Boonyarit Keattikun

Boonyarit Keattikun
Born (1995-10-05) 5 October 1995 (age 29)
Nakhon Nayok, Thailand
Sport country Thailand
Professional2016–2018
Highest ranking93 (June 2017)[1]

Boonyarit Keattikun (Thai: บุญญฤทธิ์ เกียรติกุล; born 5 October 1995 in Nakhon Nayok, Thailand) is a Thai former professional snooker player.

Career

In 2015 Keattikun entered the World Under-21 Snooker Championships in Bucharest as the number 1 seed. Keattikun went on to reach the final and defeated Jamie Clarke 8–7 to win the championship. As a result, he was given a two-year card on the professional World Snooker Tour for the 2016–17 and 2017–18 seasons.[2][3] He lost his first eight matches of the 2016/17 season, before beating Scott Donaldson 5–3 in German Masters qualifying. Keattikun lost 5–3 to Anthony Hamilton in the next round. His only other victory this year was at the Welsh Open, where he defeated 1997 world champion Ken Doherty 4–1, before losing by a reversal of this scoreline to Mark Allen.[4]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 2014/
15
2015/
16
2016/
17
2017/
18
Ranking [nb 1] [nb 1] [nb 2] 91
Ranking tournaments
Riga Masters Minor-Rank. A A
China Championship Not Held NR A
Paul Hunter Classic Minor-Rank. WD A
Indian Open A NH LQ 1R
World Open Not Held LQ LQ
European Masters Not Held LQ LQ
English Open Not Held 1R 1R
International Championship A A LQ LQ
Shanghai Masters A A LQ LQ
Northern Ireland Open Not Held 1R WD
UK Championship A A 1R 1R
Scottish Open Not Held 1R 1R
German Masters A A LQ LQ
Shoot-Out NR 1R A
World Grand Prix NR DNQ DNQ DNQ
Welsh Open A A 2R A
Gibraltar Open NH MR A A
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
China Open A A LQ A
World Championship A A LQ A
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship 2R QF 2R A
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. ^ a b He was an amateur.
  2. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2016 Singapore Snooker Open Thailand Noppon Saengkham 5–4

Amateur finals: 1 (1 title)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 2015 World Under-21 Snooker Championship Wales Jamie Clarke 8–7

References

  1. ^ "WORLD RANKINGS After 2017 Kaspersky Riga Masters". World Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ^ "Keattikun Takes Under-21 Title". World Snooker. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  3. ^ "WPBSA Invites For World Qualifiers". World Snooker. 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Boonyarit Keattikun 2016/2017". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 April 2017.