| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 22–24 September 2024 |
| 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 |
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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]
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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 succcess 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]
