Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Thirapongpaiboon ya zo ta hanyar wasanni uku masu cancanta, kafin ya rasa a zagaye na karshe a duka Australian Goldfields Open da Shanghai Masters, ya rasa Liang Wenbo kuma a cikin wani bangare na karshe ya yanke shawara ga Jamie Cope. Ya yi kyakkyawan kakar wasa a gasar zakarun 'yan wasa na' yan wasa, inda ya kai wasan kusa da na karshe a karo na biyar
da kuma na shida Turai Tour events. A cikin taron na biyar ya doke ɗan ƙasa Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, Liu Chuang da kuma dan wasan 16 na Barry Hawkins, kafin ya yi rashin nasara 3<unk>4 ga Anthony McGill, kuma a cikin taron na shida ya doke irin su Fergal O'Brien, Ricky Walden da Liang Wenbo, kafin Mark Selby ya yi farin ciki 0<unk>4. Ya kuma kai wasan karshe na 16 na wani taron don kammala 38th a kan PTC Order of Merit. Thirapongpaiboon ya doke Jamie O'Neill 10<unk>8 da Mike Dunn 10<unk>6 a Wasannin Gasar Cin Kofin Duniya, amma lokacinsa ya ƙare a zagaye na gaba lokacin da ya rasa 8<unk>10 ga Matthew Selt. Ya gama shekara a matsayin mai lamba 71 a duniya.