The 2024 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 11 to 17 March 2024 at the Changping Gymnasium in Dongguan, China. Organised by World Women's Snooker and the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association (CBSA), the tournament was the 41st edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship and the first to be staged in China. The winner received £10,000 from a total prize pool of £33,400, as well as a two-year tour card to the main professional World Snooker Tour from the start of the 2024–25 snooker season.

A total of 45 players participated in the tournament's round-robin group stage,16 of whom qualified for the knockout stage. Baipat Siripaporn was the defending champion, having defeated Bai Yulu 63 in the 2023 final, but she lost 0–4 to Reanne Evans in the last 16. After coming from 0–3 behind to defeat Evans 5–3 in the semi-finals, Bai defeated Mink Nutcharut 6–5 in the final, winning the on the last to secure her first women's world title. It was Bai's second ranking title from her five ranking event appearances on the women's tour. She became the fourth Asian player to win the women's world title—following Hong Kong's Ng On-yee and Thailand's Mink and Baipat—and the first winner from mainland China. The event produced six century breaks, of which Bai's 122 break in the final was the highest of the tournament and the highest ever made in a women's world final.

The World Women's Under-21 Championship and World Women's Seniors Championship were staged concurrently with the main tournament. Bai also won the Under-21 title, defeating Narucha Phoemphul 3–0 in the final. Tessa Davidson won her second Seniors world title, beating Han Fang 3–1 in the final.

Background The Women's Professional Snooker Championship was held ten times between 1934 and 1950, with no tournaments staged between 1941 and 1947. Ruth Harrison won eight of those ten events. The Women's World Open, first held in 1976, is recognised as the beginning of the modern World Women's Snooker Championship. English player Reanne Evans holds the record for the most wins, having won 12 titles, including ten consecutive victories from 2005 to 2014.

Format A total of 45 players participated in the tournament's round-robin group stage,16 of whom qualified for the knockout stage. The group stage consisted of nine groups of five players, with two seeded players in each group. The nine group winners advanced to the knockout stage. The nine group runners-up and the best five third-placed players played a preliminary round for the seven remaining places. The 16 players were placed in the draw based on their performance in the group stage.

All group stage and preliminary round matches were played as the best of five . The last-16 and quarter-final matches were played as the best of seven, semi-finals as the best of nine, and the final as the best of 11 frames.

The tournament was streamed in China on Huya, TikTok, and WeChat. International coverage was available via the World Women's Snooker Facebook page and the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association's YouTube channel. The audience peak in China was 300,000 via a streaming platform, and the cumulative viewing figure for the country was 175.4 million. Over six million people accessed coverage via Douyin. There were 700,000 views via YouTube, including 200,000 for the final.

Prize fund The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:

Winner: £10,000 Runner-up: £5,000 Semi-final: £2,500 Quarter-final: £1,500 Last 16: £800 Highest break: £1,000 Total: £33,400

Group stage The results for the group stage of the tournament is shown below. All matches were played as the best of five . The nine group winners advanced to the knockout stage. The nine group runners-up and the best five third-placed players contested a preliminary round for the seven remaining places. The 16 players were placed in the draw based on their performance in the group stage.

In the tables below, = Qualified to last 16 of knockout stage; = Qualified to preliminary round of knockout stage; = Eliminated from tournament.

Group A

Baipat Siripaporn 30 Zolboo Unurbayar Miina Tani 23 Han Fang Baipat Siripaporn 13 Han Fang Zolboo Unurbayar 03 Shiu Wing Man Baipat Siripaporn 30 Shiu Wing Man Zolboo Unurbayar 03 Miina Tani Shiu Wing Man 13 Miina Tani Zolboo Unurbayar 03 Han Fang Baipat Siripaporn 30 Miina Tani Shiu Wing Man 03 Han Fang

Group B

Rebecca Kenna 32 Xia Yuying Cheung Yee Ting 32 N. Bayarsaikhan Rebecca Kenna 23 Cheung Yee Ting Li Bihan 03 Xia Yuying Rebecca Kenna 31 Li Bihan Xia Yuying 23 N. Bayarsaikhan Li Bihan 03 N. Bayarsaikhan Xia Yuying 32 Cheung Yee Ting Rebecca Kenna 32 N. Bayarsaikhan Li Bihan 23 Cheung Yee Ting

Group C

Urantuul Tsolmon 03 Bai Yulu Diana Schuler 03 Chan Wai Lam Bai Yulu 30 Chan Wai Lam Urantuul Tsolmon 03 Chu Pui Ying Bai Yulu 30 Chu Pui Ying Urantuul Tsolmon 03 Diana Schuler Diana Schuler 03 Chu Pui Ying Urantuul Tsolmon 31 Chan Wai Lam Diana Schuler 03 Bai Yulu Chu Pui Ying 30 Chan Wai Lam

Group D

Deng Xinshun 13 Reanne Evans Narucha Phoemphul 31 So Man Yan Narucha Phoemphul 03 Reanne Evans Deng Xinshun 30 Erdenetugs Dash Reanne Evans 30 Erdenetugs Dash Deng Xinshun 32 So Man Yan So Man Yan 30 Erdenetugs Dash Narucha Phoemphul 03 Deng Xinshun So Man Yan 23 Reanne Evans Erdenetugs Dash 03 Narucha Phoemphul

Group E

Note: w/o=walkover; w/d=withdrawn

Ng On-yee 30 Lynn Shi Natasha Chethan ‍w/o Bai Yaru Ng On-yee 30 Bai Yaru Lynn Shi 13 B. Sergelenbaatar Ng On-yee 30 B. Sergelenbaatar Lynn Shi w/o‍ Natasha Chethan B. Sergelenbaatar w/o‍ Natasha Chethan Bai Yaru 32 Lynn Shi Ng On-yee w/o‍ Natasha Chethan B. Sergelenbaatar 30 Bai Yaru

Group F

Mink Nutcharut 30 Fong Mei Mei Jaique Ip 30 Jambaa Sosorbaram Mink Nutcharut 30 Jambaa Sosorbaram Fong Mei Mei 30 Liu Weiyilu Mink Nutcharut 30 Liu Weiyilu Fong Mei Mei 32 Jaique Ip Liu Weiyilu 03 Jaique Ip Jambaa Sosorbaram 03 Fong Mei Mei Mink Nutcharut 30 Jaique Ip Liu Weiyilu 32 Jambaa Sosorbaram

Group G

Tessa Davidson 30 Otgonbayar Jigden Ho Yee Ki 30 Mohitha R. T. Tessa Davidson 30 Mohitha R. T. Otgonbayar Jigden 13 Yang Meng Tessa Davidson 30 Yang Meng Otgonbayar Jigden 03 Ho Yee Ki Yang Meng 31 Ho Yee Ki Mohitha R. T. 31 Otgonbayar Jigden Tessa Davidson 32 Ho Yee Ki Yang Meng 30 Mohitha R. T.

Group H

Emma Parker 23 Liu Ziling Amee Kamani 30 He Danni Emma Parker 23 He Danni Liu Ziling 30 Katrina Wan Emma Parker 23 Katrina Wan Liu Ziling 23 Amee Kamani Katrina Wan 31 Amee Kamani He Danni 32 Liu Ziling Emma Parker 03 Amee Kamani He Danni 03 Katrina Wan

Group I

Mary Talbot-Deegan 31 Mo Tiantian A. Ramachandran 30 Altangerel Bolortuya Mary Talbot-Deegan 30 Altangerel Bolortuya Mo Tiantian 30 Lau Yuk Fan Lau Yuk Fan 03 Mary Talbot-Deegan Mo Tiantian 03 A. Ramachandran Lau Yuk Fan 23 A. Ramachandran Altangerel Bolortuya 13 Mo Tiantian Mary Talbot-Deegan 13 A. Ramachandran Lau Yuk Fan 30 Altangerel Bolortuya

Knockout stage The results for the knockout stage of the tournament are shown below. Numbers in parentheses after the players' names denote their seeding based on group stage performance, and players in bold denote match winners. The last-16 and quarter-final matches were played as the best of seven, semi-finals as the best of nine, and the final as the best of 11 .

Final + Final: Best of 11 frames. Referee: Wang BokaiChangping Gymnasium, Dongguan, China, 17 March 2024 Bai Yulu 65 Mink Nutcharut Frame scores: 5041, 6469, 1267 (122), 6020755, 677, 3186 (62), 976 (97), 1199 (75), 3961, 5846 (frame 3) 122 Highest break 62 (frame 7) 1 Century breaks 0

Century breaks A total of six century breaks were made in the tournament.

122, 113, 104 Bai Yulu 106 Mink Nutcharut 103, 101 Reanne Evans

References

External links Tournament details at WPBSA SnookerScores