Neil Robertson | 2021/22 WST Player Of The Year

Hossein Vafaei

  • Title

    Shoot Out champion

  • Nationality

    Iranian

  • Turned Pro

    2012

  • Highest Tournament Break

    146

  • Location

    Iran

  • D.O.B

    15 October 1994

  • Money List Earnings

    £202,000

  • Nickname

    The Persian Prince
Season Stats

  • Frames Played

    257

  • Frames Won

    143

  • Frames Lost

    114

  • Frames Won Percentage

    55.64%

  • Shots Played

    6284

  • Shots Per Frame

    24.45

  • Breaks Over 50

    83

  • 50 Break Rate

    3.1

  • Breaks Over 100

    12

  • 100 Break Rate

    21.42

Ranking event best performance: Semi-finals

Career highlights

2011: Wins the World Amateur Championship at the age of just 17, beating Lee Walker in the final.
2012: Becomes the first Iranian player to compete on the pro tour.
2014: Wins the World Under-21 Championship, and makes a 147 in the semi-finals.
2017: Reaches his first ranking event semi-final at the China Open, beating Judd Trump in the quarters before losing to Mark Williams. Comes within one victory of becoming the first Iranian player to qualify for the Crucible.
2018: Again reaches the final qualifying round of the World Championship but loses.
2019: Reaches the semi-finals of the Welsh Open before losing to Neil Robertson. Another run to the last four – this time at the China Championship – ends with a narrow 6-5 defeat against Mark Williams. Climbs into the world’s top 32.
2020: Beats China’s Zhou Yuelong and Ding Junhui to reach the quarter-finals of the World Grand Prix.
2022: Makes history as the first Iranian player to win a world ranking title. His victory over Mark Williams in the BetVictor Shoot Out final is a landmark moment for Vafaei and snooker in Iran.