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Nutcharut Wongharuthai was born on 7 November 1999, in Saraburi, Thailand, and grew up there. [1] [2] She is known as "Mink", and explained in a 2019 interview with Matt Huart for World Women's Snooker that "in Thailand we call each and everyone by their nickname because our traditional Thai names are too long and we don't have any Christian name like Western people.
She became the fourth Asian player to win the women's world title—following Hong Kong's Ng On-yee and Thailand's Mink and Baipat—and the first winner from mainland China. [11] The event produced six century breaks , of which Bai's 122 break in the final was the highest of the tournament and the highest ever made in a women's world final.
Four teams participated in the tournament: Neil Robertson and Mink Nutcharut, Mark Selby and Rebecca Kenna, Luca Brecel and Reanne Evans, and Judd Trump and Baipat Siripaporn. The tournament was played as a round‑robin with four‑ frame matches, followed by a final between the top two teams, played as the best of seven frames. [1] [2]
Bai Yulu beats world number one Mink Nutcharut in a thrilling final in China to win the World Women's Snooker Championship for the first time.
[21] [10] In the first round, former women's world champion Mink Nutcharut beat 96th seed Adam Duffy 6–3, but was defeated by 65th seed Michael White in a deciding frame in the second round. [22] Xu Si defeated compatriot Ma Hailong 6–1 in the second round, making his first career maximum break in the second frame.
The format was a round-robin with four-frame matches, followed by a best-of-seven-frame final between the top two teams. World number four Neil Robertson and the 2022 women's world champion Mink Nutcharut defeated Mark Selby and Rebecca Kenna 4–2 in the 2022 final, receiving £30,000 each in prize money. [5]
The World Snooker Tour in the 2024–25 season initially consisted of 127 professional players, but dropped to 126 after Michael White had his WPBSA membership revoked. The tour includes the top 64 players from the prize money rankings after the 2024 World Championship and 31 players who earned a two-year card the previous year.
Mink Nutcharut, the 2022 Women's World Champion, led Adam Duffy 4–1, but Duffy won nine of the last ten frames for a 10–5 victory. [42] Rebecca Kenna lost 1–10 to Alfie Burden .