Baipat Siripaporn
Born (1999-05-24) 24 May 1999
Sport country Thailand
NicknameBaipat Sriracha[1]
Professional2023–present
Highest rankingWorld Women's Snooker: 9 (March 2023)[2]
Current ranking 129 (as of 18 December 2023)

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]

Career

Baipat, 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]

Performance and rankings timeline

World Snooker Tour

Tournament 2022/
23		 2023/
24
Ranking[nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Championship League A A
European Masters A LQ
British Open A LQ
English Open A LQ
Wuhan Open NH LQ
Northern Ireland Open A LQ
International Championship NH LQ
UK Championship A LQ
Shoot Out A 1R
Scottish Open A LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ
German Masters A LQ
Welsh Open A
Players Championship DNQ
World Open NH
Tour Championship DNQ
World Championship LQ
Non-ranking tournaments
Champion of Champions A 1R
Six-red World Championship A
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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ↑ She was an amateur
  3. ↑ Players qualified through Women's Tour started the season without ranking points

World Women's Snooker

Tournament[10] 2016/
17		 2018/
19		 2021/
22		 2022/
23
Current tournaments
UK Championship A A A RR
US Open Not Held A
Australian Open NH A NH A
Scottish Open Not Held A
Masters A A A QF
Belgian Open NH A NH A
Asia-Pacific Championship Not Held F
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 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 Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

    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 [11]
    2017 IBSF World Under-18 Snooker Championship Beijing, China  Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA)  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) 3–2 [12]
    2017 IBSF Six-red Snooker Championship Hurghada, Egypt  Ng On-yee (HKG)  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) 4–0 [13]
    ACBS Asian Snooker Championship
    Year Venue Winner Runner-up Score Ref.
    2018 Yangon, Myanmar  Amee Kamani (IND)  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA) 3–0 [14][15]
    2022 Doha, Qatar  Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan (THA)  Nutcharut Wongharuthai (THA) 3–2 [16]
    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 [17]
    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. 1 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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 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. ↑ "WPBSA Snooker Scores - Player: Nutcharut Wongharuthai". WPBSA Snooker Scores. Archived from the original on 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
    11. ↑ "Siripaporn pockets second world title of the year". IBSF. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
    12. ↑ "Nutcharat becomes 2017 IBSF Open Under-18 Women Snooker Champion". IBSF. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
    13. ↑ "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.
    14. ↑ "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.
    15. ↑ "ACBS Snooker Championships Ladies – Yangon / Myanmar 2018". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 2019-03-28. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
    16. ↑ "ACBS Snooker Championships Ladies – Doha / Qatar 2022". International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Archived from the original on 2023-03-03. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
    17. ↑ "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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