Aditya Mehta
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Aditya Mehta at the 2014 German Masters
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October 31, 1985 Maharashtra, India |
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| Sport country |
 India
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| Nickname | The Sun Of Indian Snooker |
| Professional | 2008/09, 2011– |
| Highest ranking | 49 (May–June, August–November 2014 and February–March 2015) |
| Current ranking | 98 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £118,233 |
| Highest break | 147 (2014 Paul Hunter Classic) |
| Century breaks | 32 |
| Best ranking finish | Runner-up (2013 Indian Open) |
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| Representing India
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| World Games | ||
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2013 Cali | Singles |
| Asian Games | ||
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2006 Doha | Team |
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2010 Guangzhou | Singles |
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2010 Guangzhou | Team |
| Asian Indoor Games | ||
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2009 Ho Chi Minh City | Team |
Representing  Independent Olympic Athletes
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| Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games | ||
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2013 Incheon | Singles |
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2013 Incheon | Team |
Aditya Mehta (born 31 October 1985 in Maharashtra) is an Indian professional snooker player. He practises with Alfie Burden and Anthony Hamilton in London.
In 2013, Mehta became the first Indian to reach the final of a ranking tournament at his home event, the Indian Open. In the 2014 Paul Hunter Classic, Mehta made his first ever Maximum break in professional competition.
Mehta began his professional career by playing Challenge Tour in 2004, at the time the second-level professional tour. He was nominated for a Main Tour place for the 2008/2009 season. He was the first Indian to play on Main Tour since Yasin Merchant did in the 1990s. He fell off the tour at the end of the season but regained a place for the 2011/2012 season due to being awarded the Asian nomination. Aditya won a Silver and a Bronze medal in Men's Snooker Team and Men's Snooker Singles respectively, at the 2010 Asian Games held in Guangzhou, China.
In the 2011/2012 season Mehta would need to win four qualifying matches to reach the main draws of all ranking events. He came closest to doing so in the second event of the season, the Shanghai Masters. Mehta beat Stuart Carrington 5–0, Rod Lawler and Jamie Jones both 5–4, before losing to former world number 6 Ryan Day 2–5. He played in 10 of the 12 minor ranking PTC Events, with his best result coming in Event 9 where he beat two-time World Championship runner-up Matthew Stevens 4–3 in the last 16, but then lost to Martin Gould 1–4 in the quarter-finals. In April, Mehta won the 2012 Asian Snooker Championship with a 7–5 victory over compatriot Pankaj Advani. He finished the snooker season ranked world number 80 and therefore out of the top 64 who retain their places for the next season, however, due to his recent win he earned a spot on the tour for the 2012/2013 season.
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