1989 Women's World Snooker Championship

{{short description|Women's snooker event, held October 1989}}

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

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name= 1989 Women's World Snooker Championship

|logo=

|dates={{Start and end dates|1989|10|14|1989|10|21|df=y}}

|venue= Pontins

|location= Brixham

|country= England

|organisation= World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association

|format= Single elimination

|Total prize fund=

|winners_share= £3,500

|highest_break=

|winner={{flagathlete|Allison Fisher|ENG}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Ann-Marie Farren|ENG}}

|score= 6–5

|previous= 1988

|next= 1990

}}

The 1989 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place from 14 to 21 October 1989. It was the 1989 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976.{{cite news |author= |title=Fisher is No.1 – Snooker |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0F910360E843EC51 |work=The Times |location=London |date=11 October 1989 |via=NewsBank |access-date=17 May 2020 |url-access=subscription }}{{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 }} The event was held at the Pontins resort in Brixham.{{cite web |url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ladies.html |title=Ladies' Snooker |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160234/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ladies.html |work=Chris Turner's Snooker Archive |archive-date=16 February 2012}}

The tournament was won by defending champion Allison Fisher, who defeated Ann-Marie Farren 6–5 in the final and received £3,500 prize money. This was Fisher's fourth world snooker title in five years, and she would go on to win a total of seven championships before focusing her efforts on pool in the United States from 1995.{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Allison-Fisher |title=Allison Fisher |last=Hollar |first=Sherman |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=14 May 2020 }}{{cite news |last=Wheatley |first=Kevin |title=Another crown for the queen of the green baize – Snooker |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWNB&docref=news/0F9298442913DE6A |work=The Times |location=London |date=22 October 1989 |via=NewsBank |access-date=17 May 2020 |url-access=subscription }}