Introduction
Eden Sharav (Hebrew: עדן שרב; born 30 April 1992) is an Israeli-Scottish professional snooker player.
Career
Amateur
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. A few months later as an amateur, Sharav reached the last 16 stage of his 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. He then entered Q School in 2014, with the aim to win a two-year professional tour card. He was unsuccessful, losing in the final rounds of both events to Tian Pengfei and Michael Leslie. He was though able to enter in 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.He then entered Q School at the end of the season.
Professional
In the first event of Q School, Sharav reached the final round and made breaks of 103 and 83 and against Adam Duffy and won 4–3, a win which gave Sharav to a two-year card to the World Snooker Tour for the 2015–16 season and 2016–17seasons. He won a match as a professional at the first attempt by beating Andrew Milliard 5–3 in the 2015 Australian Goldfields Open qualifiers. Sharav could not qualify for any ranking event in the 2015–16 season outside of the UK Championship and Welsh Open for which he gained automatic entry. At the UK he came back from 5–2 behind against Alan McManus to level at 5–5. Sharav got the snooker he needed in the decider, but McManus potted the blue to win in a match that finished at 1:30am. At the Welsh Open he lost 4–2 to Jack Lisowski in the first round.
A 4–1 win over Sean O'Sullivan saw Sharav qualify for the 2016 Indian Open where he was defeated 4–0 by Stuart Carrington. He overcame Nigel Bond 6–3 to play in the International Championship and lost 6–3 to John Higgins in the first round. Sharav eliminated Oliver Lines 4–1 in the first round of both the Northern Ireland Open and the Welsh Open, but was then eliminated in the second round 4–0 by Yan Bingtao and 4–1 by Robert Milkins respectively. Sharav qualified for the China Open by overcoming Jamie Jones 5–3 and whitewashed Ross Muir 5–0 in the first round, before being unable to pick up a frame in a 5–0 loss to Judd Trump. Sharav finished the year outside the top 64 in the world rankings, but has secured a new tour card by taking the seventh spot out of eight on the one-year ranking list.
Performance and rankings timeline
| Tournament | 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | 2017/18 | 2018/19 | 2019/20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ranking | 86 | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Riga Masters | Minor-Rank. | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| International Championship | 1R | LQ | 1R | 1R | 2R | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Championship | Not Held | NR | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| English Open | Not Held | 1R | 1R | 4R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Open | Not Held | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | Not Held | 2R | 1R | SF | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UK Championship | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scottish Open | Not Held | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Masters | Not Held | LQ | 1R | 2R | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| German Masters | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Grand Prix | NR | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Welsh Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shoot-Out | Non-Ranking | 3R | 1R | A | 1R | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gibraltar Open | NH | MR | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1R | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tour Championship | Tournament Not Held | DNQ | DNQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Haining Open | MR | QF | 1R | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wuxi Classic | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Goldfields Open | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shanghai Masters | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | Non-Rank. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Paul Hunter Classic | Minor-Rank. | A | 1R | 2R | NR | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Indian Open | 1R | NH | 1R | LQ | 2R | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| China Open | LQ | LQ | 2R | LQ | LQ | 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 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
Pro-am finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
| Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 2017 | PMK Invitational Pro-Am | Graeme Dott | 3−4 |
Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score |
| Winner | 2011 | Pontins Star of the Future | Ross Muir | 4–0 |