Ng On Yee to Return to World Snooker Tour
Three-time World Women’s Snooker (WWS) champion Ng On Yee will return to the World Snooker Tour from the start of the 2025/26 season it has been announced today.
As an officially recognised pathway to snooker’s professional circuit, the WWS Tour will once again see two players earn their professional status for next season. These will be claimed by the world number one at the end of the season and the 2025 world champion, with this year’s prestigious tournament to be held in China in May.
Following the completion of the recent Belgian Open tournament at which Ng reached the semi-finals, the 34-year-old from Hong Kong China is now guaranteed to finish the season ranked in at least second position on the two-year rankings.
With world number one Mink Nutcharut – currently on the first year of a two-year tour card – already guaranteed her position for the 2025/26 season, this means that Ng will reclaim her professional status, regardless of her results at the upcoming British Open and World Championship events.
The second tour card will be earned either by the 2025 world champion, or the highest ranked player who does not already hold a Tour card for next season (currently Reanne Evans).
“I wanted to be back so much”
World Women’s Snooker champion in 2015, 2017 and 2018, Ng is a full-time athlete at the Hong Kong Sports Institute and will compete on the WST as a full-time professional for the second time, following her initial spell from 2021-2023.
During this time, she scored victories against Wu Yize, Ken Doherty and Jenson Kendrick, while she also compiled a notable break of 115 – the highest ever by a female player at the professional World Championship – during a narrow 10-8 defeat to Michael Holt in 2023.
“It has been a very long two years for me,” Ng told WWS. “I really enjoyed my first time on the World Snooker Tour, but there was just too much going on in 2021/22! I really didn’t know what to expect and then had to miss a number of matches due to COVID-19. By the time I managed to pick up a few wins, the season was almost over for me.
“I wanted to be back so much last year that it cost me a few matches on the WWS Tour and my ranking suffered. I wanted it too much maybe. It got to the point where I had to start relying on other player’s results to get me back to the WST. It was a terrible feeling. I promised myself that I would do everything I could to avoid putting my fate into someone’s hands again.
“They say the best things come to those who wait, but I feel I have waited long enough, and I am delighted to hear that my consistent performance on the WWS Tour will give me another chance to experience the pinnacle of our sport again for the 2025/26 and 2026/27 seasons. I can’t wait!”
