Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (Thai: ศิริภาพร นวนทะคำจัน, born 24 May 1999[3]), better known as Baipat Siripaporn, is a Thai professional snooker player. She won the 2023 World Women's Snooker Championship, which earned her a two-year tour card to the main professional World Snooker Tour. With compatriot Waratthanun Sukritthanes, she won the 2019 Women's Snooker World Cup.[2]
| Born | 24 May 1999 |
|---|---|
| Sport country |  Thailand |
| Nickname | Baipat Sriracha[1] |
| Professional | 2023–present |
| Highest ranking | World Women's Snooker: 6 (September 2023)[2] |
| Current ranking | 122 (as of 28 October 2024) |
Career
editBaipat, from Chonburi, started playing snooker aged nine, coached by her stepfather Pisit Chandsri, a two-time world over-40s champion.[4][5] In 2014, she won the International Billiards and Snooker Federation six-red snooker championship with a 4–2 victory over Anastasia Nechaeva in the final, having earlier eliminated former IBSF world champion Ng On-yee.[5]
Aged 15, she defeated Mink Nutcharut 4–2 in the final of the 2015 International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) World Under-21 Championship.[5] Baipat whitewashed Vidya Pillai 4–0 in the final to win the 2016 IBSF 6-reds snooker title.[6]
In 2022, she won the Thailand national 9-ball pool title by defeating Sukritthanes 11–8 in the final, having earlier won Thailand's national snooker title.[7]
Baipat reached the final of the 2023 World Women's Snooker Championship, after beating the defending champion Mink 5–2 in the semi-finals.[8] Despite losing the first two frames of the final, she defeated Bai Yulu 6–3 to win her first women's world title.[9] She was unable to defend her title at the 2024 event, losing 0–4 to Reanne Evans in the last 16.[10]
Performance and rankings timeline
editWorld Snooker Tour
edit| Tournament | 2022/ 23 |
2023/ 24 |
2024/ 25 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ranking[nb 1] | [nb 2] | [nb 3] | 95 | ||||||
| Ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Championship League | A | A | RR | ||||||
| Xi'an Grand Prix | Not Held | LQ | |||||||
| Saudi Arabia Masters | Not Held | 1R | |||||||
| English Open | A | LQ | A | ||||||
| British Open | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Wuhan Open | NH | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| Northern Ireland Open | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| International Championship | NH | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| UK Championship | A | LQ | |||||||
| Shoot Out | A | 1R | |||||||
| Scottish Open | A | LQ | LQ | ||||||
| German Masters | A | LQ | |||||||
| Welsh Open | A | LQ | |||||||
| World Open | NH | LQ | |||||||
| World Grand Prix | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Players Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| Tour Championship | DNQ | DNQ | |||||||
| World Championship | LQ | LQ | |||||||
| Non-ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| Champion of Champions | A | 1R | A | ||||||
| Former ranking tournaments | |||||||||
| European Masters | A | LQ | 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 Held | means an event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. | |||
World Women's Snooker
edit| Tournament[11] | 2016/ 17 |
2018/ 19 |
2021/ 22 |
2022/ 23 |
2023/ 24 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current tournaments | |||||||||
| UK Championship | A | A | A | RR | SF | ||||
| US Open | Not Held | A | A | ||||||
| Australian Open | NH | A | NH | A | A | ||||
| Masters | A | A | A | QF | A | ||||
| Belgian Open | NH | A | NH | A | A | ||||
| Albanian Open | Not Held | QF | |||||||
| World Championship | QF | SF | A | W | |||||
| British Open | Not Held | A | 3R | ||||||
| Former tournaments | |||||||||
| 10-Red World Championship | NH | 2R | Not Held | ||||||
| 6-Red World Championship | NH | SF | Not Held | ||||||
| Winchester Open | Not Held | QF | Not Held | ||||||
| Scottish Open | Not Held | A | NH | ||||||
| Asia-Pacific Championship | 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 Held | means an event was not held. | |||
| NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. | |||
| R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. | |||
| MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. | |||
Career finals
edit| Year | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | IBSF Six-red Snooker Championship | Sharm El Sheikh | Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)
|
 Anastasia Nechaeva (RUS)
|
4–2 | [12] |
| 2014 | IBSF Women's Team Championship | Sharm El Sheikh | Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) & Armornrat Uamduang (THA)
|
Anastasia Nechaeva (RUS) & Daria Sirotina (RUS)
|
4–1 | [12] |
| 2016 | IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship | Mol, Belgium | Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)
|
Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA)
|
3–1 | [13] |
| 2017 | IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship | Beijing, China | Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA)
|
Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)
|
3–2 | [14] |
| 2017 | IBSF Six-red Snooker Championship | Hurghada, Egypt |  Ng On-yee (HKG)
|
Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)
|
4–0 | [15] |
| Year | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Yangon, Myanmar |  Amee Kamani (IND)
|
Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)
|
3–0 | [16][17] |
| 2022 | Doha, Qatar | Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)
|
Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA)
|
3–2 | [18] |
| Year | Tournament | Venue | Winner | Runner-up | Score | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Asia-Pacific Women's Championship | Sydney, Australia | Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA)
|
Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)
|
4–1 | [19] |
| 2023 | World Women's Snooker Championship | Bangkok, Thailand | Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)
|
 Bai Yulu (CHN)
|
6–3 | [9] |
References
edit- ^ "Siripaporn secures world title". Bangkok Post. 6 March 2023. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan". World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ "Baipat Siripaporn Player Details". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
- ^ "Youngest ladies Snooker player aiming for a title". TNM Babushahi. 11 April 2017. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ a b c "Teenager Siriphaporn living a real life fairytale". Bangkok Post. 2 August 2015.
- ^ El-Nadar, Maydaa (4 August 2016). "Welsh Darren Morgan and Thai Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan stand out at the 2016 IBSF World Snooker Champion". Daily News Egypt.
- ^ "Double joy for Siripaporn". Bangkok Post. 24 August 2022. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "2023 World Women's Snooker Championship – Knockout". WPBSA SnookerScores. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ Newman, Richard (14 March 2024). "Reanne Evans ends Baipat Siripaporn's title defence to reach Women's World Championship snooker quarter-finals". Eurosport. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ^ "WPBSA Snooker Scores - Player: Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan". WPBSA Snooker Scores. Archived from the original on 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2024-01-21.
- ^ a b "Thai prospect, 15, wins women's title". Snooker Scene. August 2014. p. 33.
- ^ "Siripaporn pockets second world title of the year". IBSF. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- ^ "Nutcharat becomes 2017 IBSF Open Under-18 Women Snooker Champion". IBSF. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
- ^ "IBSF 6 reds Snooker Championships Women – Hurghada / Egypt 2017". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 2017-09-08. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ "Amee Kamani quietly creates history at the Asian Snooker Championships". The Bridge. 25 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 March 2022. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "ACBS Snooker Championships Ladies – Yangon / Myanmar 2018". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ "ACBS Snooker Championships Ladies – Doha / Qatar 2022". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ "Ploy Does the Double in Sydney!". World Women's Snooker. 3 February 2023. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
