Mink Nutcharut remains women's snooker world number one after Morocco title win


Mink won the ninth women’s ranking title of her career last week at the World Snooker Federation Women’s Championship held in Saidia, Morocco.
The 25-year-old breezed through the groups phase at the Radisson Blu Resort venue without dropping a frame before eliminating Yang Meng (China) 3-1 and then Rebecca Kenna (England) 4-1 in the quarter and semi-finals respectively.
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In a repeat of the World Women’s Snooker Championship final from last season, Mink faced current world title holder and fellow professional tour player Bai Yulu in the showpiece match.
China’s Bai led 2-0 and 3-1 in their latest final encounter, but Mink battled back for a 4-3 victory to collect her second ranking title of the season on the WWST following success at the Australian Women’s Open in Sydney last October.
The World Women’s Snooker Tour world rankings were updated after the Morocco event, and Mink stays top. The Tour uses a two-year rolling ranking system - similar to the professional World Snooker Tour - although points are used instead of prize money, and only the best 14 results from that two-year window are applied.
Mink has been the world’s number one woman player since August 2023 when she took over from Reanne Evans (England).
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While the top spot remains the same, second-placed Ng On Yee (Hong Kong) - who is currently not on the professional circuit - has narrowed the gap to Mink. Three-time world women’s champion On Yee bowed out to Bai 4-1 in the semi-finals in Saidia.
Bai - who won several matches on the World Snooker Tour towards the end of last year - is up to a career-high of third in the updated women’s standings after swapping places with record 12-time world women’s champion Evans who goes down a place to fourth. Evans was not in North Africa for the event.
Players don’t have to wait long until the next instalment on this season’s World Women’s Snooker Tour with the 2025 Belgian Open taking place in Bruges between February 7-9. To enter that event, visit here.
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