| Muhammad Asif | |
| Birth Date: | 17 March 1982 |
| Professional: | 2022–2024 |
| High Ranking: | 82 (June 2023) |
| Best Finish: | Last 32 (2023 English Open) |
| Awards: | Pride of Performance Award by the Government of Pakistan in 2015 |
Muhammad Asif (Urdu: محمد آصف) is a Pakistani former professional snooker player. He is a two-time winner of the amateur IBSF World Snooker Championship. He turned professional in 2022.
In December 2012, Asif won the IBSF World Snooker Championship held in Sofia, Bulgaria, by defeating England's Gary Wilson 10–8.[1] [2]
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.[3] In September 2018, Asif along with Babar Masih won the Asian Team Snooker Championship held in Doha, Qatar, by defeating India's Pankaj Advani and Malkeet Singh 3–2 in the final.[4]
In November 2019, Asif defeated Jeffrey Roda of the Philippines 8–5 in Antalya, Turkey to win his second IBSF World Snooker Championship title. He returned to a hero's welcome in Karachi.[5]
Asif earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour by qualifying through in the first event of the Asia-Oceania 2022 Q School, beating Asjad Iqbal.[6]
Four-time British Open champion Stephen Hendry suffered a 4-2 loss to Muhammad Asif in the first round of this year's tournament in Leicester.
| Tournament | 2013/ 14 | 2014/ 15 | 2015/ 16 | 2022/ 23 | 2023/ 24 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[7] [8] | [9] | [10] | 82 | ||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | A | RR | ||||||
| European Masters | Tournament Not Held | A | LQ | ||||||
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | WD | 1R | ||||||
| English Open | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 2R | ||||||
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | Tournament Not Held | WD | LQ | ||||||
| International Championship | A | A | A | NH | LQ | ||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||
| Shoot Out | Non-Ranking Event | 1R | 1R | ||||||
| Scottish Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | NH | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||
| German Masters | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | ||||
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | LQ | WD | ||||
| Players Championship[11] | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | ||||
| World Open | A | A | A | NH | WD | ||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| World Championship | A | A | A | LQ | WD | ||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | 2R | NH | ||||||
| Former non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Six-red World Championship | RR | 2R | 3R | LQ | NH | ||||
| 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 | event was not held | ||||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | event is/was no longer a ranking event | ||||
| R / Ranking Event | event is/was a ranking event | ||||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | event is/was a minor-ranking event | ||||
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Team/Partner | Score | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2013[12] |  Muhammad Sajjad |  Amir Sarkhosh Soheil Vahedi | 5–3 | ||
| Runner-up | 1. | 2014[13] | Muhammad Sajjad |  1Fung Kwok Wai Lee Chun Wai | 3–5 | ||
| Winner | 2. | 2017[14] | 2 Babar Masih | 1 Muhammad Sajjad Asjad Iqbal | 5–4 | ||
| Winner | 3. | 2018[15] | 1 Babar Masih |  1Pankaj Advani Malkeet Singh | 3–2 |
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2009 | Pakistan Amateur Championship (1) | Muhammad Sajjad | 6–2 | |
| Winner | 2. | 2012[16] | World Amateur Championship (1) | Gary Wilson | 10–8 | |
| Winner | 3. | 2013 | Asian 6-Reds Championship | Amir Sarkhosh | 7–4 | |
| Winner | 4. | 2018 | Pakistan Amateur Championship (2) | Mohammad Bilal | 8–5 | |
| Runner-up | 5. | 2019[17] | Laxman Rawat | 5–6 | ||
| Winner | 6. | 2019[18] | World Amateur Championship (2) | Jefrey Roda | 8–5 | |
| Winner | 7. | 2020 | Pakistan Amateur Championship (3) | Shahid Aftab | 8–7 |