Issara Kachaiwong

Issara Kachaiwong

Born	(1983-10-04) October 4, 1983 Chanthaburi, Thailand
Sport country	Thailand
Professional	2006–2008, 2010/2011
Highest ranking	86 (April–May 2011)
Best ranking finish	Round-robin stage (2006 Grand Prix)
Medal record Men's Snooker Representing Thailand Southeast Asian Games 2005 Makati Individual

Issara Kachaiwong (born October 4, 1983 in Chanthaburi, Thailand), is a former Thai professional snooker player.

Career

Kachaiwong first came to public attention in 2002 when he became the Thai national under-20 champion. He continued to impress on the amateur scene winning the first edition of the General Cup International, defeating players like Mark Allen and Dominic Dale and also capturing a gold medal at the 2004 Thai Games, before he finally qualified for the main tour by winning the 2006 Asian championships, defeating Mohammed Shehab 6–3 in the final.

His best performance in the debut season came at the 2006 Grand Prix in October in Aberdeen. During that tournament he impressed, winning 4 of his five matches during the group stages. His only loss came against John Higgins. However he failed to make the top two as both Higgins and Alan McManus, who Kachaiwong had beaten, had better frame differences. He was the only player who won four times in the group stages who did not make it through to the knockout stages. The rest of Kachaiwong's results was not good enough to keep him on tour, but he was handed a wild card for another season. Despite a last 64 run at the season-ending World Championship, he was again relegated.

At the 2010 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship Kachaiwong beat Mohammad Sajjad from Pakistan 7–3 in the final to become the champion and regained his tour card for the 2010–11 season. Once again he struggled for results, his best performance coming at the China Open where he reached the final qualifying round. He finished the season 87th in the world rankings and failed to retain his place on the tour.

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2004/ 05	2005/ 06	2006/ 07	2007/ 08	2010/ 11	2012/ 13	2013/ 14
Ranking				89
Ranking tournaments
World Open	A	1R	RR	LQ	LQ	A	A
Shanghai Masters	A	Not Held		LQ	LQ	A	A
German Masters	A	Not Held			LQ	A	A
UK Championship	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A
Welsh Open	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A
China Open	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A
World Championship	A	A	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	A
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters	A	A	LQ	LQ	A	A	A
Former ranking tournaments
European Masters	A	A	LQ	Not Held			A
Northern Ireland Trophy	A	A	LQ	LQ	Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
General Cup	W	Not Held					A
Variant format tournaments
Six-red World Championship	Not Held				A	QF	2R

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.
RV / Ranking & Variant Format Event				means an event is/was a ranking & variant format event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event				means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Event				means an event is/was a pro-am event.
VF / Variant Format Event				means an event is/was a variant format event.

Career finals

Non-ranking finals: 1 (1 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2004	General Cup	Dominic Dale	6–3

Pro-am finals: 1 (1 titles)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2005	Southeast Asian Games	Nitiwat Kanjanasari

Amateur finals: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	2005	Thailand Amateur Championship	Kobkit Palajin	5–3
Winner	2.	2006	ACBS Asian Championship	Mohammed Shehab	6–3
Runner-up	1.	2008	Thailand Amateur Championship	James Wattana	1–5
Winner	3.	2010	ACBS Asian Championship (2)	Muhammad Sajjad	7–3