Nutcharut Wongharuthai (, ; born 7 November 1999), better known as Mink Nutcharut, is a Thai professional

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player who is the reigning World Women's Snooker Champion. She and

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are also the reigning World Mixed Doubles champions. She is the only woman known to have made a

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, having accomplished the feat during a practice match in March 2019. Mink was the World Women's Under-21 Champion in 2018, was runner-up in the

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and won her first ranking title at the 2019 Australian Women's Open. She won her first women's world title at the

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, where she recovered from 3–5 behind in the final to defeat

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6–5 on the final black. She became the first Thai player to win the women's world title. Winning the world title gave Mink a two-year card to compete on the main professional

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, beginning in the

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Career

In 2018 she won the World Women's Under-21 Championship. In 2019 she beat defending champion

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in the quarter-final during her run to the

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final, where she was beaten by 12-time champion

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. In March 2019 she made a 147 break during a practice session, which was the first and only known

achieved by a female player.Player Profile – Nutcharut Wongharuthai
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since 1977. She won the 2019

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World Women's 6 Reds Championship, beating

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4–2 in the final. At the Australian Women's Open in 2019, Wongharuthai and

were the only players to complete their qualifying groups without losing a frame. Wongharuthai then progressed to the final, still without losing a frame, registering wins over Kimberly Cullen 3–0, Carlie Tait 3–0 and

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4–0 to reach the final, against Ng. Wongharuthai won the final 4–2, gaining her first ranking tournament win. At the

, Wongharuthai faced three-time champion Ng On Yee in the quarter-finals. Although Wongharuthai took a 3–0 lead, Ng came back to force a deciding frame, but Wongharuthai won the match 4–3 on the final black. She defeated Rebecca Kenna 5–1 in the semi-finals before facing

in the final. Although Wongharuthai took an initial 2–1 lead, Jans won four of the next five to lead 5–3. Wongharuthai then won the next two to force a deciding frame, in which the title was decided on the final black ball. Jans missed the black into the yellow pocket, leaving it over the middle, allowing Wongharuthai to clinch her first women's world title. Wongharuthai's victory gave her a two-year professional tour card, allowing her to join Evans and Ng on the main professional tour the following season. At the 2022 World Mixed Doubles championship, the first staging of the tournament since 1991, Mink and

defeated Kenna and

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4–2 in the final. They both received £30,000 for winning the title, the biggest prize of her career to date.

Personal life

Mink's mother was a cashier in a snooker club, and her father enjoyed playing snooker. Mink herself started playing at the age of 10.Nutcharut Wongharuthai Q&A
Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 21 July 2019. She is known as "Mink," stating 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. So we use nicknames instead." Hi-End Snooker Club in Thailand sponsors and supports her.

Performance and rankings timeline

World Snooker Tour

World Women's Snooker

Career finals

Women's finals: 20 (9 titles)

Team finals: 1 (1 title)

Notes

References

External links

Player profile
at World Women's Snooker
Nutcharut Wongharuthai
at WPBSA Tournament Manager
Video of 147 Break
by Nutcharut Wongharuthai {{DEFAULTSORT:Wongharuthai, Nutcharut

Mink Nutcharut Nutcharut Wongharuthai (, ; born 7 November 1999), better known as Mink Nutcharut, is a Thai professional snooker player who is the reigning World Women's Snooker Champion. She and Neil Robertson are also the reigning World Mixed Doubles champion ...

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