Tatiana Woollaston

Tatiana started off refereeing amateur events in Belarus in 2008, before graduating to international amateur tournaments. In 2010 she worked at her first European Tour event, and in the same year she took charge of a semi-final at the tournament in Prague. She has since become a regular referee on the World Snooker Tour.

At the 2015 Welsh Open she took charge of a televised ranking event match for the first time. At the same tournament in 2022, she refereed the final between Joe Perry and Judd Trump. She first refereed at the World Championship at the Crucible in 2020.

Tatiana, who has a degree in economics, is married to pro player Ben Woollaston and they have two children. She also has a job at the head office of clothing firm Next.