Ahmed Aly Elsayed

{{About|the American snooker player|the Egyptian boxer|Ahmed Mahmoud Aly}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1979|12|14}}

| birth_place = Alexandria, Egypt

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| Sport country = {{USA}}

| Professional = 2023–2025

| High ranking = 108 (July 2024)

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| Best finish = Last 128 (x22)

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Ahmed Aly Elsayed (born 14 December 1979) is an American former professional snooker player who has won the United States Amateur Championship a record six times, having won three consecutive titles between 2009 and 2011, and another three consecutive titles between 2018 and 2021 (no tournament was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).{{cite web|title=Aly secures record breaking sixth U.S. title |url=https://www.snookerusa.com/news/202110171619-aly-secures-record-breaking-sixth-us-title |publisher=United States Snooker Association|date=October 17, 2021 |access-date=May 6, 2022}}{{Cite web |title=SnookerUSA.com - USSA Organization - United States National Snooker Championship - Roll Of Honor |url=https://www.snookerusa.com/united-states-snooker-association/national-championship/roll-of-honor |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.snookerusa.com}}

Career

Born in Egypt, he began as a pool player, winning tournaments in Alexandria.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-11-23 |title=From Alexandria To New York – Elsayed’s Path To Professional Status |url=https://wst.tv/from-alexandria-to-new-york-elsayeds-path-to-professional-status/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123135347/https://wst.tv/from-alexandria-to-new-york-elsayeds-path-to-professional-status/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=World Snooker |language=en-US}} His father, an officer in the Egyptian Army, introduced him to snooker, and Elsayed practiced the sport in an army club that featured snooker tables formerly owned by King Farouk. After earning a degree in civil engineering, he went to the United States, intending to compete in pool tournaments. He remained in the US, working at the New York Athletic Club, where he supervises the billiard room.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2022-05-01 |title=Who is US snooker star Ahmed Aly Elsayed? |url=https://en.as.com/other_sports/who-is-us-snooker-star-ahmed-aly-elsayed-n/ |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=Diario AS |language=en-us}} He is a naturalized US citizen.{{Cite web |title=SnookerUSA.com - News - Aly arrives in Egypt for IBSF World Snooker |url=https://www.snookerusa.com/news/201511081004-aly-arrives-in-egypt-for-ibsf-world-snooker |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=www.snookerusa.com}}

He participated in the 2022 World Seniors Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, becoming the first American to compete at the Crucible. He lost in the first round to Wayne Cooper.{{cite AV media | people = Rob Walker (Presenter), John Virgo (Commentator) and Cliff Thorburn (Commentator) | date = May 5, 2022 | title = 2022 World Seniors Championship: Ahmed Aly versus Wayne Cooper | medium = Television production | url = | access-date=| publisher = BBC Red Button}} He turned professional in the 2023–24 season after earning a two-year tour card by winning the 2022 Pan American Amateur Championship.{{Cite web |url=https://wpbsa.com/american-aly-elsayed-set-for-professional-circuit/ |title= American Aly Elsayed Set For Professional Circuit|website= WPBSA|date= 8 November 2022}} Former world champion Cliff Thorburn and top snooker coach Chris Henry advised him on playing professionally.

Outside snooker

In 2018, Elsayed played the part of a snooker player in The Nap at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, Broadway. The play was written by One Man, Two Guvnors playwright Richard Bean.{{Cite news |title= U.S. Snooker Champ Ahmed Aly Elsayed On Playing Broadway |last=King |first=Darryn |work= Forbes |date= September 27, 2018 |access-date=May 6, 2022 | url = https://www.forbes.com/sites/darrynking/2018/09/27/u-s-snooker-champ-ahmed-aly-elsayed-on-playing-broadway }} Elsayed met his wife Amy, a stage manager, during his time appearing in the play.

Performance and rankings timeline

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! Tournament

! 2021/
22

! 2023/
24

! 2024/
25

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=6 February 2011|archive-date=19 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181219070820/http://www.snooker.org/Rnk/history.asp|url-status=live}}It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season

|align="center"|He was an amateur

|align="center"|New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

|align="center"|94

colspan="10"|Ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Championship League

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Xi'an Grand Prix

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Saudi Arabia Masters

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|English Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuhan Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|International Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|WD

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot Out

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Open

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tour Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|DNQ

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

colspan="10"|Non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Seniors Championship

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

colspan="10"|Former ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European Masters

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

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! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ

| lost in the qualifying draw

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R

| lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| lost in the quarter-finals

align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

| lost in the semi-finals

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

| lost in the final

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W

| won the tournament

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ

| did not qualify for the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A

| did not participate in the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD

| withdrew from the tournament

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NH / Not Held	means an event was not held.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NR / Non-Ranking Event	means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|R / Ranking Event	means an event is/was a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|MR / Minor-Ranking Event	means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|PA / Pro-am Event	means an event is/was a pro-am event.

Career finals

= Amateur finals: 12 (8 titles) =

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!width="67"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="30"| Year

!width="320"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

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style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 1.

| 2009

| United States Amateur Championship

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ajeya Prabhakar

| 5–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 2.

| 2010

| United States Amateur Championship (2)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Yi Fei Mei

| 5–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 3.

| 2011

| United States Amateur Championship (3)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ajeya Prabhakar

| 5–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 2015

| United States Amateur Championship

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sargon Isaac

| 3–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 2.

| 2016

| United States Amateur Championship (2)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sargon Isaac

| 1–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 3.

| 2017

| United States Amateur Championship (3)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Raymond Fung

| 4–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 4.

| 2018

| United States Amateur Championship (4)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Raymond Fung

| 5–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 5.

| 2019

| United States Amateur Championship (5)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Cheang Ciing Yoo

| 5–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 6.

| 2021

| United States Amateur Championship (6)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ajeya Prabhakar

| 5–0

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 7.

| 2021

| Pan American Amateur Championship - Masters

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Levi Meiller

| 4–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 4.

| 2022

| Pan American Amateur Championship - Masters

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Vito Puopolo

| 0–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Winner

| 8.

| 2022

| Pan American Amateur Championship

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Amar Sadeg

| 5–1

References

External links

{{WST player|f65d2c9a-513a-458b-9c8b-edfc3aebbce6}}
{{snooker.org player}}

Category:1979 births

Category:Living people

Category:American snooker players

Category:21st-century American sportsmen