| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Cambridge Snooker Centre |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Organisation | World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association |
| Format | Single elimination |
| Winner's share | £800 |
| Highest break | 78 (Reanne Evans, Emma Bonney) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Reanne Evans |
| Runner-up | Emma Bonney |
| Score | 5–3 |
← 2005 2007 → | |
The 2006 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament played in the United Kingdom in 2006. Defending champion Reanne Evans beat Emma Bonney 5–3 in the final to win her second world title.
Tournament summary
Reanne Evans was the reigning champion, having won the 2005 World Women's Snooker Championship. The 2006 tournament was played at the Cambridge Snooker Centre, the same venue as the 2005 championship.[1][2] Evans was eight months pregnant during the tournament.[3]
Evans received £800 in prize money as champion, and Bonney received £400 as runner-up. The losing semi-finalists received £200 each, and losing quarter-finalists £100 each.[2]
Other events were held at the same venue alongside the women's snooker world championship. Bonney also lost in the final of the 2005 World Women's Billiards Championship, 164–193 to Chitra Magimairaj. Evans won the mixed doubles snooker tournament with her partner Mark Allen, Jenny Poulter won the seniors event, and Suzie Opacic won the juniors event.[2]
Main draw
Quarter-finals onwards shown below. Source: Snooker Scene[2]
| Quarter-finals Best-of-7 frames | Semi-finals Best-of-7 frames | Final Best-of-9 frames | ||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans
| 4 | |||||||||||||
 Meenal Thakur
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Anuja Thakur
| 2 | |||||||||||||
| Anuja Thakur
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Chitra Magimairaj
| 1 | |||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans
| 5 | |||||||||||||
| Emma Bonney
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Emma Bonney
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Vidya Pillai
| 0 | |||||||||||||
| Emma Bonney
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Maria Catalano
| 3 | |||||||||||||
| Maria Catalano
| 4 | |||||||||||||
| Tina Owen-Sevilton
| 0 | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Evans takes title after replayed frame". Snooker Scene. No. May 2005. Everton's News Agency. p. 23.
- 1 2 3 4 "Hard labour for Evans to retain title". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
- ↑ Johnson, Steve (8 April 2006). "Maxi-mum break for the champ – Snooker: Reanne lifts world title despite being eight months pregnant". The Birmingham Mail. England – via NewsBank. Retrieved 20 December 2019.