Baipat Siripaporn

Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (Thai: ศิริภาพร นวนทะคำจัน, born 24 May 1999[3]), better known as Baipat Siripaporn, is a Thai snooker player who is the reigning world women's snooker champion. With compatriot Waratthanun Sukritthanes, she won the 2019 Women's Snooker World Cup.[2]

Baipat Siripaporn
Born (1999-05-24) 24 May 1999
Sport countryThailand
NicknameBaipat Sriracha[1]
Professional2023–
Highest rankingWorld Women's Snooker: 9 (March 2023)[2]

Baipat, from Chonnuri, 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]

Career finals
International Billiards and Snooker Federation
Year Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2016 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship Mol, Belgium  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)  Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA) 3–1 [10]
2017 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship Beijing, China  Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA)  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) 3–2 [11]
2017 IBSF Six-red Snooker Championship Hurghada, Egypt  Ng On-yee (HKG)  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) 4–0 [12]
ACBS Asian Snooker Championship
Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2018 Yangon, Myanmar  Amee Kamani (IND)  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) 3–0 [13][14]
2022 Doha, Qatar  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)  Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA) 3–2 [15]
World Women's Snooker
Year Tournament Venue Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
2023 Asia-Pacific Women's Championship Sydney, Australia  Ploychompoo Laokiatphong (THA)  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) 4–1 [16]
2023 World Women's Snooker Championship Bangkok, Thailand  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)  Bai Yulu (CHN) 6–3 [9]

References
  1. "Siripaporn secures world title". Bangkok Post. 6 March 2023. Archived from the original on 6 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2023.
  2. "Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan". World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 25 October 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  3. "Baipat Siripaporn Player Details". livescores.worldsnookerdata.com. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  4. "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.
  5. "Teenager Siriphaporn living a real life fairytale". Bangkok Post. 2 August 2015.
  6. 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.
  7. "Double joy for Siripaporn". Bangkok Post. 24 August 2022. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  8. "2023 World Women's Snooker Championship – Knockout". WPBSA SnookerScores. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  9. 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.
  10. "Siripaporn pockets second world title of the year". IBSF. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  11. "Nutcharat becomes 2017 IBSF Open Under-18 Women Snooker Champion". IBSF. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  12. "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.
  13. "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.
  14. "ACBS Snooker Championships Ladies – Yangon / Myanmar 2018". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  15. "ACBS Snooker Championships Ladies – Doha / Qatar 2022". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
  16. "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.
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