2023 UK Women's Snooker Championship
Women's snooker tournament
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The 2023 UK Women's Snooker Championship (officially the 2023 Taom UK Women's Snooker Championship) was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 22 to 24 September 2023 at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England. It was organised by World Women's Snooker.[1]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–24 September 2023 |
| Venue | Northern Snooker Centre |
| City | Leeds |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Women's Snooker |
| Highest break |  Ng On-yee (HKG) (79) |
| Defending champion |  Reanne Evans (ENG) |
| Final | |
| Champion | Reanne Evans (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Bai Yulu (CHN) |
| Score | 4–1 |
← 2022 2024 → | |
Reanne Evans was the defending champion, having defeated Ng On-yee 4–3 in the 2022 final.[2] Evans defeated Bai Yulu 4–1 in the final to retain the title.[3][4] The highest break of the tournament was the 79 made by Ng in the quarter-finals.[5]
It was Evans's fourth successive UK title win, and her 12th in all.[6] Evans defeated Jamie Hunter, Anupama Ramachandran and Ng to reach the final,[6] where she took a 2–0 lead against Bai.[6] Bai won frame three, but scored only 13 points across the next two frames as Evans competed her victory with a pot success rate of 93% and a safety success rate of 85% during the match.[6] Bai had eliminated Tessa Davidson in the last-16 round and met world number one Mink Nutcharut in the quarter finals.[6] Bai twice leveled the match from a frame behind and then won the deciding frame with a break of 69.[6] She then overcame reigning world champion Baipat Siripaporn 4–2 in the semi-finals.[6] Evans overtook Ng to move to second place in the rankings updated after the tournament, with Nutcharut retaining the top position.[6]
In side events, Mary Talbot-Deegn won the Challenge Cup, contested by players who did not reach the last 16 of the main competition, defeating Chloe Payne 2–0 in the final.[6] Tessa Davidson took the Seniors title with a 2–0 win over Diana Schuler.[6] Natasha Chethan won the under-21 title by defeating Zoe Killington in the one=frame final.[6] The final of the British Open under-21 championship which had been held over from May due to a lack of time was played during the UK Championship; Bai defeated Sophie Nix 2–1.[6]
Format
The top five players—Reanne Evans, Mink Nutcharut, Ng On-yee, Rebecca Kenna and Emma Parker—were seeded through to the last-16. The remaining players were drawn in ten groups, each containing four players. Those matches were played as the best of 3 frames. The top two players from each group qualified for the knockout stage: the two best group winners progressed to the last-16, while the remaining eighteen had to play a last-32 round. The last-32 round, the last-16 round and the quarter-finals were played as the best of 5 frames. The semi-finals and the final were played as the best of 7 frames.[7]
Knockout
The draw for the tournament's knockout rounds is shown below. The match winners are shown in bold.[3][4]
| Last 32 Best of 5 frames | Last 16 Best of 5 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 5 frames | Semi-finals Best of 7 frames | Final Best of 7 frames | ||||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Hunter (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connie Stephens (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jamie Hunter (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Anupama Ramachandran | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jasmine Bolsover (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sarah Dunn (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jasmine Bolsover (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anupama Ramachandran (IND) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lynn Shi (CHN) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Anupama Ramachandran (IND) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ng On-yee | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebecca Kenna (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Natasha Chethan (IND) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Gillian Hayes (SCO) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Natasha Chethan (IND) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Rebecca Kenna | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ng On-yee | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mary Talbot (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Varshaa Sanjeev Kumar (IND) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Varshaa Sanjeev Kumar (IND) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ng On-yee (HKG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bai Yulu | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
 Mink Nutcharut (THA) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steph Daughtery (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Steph Daughtery (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Diana Schuler (GER) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Mink Nutcharut | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bai Yulu | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yee Ting Cheung (HKG) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bai Yulu (CHN) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Tessa Davidson (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Bai Yulu | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| Baipat Siripaporn | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Amee Kamani (IND) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hannah Jones (ENG) | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hannah Jones (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
 Chucky Preston (NIR) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Amee Kamani | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Baipat Siripaporn | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Emma Parker (ENG) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||
| Chloe Payne (ENG) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Emma Parker (ENG) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Baipat Siripaporn (THA) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||