| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 February – 4 March 2023 |
| Venue | Hi-End Snooker Club |
| City | Bangkok |
| Country | Thailand |
| Organisation | World Women's Snooker |
| Total prize fund | £25,800 |
| Winner's share | £8,000 |
| Highest break |  Bai Yulu (CHN), 127 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) |
| Runner-up | Bai Yulu (CHN) |
| Score | 6–3 |
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The 2023 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 28 February to 4 March 2023 at the Hi-End Snooker Club in Bangkok, Thailand,[1] sponsored by the venue and by the Billiard Sports Association of Thailand.[2] The winner received £8,000 from a total prize fund of £25,800 and also earned a two-year tour card on the main professional World Snooker Tour from the start of the 2023–24 snooker season.[1]
Mink Nutcharut was the defending champion, having defeated Wendy Jans 6–5 in the 2022 final,[3] but she lost 2–5 to Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjam in the semi-finals.[4] Nuanthakhamjan defeated Bai Yulu 6–3 in the final to win her first women's world title.[5] The second Thai player to win the title, she entered the top 10 in the women's world rankings for the first time.[6]
Bai's 127 break in her Group L match against Amee Kamani was the highest in the tournament's history, surpassing the 125 break made by Kelly Fisher at the 2003 event.[7] It was the only century break of the tournament.[8]
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- ^ "Teenager Bai Reaches Women's Final". World Snooker. 3 March 2023. Archived from the original on 5 March 2023. Retrieved 8 March 2023.
- ^ Chui, Shirley (4 March 2023). "China's wait for snooker world champion goes on as 'female Ding' Bai Yulu loses women's final". South China Morning Post.
- ^ "Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan". World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
- ^ "Bai Yulu makes 127 in Thailand". World Women's Snooker. 1 March 2023. Retrieved 2 March 2023.
- ^ "2023 World Women's Snooker Championship - 30+ Breaks". WPBSA SnookerScores. Retrieved 4 March 2023.