Ratchayothin Yotharuck ( th, รัชโยธิน โยธารักษ์, born 13 December 1995 in
Nakhon Nayok
Nakhon Nayok City is a capital of Nakhon Nayok province in the central region of Thailand.
The city (''thesaban mueang'') covers ''tambon
''Tambon'' ( th, ตำบล, ) is a local governmental unit in Thailand. Below district ('' amphoe'' ...
,
Thailand
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) is a Thai former professional
snooker player. Yotharuck has been playing snooker since he was 10 years old and represented Thailand in several international events together with Boonrayit Kiatkul and
Noppon Saengkham
Noppon Saengkham (; born 15 July 1992) is a Thai professional snooker player.
Career
Early years
In April 2009, Saengkham lost in the final of the ACBS Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship 1–5 to Zhang Anda. He went one better at the 2009 IBS ...
. In 2013 he received a two-year wildcard for the
Main Tour as an
Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports nomination, after Asian champion
Saleh Mohammad declined his place.
Career
Having missed the first few events of the
2013–14 season, Yotharuck made his debut at the
Rotterdam Open
The Rotterdam Open, also known by its sponsored name ABN AMRO Open, and formely known as: ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (1991-2021), is a professional men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is part of the ATP Tour 500 series ...
, where he lost 4–1 to
Mitchell Travis in pre-qualifying. Yotharuck would lose all three of his first round matches in the ranking events, with the exception coming at the
Indian Open. There he caused an upset by defeating former world champion
Graeme Dott
Graeme Dott (born 12 May 1977) is a Scottish professional snooker player and snooker coach from Larkhall. He turned professional in 1994 and first entered the top 16 in 2001. He has won two ranking titles, the 2006 World Snooker Championship a ...
4–2 in qualifying and went on to beat his famous compatriot
James Wattana
James Wattana (; born January 17, 1970, as วัฒนา ภู่โอบอ้อม ''Wattana Pu-Ob-Orm'', then renamed รัชพล ภู่โอบอ้อม ''Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm'' in 2003) is a Thai former professional snooker pl ...
4–3 at the venue, before being whitewashed in the last 32 match by
Mike Dunn. He finished his debut season ranked world number 111.
Yotharuck lost nine of his ten matches during the
2014–15 season and has not played in an event since December 2014. He lost his place on the tour at the end of the season as he was the world number 110.
Performance and rankings timeline
Career finals
Amateur finals: 1
References
External links
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1995 births
Living people
Ratchayothin Yotharuck
Ratchayothin Yotharuck
Southeast Asian Games medalists in cue sports
Competitors at the 2015 Southeast Asian Games
Ratchayothin Yotharuck
Ratchayothin Yotharuck