2023 World Women's Snooker Championship

The 2023 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 28 February to 4 March 2023 at the Hi-End Snooker Club in Bangkok, Thailand,^[1] sponsored by the venue and by the Billiard Sports Association of Thailand.^[2] The winner received £8,000 from a total prize fund of £25,800 and also earned a two-year tour card on the main professional World Snooker Tour from the start of the 2023–24 snooker season.^[1]

2023 World Women's Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	28 February – 4 March 2023 (2023-02-28 – 2023-03-04)
Venue	Hi-End Snooker Club
City	Bangkok
Country	Thailand
Organisation	World Women's Snooker
Total prize fund	£25,800
Winner's share	£8,000
Highest break	Bai Yulu (CHN), 127
Final
Champion	Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)
Runner-up	Bai Yulu (CHN)
Score	6–3
← 2022 2024 →

Mink Nutcharut was the defending champion, having defeated Wendy Jans 6–5 in the 2022 final,^[3] but she lost 2–5 to Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjam in the semi-finals.^[4] Nuanthakhamjan defeated Bai Yulu 6–3 in the final to win her first women's world title.^[5] The second Thai player to win the title, she entered the top 10 in the women's world rankings for the first time.^[6]

Bai's 127 break in her Group L match against Amee Kamani was the highest in the tournament's history, surpassing the 125 break made by Kelly Fisher at the 2003 event.^[7] It was the only century break of the tournament.^[8]

Background

The Women's Professional Snooker Championship was held ten times between 1934 and 1950, with no tournaments staged between 1941 and 1947. Ruth Harrison won eight of those ten events.^[9] The Women's World Open, first held in 1976, is recognised as the beginning of the modern World Women's Snooker Championship.^[10][11] English player Reanne Evans holds the record for the most wins, having won 12 titles, including ten consecutive victories from 2005 to 2014.^[12]

Format

There were nine groups with four players and three groups with five players. The best eight of the twelve players who finished top of their group advanced to the last 16, while the remaining four players and the runners-up in their group advanced to the last 24. It is a single elimination knockout from the last 24 onwards.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:^[13]

• Winner: £8,000
• Runner-up: £4,000
• Semi-final: £2,000
• Quarter-final: £1,000
• Last 16: £500
• Preliminary Round : £200
• Highest break: £200
• Total: £25,800

Main draw

The draw and results for the knockout stage are shown below.^[14]

	Last 24					Last 16					Quarter-finals					Semi-finals					Final
						Mary Talbot-Deegan (ENG)		0
	Natasha Chetan (IND)		0			Mink Nutcharut (THA)		4
	Mink Nutcharut (THA)		3								Mink Nutcharut (THA)		4
	Rebecca Kenna (ENG)		3								Rebecca Kenna (ENG)		2
	Diana Schuler (GER)		0			Rebecca Kenna (ENG)		4
						Wendy Jans (BEL)		3
																Mink Nutcharut (THA)		2
																Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)		5
						Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)		4
	Emma Parker (ENG)		0			Jamie Hunter (ENG)		3
	Jamie Hunter (ENG)		3								Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)		4
	Vidya Viswanathan Pillai (IND)		1								Bayarsaikhan Narantuya (MNG)		0
	Bayarsaikhan Narantuya (MNG)		3			Bayarsaikhan Narantuya (MNG)		4
						On Yee Ng (HKG)		2
																					Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)		6
																					Bai Yulu (CHN)		3
						Reanne Evans (ENG)		4
	Tessa Davidson (ENG)		3			Tessa Davidson (ENG)		0
	Natcharin Soraprasert (THA)		1								Reanne Evans (ENG)		4
	Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA)		3								Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA)		0
	Phakwalan Gong-gaew (THA)		0			Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA)		4
						Steph Daughtery (ENG)		2
																Reanne Evans (ENG)		3
																Bai Yulu (CHN)		5
						Bai Yulu (CHN)		4
	Anupama Ramachandran (IND)		3			Anupama Ramachandran (IND)		0
	Panchaya Channoi (THA)		1								Bai Yulu (CHN)		4
	Maria Catalano (ENG)		3								Maria Catalano (ENG)		0
	Waratthanun Sukritthanes (THA)		1			Maria Catalano (ENG)		4
						Ho Yee Ki (HKG)		1

References

1. "World women's snooker championship to return to Thailand". World Women's Snooker. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
2. "2023 World Women's Snooker Championship". Snooker Scores. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
3. "World Women's Snooker Championship: Nutcharut Wongharuthai beats Wendy Jans". BBC Sport. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
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6. "Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan". World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
7. "Bai Yulu makes 127 in Thailand". World Women's Snooker. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
8. "2023 World Women's Snooker Championship - 30+ Breaks". WPBSA SnookerScores. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
9. Everton, Clive (1985). Guinness Snooker – The Records. Guinness Superlatives. pp. 154–156. ISBN 978-0-85112-448-3.
10. Morrison, Ian (1987). The Hamlyn Encyclopedia of Snooker – revised edition. Twickenham: Hamlyn. pp. 156–157. ISBN 978-0-600-55604-6.
11. "World champions". World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
12. "Reanne Evans wins 12th Women's World Snooker Championship title". BBC Sport. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
13. "World Women's Snooker Championship 2023 entry pack" (PDF). WLBS. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
14. "2023 World Women's Snooker Championship – Knockout". WPBSA SnookerScores. Retrieved 3 March 2023.

External links

• Group standings at WPBSA SnookerScores
• Knockout results at WPBSA SnookerScores
• Breaks of 30 or more at WPBSA SnookerScores