Haris Tahir (born 9 April 2000) is a Pakistani snooker player. He has earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024-25 snooker season.
Early and personal life
He is from Lahore, Punjab. He has the nickname 'Mr One Visit' due to his break-building power which had led to over a hundred centuries in amateur tournament play. He scored his first 147 break in Lahore in 2015. He Scored 147 in a Tournament as Well in Lahore in 2022. To date, he has Scored a maximum break 3 times including practice and competition. [1][2] He won the Pakistan national under-18 championship in 2020.[3]
Career
In 2017, Tahir was runner-up at the Pakistan national Under-21 Championship. In August of that year he reached the quarterfinal of the Pakistan National Ranking Snooker Championship in Karachi.[4] He was the 2018 Punjab Champion. Then He won the 2020 Under-21 national championship.[2] In October 2020, he reached the final of the Pakistan National Ranking Snooker Championship defeating former national champion Mohammad Bilal 6-3 in the semi-final before facing Mohammad Sajjad.[5]
He competed at the ACBS Asian Snooker Championship in 2021 where he defeated Qatar’s Ali Alobaidli before overcoming Khalid Kamani of the UAE 5-2 in the quarter-final.[6] In the semi-final he lost to the 2018 champion from Iran, Amir Sarkosh.[7][8] In September 2021, he was beaten by compatriot Babar Masih in the quarter finals of the Six Reds World Cup in Qatar.[9]
In June 2023, he was selected to represent Pakistan in Asian 6 Red and Asian Team Championship in Tehran, Iran.[3]
In January 2024, Tahir caused an upset at the NBP National Snooker Championship in Lahore, defeating former champion and fourth-seed Shahid Aftab on a deciding frame and qualified from the round-robin stage.[10][11] He was defeated by Sohail Shahzad in the last-16.[12]
In May 2024, he played at the Asia/Oceania Q School in Bangkok. In the second event Tahir came through 4-3 against China's Zhou Jinhao before facing Indian Laxman Rawat.[13] He then came through a decider against Iran's Ehsan Heydari Nezhad.[14] In the final round he beat Lan Yuhao of China to earn a two year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024–25 snooker season.[15]
