Shokat Ali

Shokat Ali
Born	March 4, 1970; Accrington, England
Sport country	Pakistan
Professional	1991–2007
Highest ranking	34 (2002/2003)
Career winnings	£233,715
Highest break	139: ; 2001 Thailand Masters (qualifying)
Century breaks	29
Best ranking finish	Quarter-final (2001 Thailand Masters)
Men's snooker
Representing Pakistan
Asian Games
World Games

Shokat Ali (born 4 March 1970) is an English snooker player of Pakistani descent, who represents Pakistan in international tournaments.[1]

Career

Ali turned professional in 1991, but his best performance in professional competition came ten years later in the 2001 Thailand Masters where he reached the quarter-finals, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan en route.[2] He first gained notice when he defeated Jimmy White to reach the last 16 of the 1998 Grand Prix,[3] and also enjoyed a run of form in 1999.[4]

He has career earnings of over £240,000 and has a high break of 139. In 1998 Ali became the first man to win a gold medal for cue sports in world competition which he achieved at the Asian Games.[5]

Ali also won an episode on the game show "The Big Break" in 1996. In doing so, he became the first Pakistani snooker player to win the show.

In 2005, his cue was stolen from his car,[6] and he suffered a deterioration of results as he struggled to find another cue he could show his best form using. He dropped off the game's Main professional tour in 2007, but showed signs of a return to form in 2008, winning an event on the secondary PIOS Tour.[7]

Together with fellow player and horse enthusiast Chris Norbury, Ali is co-owner of Elite Snooker Club in Preston.

Ali was awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz by the Pakistani government for his gold medal achievement.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	1991/ 92	1992/ 93	1993/ 94	1994/ 95	1995/ 96	1996/ 97	1997/ 98	1998/ 99	1999/ 00	2000/ 01	2001/ 02	2002/ 03	2003/ 04	2004/ 05	2005/ 06	2006/ 07
Ranking[8][nb 1]	[nb 2]	143	110	83	87	76	59	49	69	68	40	34	49	65	54	55
Ranking tournaments
Northern Ireland Trophy	Tournament Not Held														NR	LQ
Grand Prix[nb 3]	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	2R	LQ	LQ	3R	LQ	1R	1R	2R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ
UK Championship	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	2R	LQ	2R	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ
Malta Cup[nb 4]	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	LQ	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Welsh Open	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ
China Open[nb 5]	Tournament Not Held						NR	LQ	2R	LQ	LQ	Not Held		LQ	LQ	LQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic	LQ	Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open[nb 6]	LQ	MR	NR	Tournament Not Held
Dubai Classic[nb 7]	LQ	3R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	Tournament Not Held
German Masters[nb 8]	Tournament Not Held				LQ	LQ	2R	NR	Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix	Not Held			Non-Ranking Event					LQ	NR	Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 9]	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	QF	LQ	NR	Not Held			NR
Scottish Open[nb 10]	NH	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	LQ	LQ	Not Held
British Open	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	LQ	1R	1R	LQ	LQ	2R	1R	LQ	LQ	LQ	Not Held
Irish Masters	Non-Ranking Event											LQ	LQ	LQ	NH	NR
Former non-ranking tournaments
China Masters	Tournament Not Held				F	Tournament Not Held
Pakistan Masters	Tournament Not Held				1R	Tournament Not Held
Malta Masters	Tournament Not Held				1R	Tournament Not Held
Poland Masters	Tournament Not Held				QF	Tournament Not Held
Euro-Asia Masters Event 1	Tournament Not Held												RR	Tournament Not Held
Euro-Asia Masters Event 2	Tournament Not Held												RR	Tournament 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
DQ	disqualified from the tournament

NH / Not Held				event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event				event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event				event is/was a ranking event.
RV / Ranking & Variant Format Event				means an event is/was a ranking & variant format event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Event				means an event is/was a pro-am event.
VF / Variant Format Event				means an event is/was a variant format event.

From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
The event was also called the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
The event was called the European Open (1991/1992–2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)
The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)
The event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)
The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
The event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	1996	China Masters	Rod Lawler	3–6

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	1998	World Games	Sam Chong	7–6

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2008	PIOS – Event 3	Michael White	6–3

References

"International Open 1997" Archived 2014-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, by Hermund Årdalen, WWW Snooker, Oslo, Norway, 4 May 2005; accessed 1 March 2007
BBC Sport: Ali shocks O'Sullivan
Asian Image: Shokat's 15 minutes of frame
This is Lancashire: Snooker: Ali makes it through
The Citizen: Snooker: Shokat strikes gold Archived 2007-06-29 at Archive.today
"BBC Sport: Ali appeals for missing cue". Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
World Snooker News: The Wonder Of Cue
"Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2018.

External links

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[9] From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.

[10] New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

[11] The event was also called the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)

[EUR-12] The event was called the European Open (1991/1992–2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)

[13] The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)

[14] The event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)

[15] The event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)

[GER-16] The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)

[17] The event was called the Asian Open (1991/1992–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)

[18] The event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)

[WWWS1-1] "International Open 1997" Archived 2014-06-30 at the Wayback Machine, by Hermund Årdalen, WWW Snooker, Oslo, Norway, 4 May 2005; accessed 1 March 2007

[2] BBC Sport: Ali shocks O'Sullivan

[3] Asian Image: Shokat's 15 minutes of frame

[4] This is Lancashire: Snooker: Ali makes it through

[5] The Citizen: Snooker: Shokat strikes gold Archived 2007-06-29 at Archive.today

[6] "BBC Sport: Ali appeals for missing cue". Archived from the original on 2016-05-22. Retrieved 2019-12-25.

[7] World Snooker News: The Wonder Of Cue

[Ranking_history-8] "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2018.