# Soheil Vahedi

Soheil Vahedi (Persian: سهیل واحدی, born March 15, 1989) is an Iranian former professional snooker player.

## Career

In 2009 Vahedi entered the World Amateur Under-21 Snooker Championships in his home country in Kish, Iran in which he reached the final, before he lost 9–8 Noppon Saengkham. Seven years following his disappointment in Kish, Vahedi made it to the final of the World Amateur Snooker Championship where he defeated Andrew Pagett 8–1 to win the 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship, as a result he was offered a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons. Vahedi came through the first event of the 2019 Q School by winning five matches to earn a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons.

## Performance and rankings timeline

| Tournament | 2015/ 16 | 2017/ 18 | 2018/ 19 | 2019/ 20 | 2020/ 21 | 2021/ 22 |
| Ranking | | | 86 | | 80 | |
| Ranking tournaments |||||||
| Championship League | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | Non-Ranking Event | RR | RR |
| British Open | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | 1R |
| Northern Ireland Open | NH | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | LQ |
| English Open | NH | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R |
| UK Championship | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R |
| Scottish Open | NH | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | LQ |
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| Shoot Out | NR | 1R | A | 3R | 1R | WD |
| German Masters | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| European Masters | NH | WD | LQ | LQ | 1R | 1R |
| Welsh Open | A | 2R | 2R | 4R | 1R | 1R |
| Turkish Masters | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | LQ |
| Gibraltar Open | MR | 3R | 1R | 2R | 4R | 4R |
| Tour Championship | Not Held | Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ |
| World Championship | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ |
| Former ranking tournaments |||||||
| Shanghai Masters | A | 1R | Non-Ranking | Non-Ranking | Not Held | Not Held |
| Indian Open | NH | 1R | 2R | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| China Open | A | LQ | LQ | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held |
| Riga Masters | MR | LQ | LQ | WD | Not Held | Not Held |
| International Championship | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | Not Held | Not Held |
| China Championship | NH | LQ | LQ | LQ | Not Held | Not Held |
| World Open | NH | LQ | LQ | LQ | Not Held | Not Held |
| WST Pro Series | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | Tournament Not Held | RR | NH |
| Former non-ranking tournaments |||||||
| Six-red World Championship | RR | RR | A | A | Not Held | Not Held |
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 | event was not held |
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | NR / Non-Ranking Event | event is/was no longer a ranking event |
| R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | R / Ranking Event | event is/was a ranking event |
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | MR / Minor-Ranking Event | event is/was a minor-ranking event |
* ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
* 1 2 He was an amateur
* ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
* ↑ Players qualified through Q School started the season without ranking points
* ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)
* ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2015/2016)

## Career finals
### Pro-am finals: 1

| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (6-red) | Yan Bingtao | 1–5 |

### Amateur finals: 3 (2 titles)

| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2009 | World Amateur Under-21 Championship | Noppon Saengkham | 8–9 |
| Winner | 1. | 2015 | Asian 6-Reds Championship | Ehsan Heydari Nezhad | 7–4 |
| Winner | 2. | 2016 | World Amateur Championship | Andrew Pagett | 8–1 |