Hatem Yassen
 Paul Hunter Classic 2016 | |
| Born | 21 August 1986 Cairo, Egypt |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Egypt |
| Professional | 2015–2017 |
| Highest ranking | 93 (June 2016)[1] |
Hatem Yassen (Arabic: حاتم ياسين Ḥātam Yāsīn; born 21 August 1986) is a former Egyptian professional snooker player. Yassen turned professional in 2015 winning the African Championship.
Note: The professional tour spells his name Hatem Yaseen.
Career[edit]
In 2015, Yassen beat fellow countryman and former professional Mohamed Khairy 6–5 in the final of the African Championship. The win gained him a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons.[2][3] He lost all six matches he played during the season and failed to pick up a frame in four of them.[4] It was a similar story the following season as he lost all eight matches he played and he has now dropped off the tour.[5]
Performance and rankings timeline[edit]
| Tournament | 2015/ 16 |
2016/ 17 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[6][nb 1] | [nb 2] | 93 | ||||||
| Ranking tournaments | ||||||||
| Riga Masters | MR | LQ | ||||||
| Indian Open | NH | LQ | ||||||
| World Open | NH | LQ | ||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | MR | 1R | ||||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | LQ | ||||||
| European Masters | NH | A | ||||||
| English Open | NH | A | ||||||
| International Championship | LQ | A | ||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | NH | A | ||||||
| UK Championship | 1R | A | ||||||
| Scottish Open | NH | A | ||||||
| German Masters | LQ | A | ||||||
| Welsh Open | 1R | 1R | ||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| Gibraltar Open | MR | A | ||||||
| Players Championship Grand Final | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||
| China Open | LQ | A | ||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | ||||||||
| Australian Goldfields Open | A | NH | ||||||
| Performance Table Legend | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | 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 | 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. | |||
Career finals[edit]
Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)[edit]
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2016 | ABSF African Snooker Championships | Mohamed Khairy
|
6–5 |
References[edit]
- ^ "WORLD RANKINGS After 2016 Kaspersky Riga Masters". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
- ^ "The Africa Snooker Championship" (PDF). Africa Snooker & Billiards Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ^ "Tour Players 2015/2016" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
- ^ "Hatem Yassen 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- ^ "Hatem Yassen 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2017.
- ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
External links[edit]
- Hatem Yassen at the World Snooker Tour (archived)
- Hatem Yassen at snooker.org
