| Born | 15 October 1994 Abadan, Iran | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport country |  Iran | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | The Prince of Persia[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Professional | 2012–present | |||||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 15 (October 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
| Current ranking | 22 (as of 8 September 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Maximum breaks | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Century breaks | 126 (as of 19 September 2024) | |||||||||||||||||
| Tournament wins | ||||||||||||||||||
| Ranking | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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Hossein Vafaei (Persian: حسین وفایی; born 15 October 1994) is an Iranian professional snooker player.[2] He is the first professional player from Iran.[3] He won his first ranking title at the 2022 Snooker Shoot Out, beating Mark Williams 1–0 (71–0) in the final.
Vafaei made his Crucible debut at the 2022 World Snooker Championship,[4] where he lost 4–10 to Judd Trump in the first round.[5] He made his Masters debut at the 2023 event, replacing Zhao Xintong in the draw after the sport's governing body suspended Zhao amid a match-fixing investigation.[6] Vafaei defeated Mark Selby 6–2 in the first round,[7] but lost 4–6 to Jack Lisowski in the quarter-finals, despite equalling the tournament's highest break of 143 in the match.[8]
- ^ "Hossein Vafaei". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 16 February 2024. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ "VAFAEI AYOURI Hossein". Asian Games. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
- ^ "Hossein Set For Pro Tour". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 11 June 2014. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
- ^ "Iran's Vafaei Earns Crucible Debut". World Snooker. 13 April 2022. Archived from the original on 13 April 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Trump Ends Vafaei's Historic Run". World Snooker. 21 April 2022. Archived from the original on 21 April 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Vafaei Joins Cazoo Masters Field". World Snooker. 5 January 2023. Archived from the original on 5 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Mark Selby knocked out of Masters by Hossein Vafaei on day of shocks". the Guardian. 8 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Lisowski Battles Through Migraine To Beat Vafaei". World Snooker. 12 January 2023. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023. Retrieved 20 January 2023.