Akani Songsermsawad

Akani Songsermsawad
Born (1995-09-10) 10 September 1995
Bangkok, Thailand
Sport country  Thailand
Nickname Sunny
Professional 2015–
Career winnings £30,562[1]
Highest break 110 (2016 International Championship)[1]
Century breaks 4[1]
Best ranking finish Quarter-finals
(2016 Indian Open)

Akani Songsermsawad (born 10 September 1995 in Bangkok, Thailand) is a Thai professional snooker player.

Career

Songsermsawad, a regular in amateur Thai snooker events since 2011,[2] first came to international attention with a 5–2 win over professional Matthew Selt in the Six-red World Championship,[2] in 2008.[3]

In 2015 he won the ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship, beating Yuan Sijun 6–4 in the final and as a result was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2015/2016 and 2016/2017 seasons.[2][4] His first appearance in a ranking event qualifier came at the 2016 World Championship, where he was edged out 10–9 by compatriot Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the opening round.[5] Songsermsawad qualified for the 2016 Indian Open by defeating Ben Woollaston 4–3 and then saw off Jamie Burnett 4–1, Mark Davis 4–2 and Gary Wilson 4–2 (opened the match with a 104 break) to reach the quarter-finals of the first ranking he had appeared at.[6] He took a 2–1 lead over Kyren Wilson, but would go on to lose 4–2.[7] He also lost in the quarter-finals of the non-ranking Six-red World Championship 7–4 to Stuart Bingham. At the Northern Ireland Open, Songsermsawad eliminated Cao Yupeng 4–1 and Mark Davis 4–3 and was knocked out in the third round 4–2 by Wilson. He qualified for the German Masters by seeing off Graeme Dott and Jack Lisowski, but was thrashed 5–0 by Zhao Xintong in the first round. He stood one win away from playing in the World Championship after defeating Mei Xiwen 10–5 and Joe Perry 10–9, but was heavily beaten 10–3 by David Grace.[8] Songsermsawad failed to break into the top 64 in the rankings during his two years on tour, but will stay on it by topping the one-year list.[9]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2008/
09		 2015/
16		 2016/
17		 2017/
18
Ranking[10][nb 1] UR[nb 2] UR[nb 3] 123 79
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters[nb 4] NH MR LQ A
China Championship Not Held NR A
Paul Hunter Classic PA MR A A
Indian Open Not Held QF
World Open A NH LQ
European Masters Not Held LQ LQ
English Open Not Held 2R
International Championship NH A 1R
Northern Ireland Open Not Held 3R
UK Championship A A 1R
Scottish Open Not Held 2R
German Masters NH A 1R
Shoot-Out NH VF 2R
World Grand Prix NH DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A 1R
Gibraltar Open NH MR A
Players Championship[nb 5] NH DNQ DNQ
China Open A A LQ
World Championship A LQ LQ
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World Championship[nb 6] RR RR QF
Former ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open NH A Not Held
Shanghai Masters A A LQ 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.
PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
VF / Variant Format Event means an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ He was an amateur.
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  4. ↑ The event was called the Riga Open (2015/2016)
  5. ↑ The event was called the Players Championship Grand Final (2015/2016)
  6. ↑ The event was called the Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and the Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Career-total Statistics for Akani Songsermsawad – Professional". CueTracker Snooker Results & Statistics Database. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 "Akani Songsermsawad". Pro Snooker Blog. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "2008 Sangsom 6-reds International Snooker". Global Snooker Centre. Archived from the original on 24 December 2008.
  4. ↑ 泰国小将宋沙瓦夺冠 连克赵心童袁思俊成中国苦主 (in Chinese). my147.com. 13 April 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Akani Songsermsawad 2015/2016". Snooker.org. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  6. ↑ "Lilley Continues Dream Run". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 July 2016.
  7. ↑ "Murphy/McGill/Wilson/Bond Into Semis". World Snooker. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  8. ↑ "Akani Songsermsawad 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  9. ↑ "Provisional Rankings". Snooker.org. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  10. ↑ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
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