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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.
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.
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]
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.
The 2022 World Snooker Championship winner Ronnie O'Sullivan was paired with 12-time Women's World Snooker Championship winner Reanne Evans, 2019 World Snooker Championship winner Judd Trump with Ng On-yee, Mark Selby with Rebecca Kenna, and Neil Robertson with reigning women's world champion Mink Nutcharut. [9]
There were 17 amateur wildcard players from the Middle East included in the draw, including 7 from Saudi Arabia. [6]Rounds 1, 2, and 3 were the best of 7 frames; rounds 4 and 5 were the best of 9 frames; round 6, the quarter‑finals and the semi‑finals were the best of 11 frames; and the final was a best of 19 frames match, played over two sessions.
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]