2022 World Women's Snooker Championship
Tournament information
Dates11–14 February 2022 (2022-02-11 – 2022-02-14)
VenueDing Junhui Snooker Academy
CitySheffield
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Women's Snooker
FormatRound Robin for qualifying groups, Single elimination
Total prize fund£17,200
Winner's share£6,000
Highest break Ng On Yee (HKG) (97)
Final
Champion Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA)
Runner-up Wendy Jans (BEL)
Score6–5
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The 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Ding Junhui Snooker Academy in Sheffield, England from 11 to 14 February 2022.[1] It was the first staging of the World Women's Snooker Championship since 2019, following an 18-month suspension of the World Women's Snooker Tour between March 2020 and August 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] In addition to receiving the newly renamed Mandy Fisher Trophy, the winner of the tournament earned a place on the professional World Snooker Tour from the start of the 2022–23 snooker season.[3]

Reanne Evans was the defending champion, having defeated Nutcharut Wongharuthai 6–3 in the 2019 final to win her 12th women's world title.[4] However, Evans lost 1–4 to Wendy Jans in the quarter-finals, the first time in her career that she had not reached the semi-finals of the tournament.[5] Three-time champion Ng On-yee came from 0–3 behind in her quarter-final against Wongharuthai to force a deciding frame, but Wongharuthai won the match 4–3 on the final black.[5][6] The quarter-final losses by Evans and Ng meant that no former champion reached the semi-finals.[7]

Wongharuthai won the tournament, defeating Wendy Jans 6–5 in the final. She became the first Thai player to win the women's world title, the 13th different winner of the tournament since its inception in 1976, the first new champion since 2015, and the only player besides Evans or Ng to win the title in 19 years.[8] She gained a two-year professional tour card, allowing her to join the World Snooker Tour from the beginning of the following season.[9] Upon her return to Thailand, she was granted an audience with the country's prime minister Prayut Chan o-cha, and its Minister for Tourism and Sports Pipat Ratchakitprakarn.[10]

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[11]

  • Winner: £6,000
  • Runner-up: £2,500
  • Semi-final: £1,250
  • Quarter-final: £600
  • Last 16: £300
  • Preliminary Round : £150
  • Highest break: £200
  • Total: £17,200

Final summary

Nutcharut Wongharuthai won her first women's world title

The final, contested as the best of 11 frames between Thai player Nutcharut Wongharuthai and Belgian player Wendy Jans, lasted five hours and 40 minutes.[12] Although Wongharuthai took an initial 2–1 lead, Jans then won four of the next five frames to lead 5–3, also contributing the final's highest break of 84 in the fourth frame.[9] Wongharuthai later stated: "When I was 5–3 behind I thought that I had lost, and I really just started to play for fun because I was too tense. Luckily, it worked."[13] Wongharuthai won the next two frames to level the scores at 5–5. Requiring a snooker in the decider with only the colours remaining, Jans potted the yellow and green before obtaining four foul points when Wongharuthai failed to escape from a snooker on the brown.[14] Jans then potted the brown, blue, and pink, but missed a long black into the yellow pocket, leaving it over the middle.[12] Wongharuthai potted the black to clinch the title.[15]

Results

Main draw

Round 1
Best of 7 frames		Round 2
Best of 7 frames		Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames		Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames		Final
Best of 11 frames
England Reanne Evans (1)4
Japan Miina Tani4Japan Miina Tani0
England Reanne Evans (1)1
England Jan Hughes (23)0
Belgium Wendy Jans (12)4
Wales Laura Evans (7)1
Wales Laura Evans (7)4Belgium Wendy Jans (12)4
Belgium Wendy Jans (12)5
India Pooja Galundia2
England Jamie Hunter (22)2
Thailand Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (10)3
Russia Mariia Shevchenko2Belgium Anja Vandenbussche4
Belgium Anja Vandenbussche0
Belgium Anja Vandenbussche4
England Jamie Hunter (22)4
England Jamie Hunter (22)4
England Jamie Hunter (22)4England Suzie Terry (8)1
Belgium Wendy Jans (12)5
England Harriet Haynes (19)0
Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai (3)6
England Rebecca Kenna (4)4
England Stephanie Daughtery (9)3England Tessa Davidson3
England Rebecca Kenna (4)4
England Tessa Davidson4
England Emma Parker (6)2
England Emma Parker (6)4
England Emma Parker (6)4Poland Dalia Alska0
England Rebecca Kenna (4)1
England Jasmine Bolsover1
Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai (3)5
England Maria Catalano (5)2
England Lesley Roberts0Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai (3)4
Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai (3)4
Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai (3)4
Hong Kong Ng On Yee (2)3
England Mary Talbot-Deegan (24)2
England Zoe Killington (17)0Hong Kong Ng On Yee (2)4
England Mary Talbot-Deegan (24)4

Players listed in bold indicate match winners.

Final

Final: Best of 11 frames
Ding Junhui Snooker Academy, Sheffield, England. 14 February 2022
Wendy Jans (12)
Belgium		 5–6 Nutcharut Wongharuthai (3)
Thailand
Frame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Wendy Jans
30+ Breaks		40
-		72
(31)		46
-		84
(84)		69
-		71
-		39
-		74
(30, 39)		18
–		13
-		53
-
Nutcharut Wongharuthai
30+ Breaks		51
-		38
-		60
-		4
-		44
-		32
-		67
-		15
-		69
-		81
(32)		65
(30)
Frames won (Jans first) 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 3–2 4–2 4–3 5–3 5–4 5–5 5–6
84 Highest break 32
1 50+ breaks 0
3 30+ breaks 2
Nutcharut Wongharuthai wins the 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship

Source: WPBSA Tournament Manager.[16]

References

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  2. ↑ "England's top women snooker players return to the table". BBC News. 10 August 2021. Archived from the original on 9 November 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Sheffield to Host 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship". World Women's Snooker. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  4. ↑ Edwards, Joe (23 June 2019). "Dudley's Reanne Evans racks up 12th world title". Express and Star. Dudley. Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Reanne Evans Out of 2022 Women's World Championship". SnookerHQ. 13 February 2022. Archived from the original on 13 February 2022. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
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  7. ↑ "Final Day At World Women's Snooker Championship". World Women's Snooker. 14 February 2022. Archived from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "Wongharuthai Wins First World Title". World Snooker. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Wongharuthai is World Women's Snooker Champion". World Women's Snooker. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "Wongharuthai Given Hero's Welcome on Thailand Return". World Snooker. 3 March 2022. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "World Women's Snooker Championship 2022 entry pack" (PDF). WLBS. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  12. 1 2 "Wongharuthai wins World Women's Snooker Championship on final black". www.insidethegames.biz. 14 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  13. ↑ "Nutcharut Wongharuthai - A New Star Of Women's Snooker Is Born". The Sportsman. 15 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "World Women's Snooker Championship 2022 - Nutchurat Wonharuthai produces stunning comeback to claim crown and tour card". Eurosport. 14 February 2022. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "Wongharuthai wins World Women's title". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  16. ↑ "2022 World Women's Snooker Championship – Results". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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