Aditya Mehta

Aditya Mehta (born 31 October 1985) is an Indian former professional snooker player. He participated on the World Snooker Tour for the 2007–08 season, and between 2011 and 2018. He reached a highest world ranking of 49. Mehta participated in the final of a ranking event for the first time at the 2013 Indian Open where he played Ding Junhui, but lost 0–5.

Mehta has several medals at the Asian and World Games. He won the gold at the men's event at the 2013 World Games, and the team event at the 2009 Asian Games. Mehta compiled a total of 41 century breaks whilst on tour, the highest of which was at the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic where he made his first ever maximum break in competition.

Career Early career Mehta was born on 31 October 1985 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India and studied at Don Bosco High School, Matunga. He was the first Indian to play on the Main Tour since Yasin Merchant did in the 1990s. Aditya won both a bronze and silver medal in singles and team events at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China. He also lost in the final qualifying round for the Shanghai Masters following a 3–5 defeat to Mark King. He also won a bronze medal in the singles, reaching the semifinals before losing 2–4 to Ding Junhui.

2013–2014 season: Ranking event finalist In July 2013, Mehta won the singles event at the World Games by beating Liang Wenbo 3–0. The 2013–14 season saw the introduction of the Indian Open, the first ranking event held in India. Mehta reached the event for it by defeating Xiao Guodong 4–2 in qualifying. In the first round of the event held he made a break of 127 in the deciding frame against Peter Ebdon to win 4–3 and then beat Hammad Miah 4–1 to reach the last 16 for the second time in his career. Mehta made his first maximum break in his second round loss against Stephen Maguire at the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic PTC event. Before the 2015 UK Championship he stated that a neck injury sustained in 2014 had been affecting his practice hours and confidence in his game.

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Runner-up 1. 2013 Indian Open Ding Junhui 0–5

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2013 World Games Liang Wenbo 3–0

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

Amateur finals: 3 (1 title)