Dechawat Poomjaeng

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Dechawat Poomjaeng

Dechawat Poomjaeng at 2013 German Masters
Born (1978-07-11) July 11, 1978
Sport country  Thailand
Nickname Mr Poombastic[1]
Professional 2011–
Highest ranking 60
Current ranking 59 (as of 10 February 2014)
Career winnings UK£ 47,881[2]
Highest break 147 (2014 German Masters (qualifying stage))
Century breaks 6[3]
Best ranking finish Last 16 (2013 World Snooker Championship)
Dechawat Poomjaeng
Medal record
Competitor for  Thailand
Men's Snooker
Asian Games
Bronze 2010 Guangzhou Singles
World Games
Bronze 2013 Cali Singles

Dechawat Poomjaeng (Thai: เดชาวัต พุ่มแจ้ง Dechāwạt Phùmcæ̂ng,[4] born July 11, 1978) is a Thai professional snooker player.

Career

Early career

He won the 2010 IBSF World Snooker Championship in Damascus, Syria, defeating India's Pankaj Advani 10–7 in the final.[5] This earned him a place on the professional Main Tour for the 2011/2012 season.[6]

Debut season

Due to being a new player on the tour and therefore unranked he would need to win four qualifying matches to reach the ranking event main draws. He came closest to doing this in the World Open when he beat Andrew Pagett and Liu Song, before losing to Michael Holt 4–5.[7]

Poomjaeng played all 12 of the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship events throughout the season, with his best finish coming in Event 8 where he beat seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry and Stephen Maguire to reach the last 16, but succumbed 1–4 to Ben Woollaston.[7] Poomjaeng finished the season ranked world number 82, comfortably outside the top 64 who retain their places for the 2012/2013 season.[8] However, his final placing of 57th on the PTC Order of Merit was good enough to earn him a spot for next season.[9]

2012/2013 season

Dechawat Poomjaeng at 2013 German Masters

The 2012/2013 season saw Poomjaeng qualify for the main draw of a ranking event for the first time. This came in the 2013 German Masters, by defeating Yu Delu and Fergal O'Brien. He lost 2–5 to Barry Hawkins in the first round in Berlin.[10] Poomjaeng continued his form by winning four matches to reach the China Open. Once at the venue in Beijing, he saw off Zhu Yinghui 5–2 in the wildcard round, but then lost 3–5 to Mark Davis in the first round.[10] In the Players Tour Championship events this season Poomjaeng's best results were last 16 defeats in the First and Fourth events, losing to Alan McManus and Mark Joyce respectively.[10] He was ranked 42nd on the PTC Order of Merit.[11] Poomjaeng beat Michael Leslie 10–4, Liu Chuang 10–9, Anthony Hamilton 10–4 and Jamie Cope 10–3 to qualify for the World Championship for the first time.[12] He faced sixth seed Stephen Maguire in the first round and produced a huge shock with the world number 70 Poomjaeng winning 10–9, with a composed 63 break in the final frame. The crowd warmed to Poomjaeng as he walked to the wrong table at the start of play and animatedly expressed his emotions throughout the match, including applauding his own safety shot.[13][14] He played Michael White in the second round and lost the fourth frame without a ball having been potted due to missing the reds three times. The rules of snooker state that if a red can be seen full ball and is missed on three consecutive shots, the frame is conceded.[15] Poomjaeng lost the session 1–7 and went on to be defeated 3–13.[16] His cheque of £16,000 for reaching the last 16 more than doubled his previous career earnings since turning professional in 2011.[17] Poomjaeng finished the season ranked world number 67.[18]

2013/2014 season

In his opening match of the season, Poomjaeng defeated Darren Cook 5–1 to qualify for the 2013 Wuxi Classic in China where he beat Dominic Dale 5–1 in the first round, before losing by a reverse of this scoreline to John Higgins.[19] Poomjaeng then won three matches to qualify for the Australian Goldfields Open, but lost 1–5 to Barry Hawkins in the first round.[19] In the UK Championship, he lost 6-0 in the second round to World Number 4, Judd Trump, having defeated fellow Thai player, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, 6-5 in the opening round.[20]

Personal life

Poomjaeng is based in the Star Academy in Sheffield and shares a house with four other Thai players, including former world number three and professional since 1989, James Wattana, whom Poomjaeng has described as a big brother.[21] His real elder brother is Suchakree "Kwan" Poomjaeng who has played on the professional snooker tour in the past.[13] He is married to Korawan and has a daughter called Gim Gim.[17]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2011/
12 		2012/
13 		2013/
14
Ranking[22][nb 1] UR[nb 2] 82 67
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic NR LQ 2R
Australian Goldfields Open LQ LQ 1R
Shanghai Masters LQ LQ LQ
Indian Open Not Held 2R
International Championship NH LQ LQ
UK Championship LQ LQ 2R
German Masters LQ 1R
Welsh Open QR LQ
World Open LQ LQ
Players Tour Championship Finals DNQ DNQ
China Open A 1R
World Championship LQ 2R
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.
  1. ↑ Shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jydpNgfGBpU
  2. ↑ "Dechawat Poomjaeng Player Profile". Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  3. ↑ "Dechawat Poomjaeng - Season 2013/2014". CueTracker - Snooker Database. Retrieved 15 July 2013. 
  4. ↑
  5. ↑ "World Snooker Championship – Damascus, Syria, 4–15 December 2010". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2010. 
  6. ↑ "2011/12 Tour Players". WPBSA. 31 May 2011. Retrieved 24 May 2012. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Dechawat Poomjaeng 2011/2012". Snooker.org. Retrieved 24 May 2012. 
  8. ↑ "Official World Ranking List for the 2012/2013 Season". Retrieved 24 May 2012. 
  9. ↑ "Order of Merit". Snooker.org. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012. 
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Dechawat Poomjaeng 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 April 2013. 
  11. ↑ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 April 2013. 
  12. ↑ "Betfair World Championship". Snooker.org. Retrieved 18 April 2013. 
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "Sonic Poom Flattens Maguire". World Snooker. Retrieved 23 April 2013. 
  14. ↑ "World Snooker Championship 2013: Stephen Maguire out". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 April 2013. 
  15. ↑ "Snooker: Dechawat Poomjaeng has it all to do against Michael White". The Independent. Retrieved 26 April 2013. 
  16. ↑ "World Snooker Championship 2013: White into quarter-finals". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 April 2013. 
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Jack the Thai entertained us all, but his Crucible journey is over after defeat to qualifier White". Daily Mail. Retrieved 26 April 2013. 
  18. ↑ "Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season". World Snooker. Retrieved 24 May 2013. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Dechawat Poomjaeng 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 9 July 2013. 
  20. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/25072326
  21. ↑ "Quartet Of Debutants Through To Crucible". World Snooker. Retrieved 18 April 2013. 
  22. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011. 

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