Sahil Nayyar
Sahil Nayyar pictured with the Pan American Trophy | |
| Born | 29 September 1993[1] Ludhiana, India |
|---|---|
| Sport country | Canada |
| Professional | 2025– |
Sahil Nayyar (born 29 September 1993) is an Indian-born professional snooker player. Representing Canada, he won the 2024 Pan American Championship to earn a place on the World Snooker Tour from the 2025-26 snooker season.[2]
Career
He won the Ontario Challenge Series in December 2022, also scoring the highest break of the tournament; 124.[3] That year, he was a member of the winning team at the Snooker Canada World Cup Team Championship.[4]
In October 2024, he defeated Brazil’s Fabio Anderson Luersen 5-1 in the final of the 2024 Pan American Open Snooker Championship. He had reached the final with back-to-back whitewash victories over Andy McCloskey and Floyd Ziegler.[5] With the win, Nayyar earned a two-year World Snooker Tour (WST) tour card starting from the 2025-26 snooker season.[6][7]
2025–26 season
On his debut tournament as a professional he was drawn against Welshman Matthew Stevens at the 2025 Wuhan Open. At his second tournament, the 2025 British Open, with qualifiers also played in June 2025, he was drawn against Martin O'Donnell.[8]
Personal life
He was born in city Ludhiana, in Punjab and started playing snooker at the age of 14 years-old. He moved to Canada in 2018 and studied Global Business Management and Global Hospitality Management at Conestoga College in Kitchener, Ontario. He is married.[9][10]
Performance and rankings timeline
| 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. | |||
References
- ^ "Sahil Nayyar". Snooker.org. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Sahil Nayyar". wst.tv. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Ontario Challenge Series Results". Snooker Canada. December 21, 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "Team India Wins Inaugural World Cup Team Championship". SnookerCanada. May 23, 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "SAHIL NAYYAR WINS PAN AMERICAN OPEN SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP". wpbsa. 14 October 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Sahil Nayyar to Represent Canada on the Pro Tour". Snooker Canada. October 14, 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ Caulfield, David (June 11, 2025). "Who are the rookie snooker players this season?". Snookerhq.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ Haigh, Phil (June 9, 2025). "Wuhan Open and British Open draws made as Ronnie O'Sullivan enters both". Metro. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ "SAHIL NAYYAR CLINCHES 2024 PAN AMERICAN OPEN SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP". pabsa.org. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "MEET THE NEW PROS: SAHIL NAYYAR". wst.tv. 2 July 2025. Retrieved 3 July 2025.