Phaitoon Phonbun (; born 5 October 1975) is a Thai former professional

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player.

Career

Phaitoon Phonbun was born on 5 October 1975. He received a wildcard entry to the 1995 Thailand Open, where he recorded a 5–2 defeat of Anthony Davies. He exited the tournament in the next round, 1–5 to

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. Turning professional in 1998, Phonbun reached the last 48 at that season's China International, recording victories over Joe Delaney, Jason Prince and Darryn Walker before losing 2–5 to Chris Small, and the last 64 at the Welsh Open, where Alain Robidoux defeated him 5–4. The following season heralded two more last-64 finishes, the most notable being at the 1999 UK Championship, where Phonbun faced

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and lost 6–9. In his match against

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at the 2000 Scottish Open, Phonbun beat Maguire 5–4 despite the latter having compiled a

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147 break. Ranked 70th, a career best, for the 2000/2001 season, Phonbun next reached the last-32 stage of a ranking event at the 2001 LG Cup. There, his opponents included Kurt Maflin, Nick Dyson, Terry Murphy and Michael Judge, but Graeme Dott eliminated him 5–1. Having fallen to 103rd in the rankings after the following season, he lost his professional status at its conclusion. Phonbun participated in the 2015 Six-red World Championship in Thailand, qualifying from his group with wins over Ben Judge and Ehsan Heydarinezhad but being eliminated in the last 32 by

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, who beat him 6–4. He was also invited to play in the 2016 edition of the tournament, but despite victories over Ryan Thomerson and Dominic Dale, defeats to

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, Pankaj Advani and

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saw him exit at the group stage.

Career finals

Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title)

Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Phonbun, Phaitoon Phaitoon Phonbun 1975 births Living people Asian Games medalists in cue sports Cue sports players at the 1998 Asian Games Cue sports players at the 2006 Asian Games Phaitoon Phonbun Phaitoon Phonbun Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games Phaitoon Phonbun Phaitoon Phonbun SEA Games medalists in cue sports Competitors at the 2007 SEA Games Competitors at the 2017 SEA Games