Editing Thailand Masters (section)

==History==
The '''Thailand Masters''' was first held in the [[Snooker season 1983/1984|1983/1984 season]]. It was organised by [[Matchroom Sport]] as part of their [[World Series of Snooker|World Series]] and sponsored by Camus, but was abandoned after [[Snooker season 1986/1987|1986/1987]].<ref name="Turner Thailand">{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=Thailand Open, Thailand Classic, Thailand Masters|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Thai.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155548/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Thai.html|archive-date=16 February 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive}}</ref> The event returned to the calendar in 1989 under the '''Asian Open''' name and it became a [[Snooker world rankings|ranking]] tournament. In its first three years under this name the event was sponsored by 555 and then by [[Nescafé]] in 1993. All events took place in Bangkok, Thailand, except in 1990, which was held in China. In the [[Snooker season 1991/1992|1991/1992 season]] two events were held. The Thailand Masters was part of the World Series and the Asian Open was a ranking event.<ref name="Turner Thailand"/><ref name="Turner Asia">{{cite web|last=Turner|first=Chris|title=Asian Open, Asian Classic, Hong Kong Open|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Asia.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216155410/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/Asia.html|archive-date=16 February 2012|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|publisher=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive|access-date=7 October 2012}}</ref> In 1993 [[Dave Harold]] became the lowest ranked player to win a ranking tournament. He was ranked world number 93, when he beat [[Darren Morgan]] 9–3.<ref name="Turner Asia"/>

The event changed its name to '''Thailand Open''' in [[Snooker season 1993/1994|1993/1994]]. The event was held in Bangkok and remained there until the [[Snooker season 2002/2003|2002/2003 season]].<ref name="Turner Thailand"/><ref name="Turner Asia"/> It was sponsored by Kloster, before Singha took over for [[Snooker season 1995/1996|1995/1996]].<ref name="Turner Thailand"/> The event was renamed to the '''Thailand Masters''' in the [[Snooker season 1997/1998|1997/1998 season]] and was sponsored by Beer Chang. The only official maximum break in the history of the competition came at the qualifying stages of the [[1999 Thailand Masters|1999]] event. [[Adrian Gunnell]] compiled it in the first round against [[Mario Wehrmann]]. The event didn't have a sponsor again until the [[Snooker season 2000/2001|2000/2001 season]], when it was sponsored by Blue Eagle and [[Thai Airways International|Thai Airways]] and was sponsored by Singha in [[Snooker season 2001/2002|2001/2002]].<ref name="Turner Thailand"/> The event lost its ranking status in 2002/2003, after World Snooker decided not to afford a Far East event. The event returned as a domestic event with several players from the Main Tour still competing. The event was last held in the [[Snooker season 2006/2007|2006/2007 season]] with the sponsorship of Sangsom, but was discontinued after that.<ref name="Turner Thailand"/>