Eden Sharav
Paul Hunter Classic 2014
Born (1992-04-30) 30 April 1992
Mishmar Ayalon, Israel
Sport country Scotland (until 2018)
 Israel (2018–present)
Professional2015–2021
Highest ranking67 (May 2019)
Best ranking finishSemi-final (x1)

Eden Sharav (Hebrew: עדן שרב; born 30 April 1992) is an Israeli-Scottish former professional snooker player. He was born in Israel to an Israeli father and a Scottish-born mother.

Career

Amateur

2014 Paul Hunter Classic

In 2010 Sharav reached the final of the Scottish amateur championship at the age of 17, one of the youngest players to compete in the final, the final was a best of 13 match against Bobby Cruickshanks, Eden lead the match 6-5 but eventually lost 7-6.

In 2011 Sharav won the Pontins "Star of the Future" event aged 19 beating fellow Scotsman Ross Muir 4–0 in the final in Prestatyn.[1] A few months later as an amateur, Sharav reached the last 16 stage of his professional tournament debut in the Players Tour Championship, beating professionals, Liang Wenbo 4–0, Adam Duffy 4–1 and Gary Wilson 4–2, before a 4–0 defeat to Marcus Campbell.[2]

In 2014 Sharav entered his first Q School with the aim to win a two-year professional tour card.[2] He didn’t manage to qualify but was by far the most consistent player in the championship losing in the final rounds of both events to Tian Pengfei and Michael Leslie and finishing number one on the order of merit .[2] finishing first meant he was able to enter all of the ranking tournaments as a top-up player for the 2014–15 season due to his strong Q School performances. He qualified for the venue stages of the 2014 International Championship and 2015 Indian Open, losing in the first round of both, 6-2 to Xiao Goudong and 4-2 to Mark Williams [3][4] He then entered Q School at the end of the season.[2]

Professional

In the first event of the 2015 Q School Sharav won four matches to reach the final round and in his last match he made breaks of 103 and 83 against Adam Duffy to win 4–3, a win which gave Sharav his first two-year professional card to the World Snooker Tour for the 2015–16 season and 2016–17 seasons.[5][2]

(2015/16)

He won his first match as a professional at the first attempt by winning 5-3 in the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers.[6] In the 2015 Riga masters Eden won his L128 match 4-2 against Jimmy Robertson before losing to Alan McManus in the L64. In the 2015 Shanghai masters Eden defeated Thailand’s Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon 5-2 in the L128 before losing to Jamie Burnett in the L64.

Eden achieved some success in the 2015 European tour in sofia, Bulgaria defeating Jamie Cope 4-3 and Luca Brecel 4-1, in the L32 he was level at 2-2 with Mark Selby but eventually lost 4-2. At the 2015 UK CHAMPIONSHIP Sharav came back from 5–2 behind against Alan McManus to level at 5–5. Eden got the snooker he needed in the decider, but McManus potted the blue to win in a match that finished at 1:30am.[7]

At the 2016 German masters Eden had a very good match with Liang Wenbo, Eden had breaks of (53,70,104) but lost 5-4, Liang had (54,67,71,83,102,121)

Sharav knocked in breaks of (68,90,91) to defeat Nigel Bond 6-3 and qualify for the 2016 International championship,in the next round he was level with John Higgins at 3-3 but eventually lost 6-3 in the L64. In the 2016 NI OPEN Eden defeated Oliver lines 4-1 before losing to Yan Bingtao in the L64.

(2017/18)

Eden once again defeated Oliver lines in the 2017 welsh open 4-1 before losing to Robert Milkins. Eden had a strong 5-3 win over Jamie Jones to qualify for the 2017 china open in Beijing, in his L64 match Eden defeated Ross Muir 5-0 before losing to Judd trump in the L32. In the 2017 world championship Eden had to win his first round match to secure his professional tour card, Sharav was losing 4-1 to Jamie Cope but managed to come back and eventually win the match 10-5, in the next round Sharav lost to Michael Holt but secured his tour spot for the next two seasons.

Sharav had breaks of 80 and 140 to defeat Elliot Slessor 4-1 to qualify for the european masters, Eden lost 4-1 to Alfie Burden in the following round. Sharav made breaks of (65,84,86,88) to defeat Michael White 6-3 and qualify for the 2017 international championship, Eden lost 6-2 to Xiao Goudong in the following round. Sharav only managed to win one more match for the rest of the season.

The following season was Eden’s best earning (£66,100) in the 2018 English open Sharav defeated Michael Georgiou 4-3, Liang Wenbo 4-2 and Craig Steadman 4-0 before losing 4-1 to Ronnie O'Sullivan in the L16. In the 2018 international championship Eden defeated Dominic Dale 6-5 on the final black to qualify, he then defeated Stuart Bingham 6-3, in the L32 despite having breaks of (54,104,105,116) and a 5-4 lead against David Gilbert Eden lost the match 6-5. Eden achieved his most successful tournament in the 2018 NI OPEN, Eden defeated Li Yuan 4-3, the next round Eden defeated Michael White 4-2 with breaks of (51,59,69,121,142) (142 career highest) he then defeated Joe swail 4-2 and Ali Carter 4-3 respectively, in the QF Eden was trailing 4-1 against former world champion Peter Ebdon but managed to make his finest comeback of his career to win 5-4 and reach his first semi finals, Sharav lost in the SF 6-3 to Judd Trump, Sharav came from 4-1 to 4-3 in this match but was unable to go any further with Judd closing the match out. In the 2018 UK championship Sharav was 5-1 behind to Thai Sunny Akani, Eden came back to level the match 5-5 but Sunny prevailed in this decider.

In the 2019 Indian open Eden defeated Kurt Maflin 4-1 and Michael Georgiou 4-3 before losing 4-2 to Andy Hicks in the L32.

In the 2019 world championship Eden was 6-3 down to David Lilley in the opening session but won the second session 7-1 to win the match 10-7. He was then 9-6 down to Ricky Walden but managed to win the four remaining frames to win the match 10-9. Sharav then lost in the final qualifying match 10-6 against chinese player Zhou Yuelong, Eden narrowly missed out on a top 64 spot as he finished 67 but he finished number one on the top 8 order of merit earning him a fresh tour card for the next two seasons.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2017/
18
2018/
19
2019/
20
2020/
21
Ranking[8][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3] 86 [nb 4] 85 [nb 4] 71
Ranking tournaments
European Masters Not Held LQ 1R 2R LQ 1R
English Open Not Held 1R 1R 4R 1R 1R
Championship League Non-Ranking Event RR
Northern Ireland Open Not Held 2R 1R SF 1R 1R
UK Championship 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 1R
Scottish Open Not Held 1R 2R 2R 1R 4R
World Grand Prix NR DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
German Masters LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Shoot-Out Non-Ranking 3R 1R A 1R 2R
Welsh Open 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 1R
Players Championship[nb 5] DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
Gibraltar Open NH MR 2R 1R 3R 1R 1R
WST Pro Series Tournament Not Held RR
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic LQ Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open A LQ Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters LQ LQ LQ LQ Non-Ranking NH
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Ranking A 1R 2R NR NH
Indian Open 1R NH 1R LQ 2R Not Held
China Open LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ Not Held
Riga Masters[nb 6] Minor-Ranking LQ 1R LQ LQ NH
International Championship 1R LQ 1R 1R 2R LQ NH
China Championship Not Held NR LQ LQ LQ NH
World Open Not Held LQ 1R LQ LQ NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Haining Open Minor-Ranking QF 1R A A NH
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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. He was an amateur
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  4. 1 2 Players qualified One Year Ranking List started the season without ranking points
  5. The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Final (2014/2015–2015/2016)
  6. The event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 1

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2017 PMK Invitational Pro-Am Scotland Graeme Dott 3−4[9]

Team finals: 2

Outcome No. Year Championship Team/partner Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2016 World Mixed Doubles Championship England Maria Catalano Hong Kong Cheung Ka Wai
Hong Kong Jaique Ip
3–4[10]
Runner-up 2. 2023 EBSA European Team Championship Israel Shachar Ruberg Poland Mateusz Baranowski
Poland Antoni Kowalski
4–5[11]

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2011 Pontins Star of the Future Scotland Ross Muir 4–0[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Snooker: Muir falls short in brave bid". Edinburgh Evening News. Archived from the original on 23 June 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Eden Sharav". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  3. "International Championship (2014)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  4. "Indian Open (2015)". Snooker.org. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  5. "Quartet Earn Tour Cards". World Snooker. 19 May 2015. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  6. "Eden Sharav 2015/2016". Snooker.org.
  7. "Trump Eases Into Round Two". World Snooker. 25 November 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2016.
  8. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  9. "2017 PMK Invitational Pro-Am".
  10. "Player Profile – Jaique Ip Wan". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 15 November 2019.
  11. "European Team Snooker Championships Men - Albena / Bulgaria 2023". EBSA. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
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