Kreishh Gurbaxani

Kreishh Gurbaxani

Born	(2002-08-23) 23 August 2002 (age 22) Mumbai, India
Sport country	India
Professional	2024–present
Highest ranking	108 (July 2024)
Current ranking	117 (as of 16 December 2024)
Best ranking finish	Last 16 (2024 Shoot Out)

Kreishh Gurbaxani (born 23 August 2002) is an Indian snooker player from Mumbai.[1] He earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024–25 snooker season.

Career

From Mumbai,[2] he began playing snooker at a young age and was junior snooker champion in his home state of Maharashtra in 2018, at the age of 15 years-old.[3] By 2013 he had begun to be trained by two-time Asian champion Yasin Merchant at the Khar Gymnasium, also the base of fellow professional Ishpreet Singh Chadha, with the pair being described as “prodigies" of Merchant.[4][5]

He was number one ranked Maharashtra player in 2022.[6] In January 2023, he defeated India No.1 ranked player Kamal Chawla at The All India Snooker Open.[7]

In 2023, He moved to Sheffield, England and practice in Ding Junhui Snooker Academy with former professional player Himanshu Jain and Hong Kong young snooker player Shaun Liu.^[citation needed]

He took part in the Oceania/Asia Q School in May and June 2024, and at the second event won a two-year card on to the World Snooker Tour following wins in the latter rounds against Kwok Wai Fung and Muhammad Naseem.[8][9]

2024/25

He made his professional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024.[10] He secured his first win as a professional defeating Andrew Higginson at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open in September 2024.[11] In December 2024 he reached the last-16 of the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out with wins over Xu Si and Ashley Carty.[12][13][14]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2024/ 25
Ranking[nb 1]	[nb 2]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	RR
Xi'an Grand Prix	LQ
Saudi Arabia Masters	1R
English Open	LQ
British Open	LQ
Wuhan Open	LQ
Northern Ireland Open	LQ
International Championship	LQ
UK Championship	LQ
Shoot Out	4R
Scottish Open	LQ
German Masters	LQ
Welsh Open
World Open	LQ
World Grand Prix
Players Championship
Tour Championship
World Championship

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.

1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
2. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2020	Indian Under-17 Championship	Digvijay Kadian	4–1

References

1. "Kreishh Gurbaxani". cuesportsindia. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
2. "Maharashtra snooker & billiards: Kreishh regains form to beat Tahaa Khan 3-0". Times of India. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
3. "Kreishh rallies to beat Shahyan in Khar Gym final". Times of India. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2024.
4. "Little masters lose but win hearts". Times of India. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
5. "All India Snooker Open: Yasin Merchant, Ishpreet Singh Chadha, Kreishh Gurbaxani record easy first round wins". Freepressjournal.in. 10 January 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
6. "Ishpreet overcomes Kreishh in three frames". Times of India. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
7. "All India Snooker Open: Kreishh Gurbaxani knocks out India No.1 Kamal Chawla". Free Press Journal. 14 January 2023. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
8. "Final Four Set in Bangkok". wst.tv. 2 June 2024. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
9. "2023/24 Snooker Season Ends at Q School n Bangkok With 12 Players Earning Place on Main Tour". Eurosport. Retrieved 2 June 2024.
10. "Carter cruises through". wst.tv. 26 June 2024. Retrieved 27 June 2024.
11. "WINNING START FOR WHITE IN BELFAST QUALIFIERS". wst.tv. 28 September 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
12. "SNOOKER SHOOT OUT 2024: BAI YULU BEATEN BY ZHANG ANDA, DEFENDING CHAMPION MARK ALLEN AND SHAUN MURPHY CRASH OUT". Eurosport. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
13. "GURBAXANI THRIVES IN 'CRAZY' ATMOSPHERE". wst.tv. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.
14. "Graham stuns Carter to reach last 16". wst.tv. 7 December 2024. Retrieved 7 December 2024.

External links

• Kreishh Gurbaxani at the World Snooker Tour
• Kreishh Gurbaxani at snooker.org