Basem_Eltahhan

Basem Eltahhan

Basem Eltahhan

Egyptian snooker player

Basem Abdullah Eltahhan (born 17 August 1982 in Alexandria, Egypt) is an Egyptian former professional snooker player. Eltahhan turned professional in 2017 winning the African Championship.

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Career

In 2017, Eltahhan beat fellow countryman Wael Talaat 6–5 in the final of the African Championship. The win gained him a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons.

Due to lack of sponsorship Eltahhan couldn't make his professional debut until the 2017 English Open.[1] His only match win during the season came at the single-frame Shoot-Out event, although he impressed at the 2017 UK Championship, battling world number 1 Mark Selby before ultimately losing 4–6; Selby praised his opponent afterwards, saying that Eltahhan played like a top-32 player.[2] Eltahhan failed to win a single match during the next season, which ended with a 10-0 whitewash at the hands of Liang Wenbo at the 2019 World Championship qualifying rounds, and thus was relegated from the tour.

Performance and rankings timeline

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More information Performance Table Legend ...
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. [N 1]
    It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. [N 2]
    He was an amateur.
  3. [N 3]
    New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. [N 4]
    The event was called the Riga Open (2015/2016)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2017 ABSF African Snooker Championships Egypt Wael Talaat 6–5

References

  1. [1]
    "UK Snooker Championship 2017: World number 131 Basem Eltahhan prepares to meet Mark Selby". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  2. [2]
    "UK Snooker Championship 2017: Mark Selby defeats Basem Eltahhan". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 November 2018.
  3. [3]
    "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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