Shokat Ali (born 4 March 1970) is a

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player who has represented Pakistan in international tournaments."International Open 1997"
, by Hermund Årdalen, ''WWW Snooker'',

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, 4 May 2005; accessed 1 March 2007

Career

Ali turned professional in 1991. He appeared on the

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'' in 1997. At the

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, he won a gold medal in the snooker singles, a bronze medal in the snooker doubles and a bronze medal in the snooker team event. He defeated

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to reach the last 16 of the 1998 Grand Prix. At the 2001 Thailand Masters, Ali reached the quarter-finals, beating

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en route. In 2005, his cue was stolen from his car parked at his garage in

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, and he suffered a deterioration of results as he struggled to find another cue he could show his best form using. He represented Pakistan in the

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held in

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, Qatar. He dropped off the game's main professional tour in 2007, but showed signs of a return to form in 2008, winning an event on the secondary PIOS Tour.World Snooker News: The Wonder Of Cue
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Performance and rankings timeline

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 2 (1 title)

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

References

External links

* Sports record of Shokat Ali {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Shokat Pakistani snooker players 1970 births Living people English people of Pakistani descent Sportspeople from Accrington Asian Games medalists in cue sports Asian Games gold medalists for Pakistan Asian Games bronze medalists for Pakistan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Cue sports players at the 1998 Asian Games Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games World Games bronze medalists World Games medalists in cue sports Medalists at the 2001 World Games