2023 Six-red World Championship

The 2023 Pathum Thani Six-red World Championship was a non-ranking six-red snooker tournament held from 6 to 11 March 2023 at the Thammasat University Convention Centre in Pathum Thani, Thailand. The event was originally scheduled for September 2022, but was postponed until March 2023.[1] A qualification round was played prior to the tournament with four players qualifying to the 32 player field.[2]

2023 Pathum Thani Six-red World Championship
Tournament information
Dates6–11 March 2023 (2023-03-06 – 2023-03-11)
VenueThammasat University Convention Centre
CityPathum Thani
CountryThailand
OrganisationWorld Snooker Tour
FormatSix-red snooker
Total prize fund11,000,000 baht
Winner's share4,200,000 baht
Highest break Matthew Selt (ENG) (80)
Final
Champion Ding Junhui (CHN)
Runner-up Thepchaiya Un-Nooh (THA)
Score8–6
2019

Stephen Maguire was the defending champion, having won the previous championship in September 2019, but he was eliminated in the group stage.[3] Ding Junhui won the event for the second time, beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 8–6 in the final.[4]

Prize fund

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A breakdown of the prize money awarded is shown below.[5]

  • Winner = £100,800
  • Runner-up = £31,200
  • Semi-final = £18,000
  • Quarter-final = £9,000
  • Last 16 = £3,600

Results

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Group stage

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Source:[6]

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Group E

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Group F

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Group G

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Group H

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Knockout stage

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Source:[7]

 
Last 16
Best of 11 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 11 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 13 frames
Final
Best of 15 frames
 
              
 
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda 6
 
 
 
  James Wattana 4
 
  Zhang Anda 2
 
 
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6
 
 
 
  Dechawat Poomjaeng 2
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 7
 
 
 
  Hossein Vafaei 6
 
  Hossein Vafaei 6
 
 
 
  Noppon Saengkham 3
 
  Hossein Vafaei 6
 
 
 
  Judd Trump 5
 
  Judd Trump 6
 
 
 
  Mark Williams 3
 
  Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 6
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui 8
 
  Chris Wakelin 3
 
 
 
  Tom Ford 6
 
  Tom Ford 6
 
 
 
  John Higgins 5
 
  Joe Perry 2
 
 
 
  John Higgins 6
 
  Tom Ford 4
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui 7
 
  Stuart Bingham 6
 
 
 
  Ricky Walden 0
 
  Stuart Bingham 2
 
 
 
  Ding Junhui 6
 
  Ronnie O'Sullivan 2
 
 
  Ding Junhui 6
 

Final

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Final: Best of 15 frames. Referee: Tawich Kongdee
Thammasat University Convention Centre, Pathum Thani, Thailand, 11 March 2023
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh
  Thailand
6–8 Ding Junhui
  China
Frame scores: 0–72 (72), 0–71 (71), 53–1 (52), 34–20, 2–35, 0–46,
1–40, 34–12, 40–12, 10–37, 29–34, 35–25, 41–17, 1–38
52 Highest Break 72
1 50+ Breaks 2

Qualifying

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Qualifying for the event took place from 7 to 9 January 2023 at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Four players qualified for the final stage in Thailand, one from each quarter of the draw.[8] Eight players received byes to Round 2.[citation needed] Ricky Walden later got an automatic place in the main event draw as a top 16 player pulled out.[9]

First quarter

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Round 1
Best of 11 frames
Round 2
Best of 11 frames
Round 3
Best of 11 frames
Round 4
Best of 11 frames
Round 5
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Ricky Waldenw/d
 
 
 
  Robbie Williams w/o
 
  Robbie Williams (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Rebecca Kenna (ENG)1
 
  Robbie Williams6
 
 
 
  Michael White5
 
  Mark Joyce (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Daan Leyssen (BEL)1
 
  Mark Joyce5
 
 
 
  Michael White6
 
  Sanderson Lam (ENG)5
 
 
 
  Michael White (WAL)6
 
  Robbie Williams6
 
 
 
  Xiao Guodong2
 
  Xiao Guodong (CHN)6
 
 
 
  David Lilley (ENG)5
 
  Xiao Guodong6
 
 
 
  Asjad Iqbal 2
 
  Rodion Judin (LAT)2
 
 
 
  Asjad Iqbal (PAK)6
 
  Xiao Guodong6
 
 
 
  Tian Pengfei1
 
  Liam Highfield (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Hammad Miah (ENG)5
 
  Liam Highfield2
 
 
 
  Tian Pengfei6
 
  Ng On-yee (HKG)4
 
 
 
  Tian Pengfei (CHN)6
 
  Robbie Williams3
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda6
 
  Umut Dikme (GER)w/o
 
 
 
  Zhang Jiankang (CHN)w/d
 
  Umut Dikme2
 
 
 
  Jamie Clarke6
 
  Jamie Clarke (WAL)6
 
 
 
  Allan Taylor (ENG)1
 
  Jamie Clarke3
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda6
 
  Mickey Joyce (ENG)0
 
 
 
  Lei Peifan (CHN)6
 
  Lei Peifan3
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda6
 
  Robert Milkins (ENG)2
 
 
 
  Zhang Anda (CHN)6
 
  Zhang Anda6
 
 
 
  Lukas Kleckers2
 
  Louis Heathcote (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
  Andy Hicks (ENG)w/d
 
  Louis Heathcote5
 
 
 
  Anthony Hamilton6
 
  Anthony Hamilton (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Duane Jones (WAL)2
 
  Anthony Hamilton5
 
 
 
  Lukas Kleckers6
 
  Lukas Kleckers (GER)6
 
 
 
  Jack Harris (ENG)5
 
  Lukas Kleckers6
 
 
  Joe Perry4
 
 
 
 

Second quarter

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Round 1
Best of 11 frames
Round 2
Best of 11 frames
Round 3
Best of 11 frames
Round 4
Best of 11 frames
Round 5
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Jordan Brown2
 
 
 
  Ben Mertens6
 
  Jenson Kendrick (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Ben Mertens (BEL)6
 
  Ben Mertens6
 
 
 
  Mark Davis0
 
  Mark Davis (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Alexander Ursenbacher (CHE)5
 
  Mark Davis6
 
 
 
  Ian Martin1
 
  Ian Martin (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
  Heather Clare (ENG)w/d
 
  Ben Mertens6
 
 
 
  Jamie Jones5
 
  Jamie Jones (WAL)6
 
 
 
  Gerard Greene (NIR)2
 
  Jamie Jones6
 
 
 
  Fergal Quinn1
 
  Fergal Quinn (NIR)6
 
 
 
  Dylan Smith (ENG)1
 
  Jamie Jones6
 
 
 
  Peng Yisong4
 
  Lyu Haotian (CHN)3
 
 
 
  Peng Yisong (CHN)6
 
  Peng Yisong6
 
 
 
  Barry Pinches5
 
  Barry Pinches (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Andrew Pagett (WAL)2
 
  Ben Mertens2
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin6
 
  Ashley Hugill (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Phil O'Kane (ENG)5
 
  Ashley Hugill5
 
 
 
  Chris Wakelin6
 
  Chris Wakelin (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
  Brian Ochoiski (FRA)w/d
 
  Chris Wakelin6
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson5
 
  Oliver Brown (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Xu Si (CHN)5
 
  Oliver Brown2
 
 
 
  Gary Wilson6
 
  Gary Wilson (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Anton Kazakov (UKR)1
 
  Chris Wakelin6
 
 
 
  Cao Yupeng5
 
  Jamie O'Neill (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Martyn Taylor (ENG)4
 
  Jamie O'Neill1
 
 
 
  Cao Yupeng6
 
  David Grace (ENG)3
 
 
 
  Cao Yupeng (CHN)6
 
  Cao Yupeng6
 
 
 
  Matthew Selt5
 
  Mark Lloyd (ENG)1
 
 
 
  Reanne Evans (ENG)6
 
  Reanne Evans5
 
 
  Matthew Selt6
 
 
 
 

Third quarter

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Round 1
Best of 11 frames
Round 2
Best of 11 frames
Round 3
Best of 11 frames
Round 4
Best of 11 frames
Round 5
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Ali Carter6
 
 
 
  Rod Lawler2
 
  Patrick Whelan (ENG)w/d
 
 
 
  Rod Lawler (ENG)w/o
 
  Ali Carter6
 
 
 
  Elliot Slessor2
 
  Matthew Stevens (WAL)4
 
 
 
  Elliot Slessor (ENG)6
 
  Elliot Slessor6
 
 
 
  John Fearick1
 
  Peter Devlin (ENG)w/d
 
 
 
  John Fearick (ENG)w/o
 
  Ali Carter6
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston3
 
  Graeme Dott (SCO)w/o
 
 
 
  Alfie Burden (ENG)w/d
 
  Graeme Dott6
 
 
 
  Ben Fortey2
 
  Ben Fortey (WAL)6
 
 
 
  Yuan Sijun (CHN)1
 
  Graeme Dott4
 
 
 
  Ben Woollaston6
 
  Ben Woollaston (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Dylan Emery (WAL)4
 
  Ben Woollaston6
 
 
 
  Ian Burns4
 
  Ian Burns (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Adam Duffy (ENG)2
 
  Ali Carter6
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong1
 
  Jackson Page (WAL)6
 
 
 
  Alfie Lee (ENG)3
 
  Jackson Page6
 
 
 
  Scott Donaldson4
 
  Scott Donaldson (SCO)6
 
 
 
  Andy Milliard (ENG)1
 
  Jackson Page2
 
 
 
  Tom Ford6
 
  Leo Fernandez (IRL)2
 
 
 
  Peter Lines (ENG)6
 
  Peter Lines4
 
 
 
  Tom Ford6
 
  Tom Ford (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Jack Bradford (WAL)3
 
  Tom Ford1
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong6
 
  Sean McAllister (ENG)3
 
 
 
  John Astley (ENG)6
 
  John Astley4
 
 
 
  Pang Junxu6
 
  Pang Junxu (CHN)w/o
 
 
 
  Lewis Ullah (ENG)w/d
 
  Pang Junxu5
 
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong6
 
  Si Jiahui (CHN)6
 
 
 
  James Cahill (ENG)3
 
  Si Jiahui4
 
 
  Zhou Yuelong6
 
 
 
 

Fourth quarter

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Round 1
Best of 11 frames
Round 2
Best of 11 frames
Round 3
Best of 11 frames
Round 4
Best of 11 frames
Round 5
Best of 11 frames
 
                  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Jimmy Robertson6
 
 
 
  Sean O'Sullivan2
 
  Michael Judge (IRL)1
 
 
 
  Sean O'Sullivan (ENG)6
 
  Jimmy Robertson6
 
 
 
  Mark King4
 
  Mark King (ENG)w/o
 
 
 
  Stuart Carrington (ENG)w/d
 
  Mark King6
 
 
 
  Mitchell Mann4
 
  Mitchell Mann (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Himanshu Dinesh Jain (IND)0
 
  Jimmy Robertson6
 
 
 
  Fraser Patrick2
 
  Ryan Day (WAL)2
 
 
 
  Fraser Patrick (SCO)6
 
  Fraser Patrick6
 
 
 
  Dean Young 3
 
  Chen Zifan (CHN)w/d
 
 
 
  Dean Young (SCO)w/o
 
  Fraser Patrick6
 
 
 
  Joe O'Connor4
 
  Joe O'Connor (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Marco Fu (HKG)5
 
  Joe O'Connor6
 
 
 
  Craig Steadman4
 
  Zak Surety (ENG)4
 
 
 
  Craig Steadman (ENG)6
 
  Jimmy Robertson6
 
 
 
  Aaron Hill3
 
  Ryan Thomerson (AUS)6
 
 
 
  Rodney Goggins (IRL)4
 
  Ryan Thomerson0
 
 
 
  Jak Jones6
 
  Jak Jones (WAL)w/o
 
 
 
  Stephen Hendry (SCO)w/d
 
  Jak Jones5
 
 
 
  Fan Zhengyi6
 
  Jamie Wilson (ENG)5
 
 
 
  Wu Yize (CHN)6
 
  Wu Yize4
 
 
 
  Fan Zhengyi6
 
  Fan Zhengyi (CHN)6
 
 
 
  Saqib Nasir (ENG)2
 
  Fan Zhengyi4
 
 
 
  Aaron Hill6
 
  Andy Lee (HKG)6
 
 
 
  Victor Sarkis (BRA)3
 
  Andy Lee6
 
 
 
  Oliver Lines4
 
  Oliver Lines (ENG)6
 
 
 
  Muhammad Asif (PAK)4
 
  Andy Lee4
 
 
 
  Aaron Hill6
 
  Mohamed Ibrahim (EGY)1
 
 
 
  Aaron Hill (IRL)6
 
  Aaron Hillw/o
 
 
  David Gilbertw/d
 
 
 
 

Maximum breaks

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(Note: A maximum break in six-red is 75)

Main stage

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Qualifying stage

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References

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