Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
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Title
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Nationality
Thai -
Turned Pro
2010 -
Highest Tournament Break
147 -
Location
Thailand -
D.O.B
14 December 1993 -
Money List Earnings
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Nickname
Thai-Namite
Best ranking event performance: Last 32
Career highlights:
2010: Turns pro for the first time. Writes his name into snooker’s record books by becoming the youngest player ever to make an official maximum break, at the age of 16 years and 312 days. His 147 comes during a Euro Players Tour Championship match in Germany against Barry Hawkins.
2011: Wins the World Under-21 Championship, beating Noppon Saengkham 9-3 in the final in Canada. Reaches the last 32 of the German Masters.
2013: Makes the last 32 of the Indian Open and the quarter-finals of a European Tour event in Germany.
2022: Comes through Asia-Oceania Q School, beating Dechawat Poomjaeng 4-2 in the final round in Bangkok.