World Women’s Snooker Rankings | UK Championship 2024

The official world women’s rankings have been updated for the second time during the 2024/25 season after Bai Yulu claimed her third WWS Tour title last weekend at the Taom UK Women’s Snooker Championship.

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The WWS world rankings operate on a rolling two-year basis, with points earned during the 2024/25 season to replace those earned through the 2022/23 campaign. At this revision points from the 2022 US Open have been removed and those earned at the 2024 UK Championship have been added.

The total rankings points of each player are calculated from their best 14 results during the current counting period.

Please note that there has been a minor correction to the points total of a small number of players following an inconsistency identified following the previous update. The seeding positions for the UK Championship were not affected by this.

Mink Extends Lead

World number one Mink Nutcharut has extended her lead to second placed Ng On Yee to 5,500 points following her run to the semi-finals in Leeds.

Having seen Ng close the gap to just 2,875 after the three-time world champion won three of the previous four ranking events, Thailand’s Mink turned the tide at the UK Championship after she progressed one round further than her rival, who suffered a 3-0 reverse at the hands of England’s Rebecca Kenna.

Notably, both Mink and Ng have now played 15 events during the current two-year ranking cycle. With the world rankings to be made up of a player’s best 14 counting results at any time (see our 2023 announcement), this means that the ‘worst’ result of each player, excluding World Championships, is not counted as part of their current ranking.

For Mink, this means that the points earned from her last 16 defeat at the 2023 British Open are not included, while for Ng her quarter-final defeat at the 2023 Belgian Open is discounted.

The Top 10

Behind the top two, newly-crowned UK champion Bai Yulu has gained another place in the world rankings as she moves above England’s Rebecca Kenna into fourth position.

Despite her run to the semi-finals in Leeds, Kenna loses 1,875 points from her ranking at this revision, with the points from her runner-up finish at the 2022 US Open removed following this event. Bai, who did not compete in that event two years ago, added the maximum 7,500 points to her total to reach a new career high.

In the only other change inside the top 10, former world champion Baipat Siripaporn moves ahead of England’s Jamie Hunter – with the latter losing maximum points from the 2022 US Open.

Notable Movers

There is a new career-high ranking for India’s Amee Kamani, who gains three spots to reach 14th position following her run to the knockout rounds at the Northern Snooker Centre.

Also on the rise is England’s Jasmine Bolsover, who reached the last 16 stage to gain one place, while So Man Yan (+4), Yee Ting Cheung (+4), Kate Le Gallez (+1), Mei Mei Fong (+6), Zoe Killington (+4), Hannah Jones (+3) and Laura Killington (+2), were among the other players in action during the weekend to gain positions.

Players losing ground at this revision include those who performed well at the 2022 US Open, most notably winner Jamie Hunter (-1), runner-up Rebecca Kenna (-1), semi-finalists Mary Talbot and Emma Parker (-4), as well as quarter-finalist Diana Schuler (-3).

Junior / Seniors Update

With no junior tournament held at the US Open, the Under-21 rankings have been updated for the first time this season with Scotland’s Sophie Nix remaining in top spot.

England’s Zoe Killington moves up to second place with former number one Bai Yulu removed from the list having turned 21 over the summer, while 13-year-old Ellise Scott gains three positions to third after she claimed back to back titles at the British Open and UK Championship either side of the summer break.

Tessa Davidson has extended her lead at the top of the Seniors rankings after she defeated Sarah Dunn to claim the UK Seniors title for the second time in her career. With Mary Talbot not competing in the event, her lead now stands at a substantial 26,500 points.

Following her pink ball victory against Diana Schuler, Dunn has closed the gap from 4,500 to 2,625 points in the battle for third position.

The WWS Tour will return next month with the Australian Women’s Open from 5-8 October 2024 at the Mounties Club, Sydney, Australia. Entry for the event is open now via the ABSC website.