Ratchayothin Yotharuck

Ratchayothin Yotharuck
German Masters 2014
Born (1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 29)
Nakhon Nayok, Thailand
Sport country Thailand
Professional2013–2015
Highest ranking86 (September–October 2014)[1]
Best ranking finishLast 32 (x1)
Medal record
Men's snooker
Representing  Thailand
Southeast Asian Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Singapore Doubles

Ratchayothin Yotharuck (Thai: รัชโยธิน โยธารักษ์, born 13 December 1995 in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand) 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.[2] 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, 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 4–2 in qualifying and went on to beat his famous compatriot James Wattana 4–3 at the venue, before being whitewashed in the last 32 match by Mike Dunn.[3] He finished his debut season ranked world number 111.[4]

Yotharuck lost nine of his ten matches during the 2014–15 season and has not played in an event since December 2014.[5] He lost his place on the tour at the end of the season as he was the world number 110.[6]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2013/
14 		2014/
15
Ranking[7][nb 1] [nb 2] 111
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi Classic A WD
Australian Goldfields Open A WD
Shanghai Masters LQ LQ
International Championship LQ LQ
UK Championship 1R 1R
German Masters 1R LQ
Welsh Open 1R A
Indian Open 2R A
Players Championship Grand Final DNQ DNQ
China Open LQ A
World Championship LQ A
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship 2R RR
Former ranking tournaments
World Open 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.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ New players don't have a ranking.

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2016 Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship China Wang Yuchen 5–6[8]

References

  1. ^ "World Rankings after the Shanghai Masters 2014" (PDF). World Snooker. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Ratchayothin Yotharuck - Snooker Thailand". snookerthailand.net. Archived from the original on 2013-10-17.
  3. ^ "Ratchayothin Yotharuck 2013/2014". Snooker.org. Retrieved 11 April 2014.
  4. ^ "World Snooker Rankings After the 2014 World Championship" (PDF). World Snooker. Retrieved 7 May 2014.
  5. ^ "Ratchayothin Yotharuck 2014/2015". Snooker.org. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  6. ^ "World Rankings After 2015 World Championship". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 7 May 2015. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.
  8. ^ "Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship 2016".
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