# Farakh Ajaib

Farakh Ajaib (born 3 February 1991) is a British Pakistani professional snooker player from Lancashire.

## Career

In 2018, Ajaib was crowned the inaugural East Lancashire Snooker Championship winner. He was a ‘top-up’ player for several main tour events in 2018/19 – reward for a solid 2018 Q School campaign. At the third event of the 2020 Q School at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Ajaib clinched a two-year Tour Card on to the 2020–21 and 2021–22 snooker seasons.
At the 2020 English Open, Ajaib defeated Rod Lawler 4–0 before losing 4–3 to Zhou Yuelong in a close match described as a “marathon”.
Competing at the 2022 European Masters in August, 2022 Ajaib lost to Judd Trump in a deciding frame in a last 16 match in which Ajaib had trailed 4–2 but had left Trump needing three snookers at 4–4.
He was relegated from the tour in 2023 but regained his place the following year, coming through Q School with a final round win over Iulian Boiko to earn a two-year place starting from the 2024-25 snooker season.

## Performance and rankings timeline

| Tournament | 2010/ 11 | 2011/ 12 | 2016/ 17 | 2018/ 19 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 | 2022/ 23 | 2024/ 25 |
| Ranking | | | | | | 89 | | |
| Ranking tournaments |||||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR | RR | RR |
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | LQ |
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | 2R |
| English Open | Not Held | Not Held | A | 1R | 2R | LQ | A | LQ |
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | 1R | A | LQ |
| Wuhan Open | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | LQ |
| Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | Not Held | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | WD | LQ |
| International Championship | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | LQ |
| UK Championship | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | LQ | LQ |
| Shoot Out | Non-Ranking | Non-Ranking | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R |
| Scottish Open | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | 1R | LQ | A | 1R |
| German Masters | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ |
| Welsh Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| World Open | A | A | A | A | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | LQ |
| World Grand Prix | Not Held | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Tour Championship | Not Held | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| World Championship | A | A | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |
| Former ranking tournaments |||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | Minor-Rank | Minor-Rank | LQ | A | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| Riga Masters | Not Held | Not Held | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| Indian Open | Not Held | Not Held | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | RR | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held | Not Held |
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | LQ | Not Held | Not Held |
| Gibraltar Open | Not Held | Not Held | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | Not Held | Not Held |
| European Masters | Not Held | Not Held | A | A | 1R | LQ | 3R | NH |
| WST Classic | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | 1R | 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 | NH / Not Held | NH / Not Held | NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. |
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |
| R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. |
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |

## Career finals
### Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1 | 2009 | PIOS – Event 5 | Anthony McGill | 0–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 2022 | Q Tour – Event 3 | Harvey Chandler | 5–3 |
* ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
* 1 2 3 4 5 He was an amateur
* 1 2 New players don't have a ranking
* ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Final (2010/2011–2011/2012)