Mink Nutcharut
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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 2024,[update] ranked number one in the world women's snooker rankings.[3]
Born | (1999-11-07) 7 November 1999 (age 24) Saraburi, Thailand | ||||||||||||||
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Sport country | Thailand | ||||||||||||||
Professional | 2022–present | ||||||||||||||
Highest ranking | World Snooker Tour: 95 (June 2023) World Women's Snooker: 1[1] | ||||||||||||||
Current ranking | 121 (as of 7 May 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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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.