Bai Yulu
Born (2003-07-10) July 10, 2003
Weinan, Shaanxi, China
Sport country China

Bai Yulu (Chinese: 白雨露; born 10 July 2003) is a snooker player, World junior champion from China.[1][2]

Early life

Bai Yulu was born in Weinan, Shaanxi. Her parents went to work in Dongguan, Guangdong when she was a child. After Bai Yulu started school, she moved to Dongguan to live with her parents.[3]

Career

Hong Kong World Women Snooker Masters

While Bai Yulu was round about 16 year-old in 2019, she was restricted from travelling to participate in all the snooker competitions around the world. When Bai Yulu traveled to Hong Kong for 2019 Hong Kong World Women Snooker Masters, she was accompanied by her mother.[4]

Bai played well in the 2019 Hong Kong World Women Masters, finishing as runner-up to Rebecca Kenna.[1]

World Womens Snooker

She was 2019 reigning World junior champion, as well as took part in 2019 World Women Snooker (WWS).[2]

Bai was runner-up to at the 2023 World Women's Snooker Championship.[5] Her 127 break in her group match against Amee Kamani was the highest in World Women's Snooker Championship history, surpassing the 125 break made by Kelly Fisher at the 2003 event.[6] It was the only century break of the tournament.[7] She defeated twelve-time champion Reanne Evans in the semi-finals and faced Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan in the final. Nuanthakhamjan won 6–3.[8][9]

Bai won the 2023 British Open.[5]

Snooker Championship for Juniors

When 2019 International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) Snooker Championship for juniors (men Under-18 and women and men Under-21) was held in the Olympic Center of Pingdu, Qingdao, Shandong Province during 4—13 of July, Bai Yulu won in final in the women's group, and she also celebrated her 16th birthday during the competitions. There Bai Yulu won 6–1 against Nutcharut Wongharuthai, Thailand (who was last year champion), in final.[10][11][12]

She reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 IBSF Women's World Snooker Championship[13] and also made the three highest breaks of the tournament: 91, 81 and 78.[14]

References

  1. 1 2 "香港女子斯诺克邀请赛：白雨露惜败肯娜获亚军" [Hong Kong Women's Snooker Invitational: Bai Yulu loses Kenna and finishes second]. Sina Sports (in Chinese). October 14, 2019. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Pathak, Vivek (November 7, 2019). "Arantxa win high voltage match against Aussie challenge Woods". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on December 3, 2019.
  3. ↑ "人物 14岁斯诺克少女想当世界第1 女版丁俊晖?" (in Chinese). Sina. October 25, 2017. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  4. ↑ Careem, Nazvi (October 11, 2019). "China teen Bai Yulu too young to travel alone but is already eyeing world snooker domination". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on December 5, 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2019.
  5. 1 2 "Bai Yulu". WPBSA Snooker Scores. Retrieved May 17, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Bai Yulu makes 127 in Thailand". World Women's Snooker. March 1, 2023. Retrieved March 2, 2023.
  7. ↑ "2023 World Women's Snooker Championship - 30+ Breaks". WPBSA SnookerScores. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Teenager Bai Reaches Women's Final". World Snooker. March 3, 2023. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ Chui, Shirley (March 4, 2023). "China's wait for snooker world champion goes on as 'female Ding' Bai Yulu loses women's final". South China Morning Post.
  10. ↑ "斯诺克世青赛落幕 赵剑波白雨露分获男女冠军" [Snooker World Youth Championship ends, Zhao Jianbo and Bai Yulu win men's and women's championships] (in Chinese). July 14, 2019. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  11. ↑ "IBSF World U18 / U21 Snooker – China". R.I.B.S.A. April 28, 2019. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  12. ↑ Pathak, Vivek (July 13, 2019). "Zhao Jianbo and Yulu Bai are World Under-21 Champions". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on December 6, 2019. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
  13. ↑ "IBSF Snooker Championships Women – Antalya / Turkey 2019 (Knockout)". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on November 9, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
  14. ↑ "IBSF Snooker Championships Women – Antalya / Turkey 2019 – all breaks". esnooker.pl. International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved November 22, 2019.
  • 2019 Hong Kong World Women Masters Final Bai Yulu vs Rebecca Kenna, YouTube video
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