Mink Nutcharut
Mink at the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out tournament
Born (1999-11-07) 7 November 1999
Saraburi, Thailand
Sport country Thailand
Professional2022–present
Highest rankingWorld Snooker Tour: 95 (June 2023)
World Women's Snooker: 1[1]
Current ranking 118 (as of 18 December 2023)
Medal record
Women's Six-red snooker
Representing  Thailand
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Gold medal – first place 2017 Ashgabat Single

Nutcharut Wongharuthai (Thai: ณัชชารัตน์ วงศ์หฤทัย, RTGS: natcharat wongharuethai; born 7 November 1999),[2] better known as Mink Nutcharut, is a Thai snooker player who competes on both the professional World Snooker Tour and the World Women's Snooker Tour. She is the only woman known to have made a maximum break, having achieved the feat during a practice match in March 2019. She is, as of 2023, ranked number one in the world women's snooker rankings.[3]

Mink was World Women's Under-21 Champion in 2018, was runner-up to Reanne Evans in the 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship, and won her first ranking title at the 2019 Australian Women's Open. She won the 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship, defeating Wendy Jans 6–5 on the final black to become the tournament's first Thai winner.

As world women's champion, Mink earned a two-year card to compete on the professional tour, beginning in the 2022–23 snooker season. She and Neil Robertson won the 2022 World Mixed Doubles championship, defeating Mark Selby and Rebecca Kenna in the final.

Career

In 2018 she won the World Women's Under-21 Championship. In 2019 she beat defending champion Ng On-yee in the quarter-final[4] during her run to the World Women's Snooker Championship final, where she was beaten by 12-time champion Reanne Evans.[5]

In March 2019 she made a 147 break during a practice session, which was the first and only known maximum break achieved by a female player.[6][7][8]

Mink was one of four women to be selected for the Women's Tour Championship to be held at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield.[9]

She won the 2019 International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Women's 6 Reds Championship, beating Amee Kamani 4–2 in the final.[10]

At the Australian Women's Open in 2019, Mink and Ng On-yee were the only players to complete their qualifying groups without losing a frame.[11] Mink then progressed to the final, still without losing a frame, registering wins over Kimberly Cullen 3–0, Carlie Tait 3–0 and Jaique Ip 4–0 to reach the final, against Ng. Mink won the final 4–2, gaining her first ranking tournament win.[12]

At the 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship, Mink faced three-time champion Ng On Yee in the quarter-finals. Although Mink took a 3–0 lead, Ng came back to force a deciding frame, but Mink won the match 4–3 on the final black.[13] She defeated Rebecca Kenna 5–1 in the semi-finals before facing Wendy Jans in the final. Although Mink took an initial 2–1 lead, Jans won four of the next five to lead 5–3. Mink then won the next two to force a deciding frame, in which the title was decided on the final black ball. Jans missed the black into the yellow pocket, leaving it over the middle, allowing Mink to clinch her first women's world title.[14] Mink's victory gave her a two-year professional tour card, allowing her to join Evans and Ng on the main professional tour the following season.[15]

At the 2022 World Mixed Doubles championship, the first staging of the tournament since 1991, Mink and Neil Robertson defeated Kenna and Mark Selby 4–2 in the final.[16] They both received £30,000 for winning the title, the biggest prize of her career to date.[17]

Personal life

Mink's mother was a cashier in a snooker club, and her father enjoyed playing snooker. Mink herself started playing at the age of 10.[18]

She is known as "Mink," stating that "in Thailand we call each and everyone by their nickname because our traditional Thai names are too long and we don't have any Christian name like Western people. So we use nicknames instead."[18]

Hi-End Snooker Club in Thailand sponsors and supports her.[18][19]

Performance and rankings timeline

World Snooker Tour

Tournament 2018/
19		 2019/
20		 2021/
22		 2022/
23		 2023/
24
Ranking[20][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 95
Ranking tournaments
Championship League Non-Ranking A RR RR
European Masters A A A LQ LQ
British Open Not Held A LQ LQ
English Open A A A LQ LQ
Wuhan Open Tournament Not Held LQ
Northern Ireland Open A A A 1R LQ
International Championship A A Not Held LQ
UK Championship A A A LQ LQ
Shoot Out A 1R A 1R 1R
Scottish Open A A A LQ LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
German Masters A A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A A LQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Open A A Not Held
Tour Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship A A LQ LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Champion of Champions A A A 1R A
Six-red World Championship RR A NH RR
Former ranking tournaments
Paul Hunter Classic LQ NR Not Held
Gibraltar Open A WD A Not Held
WST Classic Not Held 1R NH
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. 1 2 3 She was an amateur
  3. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

World Women's Snooker

Tournament[21] 2016/
17		 2017/
18		 2018/
19		 2019/
20		 2021/
22		 2022/
23
Current tournaments
UK Championship A A SF A A SF
US Open Tournament Not Held A
Australian Open Not Held SF W NH A
Scottish Open Tournament Not Held F
Masters A A A QF A W
Belgian Open Not Held SF SF NH W
Asia-Pacific Championship Tournament Not Held QF
World Championship RR QF F NH W SF
British Open NH F Not Held W 2R
Former tournaments
European Masters Not Held F Tournament Not Held
10-Red World Championship NH A QF QF Not Held
6-Red World Championship NH A 1R F Not Held
Tour Championship Not Held SF Not Held
Winchester Open Tournament Not Held F NH
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

    Career finals

    Women's finals: 20 (9 titles)

    OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
    Runner-up 1.2017Eden World Women's Snooker Championship Challenge Cup[lower-alpha 1]Amee Kamani2–4[22]
    Winner 1.2017Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games: 6-red snookerWaratthanun Sukritthanes4–0[23]
    Runner-up 2.2018British OpenReanne Evans0–4[24]
    Winner 2.2018World Women's Under-21 ChampionshipEmma Parker3–0[25]
    Winner 3.2018UK Women's Championship (Under-21s)Shannon Metcalf2–1[26]
    Runner-up 3.2018European Women's MastersReanne Evans1–4[27]
    Runner-up 4.2018European Women's Masters (Under-21s)Emma Parker0–2[28]
    Runner-up 5.2019Belgian Women's Open (Under-21s)Steph Daughtery0–2[29]
    Runner-up 6.2019World Women's Under-21 ChampionshipPloychompoo Laokiatphong1–3[30]
    Runner-up 7.2019World Women's 6-Red ChampionshipReanne Evans1–4[31]
    Runner-up 8.2019World Women's Snooker ChampionshipReanne Evans3–6[32]
    Runner-up 9.2019IBSF World Snooker ChampionshipNg On-yee2–5[33]
    Winner 4.2019IBSF World Women's 6 Reds ChampionshipAmee Kamani4–2[10]
    Winner 5.2019Australian Women's Open ChampionshipNg On-yee4–2[34]
    Winner 6.2020IBSF World Women's 6 Reds ChampionshipDiana Stateczny5–3[35]
    Winner 7.2022Women's British OpenReanne Evans4–3[36]
    Winner 8.2022World Women's Snooker ChampionshipWendy Jans6–5[37]
    Runner-up 10.2022IBSF World Snooker ChampionshipWendy Jans1–4[38]
    Runner-up 11.2022Scottish Women's OpenReanne Evans2–4[39]
    Winner 9.2022Women's MastersNg On-yee4–0[40]
    Winner 10.2023Belgian Women's OpenWendy Jans4–1[41]

    Team finals: 1 (1 title)

    Outcome No. Year Championship Team/partner Opponent in the final Score
    Winner 1. 2022 World Mixed Doubles Australia Neil Robertson England Mark Selby
    England Rebecca Kenna    		 4–2[42]

    Notes

    1. ↑ For players who did not reach the quarter-finals of the main event

    References

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    2. ↑ "Athlete Profile: WONGHARUTHAI Nutcharut". ashgabat2017.com. Ashgabat 2017. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
    3. ↑ "World Rankings | WWS | Women's Snooker". World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 2023-03-10.
    4. ↑ Careem, Nazvi (2019-06-22). "Ng On-yee crashes out to Thai sensation Nutcharut in women's world snooker quarter-finals". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2019-07-26.
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