Shokat Ali
| Shokat Ali | |
|---|---|
| birthday | 4th March 1970 (age 50) |
| place of birth | Accrington , Lancashire |
| nationality |
 Pakistan England
|
| professional | 1991-2007 |
| Prize money | £ 233,715 |
| Highest break | 131 |
| Century Breaks | 29 |
| Main tour successes | |
| World championships | - |
| Ranking tournament victories | - |
| Minor tournament victories | - |
| World rankings | |
| Highest WRL place | 34 ( 02/03 ) |
Shokat Ali (born March 4, 1970 in Accrington , Lancashire ) is a former professional snooker player .
Career
Ali was born in England but competed in tournaments for Pakistan, his ancestral homeland.
In 1991 he became a professional and slowly worked his way up the world snooker rankings. His best individual result for the time being was advancing into the second round of the 1998 Grand Prix , where he defeated Jimmy White , among others . There was also a gold medal at the Asian Games in 1998 . For the 1998/99 snooker season it was ranked 49th in the world, before falling back a little over the next two years.
This changed when he reached another world rankings round of 16, this time at the Thailand Masters 2001. There he met three-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan , whom he surprisingly defeated 5: 4. In the quarterfinals, he then failed to Ken Doherty . This success made him 34th in the world rankings.
He also won bronze at the World Games in Akita in 2001 . In the period that followed he was unable to achieve any major successes on the Snooker Main Tour , also due to the loss of his cue in 2005.
After the 2006/07 season , he missed re-qualification for the next Main Tour season. He was subsequently active as a snooker player for some time, most recently in 2010 as an amateur at the PTC tournaments . Together with Stuart Pettman he runs a snooker club in Preston .
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- ↑ a b c d e Profile of Shokat Ali on CueTracker (as of December 17, 2012)
- ^ Ali shocks O'Sullivan on bbc.co.uk on March 14, 2001
- ^ Ali appeals for missing cue on bbc.co.uk on November 2, 2005
- ↑ As Sometimes Seen on TV ': Bad Hair, Great Book at www.snookerbacker.com on May 10, 2011
Web links
- Profile of Shokat Ali at CueTracker
- Shokat Ali in the Snooker Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ali, Shokat |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | English-Pakistani snooker player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 4th 1970 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Accrington , Lancashire |