2025 World Women's Snooker Championship

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. Reanne Evans holds the record for the most wins, having won 12 titles, including ten consecutive victories from 2005 to 2014. Organised by World Women's Snooker, the Chinese Billiards and Snooker Association, and Cantonese Snooker, the 2025 edition took place from 20 to 27 May 2025 at the Changping Gymnasium in Dongguan, China. The winner received the Mandy Fisher trophy. Bai Yulu was the defending champion, having defeated Mink Nutcharut 6–5 in the 2024 final. Format The players were drawn in 15 groups, each containing up to five players. The top two players from each group, and two best placed third players across the groups, qualified for the knockout stage. Group matches were played over the best of five . The first knockout rounds were the best of 5 frames, the second round and quarter-finals were the best of 7 frames, and the final was the best of 11 frames. The group stages were played from 20 to 23 May, after which the knockout stages took place. The final was held on 27 May. Prize fund The winner of the event received £12,000. The breakdown of prize money is shown below: • Winner: £12,000 • Runner-up: £5,500 • Semi-finalists: £2,500 • Quarter-finalists: £1,500 == Summary ==

Last 32 The last-32 matches were played as the best of 5 . Natcharin Sornprasert won the first frame, but Deng Xin Shun won the next three to advance to the next round. Wing man Shiu potted balls in every frame, but she was whitewashed by Anupama Ramachandran. Phakwalan Kongkaew compiled a 34 break in the first frame, the highest of the match, but was defeated 13 by Jessica Woods. Man Yan So and Narucha Phoemphul were tied both at 11 and 22, with Phoemphul winning the . Rebecca Kenna produced breaks of 41, 32, and 34 to defeat Yuk Fan Lau 31. Baipat Siripaporn made a as she whitewashed Yee Ting Cheung. Lu Zhao won the first frame of her match against Ploychompoo Laokiatphong, who then compiled a break of 47 in the second to level the scores. Lu took frames three and four to progress. Ng On-yee compiled breaks of 41 and 45 as she whitewashed He Danni. The match between Yee Ki Ho and Jaique Ip went to a decider, which Ho won helped by a 41 break. Tessa Davidson produced a half-century of 56 to take a 21 lead, but Panchaya Channoi forced a decider and won it. Bai Yulu produced a break of 89 as she defeated Liu Zi Ling 31. Amee Kamani made breaks of 37, 62, and 39 in a whitewash defeat of Bai Ya Ru. Narantuya Bayarsaikhan whitewashed Katrina Wan and Xia Yuyin did the same to Charlene Chai, making a 70 break in frame two. Reanne Evans compiled a half-century in the first frame against Yang Meng and went on to win 31. Last 16 , who had never lost before the quarter-finals of a World Women's Snooker Championship, was defeated in the last 16 by Xia Yuyin. The last-16 matches were played as the best of 7 frames. Ramachandran defeated Woods 41. Phoemphul recovered from 02 behind to level the scores, but Kenna won the last two frames of the match to progress. Siripaporn took four frames in a row for victory against Lu. Ng won the first frame against Ho with a 52 break and then extended her lead to 30. Ho won frame four to reduce the deficit, but Ng claimed victory in the fifth. Channoi produced breaks of 74 and 69, but she was defeated 24 by Bai, who made breaks of 57 and 88. Bayarsaikhan recovered from a two-frame deficit to tie the match, but Kamani won frames five and six to progress. Xia produced a 68 break in taking a 30 lead against 12-time champion Evans. Quarter-finals The quarter-finals were played as the best of 7 frames. Victory allowed Nutcharut to end the season as the world number one. Ng won the first frame against Bai with a 62 break, but Bai compiled breaks of 33, 45, 54, 41, and 82 to win four of the next five for victory. Xia built a 30 lead, featuring breaks of 45 and 38. Kamani took the next frame, but Xia sealed victory in the fifth. Semi-finals The semi-finals were played as the best of 9 frames. Playing in the semi-finals of a World Championship for the first time, Xia faced Bai, undefeated in the last fifteen matches of the tournament. Final retained the title that she won in 2024. Bai reached her third consecutive final, where she again faced Mink. The final was played as the best of 11 frames. Because Mink and Bai already held professional tour cards, Evans and Ng, the two other highest-ranked players in the women's world rankings, received two-year tour cards to begin in the 2025–26 season. Side events The World Women's Under-21 Championship and World Women's Seniors Championship were staged alongside the main tournament. Bai was ineligible to defend the under-21 title she had won the previous year, having turned 21 in the interim. Panchaya Channoi, aged 16, won the under-21 title with a 3–1 victory over Liu Zi Ling in the final. Tessa Davidson retained her seniors title, defeating Han Fang 3–1 in the final. It was Davidson's third seniors title in four years. == Results ==

Main event Group stage Group standings are shown below. ;Group A ;Group B ;Group C ;Group D ;Group D ;Group F ;Group G ;Group H ;Group I ;Group J ;Group K ;Group L ;Group M ;Group N ;Group O Knockout Results from the knockout rounds are shown below. The match winners are shown in bold. Side events Seniors Results from the World Women's Seniors Championship are shown below. The match winners are shown in bold. Under-21 Results from the World Women's Under-21 Championship are shown below. The match winners are shown in bold. ==Century breaks==

Two century breaks were made during the main event, both in the group stages: • 112 Bai Yulu • 107 Amee Kamani == References ==