the 2014 China Open. He finished the season ranked last at 131st in the world.[4]

Abumdas did not enter any tournaments of the 2014–15 season and dropped off the tour.[5]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament2013/
14
Ranking[6] [7] [8]
Ranking tournaments
German MastersLQ
Welsh Open1R
World OpenLQ
China OpenLQ
World ChampionshipLQ
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw
  1. R
lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew 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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Rankings after the 2014 Wuxi Classic . 30 June 2014 . World Snooker . . 1 July 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140701181005/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/96/c2/0%2C%2C13165~180886%2C00.pdf . 1 July 2014 .
  2. Web site: The African Snooker Championship (Marrakech 2013): Knock out stage . African Billiards & Snooker Federation . 5 June 2014 . https://www.webcitation.org/6HlCH7Fm0?url=http://www.africabsf.com/morocco2013_files/K.pdf . 30 June 2013 . dead .
  3. Web site: Mohammed. Kammah. WPBSA Accept Khalid Beleid As ASBF Nomination. Facebook. 5 June 2014.
  4. Web site: Prize Money Rankings after the World Championship 2014 . 7 May 2014 . World Snooker . . 5 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140508030849/http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/70/c1/0,,13165~180592,00.pdf . 8 May 2014 .
  5. Web site: Khalid Belaied Abumdas 2014/2015 . Snooker.org . 6 April 2015.
  6. Web site: Ranking History. Snooker.org. 6 February 2011.
  7. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  8. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.