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Line 1: {{short description\|Thai former professional snooker player}} {{Infobox snooker player \| name = James Wattana Line 7: \| birth_place = [[Bangkok]], Thailand \| Sport country = {{THA}} \| Nickname = {{unbulleted list\|Thai-Phoon<ref>{{cite web\|title=James Wattana\|url=http://www.snooker.org/plr/bio/jwattana.shtml\|website=snooker.org\|access-date=7 August 2015}}</ref>\|Thai Tornado\|Tong Sit Choi (in Thailand)}} \| Professional = 1989–2008, 2009–2020 \| High ranking = 3 ([[snooker world rankings 1994/1995\|1994/95]]) Line 13 ⟶ 12: \| World champ = \| Ranking wins = 3 ~~\| Other wins = 7~~ \| medals = {{MedalSport \| Men's [[Snooker]]}} Line 22 ⟶ 20: {{MedalSilver \| [[Cue sports at the 2007 Asian Indoor Games\|2007 Macau]] \| Individual }} {{MedalCompetition \| [[Southeast Asian Games]]}} {{MedalGold \| [[Billiards and snooker at the 2021 Southeast Asian Games\|~~2022~~2021 Hanoi]] \| Individual }} {{MedalGold \| [[Billiards and snooker at the 2023 Southeast Asian Games\|2023 Phnom Penh]] \| Snooker 6-Red Doubles }} }} Line 30 ⟶ 29: Having received two year invitational tour cards in 2014, 2016 and 2018, Wattana fell off the main tour at the end of the [[2019-20 snooker season\|2019/2020 season]]. Back in Thailand, Wattana is known as "'''Tong Sit Choi'''" (Thai: ''ต๋อง ศิษย์ฉ่อย,'' roughly "Tong, Disciple of Choi") a nickname which he got by winning a local youth tournament at the age of 14. "Choi" is from "Choi Susas" (Thai: ''ฉ่อย ซู่ซ่าส์''), the nickname of Wattana's father and mentor Kowin Pu-Ob-Orm. ==Career== Wattana won his first major tournament, the [[1986 Thailand Masters\|Thailand Masters]], in 1986, aged only 16. HeAs ~~turned~~an ~~professional in 1989~~amateur, ~~after~~he ~~winning~~won the ~~1988~~[[ACBS ~~World~~Asian ~~Amateur~~Snooker Championship.\|Asian HeSnooker ~~won~~Championship]] twice and the £6,000 first prize for winning the ~~1989~~1988 Kent Challenge in Hong Kong. He turned professional in 1989, after winning the 1988 [[IBSF World Snooker Championship\|World Amateur Championship]]. His career peaked in the mid-1990s, when he twice won the [[Thailand Open (snooker)\|Thailand Open]] and rose to number three in the [[snooker world rankings\|world rankings]]. Prior to Wattana becoming a professional, snooker had been dominated by [[United Kingdom\|British]] (and to a lesser extent [[Ireland\|Irish]], [[Canadians\|Canadian]] and [[Australia]]n) players. He was the eighth professional player to earn more than [[pound sterling\|£]]1 million in prize money, and with three ~~maximums~~[[maximum break]]s he is one of only eighteen players to have scored more than two ~~[[maximum break]]s~~maximums in competition. He scored his first one in 1991 at the [[World Masters]] and the second at the [[1992 British Open\|British Open]],<ref>{{cite web\|last=Turner\|first=Chris\|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210111304/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Max.html\|archive-date=10 February 2013\|title=Maximum Breaks\|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive\|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk\|access-date=2 April 2010}}</ref> which was then, at seven minutes and nine seconds, the fastest ever made.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hodgson\|first=Guy\|title=O'Sullivan aims to realise maximum potential\|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4862133.html\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125033030/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4862133.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=25 January 2013\|publisher=[[The Independent]] on [[HighBeam Research]]\|access-date=27 May 2012}} {{Subscription required}}</ref> With the help of his PR team fronted by Yorkshire business tycoon Ed Clark, Wattana's success caught the imagination of the Thai public, and he became the most admired sportsman in his home country.<ref name=Hodgson>{{cite news\|last1=Hodgson\|first1=Guy\|title=Snooker: A storm coming in from the East:... James Wattana might just become one.\| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker-a-storm-coming-in-from-the-east-thailand-doesnt-boast-many-worldbeating-sportsmen-but-over-the-next-fortnight-james-wattana-might-just-become-one-guy-hodgson-reports-1455940.html\|access-date=1 Mar 2015\|work=The Independent\|date=1993-04-18}}</ref> He helped raise the profile of the game in the [[Far East]], and has been followed into the game by many players from Thailand, [[Hong Kong]], and [[People's Republic of China\|China]], the most successful being [[Marco Fu]] and [[Ding Junhui]]. He is a Commander Third Class of [[the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand]], only the second sportsman to receive the country's most prestigious civilian honour. Line 48 ⟶ 49: ==Performance and rankings timeline== <div style="width:auto; overflow:scroll"> {\| class="wikitable" style="~~margin:0 1em 0 0; border:1px #aaa solid; border-collapse:collapse;~~ font-size:85%" ! Tournament ~~\|- style="background:#efefef;"~~ ~~! '''Tournament'''~~ ! [[1985–86 snooker season\|1985/<br />86]] ! [[1986–87 snooker season\|1986/<br />87]] Line 84: ! [[2018–19 snooker season\|2018/<br />19]] ! [[2019-20 snooker season\|2019/<br />20]] ! [[2019-20 snooker season\|2022/<br />23]] \|- \| style="background:#EFEFEF;" \| [[Snooker world rankings\|Ranking]]<ref name="Ranking history">{{cite web\|title=Ranking History\|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp\|publisher=Snooker.org\|access-date=6 February 2011}}</ref><ref group="nb">From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.</ref> Line 119 ⟶ 120: \| style="text-align:center;"\|<ref group="nb" name="INT"/> \| style="text-align:center;"\|[[Snooker world rankings 2019/2020\|82]] \| style="text-align:center;"\|<ref group="nb" name="AMA"></ref> \|- \| colspan="40" \| '''Ranking tournaments''' Line 449 ⟶ 451: \|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A \|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A \|- \|style="background:#EFEFEF;" \| {{nowrap\|[[Six-red World Championship]]<ref group="nb">The event run under different names as Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)</ref>}} \|colspan="22" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\|Tournament Not Held \|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"\|[[2008 Six-red Snooker International\|SF]] \|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"\|[[2009 Six-red World Grand Prix\|QF]] \|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2010 Six-red World Championship\|3R]] \|align="center" style="color:#555555;"\|NH \|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2012 Six-red World Championship\|2R]] \|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2013 Six-red World Championship\|2R]] \|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2014 Six-red World Championship\|2R]] \|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2015 Six-red World Championship\|2R]] \|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2016 Six-red World Championship\|2R]] \|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2017 Six-red World Championship\|RR]] \|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"\|[[2018 Six-red World Championship\|QF]] \|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2019 Six-red World Championship\|RR]] \|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2023 Six-red World Championship\|2R]] \|- \|colspan="40" \| '''Former ranking tournaments''' Line 658 ⟶ 676: \|- \|style="background:#EFEFEF;" \| [[1991 European Masters League\|European Masters League]] \|colspan="34" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| Tournament Not Held \|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"\|[[1991 European Masters League\|F]] \|colspan="50" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| Tournament Not Held Line 673 ⟶ 691: \|colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| Tournament Not Held \|- \|style="background:#EFEFEF;" \| [[Hong Kong Masters\|]]<ref group="nb">The event was also called the Hong Kong Challenge]] (1990/1991–1991/1992)</ref> \|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A \|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A Line 679 ⟶ 697: \|style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"\|[[1990 Hong Kong Challenge\|'''W''']] \|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"\|[[1991 Hong Kong Challenge\|F]] \|colspan="3026" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| Tournament Not Held] \|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A \| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="2"\|Not Held \|- \|style="background:#EFEFEF;" \| [[1991 Indian Challenge\|Indian Challenge]] Line 706 ⟶ 726: \|- \|style="background:#EFEFEF;" \| [[Kent Classic]] ~~\| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A~~ \| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| NH \| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A \| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A \| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A Line 723 ⟶ 743: \| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="30"\|Tournament Not Held \|- \|style="background:#EFEFEF;" \| [[~~1993 Nescafe Extra Challenge\|~~Nescafe Extra Challenge]] \| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="53"\|~~Tournament~~ Not Held \|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"\|[[1991 Nescafe Extra Challenge\|F]] \| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| NH \|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"\|[[1993 Nescafe Extra Challenge\|F]] \| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="30"\|Tournament Not Held Line 745 ⟶ 767: \|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"\|F \|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| NH \|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"\|[[1992 King's Cup\|F]] \|style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"\|[[1993 King's Cup\|'''W''']] \|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"\|[[1994 King's Cup\|SF]] Line 884 ⟶ 906: \|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| A \|colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\| Ranking Event \|- \|style="background:#EFEFEF;" \| {{nowrap\|[[Six-red World Championship]]<ref group="nb">The event run under different names as Six-red Snooker International (2008/2009) and Six-red World Grand Prix (2009/2010)</ref>}} ~~\|colspan="22" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"\|Tournament Not Held~~ ~~\|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"\|[[2008 Six-red Snooker International\|SF]]~~ ~~\|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"\|[[2009 Six-red World Grand Prix\|QF]]~~ ~~\|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2010 Six-red World Championship\|3R]]~~ ~~\|align="center" style="color:#555555;"\|NH~~ ~~\|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2012 Six-red World Championship\|2R]]~~ ~~\|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2013 Six-red World Championship\|2R]]~~ ~~\|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2014 Six-red World Championship\|2R]]~~ ~~\|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2015 Six-red World Championship\|2R]]~~ ~~\|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2016 Six-red World Championship\|2R]]~~ ~~\|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2017 Six-red World Championship\|RR]]~~ ~~\|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"\|[[2018 Six-red World Championship\|QF]]~~ ~~\|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"\|[[2019 Six-red World Championship\|RR]]~~ \|} {\| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;" ~~\|- bgcolor="#efefef"~~ ! colspan="6"\|Performance Table Legend \|- Line 951 ⟶ 957: ===Ranking finals: 8 (3 titles)=== {\| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" style="width:80px;"\|Outcome \|- ! scope="col" style="width:~~80px~~20px;"\|~~'''Outcome'''~~No. ! scope="col" style="width:~~20px~~50px;"\|~~'''No.'''~~Year ! scope="col" style="width:~~50px~~250px;"\|~~'''Year'''~~Championship ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"\|~~'''Championship'''~~Opponent in the final ! scope="col" style="width:~~200px~~50px;"\|~~'''Opponent in the final'''~~Score ~~! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:50px;"\|'''Score'''~~ \|- \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up Line 1,016 ⟶ 1,021: \|} ===Non-ranking finals: 1618 (78 titles)=== {\| class="wikitable" ! Legend ~~\|- style="background:#eee;"~~ ~~\|'''Legend'''~~ \|- style="background:#ffc;" \| The Masters (0–1) \|- \| Other (~~7–8~~8–9) \|} {\| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" style="width:80px;"\|Outcome \|- ! scope="col" style="width:~~80px~~20px;"\|~~'''Outcome'''~~No. ! scope="col" style="width:~~20px~~50px;"\|~~'''No.'''~~Year ! scope="col" style="width:~~50px~~250px;"\|~~'''Year'''~~Championship ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"\|~~'''Championship'''~~Opponent in the final ! scope="col" style="width:~~200px~~100px;"\|~~'''Opponent in the final'''~~Score ~~! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:50px;"\|'''Score'''~~ \|- \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner Line 1,043 ⟶ 1,046: \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner \| 2. \| ~~1989~~1988 \| Kent Challenge \| {{flagicon\|Hong Kong\|1959}} {{sortname\|Franky\|Chan}} \|,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Players/Wattana.html \|title=Wattana \|website=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk \|access-date=11 January 2022 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920200122/http://cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Players/Wattana.html \|archive-date=20 September 2013 \|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://rkgsnooker.com/player/player-profile/james-wattana/token-138\|title = James Wattana \| RKG - Snooker}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=https://wpbsa.com/player/james-wattana/ \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803211459/https://wpbsa.com/player/james-wattana/ \|archive-date=2020-08-03 \|title=James Wattana - WPBSA}}</ref> \| 3–1<ref>{{cite news \|title=Wattana fends off Chan bid \|work=South China Morning Post \|date=23 July 1988 \|page=20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19880724-1.1.27\|title=Wattana snooks them yet again\|page=27\|newspaper=The Straits Times\|date=24 July 1988\|accessdate=12 October 2022}}</ref> \|# \|- \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner \| 3. \| [[1990 ~~Hong~~World ~~Kong~~Series Challenge\|1990]] \| ~~[[Hong~~World ~~Kong Masters\|Hong Kong~~Series Challenge]] \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} {{sortname\|Jimmy\|White}} \| 9–3 Line 1,071 ⟶ 1,074: \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up \| 3. \| [[1991 Nescafe Extra Challenge\|1991]] \| [[Nescafe Extra Challenge]] \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} {{sortname\|Joe\|Johnson\|Joe Johnson (snooker player)}} \| Round–Robin \|- \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up \| 4. \| [[1991 European Masters League\|1991]] \| [[1991 European Masters League\|European Masters League]] Line 1,077 ⟶ 1,087: \|- \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up \| 45. \| [[1991 Hong Kong Challenge\|1991]] \| [[Hong Kong Masters\|Hong Kong Challenge]] Line 1,084 ⟶ 1,094: \|- \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up \| 56. \| [[1992 Pot Black\|1992]] \| [[Pot Black]] \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} [[Neal Foulds]] \| 176–252 points ~~\| 0–1~~ \|- \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner Line 1,099 ⟶ 1,109: \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner \| 5. \| 1992 \| Super League \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} [[Jimmy White]] \| Round–Robin \|- \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner \| 6. \| [[1992 World Matchplay (snooker)\|1992]] \| [[World Matchplay (snooker)\|World Matchplay]] Line 1,105 ⟶ 1,122: \|- \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up \| 67. \| [[1992 King's Cup\|1992]] \| [[King's Cup (snooker)\|King's Cup]] <small>(2)</small> \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} {{sortname\|Nigel\|Bond}} Line 1,112 ⟶ 1,129: \|- \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up \| 78. \| [[1993 Nescafe Extra Challenge\|1993]] \| [[~~1993 Extra Challenge\|~~Nescafe Extra Challenge]] <small>(2)</small> \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} {{sortname\|Ronnie\|O'Sullivan}} \| Round–Robin Line 1,120 ⟶ 1,137: \|-style="background:#ffc;" \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up \| 89. \| [[1993 Masters (snooker)\|1993]] \| [[Masters (snooker)\|The Masters]] Line 1,127 ⟶ 1,144: \|- \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner \| 67. \| [[1993 King's Cup\|1993]] \| [[King's Cup (snooker)\|King's Cup]] Line 1,134 ⟶ 1,151: \|- \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner \| 78. \| [[2003 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 1\|2003 ~~(1)~~]] \| ~~{{nowrap\|~~[[Euro-Asia Masters Challenge\|Euro-Asia Masters Challenge – Event 1]]}} \| {{flagicon\|IRL}} {{sortname\|Ken\|Doherty}} \| 6–4 \|- \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up \| 910. \| [[2007 Euro-Asia Masters Challenge\|2007]] \| [[Euro-Asia Masters Challenge]] Line 1,150 ⟶ 1,167: ===Pro-am finals: 3 (2 titles)=== {\| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" style="width:80px;"\|Outcome \|- ! scope="col" style="width:~~80px~~20px;"\|~~'''Outcome'''~~No. ! scope="col" style="width:~~20px~~50px;"\|~~'''No.'''~~Year ! scope="col" style="width:~~50px~~250px;"\|~~'''Year'''~~Championship ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"\|~~'''Championship'''~~Opponent in the final ! scope="col" style="width:~~200px~~50px;"\|~~'''Opponent in the final'''~~Score ~~! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:50px;"\|'''Score'''~~ \|- \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner Line 1,180 ⟶ 1,196: \|} ===Amateur finals: 57 (45 titles)=== {\| class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" style="width:80px;"\|Outcome ! scope="col" style="width:20px;"\|No. ! scope="col" style="width:50px;"\|Year ! scope="col" style="width:250px;"\|Championship ! scope="col" style="width:200px;"\|Opponent in the final ! scope="col" style="width:50px;"\|Score \|- \| style="background:#ffa07a;"\|Runner-up \| 1. \| 1986 \| British Under-19 Championship \| {{flagicon\|ENG}} {{sortname\|Barry\|Pinches}} \| 0–3<ref>{{cite news \|newspaper=Leicester Mercury\|location=Leicester \|title=Sport in Brief \|date=15 May 1986 \|page=46}}</ref> \|- ~~! scope="col" style="width:80px;"\|'''Outcome'''~~ ~~! scope="col" style="width:20px;"\|'''No.'''~~ ~~! scope="col" style="width:50px;"\|'''Year'''~~ ~~! scope="col" style="width:200px;"\|'''Championship'''~~ ~~! scope="col" style="width:200px;"\|'''Opponent in the final'''~~ ~~! scope="col" style="text-align:center; width:50px;"\|'''Score'''~~ \|- \| style="background:#98FB98"\|Winner \| 1. Line 1,241 ⟶ 1,263: ==External links== {{Commons category\|James Wattana}} {{portal\|Cue sports}} [http://www.worldsnooker.com/players/james-wattana/ James Wattana] at ''worldsnooker.com'' {{WST player\|archive=20230922162004}} * * {{snooker.org player}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080423222933/http://www.billiardindex.com/JamesWattana.html Player Profile on billiardindex.com] {{DEFAULTSORT:Wattana, James}} Line 1,256 ⟶ 1,278: [[Category:Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Bangkok\|James Wattana]] [[Category:SEA Games gold medalists for Thailand\|James Wattana]] [[Category:SEA Games medalists in cue sports]] [[Category:Competitors at the 2021 SEA Games]]