Mink Nutcharut

She won the 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship, defeating Wendy Jans 6–5 on the final black to become the tournament's first Thai winner.

As world women's champion, Nutcharut earned a two-year card to compete on the professional tour, beginning in the 2022–23 snooker season.

She and Neil Robertson won the 2022 World Mixed Doubles championship, defeating Mark Selby and Rebecca Kenna in the final.

[9] At the 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 6-red snooker, Nutcharut took the gold medal with a 4–0 victory against Waratthanun Sukritthanes.

[11] Two months later, she won the 2018 World Women's Snooker Under-21 Championship without losing a frame, including a 3–0 victory over Emma Parker in the final.

[19] The following month, Nutcharut won the 2019 International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Women's 6 Reds Championship, beating Amee Kamani 4–2 in the final.

Jans missed the black into the yellow pocket, leaving it over the middle, allowing Nutcharut to clinch her first women's world title.

[30] In the wake of her victory, Nutcharut was invited to meet Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, who told her that "You created a good story for Thais during this difficult time.

[36] Bai Yulu defeated Nutcharut 6‍–‍5 in the final of the 2024 World Women's Snooker Championship, winning the deciding frame on the last pink ball.

[39] Havig held the number one ranking in World Women's Snooker from February to May 2023, Nutcharut was replaced by Evans before regaining the top position in August of that year, and retained it as of September 2024.

With a 1–3 loss to Lawler, her results meant that she finished fourth in the group, but journalist David Hendon wrote that "over the course of the day the potential of the 22-year-old from Thailand was clear.

"[44] She was eliminated in her first match in the next two ranking tournament qualifying competitions: 1–5 by Mitchell Mann at the 2022 European Masters and 2–4 by Chen Zifan at the tour's 2022 British Open.

[7] At the 2022 World Mixed Doubles championship, the first staging of the tournament since 1991, Nutcharut and Neil Robertson defeated Kenna and Mark Selby 4–2 in the final.

[50] Her only main tour win of the season was in the 2023 UK Championship qualifying, when she defeated Adam Duffy 6‍–‍3, but then lost to Michael White in a deciding frame in the second round.

[33][39] On 12 September 2024, she defeated Evans 4–2 in the first round at the English Open in the first match between two female players on the professional World Snooker Tour.

A woman playing snooker, seen from the side
Nutcharut at the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out