1983 Women's World Snooker Championship

{{short description|Women's snooker event, held May 1983}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name = 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship

|logo = Advertisment_for_the_1983_Women's_World_Snooker_Championship.jpg

|caption = Advertisement for the tournament from Cue World magazine, March 1983

|dates ={{Start and end dates|1983|05|21|1983|05|28|df=y}}

|venue = Pontins Brean Sands Holiday Club

|location = Brean

|country = England

|organisation = World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

|format = Single elimination

|Total prize fund =

|winners_share = £2,000

|highest_break =

|winner = {{flagathlete|Sue Foster|ENG}}

|runner_up = {{flagathlete|Maureen Baynton|ENG}}

|score = 8–5

|previous = 1981

|next = 1984

}}

The 1983 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 21 to 28 May 1983 at Pontins Brean Sands Holiday Club, Brean. It was the 1983 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976 and was sponsored by Pontins. The tournament was won by Sue Foster, who defeated Maureen Baynton 8–5 in the final.{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ |title=History |author= |website=womenssnooker.com |publisher=World Women's Snooker |access-date=27 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128145315/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ |archive-date=28 January 2019 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |author= |title=Pot on Sue |work=Sunday Mirror |date=29 May 1983 |page=43}}

The top seed was Sue LeMaich. The defending champion from the previous staging of the event in 1981, Vera Selby, decided not to enter in 1983. Fourth seed Mandy Fisher was beaten by 13-year-old Stacey Hillyard in the third round. In the first semi-final, LeMaich lost the last two frames in a 5–6 defeat by Baynton. With the scores at 5–5, LeMaich missed a pot on the {{cuegloss|black ball|black}} and left it over a {{cuegloss|pocket}}, Baynton then potting the ball to win the match. In the other semi-final, Foster led Lesley McIlrath 3–0, but later found herself 4–5 behind. Foster won the next frame to level at 5–5, and took the deciding frame on the {{cuegloss|pink ball|pink}}. Baynton led 4–3 after the first session of the final, but won only one further frame in the second session, with Foster winning 8–5. Foster received £2,000 prize money for her win, and Baynton received £1,000 as runner-up.{{cite news |author= |title=Women's snooker |work=Aberdeen Evening Express |date=26 May 1983 |page=20}}