Tai Pichit

Chuchart Trairatanapradit , popularly known as Tai Pichit (; born 10 January 1963 ) is a Thai former professional snooker player.

Pichit participated at the World Snooker Championship three times, reaching the first round in 1995. Pichit's best overall ranking finish was at the 1994 Thailand Open, where he reached the last 16 stage.

Career At the 1991 Thailand Masters, Tai lost 4–5 in the first round to Allison Fisher. At the 1994 Thailand Open he beat Colin Morton 5–2 in the wildcard round and then and Stephen Hendry 5–2, before losing to Darren Morgan 4–5 in the second round.

He also participated in the 1996 UK Championship, defeating Jimmy White 9–7 in the first round, and advanced to the second round, where he was defeated by Joe Johnson 6–9. However, he ended the season at 150th, which meant that he did not qualify to continue on the professional circuit.

Performance and rankings timeline Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD 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.

Career finals Pro-am finals: 2 Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.Runner-up 1. 1991 Southeast Asian Games Praput Chaithanasakun 1–5 Runner-up 2. 1993 Southeast Asian Games (2) Praput Chaithanasakun 0–5

Amateur finals: 6 (2 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.Runner-up 1. 1989 Thailand Amateur Championship Udon Khaimuk 5–8 Winner 1. 1991 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship Yasin Merchant 8–3 Runner-up 2. 1992 ACBS Asian Snooker Championship Praput Chaithanasakun 7–8 Runner-up 4. 2010 World Amateur Championship – Masters Philip Williams 4–6