World Women's Snooker Championship[1]
Tournament information
Established1976
Organisation(s)World Women's Snooker[2]
Total prize fund£26,440
Recent edition2023
Current championThailand Baipat Siripaporn

The World Women's Snooker Championship (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 winner receives the Mandy Fisher Trophy and a place on the main professional World Snooker Tour. The reigning champion is Thai player Baipat Siripaporn.

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. Staged from 1983 onward as the World Ladies Snooker Championship, the tournament was dominated over the next two decades 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 most successful player since the tournament's revival in 2005 has been Reanne Evans, who has won the title a record 12 times, including ten consecutive victories between 2005 and 2014.

The 2017 event was held in Toa Payoh, Singapore, the first time since 1995 that the tournament was held outside of the UK.[4] In the following year, 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.[2] In 2021, the tournament's trophy was renamed the Mandy Fisher Trophy.[5] Fisher founded the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association in 1981, won the women's world title in 1984, and currently serves as president of World Women's Snooker.

The tournament was not staged in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After its resumption, the 2022 and 2023 tournaments were won by Thai players Mink Nutcharut and Baipat Siripaporn respectively, ending a 19-year period in which every world title had been won either by Reanne Evans or Ng On-yee. Beginning in 2022, the Women's World Champion automatically received a two-year tour card to the main professional tour. If the tournament winner already holds a place on the professional tour, the next highest ranked player will receive a place.[5] China will host the event for the first time in 2024 in Dongguan.[6]

The highest break in the history of the tournament is 127, made by Bai Yulu in the group stages of the 2023 event.[7]

Winners

[3][8]

Year Winner Runner-up Final score City
1976 England Vera Selby England Muriel Hazeldene 4–0 England Middlesbrough
1977–1979 No tournament held
1980 Australia Lesley McIlrath Wales Agnes Davies 4–2 England Hayling Island
1981 England Vera Selby England Mandy Fisher 3–0 England Thorness Bay
1982 No tournament held
1983 England Sue Foster England Maureen Baynton 8–5 England Brean
1984 Am[9] England Stacey Hillyard Canada Natalie Stelmach 4–1 England Coventry
1984 Pro[8][10] England Mandy Fisher Canada Maryann McConnell 4–2 England Birmingham
1985 England Allison Fisher England Stacey Hillyard 5–1 England Solihull
1986[11] England Allison Fisher Canada Sue LeMaich 5–0 England Solihull
1987[12] England Ann-Marie Farren England Stacey Hillyard 5–1 England Puckpool
1988 England Allison Fisher England Ann-Marie Farren 6–1 England Brixham
1989 England Allison Fisher England Ann-Marie Farren 6–5 England Brixham
1990[13] Northern Ireland Karen Corr England Stacey Hillyard 7–4 England London
1991[14] England Allison Fisher Northern Ireland Karen Corr 8–2 England London
1992 No tournament held[15]
1993[16] England Allison Fisher England Stacey Hillyard 9–3 England Blackpool
1994 England Allison Fisher England Stacey Hillyard 7–3 India New Delhi
1995[17] Northern Ireland Karen Corr England Kim Shaw 6–3 India New Delhi
1996 No tournament held[lower-alpha 1]
1997[18] Northern Ireland Karen Corr England Kelly Fisher 6–3 Wales Llanelli
1998[19] England Kelly Fisher Northern Ireland Karen Corr 5–0 England Sheffield
1999 England Kelly Fisher Northern Ireland Karen Corr 4–2 England Sheffield
2000 England Kelly Fisher England Lisa Ingall 4–1 England Sheffield
2001 England Lisa Quick Scotland Lynette Horsburgh 4–2 England Sheffield
2002 England Kelly Fisher England Lisa Quick 4–1 England Sheffield
2003 England Kelly Fisher England Lisa Quick 4–1 England Sheffield
2004 No tournament held[20]
2005[20] England Reanne Evans Scotland Lynette Horsburgh 6–4 England Cambridge
2006[21] England Reanne Evans England Emma Bonney 5–3 England Cambridge
2007[22] England Reanne Evans England Katie Henrick 5–3 England Cambridge
2008 England Reanne Evans England June Banks 5–2 England Cambridge
2009 England Reanne Evans England Maria Catalano 5–2 England Cambridge
2010 England Reanne Evans England Maria Catalano 5–1 England Cambridge
2011 England Reanne Evans England Emma Bonney 5–1 England Bury St Edmunds
2012 England Reanne Evans England Maria Catalano 5–3 England Cambridge
2013 England Reanne Evans England Maria Catalano 6–3 England Cambridge
2014[23] England Reanne Evans Hong Kong Ng On-yee 6–0 England Leeds
2015[24] Hong Kong Ng On-yee England Emma Bonney 6–2 England Leeds
2016[25] England Reanne Evans Hong Kong Ng On-yee 6–4 England Leeds
2017[26] Hong Kong Ng On-yee India Vidya Pillai 6–5 Singapore Toa Payoh
2018 Hong Kong Ng On-yee England Maria Catalano 5–0 Malta St. Paul's Bay
2019[27] England Reanne Evans Thailand Mink Nutcharut 6–3 Thailand Bangkok
2020–2021 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 Thailand Mink Nutcharut Belgium Wendy Jans 6–5 England Sheffield
2023 Thailand Baipat Siripaporn China Bai Yulu 6–3 Thailand Bangkok
2024 China Dongguan

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
Mink Nutcharut  Thailand 1 1
12 Lesley McIlrath  Australia 1 0
Sue Foster  England 1 0
Baipat Siripaporn  Thailand 1 0
15 Maria Catalano  England 0 5
16 Emma Bonney  England 0 3
17 Lynette Horsburgh  Scotland 0 2
18 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
Wendy Jans  Belgium 0 1
Bai Yulu  China 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.[18]

References

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  13. ↑ Yates, Philip. "Corr keeps cool to win women's world title". Snooker Scene. No. December 1990. Everton's News Agency. p. 4.
  14. ↑ Yates, Phil (11 November 1991). "Fisher confirms her status as champion – Snooker". The Times. London – via NewsBank. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
  15. ↑ "Allison Fisher retains women's world title". Snooker Scene. No. June 1993. Everton's News Agency. p. 21.
  16. ↑ Hunn, David (25 April 1993). "Fisher proves she's the very best in a different pool – Snooker". The Sunday Times. London. p. 2/9 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 20 December 2019.
  17. ↑ "Karen Corr regains women's world title". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. October 1995. pp. 14–15.
  18. 1 2 "Karen Corr wins 1996 world title a little late". Snooker Scene. No. July 1997. Everton's News Agency. pp. 12–13.
  19. ↑ "Kelly Fisher: first woman to win at the Crucible". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. June 1998. p. 29.
  20. 1 2 "Evans takes title after replayed frame". Snooker Scene. No. May 2005. Everton's News Agency. p. 23.
  21. ↑ "Hard labour for Evans to retain title". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
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