Kreishh Gurbaxani
Indian snooker player
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Kreishh Gurbaxani (born 23 August 2002) is an Indian snooker player from Mumbai.[1] He earned a two-year card on the World Snooker Tour starting from the 2024–25 snooker season.
Career
From Mumbai,[2] he began playing snooker at a young age and was junior snooker champion in his home state of Maharashtra in 2018, at the age of 15 years-old.[3] By 2013 he had begun to be trained by two-time Asian champion Yasin Merchant at the Khar Gymnasium, also the base of fellow professional Ishpreet Singh Chadha, with the pair being described as “prodigies" of Merchant.[4][5]
He was number one ranked Maharashtra player in 2022.[6] In January 2023, he defeated India No.1 ranked player Kamal Chawla at The All India Snooker Open.[7]
In 2023, He moved to Sheffield, England and practices in Ding Junhui Snooker Academy with former professional player Himanshu Jain and Hong Kong young snooker player Shaun Liu.[citation needed]
He took part in the Oceania/Asia Q School in May and June 2024, and at the second event won a two-year card on to the World Snooker Tour following wins in the latter rounds against Kwok Wai Fung and Muhammad Naseem.[8][9]
2024/25
He made his professional debut at the 2024 Championship League in Leicester in June 2024.[10] He secured his first win as a professional defeating Andrew Higginson at the 2024 Northern Ireland Open in September 2024.[11] In December 2024 he reached the last-16 of the 2024 Snooker Shoot Out with wins over Xu Si and Ashley Carty.[12][13][14]
2025/26
In June 2025, he was drawn to make his season debut in the first round of qualifying for the 2025 Wuhan Open where he was defeated by Stephen Maguire of Scotland 5-1.[15] He was drawn in the round-robin stage of the 2025 Championship League against Wu Yize, Craig Steadman and Wang Yuchen.[16] In April, he recorded a 10-6 loss over Steven Hallworth in the first round of qualifying for the 2026 World Snooker Championship.[17] Having dropped off the tour at the conclusion of the 2025-26 season, he entered Q School in England, where he faced fellow former professional Stuart Carrington.[18]
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2024/ 25 |
2025/ 26 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | 91 | |||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | RR | RR | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | 1R | 1R | |||||||
| Wuhan Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| English Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| British Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| International Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| UK Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Shoot Out | 4R | 1R | |||||||
| Scottish Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| German Masters | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Welsh Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| World Open | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| 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. | |||
Career finals
Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 2020 | Indian Under-17 Championship |  Digvijay Kadian |
4–1 |
