Bai Yulu

Bai Yulu (; born 10 July 2003) is a Chinese professional snooker player who competes both on the World Women's Snooker Tour and the main World Snooker Tour. She is a two-time World Women's Champion and a former women's world number one.

A former world junior champion, Bai made her debut on the World Women's Snooker tour at the 2023 World Women's Snooker Championship, where she finished runner-up to Baipat Siripaporn. She defeated Mink Nutcharut to win the 2024 final, becoming the first World Women's Champion from mainland China. She defeated Nutcharut again in the 2025 final to retain her title, becoming the seventh multiple World Women's Champion. She is also a two-time winner of the UK Women's Snooker Championship, having claimed the title in 2024 and 2025. She reached number one in the women's world rankings for the first time in January 2026, becoming the third Asian player to attain that position. She has won a total of eight ranking titles on the World Women's Snooker Tour.

As the reigning World Women's Champion, Bai received a two-year tour card to the main professional World Snooker Tour from the start of the 2024–25 snooker season. In the 2024 UK Championship qualifiers, she became the first female player to win three matches at a professional ranking event. At the 2025 International Championship, she made a 145 break, the highest ever recorded by a female player in professional competition.

Early life Bai Yulu was born in Weinan, Shaanxi. Her parents went to work in Dongguan, Guangdong when she was a child. After she started school, she moved to Dongguan to live with her parents.

Career At 15, Bai won the 2018 Asian Women's Snooker Invitational Championship in Hong Kong, defeating Ng On-yee in the final. Bai won the women's 2019 IBSF World Under-21 Snooker Championship in Qingdao with a 4–0 victory over Mink Nutcharut in the final. She celebrated her 16th birthday during the tournament. She reached the quarter-finals of the 2019 IBSF Women's World Snooker Championship, making the three highest of the event: 91, 81 and 78. Accompanied by her mother, as she was unable as a 16-year-old to travel alone, she competed in the 2019 Hong Kong World Women's Masters, where she lost 1–4 to Rebecca Kenna in the final.

In 2023, she made her World Women's Snooker Tour debut at the World Women's Snooker Championship in Bangkok, Thailand. She defeated 12-time champion Reanne Evans 5–3 in the semi-finals, but lost the final 3–6 to Baipat Siripaporn. She won her first women's ranking title at the British Women's Open, defeating Evans 4–3 in the final. She also captured the titles of Asian Women's Championship and IBSF World Women's Snooker Championship in the same year.

The 2024 World Women's Snooker Championship was the first edition of the tournament to be staged in China. After coming from 0–3 behind to defeat Evans 5–3 in the semi-finals, Bai secured her first women's world title with a 6–5 victory over Mink in the final. Her 122 break in the final was the highest of the tournament and the highest ever made in a women's world final.

Bai became the first woman since Kelly Fisher in 1999 to win back-to-back matches at a ranking event when she defeated Farakh Ajaib and then Jamie Jones in the qualifying rounds for the 2024 UK Championship. She then became the first female player to register three wins at a ranking event by beating Scott Donaldson in the next round in a match which went to a final frame decider.

At the 2025 World Women's Snooker Championship, Bai won her second consecutive world title. She defeated Mink 64 in the final, and became the seventh woman to win multiple world titles. In August, Bai competed at the World Games in the women's six red event rather than entering the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters. She won the event by defeating Narucha Phoemphul of Thailand 2–0 in the final.

In January 2026, she won the WSF Women's Championship held in Sofia to reach the number one spot in the world women's rankings for the first time in her career.

Performance and rankings timeline World Snooker Tour Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held means an event was not held.NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

World Women's Snooker Tour Tournament 2022/23 2023/24 2024/25 2025/26 2026/27Current tournamentsUK ChampionshipAFWWAustralian OpenAAAANiche Cues OpenNot HeldWIrish OpenNot HeldWWSF Women's ChampionshipNot HeldFWBelgian OpenAAASFBritish OpenWAQFFWorld ChampionshipFWWQFFormer tournamentsAlbanian OpenNHSFNot HeldMastersAASFNot HeldUS OpenAAANot Held Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held means an event was not held.NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.

Career finals World Women's Snooker Tour Legend Women's World Championship (2–1) Women's UK Championship (2–1) Others (4–2)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreRunner-up 1. 2023 Women's World Championship 3–6 Winner 1. 2023 Women's British Open 4–3 Runner-up 2. 2023 Women's UK Championship 1–4 Winner 2. 2024 Women's World Championship 6–5 Winner 3. 2024 Women's UK Championship 4–0 Runner-up 3. 2025 WSF Women’s Championship 3–4 Winner 4. 2025 Women's World Championship 6–4 Winner 5. 2025 Women's UK Championship 4–2 Winner 6. 2025 Niche Cues Women’s Open 5–1 Winner 7. 2025 Irish Women’s Open 4–2 Winner 8. 2026 WSF Women’s Championship 4–0 Runner-up 4. 2026 Women's British Open 2–4

Amateur Events OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreRunner-up 1. 2018 IBSF World Under-21 Women's Championship 2–4 Runner-up 2. 2019 ACBS Asian Women's Championship 2–3 Winner 1. 2019 IBSF World Under-21 Women's Championship 4–0 Winner 2. 2023 ACBS Asian Women's Championship 3–0 Winner 3. 2023 IBSF Women's World Championship 4–0 Winner 4. 2025 World Games Women's Six-red Snooker 2–0