World Women's Snooker Championship

The World Women's Snooker Championship (formerly known as the Women's World Open Championship from 1976 to 1981 and the World Ladies Snooker Championship from 1983 to 2018) is the leading tournament on the World Women's Snooker Tour. The reigning champion is Reanne Evans.

World Women's Snooker Championship[1]
Tournament information
VenueHi-End Snooker Club
LocationBangkok
CountryThailand
Established1976
Organisation(s)World Women's Snooker[2]
Total prize fund£15,000
Recent edition2019
Current champion(s) Reanne Evans

History

The tournament began as the Women's World Open Championship, which, as the most prestigious event for female players, was effectively the world championship.[3] The first tournament was held in 1976, and the event was held again in 1980 and 1981.

The competition was staged from 1983 onward as the World Ladies Snooker Championship. Over the next two decades, the tournament was dominated by Allison Fisher (7 titles), Karen Corr (3 titles), and Kelly Fisher (5 titles), all of whom eventually moved to the United States to compete on the WPBA nine-ball pool tour.

From 1998 to 2003, Embassy sponsored the tournament, with the semi-finals and final taking place at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield during the World Snooker Championship.[3] After restrictions on tobacco advertising were introduced in 2003, the tournament lost its sponsorship and was not held in 2004. The event was revived in 2005. The most successful player since that time has been Reanne Evans, who has won the title 12 times, including ten consecutive victories between 2005 and 2014.

The 2017 championship was held in Toa Payoh, Singapore, the first time since 1995 that it was held outside of the UK.[4]

In 2018, the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association was rebranded as World Women's Snooker, and the tournament was renamed the World Women's Snooker Championship.[5]

Finals

[6][7]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score City
1976 Vera Selby Muriel Hazeldene 4–0 Middlesbrough
1977 No tournament held
1978
1979
1980 Lesley McIlrath Agnes Davies 4–2 Hayling Island
1981 Vera Selby Mandy Fisher 3–0 Thorness Bay
1982 No tournament held
1983 Sue Foster Maureen Baynton 8–5 Brean
1984 Am[8] Stacey Hillyard Natalie Stelmach 4–1 Coventry
1984 Pro[7] Mandy Fisher Maryann McConnell 4–2 Birmingham
1985 Allison Fisher Stacey Hillyard 5–1 Solihull
1986[9] Allison Fisher Sue LeMaich 5–0 Solihull
1987[10] Ann-Marie Farren Stacey Hillyard 5–1 Puckpool
1988 Allison Fisher Ann-Marie Farren 6–1 Brixham
1989 Allison Fisher Ann-Marie Farren 6–5 Brixham
1990[11] Karen Corr Stacey Hillyard 7–4 London
1991[12] Allison Fisher Karen Corr 8–2 London
1992 No tournament held[13]
1993[14] Allison Fisher Stacey Hillyard 9–3 Blackpool
1994 Allison Fisher Stacey Hillyard 7–3 New Delhi
1995[15] Karen Corr Kim Shaw 6–3 New Delhi
1996[16] No tournament held[lower-alpha 1]
1997[16] Karen Corr Kelly Fisher 6–3 Llanelli
1998[17] Kelly Fisher Karen Corr 5–0 Sheffield
1999 Kelly Fisher Karen Corr 4–2 Sheffield
2000 Kelly Fisher Lisa Ingall 4–1 Sheffield
2001 Lisa Quick Lynette Horsburgh 4–2 Sheffield
2002 Kelly Fisher Lisa Quick 4–1 Sheffield
2003 Kelly Fisher Lisa Quick 4–1 Sheffield
2004[18] No tournament held
2005[18] Reanne Evans Lynette Horsburgh 6–4 Cambridge
2006[19] Reanne Evans Emma Bonney 5–3 Cambridge
2007[20] Reanne Evans Katie Henrick 5–3 Cambridge
2008 Reanne Evans June Banks 5–2 Cambridge
2009 Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 5–2 Cambridge
2010 Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 5–1 Cambridge
2011 Reanne Evans Emma Bonney 5–1 Bury St Edmunds
2012 Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 5–3 Cambridge
2013 Reanne Evans Maria Catalano 6–3 Cambridge
2014[21] Reanne Evans Ng On Yee 6–0 Leeds
2015[22] Ng On Yee Emma Bonney 6–2 Leeds
2016[23] Reanne Evans Ng On Yee 6–4 Leeds
2017[24] Ng On Yee Vidya Pillai 6–5 Toa Payoh
2018 Ng On Yee Maria Catalano 5–0 St. Paul's Bay
2019[25] Reanne Evans Nutcharut Wongharuthai 6–3 Bangkok
2020 No tournament held

Statistics by player
Rank Name Nationality Winner Runner-up
1 Reanne Evans  England 12 0
2 Allison Fisher  England 7 0
3 Kelly Fisher  England 5 1
4 Karen Corr  Northern Ireland 3 3
5 Ng On Yee  Hong Kong 3 2
6 Vera Selby  England 2 0
7 Stacey Hillyard  England 1 5
8 Ann-Marie Farren  England 1 2
Lisa Quick  England 1 2
10 Mandy Fisher  England 1 1
11 Lesley McIlrath  Australia 1 0
Sue Foster  England 1 0
13 Maria Catalano  England 0 5
14 Emma Bonney  England 0 3
15 Lynette Horsburgh  Scotland 0 2
16 Muriel Hazeldene  England 0 1
Agnes Davies  Wales 0 1
Maureen Baynton  England 0 1
Natalie Stelmach  Canada 0 1
Maryann McConnell  Canada 0 1
Sue LeMaich  Canada 0 1
Kim Shaw  England 0 1
Lisa Ingall  England 0 1
Katie Henrick  England 0 1
June Banks  England 0 1
Vidya Pillai  India 0 1
Nutcharut Wongharuthai  Thailand 0 1
  • Active players are shown in bold.

Notes
  1. A championship was started in 1996 but did not conclude until 1997 and is recorded as the 1997 Championship. See the article for 1997 (linked one row below) for further details.

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