Mink Nutcharut

Bio

Thailand’s Mink Nutcharut is one of the leading women’s snooker players of her generation having become world champion and world number one during her career so far.

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Since her Tour debut in 2017, Mink has risen to the summit of the women’s game and established herself as a regular ranking event winner, ending the previous dominance of all-time greats Reanne Evans and Ng On Yee.

Career highlights include victory at the 2022 World Championship in Sheffield, while she has lifted multiple titles in Australia, Belgium and England among her successes to date.

Mink has reached the final of the World Championship on three occasions in total, losing out to record 12-time winner Reanne Evans in 2019 and China’s Bai Yulu following a deciding frame in 2024.

World Champion

Thailand’s Mink Nutcharut became the 13th player to win the World Women’s Snooker Championship following thrilling 6-5 victory against multiple European Championship winner Wendy Jans.

Having defeated Maria Catalano, Ng On Yee and Rebecca Kenna to reach the final, would ultimately pot the final black during the deciding-frame to lift the Mandy Fisher Trophy for the first time at the age of 22.

Victory saw her become only the 13th different world champion on the WWS Tour, the first new winner of the tournament since 2015 and the first player other than Reanne Evans or Ng to become world champion since 2003.

World Snooker Tour

Mink joined the professional World Snooker Tour for the first time from the start of the 2022/23 season, following her victory at the 2022 World Championship in Sheffield.

This earned her a place at the inaugural World Mixed Doubles later in 2022, during which she teamed up with Australia’s Neil Robertson with the pairing going on to claim the inaugural World Mixed Doubles title following a 4-2 victory against Mark Selby and Rebecca Kenna. The victory saw her earn a career-best prize of £30,000.

In 2023, Mink became only the second woman to compile a century break at the professional World Snooker Championship with a break of 100 against Dechawat Poomjaeng.

Early Career

Mink demonstrated her talent from an early stage as she made the event-high break of 90 at the World Women’s Championship in Singapore as a 17-year-old. A year later she would become World Women’s Under-21 champion.

During the following two years she would reach four ranking event finals, most notably at the 2019 World Championship in her home country, ultimately losing out to leading star Reanne Evans on each occasion.

Her maiden title would come at the 2019 Australian Women’s Open however as following a 4-2 victory against Ng On Yee in the final, she became the first player other than Evans or Ng to win a world ranking event in over two and a half years.

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Mink returned to the circuit in 2022 and would enjoy a breakthrough year with her world title victory sandwiched between further ranking titles at the British Open in January and Women’s Masters in November which saw her become the only player to claim three crowns during the calendar year.

‘Maximum Mink’

Nutcharut is also known for becoming the first female player to make a verified 147 break during a practice match against Waratthanun Sukritthanes at the Hi-End Snooker Club in March 2019.