Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh at the 2014 German Masters
Born April 18, 1985
Sport country  Thailand
Professional 2009/10, 2012–
Highest ranking 47 (March–April 2015)[1]
Current ranking 49 (as of 6 April 2015)
Career winnings £113,845[2]
Highest break 141 (2013 Munich Open)
Century breaks 38[2]
Best ranking finish Semi-final (2015 Indian Open)
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
Medal record
Competitor for  Thailand
Men's Snooker
Southeast Asian Games
Silver 2007 Korat Individual
Asian Games
Bronze 2007 Guangzhou Team
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (2013)

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (born on April 18, 1985) is a professional snooker player from Thailand.

Career

Un-Nooh first entered the professional tour for the 2009/10 season by winning the 2008 IBSF World Snooker Championship. He dropped off the main tour after just one season.

He received the Thai nomination to compete on the snooker tour for the 2012/2013 season.[3] As a new player on the tour he needed to win four matches to reach the main stage of the ranking events. Un-Nooh lost in the third qualifying round in three of the first four ranking of the season.[4] In September, it was announced that his match at the Players Tour Championship – Event 3 against Steve Davis was under investigation due to unusual betting patterns.[5] Un-Nooh moved from an 8/11 odds-on favourite to 11/8 against just before the match started and went on to lose 0–4 to the six-time world champion.[6] In November, World Snooker released a statement to confirm that there was insufficient evidence and no further action would be taken against Un-Nooh.[7] He reached the final qualifying round for the UK Championship and the World Open, but lost to Michael Holt and Ryan Day respectively.[4] Un-Nooh played in nine of the ten Players Tour Championship Events during the season, enjoying best results of three last 16 defeats in European Tour Events, to finish 46th on the PTC Order of Merit.[8] His season ended when he was beaten 3–10 by Ben Woollaston in the third round of World Championship Qualifying, which saw him finish the year ranked world number 69.[9][10]

2013/2014 season

Un-Nooh lost in the qualifying rounds for the first four ranking events of the 2013/2014 season, but then beat Gerard Greene 6–5 to reach the International Championship in Chengdu, China.[11] In his first appearance in the main draw of a ranking event he thrashed Zhang Anda 6–1, before losing by the same scoreline to Neil Robertson in the last 32.[12] However, the experience seemed to kick start Un-Nooh's season as in 2014 he played at the venue stage of four of the remaining six ranking events. He beat Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–4 in qualifying for the German Masters, with the reigning world champion playing high risk exhibition shots throughout the match, but Un-Nooh was whitewashed 5–0 by Jack Lisowski in the first round.[13][14] At the World Open, Un-Nooh led Stephen Maguire 3–0, before the world number eight rallied to win four frames in a row. The match went into a deciding frame in which Un-Nooh made a break of sixty only for Maguire to get a chance to win, but he missed the final brown to hand Un-Nooh a big scalp.[15] He then reached the last 16 of a ranking event for the first time by beating Andrew Higginson 5–1 and lost 5–2 to Graeme Dott, despite missing the final pink when on a 147 break during the match.[11] Un-Nooh advanced to the last 32 of the China Open by whitewashing 1997 world champion Ken Doherty 5–0, before losing 5–3 against Ding Junhui.[11] His performances during the campaign saw him end it in the top 64 in the world rankings for the first time as he was placed 59th.[16]

2014/2015 season

Un-Nooh qualified for the International Championship for the second year in a row, but was edged out 6–5 by Fergal O'Brien in the first round.[17] He also lost in a deciding frame in the first round of the UK Championship against Robin Hull despite making breaks of 137 and 117 during the match.[18] Un-Nooh won five games to reach the semi-finals of the Xuzhou Open where he beat Mark Williams 4–1 to play in his first final in a professional event. He was defeated 4–1 by Joe Perry, but he described Un-Nooh as an exceptional talent after the match.[19]

Un-Nooh defeated defending champion Ding Junhui in the first round of the Indian Open, calling it his biggest win after the match. He also stated that he didn't feel he could win the title.[20] Nevertheless he whitewashed Luca Brecel 4–0 and then recorded wins over Jamie Jones and Mark Davis to reach the semi-finals of a ranking event for the first time.[21] Un-Nooh compiled a trio of half century breaks to race into a 3–0 lead over Ricky Walden, but would go on to lose 4–3.[22] His Asian final saw him finish fourth on their Order of Merit to make his debut in the Grand Final, where he was knocked out 4–1 by Mark Williams in the first round.[23]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2008/
09		 2009/
10 		2010/
11 		2012/
13 		2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[24][nb 1] UR UR[nb 2] 78[nb 3] UR[nb 2] 69 59
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic[nb 4] Non-ranking LQ LQ WD
Australian Goldfields Open Not held LQ LQ WD
Shanghai Masters A LQ A LQ LQ LQ
International Championship Not held LQ 2R 1R
UK Championship A LQ A LQ 1R 1R
German Masters Not held A LQ 1R LQ
Welsh Open A LQ A LQ 2R 2R
Indian Open Not held LQ SF
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 5] Not held A DNQ DNQ 1R
China Open A LQ A LQ 2R LQ
World Championship A LQ A LQ LQ LQ
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World Championship[nb 6] 1R 2R 2R 1R 1R 1R
Shoot-Out Not held A 3R 3R 1R
Former ranking tournaments
World Open[nb 7] A LQ LQ LQ 3R NH
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. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ He was an amateur.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)
  7. ↑ The event was called the Grand Prix (2008/2009–2009/2010)

Career finals

Minor-ranking event finals: 1 (1 runner-up)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 2015 Xuzhou Open England Perry, JoeJoe Perry 1–4

References

  1. ↑ "World Rankings after the Players Championship 2015" (PDF). worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Career-total Statistics for Thepchaiya Un-Nooh - Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 14 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Tour Players 2012/2013". worldsnooker.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. Retrieved 1 June 2012.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  5. ↑ "WPBSA Statement". World Snooker. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  6. ↑ "Steve Davis v Thepchaiya Un-Nooh match under investigation". BBC Sport. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
  7. ↑ "WPBSA Statement". World Snooker. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Order of Merit 2012/2013". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Betfair World Championship Qualifiers". Snooker.org. Retrieved 13 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Official World Snooker Ranking List For The 2013/2014 Season" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  12. ↑ "Snooker - O'Sullivan collapses from 1/250 shot to defeat in China". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  13. ↑ "Davis books his place in German Masters". The Times (Malta). Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  14. ↑ "Carter sent packing from German Masters". Eurosport. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  15. ↑ "Allen Gets Job Dunn In Haikou". World Snooker. Retrieved 3 May 2014.
  16. ↑ "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  17. ↑ "Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  18. ↑ "Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5–6 Robin Hull". Love Snooker. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  19. ↑ "Perry Takes Xuzhou Crown". World Snooker. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  20. ↑ "Ding Junhui loses in first round of Indian Open". Sky Sports. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  21. ↑ "Thepchaiya Un Nooh in semifinal". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  22. ↑ "Ricky Walden recovers to oust Thepchaiya, enters Indian Open final". CNN-IBN. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  23. ↑ "Asian Order of Merit 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 29 April 2015.
  24. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.

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