Mohamed Khairy

{{for|the Egyptian Olympic equestrian|Mohamed Khairy (equestrian)}}

{{Infobox snooker player

| name = Mohamed Alaa Khairy

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|12|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Cairo, Egypt

| Sport country =

| Professional = 2012–2014

| High ranking = 95 (June 2013){{cite web|title=Issued after the Bulgarian Open 2013 (ET1)|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/47/bd/0,,13165~179527,00.pdf|work=worldsnooker.com|publisher=World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association | date=12 June 2013|accessdate=13 June 2013}}

| Official maximums =

| Best finish = Last 64 (2013 Shanghai Masters

| Ranking wins =

| World champ =

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Mohamed Alaa Khairy (born 26 December 1981) is an Egyptian former professional snooker player. Khairy turned professional in 2012 after having been nominated by the African Billiards and Snooker Federation, but was relegated from the tour after two seasons.{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~2762090,00.html | title=Khairy Earns Tour Place | publisher=World Snooker | accessdate=28 May 2013}}

Career

= Debut season =

Khairy did not play in the first six ranking tournaments and all ten Players Tour Championship events due to visa problems.{{cite web | url=http://www.grovesnooker.co.uk/2012/08/06/uk-ptc-2012-event-2-as-it-happens/ | title=UK PTC 2012 – Event 2 as it happened | publisher=Grove Leisure | accessdate=28 May 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://snookerhq.com/2012/12/18/world-open-qualifiers-commence/ | title=World Open Qualifiers Commence | publisher=SnookerHQ | accessdate=28 May 2013}} He lost all of his first four matches as a professional, with Khairy's season ending when he was beaten 3–10 by Tony Drago in the first round of World Championship Qualifying.{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2012&player=931 | title=Mohamed Khairy 2012/2013 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=28 May 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?event=225 | title=Betfair World Championship Qualifiers | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=28 May 2013}} He finished his first year on tour ranked world number 96.{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/49/bc/0,,13165~179273,00.pdf | title=Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season | publisher=World Snooker | accessdate=28 May 2013}}

= 2013/2014 season =

Khairy won his first match as a professional in the Shanghai Masters qualifiers where he beat Passakorn Suwannawat 5–4. Afterwards it was announced by World Snooker that the match was being investigated due to unusual betting patterns.{{cite web | url=http://metro.co.uk/2013/08/08/snooker-betting-probe-launched-into-two-shanghai-masters-qualifiers-3916033/ | title=Snooker betting probe launched into two Shanghai Masters qualifiers | work=Metro | accessdate=11 August 2013}} Khairy then defeated Rod Lawler 5–1, before being whitewashed 5–0 by Peter Lines in the penultimate round.{{cite web | url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=931&season=2013 | title=Mohamed Khairy 2013/2014 | publisher=Snooker.org | accessdate=11 August 2013}} After failing to qualify for the International Championship he didn't enter another tournament, resulting in his relegation from the main tour as he ended the season ranked 121st in the world.{{cite web | url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/staticFiles/71/c1/0,,13165~180593,00.pdf | title=World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship | publisher=World Snooker | accessdate=7 May 2014}} No charges were ever brought regarding the betting activity.{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/23607979 | title=Snooker betting: Shanghai Masters inquiry closes with no charges | publisher=BBC Sport | accessdate=12 May 2014}}

=Amateur career=

In 2015, Khairy lost 6–5 to Hatem Yassen in the final of the African Championship. A win would have regained him a place on the snooker tour.{{cite web | url=http://www.africabsf.com/Tunis2015_files/Men%20Snooker%20groups%20%26%20KO.pdf | title=The Africa Snooker Championship | publisher=Africa Snooker & Billiards Association | accessdate=19 May 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520041858/http://www.africabsf.com/Tunis2015_files/Men%20Snooker%20groups%20%26%20KO.pdf | archive-date=20 May 2015 | url-status=dead }} He also lost the 2023 final 5-2 against Mostafa Dorgham.

Performance and rankings timeline

class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"

! Tournament

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|accessdate=6 February 2011}}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"|96

|align="center"|

colspan="10"|Ranking tournaments

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

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

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

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

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

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

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Final (2010/2011, 2012/2013-2013/2014)

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

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

|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

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

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

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

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

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

colspan="10"|Non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Six-red World Championship

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

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

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

colspan="10"|Former ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuxi Classic

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Australian Goldfields Open

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held

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

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

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

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

|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"

bgcolor="#efefef"

! 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.

References

External links

{{snooker.org player|931}}

Category:1981 births

Category:Living people

Category:Egyptian snooker players

Category:Sportspeople from Cairo