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Noppon Saengkham vs Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon

Northern Ireland Open 2026 · Last 64 · Best of 7 · Tue 20 Oct, 15:00 UK time (estimated) · Waterfront Hall, Belfast

59%
Form Rating 1565 · #11
Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon
41%
Form Rating 1503 · partial record

Noppon Saengkham is the Form Rating favourite at 59%, against 41% for Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon. They haven't met in the matches we hold, which start in June 2025. Noppon Saengkham is 8–6 this season with 8 centuries.

We hold only part of Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon's record (matches against the players we track), so this number is less certain. Across all matches in our back-test the favourite won 60.8%.

Recent form

Last five results

Noppon Saengkham

  • L 3–6 v Sam Craigie 2026 International Championship, Last 128
  • L 3–4 v John Higgins 2026 British Open, Last 64
  • L 6–10 v Mark Selby 2026 China Open, Final
  • W 6–5 v Zhou Yuelong 2026 China Open, Semi-final
  • W 6–4 v Shaun Murphy 2026 China Open, Quarter-final

Thanawat Tirapongpaiboon

Only matches against the players we track.

Related reading

How the prediction works

The percentages come from the Century Radar Form Rating, a margin-of-victory Elo over the last 12 months. We back-tested it on 408 matches of best-of-7 or longer played between 30 May 2026 and 4 October 2026, using only the ratings each player had before the match. The favourite won 60.8% of them, and 71.1% of the 90 where we held both players' full records. Best-of-7 matches are short, so upsets are common.

Draw and times: Wikipedia: 2026 Northern Ireland Open (draw, format, prize money) · snooker.org order of play (times). Checked 10 October 2026.