Ratchayothin Yotharuck

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.

Ratchayothin Yotharuck
German Masters 2014
Born (1995-12-13) 13 December 1995 (age 28)
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

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

Tournament2013/
14
2014/
15
Ranking[7][nb 1][nb 2]111
Ranking tournaments
Wuxi ClassicAWD
Australian Goldfields OpenAWD
Shanghai MastersLQLQ
International ChampionshipLQLQ
UK Championship1R1R
German Masters1RLQ
Welsh Open1RA
Indian Open2RA
Players Championship Grand FinalDNQDNQ
China OpenLQA
World ChampionshipLQA
Non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship2RRR
Former ranking tournaments
World OpenLQNH
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)
QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

Career finals

Amateur finals: 1

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScore
Winner1.2016Asian Under-21 Snooker Championship Wang Yuchen5–6[8]

References