Mahmoud El Hareedy

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.

Career

In 2022, El Hareedy won the African Six-reds Championship held in Morocco, defeating countryman Mohamed Hammouda in the final. 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.

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. In June 2025, he again reached the final of the African Six-reds Championship, losing 46 to South Africa's Mutalieb Allie.

2025–26 season 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 51. He subsequently lost 15 to Matthew Stevens in the second round of qualifying. He didn't win another match in the season, eventually losing 310 to Zhao Hanyang in the first qualifying round of the 2026 World Championship.

Personal life El Hareedy is from Alexandria and has represented the Smouha Sporting Club on an amateur level.

Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD 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: 3 (2 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 2022 African Six-reds Championship 6–4Runner-up 2. 2025 African Six-reds Championship 4–6Winner 3. 2025 All-Africa Snooker Championship 6–1