Mahmoud El Hareedy
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Egypt| Born | 27 September 1998[1] |
|---|---|
| Sport country | Egypt |
| Professional | 2025–present |
| Current ranking | 129 (as of 6 April 2026) |
Mahmoud El Hareedy (born 27 September 1998) is an Egyptian professional snooker player. He won the 2025 All Africa Snooker Championship to earn a two-year tour card for the World Snooker Tour from the 2025-26 snooker season.
2025–26 season
In 2022, El Hareedy won the African Six-reds Championship held in Morocco, defeating countryman Mohamed Hammouda in the final.[2][3][4] He was subsequently invited to play in the 2023 Six-red World Championship held in Bangkok, where he was placed in group G, facing Stuart Bingham, Noppon Saengkham and Jordan Brown.[5][6]
In 2024, he placed third in the IBSF World Snooker Championship, the premier amateur tournament, the highest placement any Egyptian player has achieved in that event.[7] In June 2025, he again reached the final of the African Six-reds Championship, losing 4–6 to South Africa's Mutalieb Allie.[8][9] Later that month, he won the 2025 All Africa Snooker Championship, defeating Moroccan player Yassine Bellamine 6–1 in the final, and gaining a professional tour card on the World Snooker Tour for the 2025–26 and 2026–27 seasons.[9][10]
El Hareedy failed to record any wins on the main tour in 2025 but achieved his first professional victory in the first qualifying round of the 2026 German Masters, defeating Iranian player Amir Sarkhosh 5–1. He subsequently lost 1–5 to Matthew Stevens in the second round of qualifying. He didn't win another match in the season, eventually losing 3–10 to Zhao Hanyang in the first qualifying round of the 2026 World Championship.[11]
Personal life
El Hareedy is from Alexandria and has represented the Smouha Sporting Club on an amateur level.[12][2][7] He is right-handed.[1]
