Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon
Encyclopedia
Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon (born December 14, 1993) is a Thai
professional snooker
player. He turned professional in 2010 as the Asian nomination following his run to the semi-finals of the 2010 Asian Championship. At the age of 17, he was the youngest player competing on the 2010/2011 main tour.
Thirapongpaiboon made an impact by beating Justin Astley
5–3, Mark Joyce
5–4 and Nigel Bond
5–1 before losing 4–5 to Mark Davis
, just one frame away from reaching the final stages in Shanghai.
Thirapongpaiboon made the 74th official maximum break during his third round match against Barry Hawkins
at Euro Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 3
, but lost the match 1–4. With this he became the youngest player ever to make an official maximum break at the age of 16 years and 312 days. Nevertheless he fell off the tour after one year. In July 2011 he won the IBSF World Under-21 Championship by defeating Noppon Saengkham
9–3 in the final.
Thai people
The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...
professional snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...
player. He turned professional in 2010 as the Asian nomination following his run to the semi-finals of the 2010 Asian Championship. At the age of 17, he was the youngest player competing on the 2010/2011 main tour.
Career
In his very first professional tournament, the Shanghai Masters2010 Shanghai Masters
The 2010 Roewe Shanghai Masters professional ranking snooker tournament took place between 6–12 September 2010 at the Shanghai Grand Stage, Shanghai, China.Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he has withdrawn due to personal reasons....
Thirapongpaiboon made an impact by beating Justin Astley
Justin Astley
Justin Astley is an English professional snooker player. He turned professional in 2001, but lost his place. He returned for the 2005/2006 season, but he couldn't defend his place. In the 2009/2010 season he reached the finals of the last two events of the International Open Series and was ranked...
5–3, Mark Joyce
Mark Joyce
Mark Joyce is an English professional snooker player who lives in Walsall. Joyce enjoyed an outstanding amateur career, winning the European Under-19 Championship in 2001, the English Open in 2005 and the English Amateur Championship in 2006, beating Martin O’Donnell 8–3 in the final.Joyce also...
5–4 and Nigel Bond
Nigel Bond
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5–1 before losing 4–5 to Mark Davis
Mark Davis (snooker player)
Mark Davis is an English professional snooker player from St. Leonards in Sussex, England. The highlights of his career so far have been winning the Benson & Hedges Championship in 2002 – earning him an appearance at the Masters – and winning the 2009 Six-red World Championship.- Career :Davis...
, just one frame away from reaching the final stages in Shanghai.
Thirapongpaiboon made the 74th official maximum break during his third round match against Barry Hawkins
Barry Hawkins
Barry Hawkins is an English professional snooker player. He has reached three ranking semi-finals, and spent five seasons inside the top 32 of the rankings. He has also played in the World Championship the last six years running.-Early career:Before taking up snooker professionally he was an...
at Euro Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 3
Euro Players Tour Championship 2010/2011 – Event 3
-Section 2:-Section 3:-Section 4:-Section 5:-Section 6:-Section 7:-Section 8:-Finals:-Century breaks:*147 Thanawat Thirapongpaiboon*147 Mark Williams*142 Andrew Higginson*135, 116 Anthony Hamilton*133, 119, 107 Ken Doherty...
, but lost the match 1–4. With this he became the youngest player ever to make an official maximum break at the age of 16 years and 312 days. Nevertheless he fell off the tour after one year. In July 2011 he won the IBSF World Under-21 Championship by defeating Noppon Saengkham
Noppon Saengkham
Noppon Saengkham is a professional snooker player from Thailand. He won the 2009 IBSF World Under-21 Championship, and with this he has qualified for the 2010/2011 main tour.-Amateur:* Thailand Student Games; 2008...
9–3 in the final.