Ladies World Snooker Championship

Ladies World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Venue	Lagoon Billiard Room
Location	Toa Payoh
Country	Singapore
Established	1976
Organisation(s)	World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
Total prize fund	£6,000
Recent edition	2016
Current champion(s)	Reanne Evans

The Ladies World Snooker Championship is the leading professional snooker tournament in women's snooker.

History

The first championship was held in 1976. From 1998 to 2003 the championship was backed by Embassy, with the final taking place at the Crucible Theatre during the men’s world championship, but following the restrictions on tobacco advertising in 2003, WPBSA ceased support for the tournament in 2004 and the event was not held because of the WPBSA's financial difficulties. The event was revived in 2005 under the WLBSA when it was held at the Cambridge Snooker Centre. Reanne Evans is currently the most successful player in the tournaments history having won the championship eleven times. The current champion is Reanne Evans in her 11th reign. In June 2016, it was announced that for the first time since 1995 the Ladies World Snooker Championship will be held outside of the UK, being relocated to Toa Payoh, Singapore.^[1]

Finals

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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 Stacey Hillyard Natalie Stelmach 4–1 Unknown 1985 Allison Fisher Stacey Hillyard 5–1 Solihull 1986 Allison Fisher Sue LeMaich 5–0 Solihull 1987 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 Karen Corr Stacey Hillyard 7–4 London 1991 Allison Fisher Karen Corr 8–2 London 1992 No tournament held 1993 Allison Fisher Stacey Hillyard 9–3 Blackpool 1994 Allison Fisher Stacey Hillyard 7–3 New Delhi 1995 Karen Corr Kim Shaw 6–3 New Delhi 1996 No tournament held 1997 Karen Corr Kelly Fisher 6–3 Llanelli 1998 Kelly Fisher Karen Corr 5–0 Sheffield 1999 Kelly Fisher Karen Corr 4–2 Sheffield 2000 Kelly Fisher Lisa Ignall 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 No tournament held 2005 Reanne Evans Lynette Horsburgh 6–4 Cambridge 2006 Reanne Evans Emma Bonney 5–3 Cambridge 2007 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[3] Reanne Evans Ng On Yee 6–0 Leeds 2015[4] Ng On Yee Emma Bonney 6–2 Leeds 2016 Reanne Evans Ng On Yee 6–4 Leeds 2017 Toa Payoh Snooker World Championship Ladies Finalists Rank Name Nationality Winner Runner-up 1 Evans, ReanneReanne Evans  England 11 0 2 Fisher, AllisonAllison Fisher  England 7 0 3 Fisher, KellyKelly Fisher  England 5 1 4 Corr, KarenKaren Corr  Northern Ireland 3 3 5 Selby, VeraVera Selby  England 2 0 6 Hillyard, StaceyStacey Hillyard  England 1 5 7 Farren, Ann-Marie Ann-Marie Farren  England 1 2 7 Quick, LisaLisa Quick  England 1 2 7 On Yee, NgNg On Yee  Hong Kong 1 2 10 McIlrath, LesleyLesley McIlrath  Australia 1 0 10 Foster, SueSue Foster  England 1 0 12 Catalano, MariaMaria Catalano  England 0 4 13 Bonney, EmmaEmma Bonney  England 0 3 14 Horsburgh, LynetteLynette Horsburgh  Scotland 0 2 15 Hazelden, MurielMuriel Hazelden  England 0 1 15 Davies, AngesAnges Davies  Wales 0 1 15 Baynton, MaureenMaureen Baynton  England 0 1 15 Stelmach, NatalieNatalie Stelmach  Canada 0 1 15 LeMaich, SueSue LeMaich  Canada 0 1 15 Shaw, KimKim Shaw  England 0 1 15 Ignall, LisaLisa Ignall  England 0 1 15 Henrick, KateKate Henrick  England 0 1 15 Banks, JulieJulie Banks  England 0 1 Active players are shown in bold. References "WLBS Announces 2016/17 Calendar". World Snooker. Retrieved 11 October 2016. "Ladies' Snooker". cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk. Retrieved 16 October 2014. "Perfect Ten For Evans". World Snooker. Retrieved 16 October 2015. "Ng On Yee ends Reanne Evans' reign as world champion". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 October 2015. External links