World Women's Snooker Championship
{{Short description|Tournament on the World Women's Snooker Tour}}
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|tournament_name = World Women's Snooker Championship
|image = Bai_Yulu_2025.jpg
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|establishment = 1976
|organisation = World Women's Snooker
|prizefund = £33,400
|Recent edition = 2024
|Current Champion = {{flagathlete|Bai Yulu|CHN}}
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The World Women's Snooker Championship (known as the Women's World Open from 1976 to 1981 and the World Ladies Snooker Championship from 1983 to 2018) is the longest-running and most prestigious tournament on the World Women's Snooker Tour. Staged 41 times since the inaugural edition in 1976, it has produced 15 different champions, six of whom have won the title more than once.
The most successful player in the tournament's history has been Reanne Evans, who has won 12 titles, followed by Allison Fisher with seven titles and Kelly Fisher with five. The inaugural champion was Vera Selby, who won the title twice. Although the tournament had only one winner from outside the United Kingdom before 2014 (Australia's Lesley McIlrath in 1980) most recent editions have been won by Asian players. Hong Kong's Ng On-yee won three titles, in 2015, 2017 and 2018. Thai players Mink Nutcharut and Baipat Siripaporn won in 2022 and 2023 respectively, and China's Bai Yulu claimed her first title in 2024.
In 2021, the World Women’s Snooker Tour became an official qualification route to the main professional World Snooker Tour. At the end of each season, the reigning World Women's Snooker Champion receives a professional tour card for the following two seasons, as does the highest-ranked player in the women's rankings who is not already on the tour. If the World Champion is already on the tour, that card will be issued to the next highest ranked player who is not on the tour.
History
Founded in 1931, the Women's Billiards Association (WBA) organised an amateur women's snooker championship that took place most years from 1933 until the 1970s.{{cite book |last=Morrison|first=Ian |date=1989 |title=Snooker: records, facts and champions |publisher=Guinness Superlatives Ltd |location=Enfield |isbn=978-0-85112-364-6 |page=142}} The WBA also held the Women's Professional Snooker Championship annually from 1934 to 1941 and 1947 to 1950,{{cite magazine |last=Dale |first=Dominic |author-link=Dominic Dale |title=Women's snooker: 90 years of downs and ups |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=July 2020 |pages=9–11}} but then discontinued it due to lack of public interest. The standard of amateur women's snooker was generally perceived as poor throughout the 1930s, but women's participation improved in the postwar era, including the formation of women's snooker leagues, producing improvements in the quality of play. The billiard trade company Burroughes and Watts often supported women's competitions, but that support ended after sporting goods firm Riley took over the company in 1967. The number of competitions reduced, and the amateur championship lacked sponsorship and suffered from poor organisation.
In 1976, the Women's Billiards and Snooker Association was established. The Q Promotions company run by Maurice Hayes gained sponsorship from tobacco brand Embassy for a 1976 Women's World Open, as part of Embassy's deal to sponsor the 1976 World Snooker Championship.{{rp|50}} Over sixty players entered,{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1976 |title=The Ladbroke Snooker International Handbook |publisher=Ladbrokes Leisure |isbn=978-0-905606-00-2 |page=65}} including former amateur champions Maureen Baynton and Rosemary Davies, who both came out of retirement, and Joyce Gardner, runner-up in the professional championships of 1934, 1935 and 1937. Held at Middlesbrough Town Hall, the 1976 championship is recognised today by World Women's Snooker as the first edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship.{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |author-link=Clive Everton |date=1982 |title=The Guinness Book of Snooker |edition=Revised |publisher=Guinness Superlatives |location=Enfield |isbn=978-0-85112-256-4 |pages=155–157}}{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |author-link=Clive Everton |title=Sponsors add interest|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-sponsors-add-interest/125063003/ |newspaper=The Guardian |date=29 March 1976 |page=16 |via=Newspapers.com}} Vera Selby, the reigning amateur champion for four seasons before the tournament, defeated Muriel Hazeldene 4–0 in the final and won £500 plus a Jaeger-LeCoultre watch worth another £500.{{cite news |last=Davison |first=John |date=5 April 1976 |title=Vera Must Fight To Win This Title |work=Evening Chronicle |page=17 }}
The next edition took place in 1980, when 46 players entered.{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1985 |title=Guinness Snooker: The Records |location=Enfield |publisher=Guinness Superlatives |pages=155–156 |isbn=978-0-85112-448-3 }} Australian player Lesley McIlrath won the final 4–2 over Agnes Davies, who had won the Women's Professional Snooker Championship in 1949.{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=1 March 2011 |title=Agnes Davies obituary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/01/agnes-davies-obituary |work=The Guardian |access-date=20 April 2020 |url-access=registration |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190726173756/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2011/mar/01/agnes-davies-obituary |archive-date=26 July 2019 |url-status=live }} The tournament was staged again the following year, 1981, when Selby regained her title with a 3–0 victory over Mandy Fisher in the final. The first three championships were governed by the Women's Billiards and Snooker Association, but from 1983 the championship was controlled by the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (WLBSA), which was closely associated with Ladies Snooker International, a management and promotions company that had signed many of the leading female players.
In 1984, the WLBSA held an amateur championship, won by 15-year-old Stacey Hillyard,{{cite magazine |last=Jones |first=Gaye |title=Stacey Hillyard is women's world amateur champion |magazine=Cue World |location=Sheffield|date=November 1984 |pages=21–23}} and a five-tournament Grand Prix series, won by Mandy Fisher.{{cite book |editor-last=Everton |editor-first=Clive |date=1986 |title=Benson and Hedges Snooker Year |edition=Third |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Pelham Books |isbn=978-0-86369-166-9 |pages=155–158}} The latter is now regarded as an edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship.{{cite web |last=Huart |first=Matt |title=WWS History |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/history/wws-history/ |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=23 August 2022 |archive-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801164634/https://www.womenssnooker.com/history/wws-history/ |url-status=live }}{{cite book |last=Hale |first=Janice |date=1987 |title=Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88 |location=Aylesbury |publisher=Queen Anne Press |isbn=978-0-356-14690-4 |page=294 }} The 1985 Amateur Championship attracted 78 entries and was won by Allison Fisher, who lost only one {{cuegloss|frame}} during the tournament; this is recognised today as the 1985 edition of the tournament. The WLBSA abolished the distinction between amateur and professional status the following year. Fisher went on to win a further six world titles, most recently in 1994.
Barry Hearn's Matchroom company promoted the 1990 World Championship, with sponsorship from Trusthouse Forte and a total prize fund of £30,000, including £10,000 for the champion.{{cite news|title=Upmarket weekend at the Waldorf – Snooker |newspaper=The Times |date=10 November 1990 |page=31}} The previous record for the tournament prize fund had been £10,000, with £3,500 for the winner.{{cite news |last=Taylor |first=Mark |title=Worldly wise - girls hit high note |newspaper=The Brentwood Gazette and Mid-Essex Recorder |date=26 October 1990 |page=59 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brentwood-gazette-and-mid-essex-reco/145001220/ |via=Newspapers.com}} It was the first event in Matchroom's five-year deal with the WLBSA, which guaranteed at least £50,000 in world championship prize money across five years.{{cite magazine |title=Hearn signs first lady |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=July 1990 |page=7 }} Karen Corr won the title in 1990, 1995 and 1997; and Kelly Fisher won the title five times in six years from 1998 to 2003. Dissatisfied with her earnings from the game, Allison Fisher left the snooker circuit in 1997 to compete on the WPBA nine-ball pool tour in the United States. Both Corr and Kelly Fisher later followed that route.{{cite book |last=Everton |first=Clive |date=2012 |title=Black Farce and Cue Ball Wizards |publisher=Mainstream |location=Edinburgh |isbn=978-1-78057-568-1}}{{rp|160}}
In 1994, the quarter-finals, semi-finals and final were held in New Delhi, India, the tournament's first staging outside the United Kingdom.{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/womens-world-snooker-championship-potted-history/ |title=Women's World Snooker Championship – A Potted History |last=Huart |first=Matt |website=womenssnooker.com |publisher=World Women's Snooker |access-date=31 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721200507/https://www.womenssnooker.com/womens-world-snooker-championship-potted-history/ |archive-date=21 July 2019 |url-status=live }} The prize money was reduced in 1994,{{cite magazine |title=Allison Fisher wins women's world title for the seventh time |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=June 1994 |pages=14–15}} and again in 1995, when the final stages were again held in New Delhi.{{cite magazine |title=Karen Corr regains women's world title |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=October 1995 |pages=14–15 }} During the next edition, which extended from 1996 into 1997 due to delays in scheduling the final rounds, Hearn requested the termination of the contract with the WLBSA to promote the event in future.{{cite magazine |title=World title on hold |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=December 1996 |page=37 }}
In 1997, the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) took over the WLBSA, pledging to provide additional prize money.{{cite news |last=Yates |first=Phil |date=24 October 1997 |title=Women's game lifted – Snooker |work=The Times |page=45 }} 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.{{cite web|title=Ladies' Snooker|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ladies.html|access-date=27 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418005316/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/ladies.html|work=cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk|archive-date=18 April 2016|url-status=dead}} The WPBSA ceased supporting the women's circuit in 2003, following the UK government's restrictions on tobacco sponsorship of sport,{{cite news |first=Sarah |last=Potter |title=Colour of money pulls Fisher into pool |newspaper=The Times |date=20 November 2003 |page=55 }} and the championship was not held in 2004.
File:PHWC 2017 Finalists.jpg (left) has won a record twelve World Women's Snooker Championship titles; Ng On-yee (right) has won the title three times.]]
The tournament was revived in 2005. Since then, its most successful competitor has been Reanne Evans, who has won the title a record 12 times, including ten consecutive victories from 2005 to 2014 followed by further titles in 2016 and 2019.{{cite news |author= |title=Reanne Evans wins 12th Women's World Snooker Championship title |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/48739476 |work=BBC Sport |date=23 June 2019 |access-date=23 November 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623200013/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/48739476 |archive-date=23 June 2019 |url-status=live }} Hong Kong's Ng On-yee became the tournament's first Asian winner in 2015, adding further titles in 2017 and 2018. The 2017 event was held in Toa Payoh, Singapore, the first time since 1995 that the tournament was held outside the UK.{{cite web|title=WLBS Announces 2016/17 Calendar|date=21 June 2016 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/wlbs-announces-201617-calendar/|publisher=World Snooker|access-date=11 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161012151600/http://www.worldsnooker.com/wlbs-announces-201617-calendar/|archive-date=12 October 2016|url-status=live}} In 2018, 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.{{cite web|title=World Women's Snooker|date=29 November 2018 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/world-womens-snooker/|publisher=World Snooker|access-date=9 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709164808/http://www.worldsnooker.com/world-womens-snooker/|archive-date=9 July 2019|url-status=live}}
The tournament was not staged in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news|date=10 August 2021|title=England's top women snooker players return to the table|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-58139811|access-date=9 November 2021|archive-date=9 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211109104303/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-58139811|url-status=live}} In 2021, the tournament's trophy was renamed the Mandy Fisher Trophy. Fisher founded the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association in 1981, won the women's world title in 1984, and, as of March 2024, serves as president of World Women's Snooker.{{cite news |last=McNee |first=Sandy |title=In search of the big break – Snooker |newspaper=The Times |date=7 November 1989 |page=39}}{{cite web |title=Board |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/board/ |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=19 March 2024 |archive-date=1 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240301022850/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/board/ |url-status=live }}
Beginning in 2021, the World Women's Snooker Tour became an official qualification pathway to the World Snooker Tour. The World Women's Champion automatically receives a professional tour card for the following two seasons, although if she already holds a place on the professional tour, the next highest ranked player not on tour will receive a place.{{Cite web|date=12 October 2021|title=Sheffield to Host 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship|url=https://wst.tv/sheffield-to-host-2022-world-womens-snooker-championship/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211012211844/https://wst.tv/sheffield-to-host-2022-world-womens-snooker-championship/|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 October 2021|access-date=29 October 2021|website=World Snooker|language=en-US}} The 2022 and 2023 tournaments were won respectively by Thai players Mink Nutcharut and Baipat Siripaporn, ending a 19-year period in which every world title had been won either by Evans or Ng. China hosted the event for the first time in 2024, with the tournament staged in Dongguan.{{cite web |title=China to Host World Women's Snooker Championship for First Time |url=https://wst.tv/china-to-host-world-womens-snooker-championship-for-first-time/ |archive-date=12 December 2023 |access-date=12 December 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212105328/https://wst.tv/china-to-host-world-womens-snooker-championship-for-first-time/}} Bai Yulu defeated Nutcharut 6–5 in the final, becoming the first winner from mainland China.{{Cite news |date=18 March 2024 |title=World Women's Snooker Championship: China's Bai Yulu beats Mink Nutcharut to win first world title |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/68594888 |access-date=18 March 2024 |work=BBC Sport |archive-date=18 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318104541/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/68594888 |url-status=live }}
The highest break in the history of the tournament is 127 by Bai in the group stages of the 2023 event.{{Cite web |date=1 March 2023 |title=Bai Yulu Makes 127 In Thailand |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/bai-yulu-makes-127-in-thailand/ |access-date=10 March 2023 |website=World Women's Snooker |archive-date=4 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230304110604/https://www.womenssnooker.com/bai-yulu-makes-127-in-thailand/ |url-status=live }}
Ann-Marie Farren, who was aged 16 years and 47 days when she won the title in 1987, is recognised by Guinness World Records as the tournament's youngest winner as of 2024,{{Cite web |title=Youngest world champion (female) |url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/464687-youngest-snooker-world-champion-female |access-date=20 March 2024 |website=Guinness World Records}} although Hillyard was only 15 when she won the 1984 amateur championship.
Winners
File:Kelly Fisher 6.jpg pictured in 2022) won the Championship five times. She has also won world titles in English billiards,{{cite web |url= http://world-billiards.com/?p=9757 |title=World Ladies Billiards Champions |website=World-Billiards.com |publisher=World Billiards Ltd |date=22 June 2015 |access-date=4 October 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190816182227/http://world-billiards.com/?p=9757 |archive-date=16 August 2019 |url-status=live}} Ten-ball pool, and Nine-ball pool.{{cite web |title=Kelly Fisher |url=https://wpba.com/kelly-fisher |website=Women's Professional Billiard Association |access-date=8 April 2024}}]]
File:Karen Corr.jpg pictured in 2009), is another former English billiards world champion. Like Allison Fisher and Kelly Fisher, she moved to the United States to compete on the pool circuit.]] File:Nutcharut Wongharuthai at the 2020 Snooker Shoot Out.jpg was runner-up in 2024, having previously won in 2022 and reached the final in 2019.]]
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|+World Women's Snooker Championship finals{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/history/world-champions/ |title=World Champions |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=19 March 2024 |archive-date=10 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310072505/https://www.womenssnooker.com/history/world-champions/ |url-status=live }} |
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #90EE90" | Year
! style="text-align: center; background-color: #90EE90" | Winner ! style="text-align: center; background-color: #90EE90" | Runner-up ! style="text-align: center; background-color: #90EE90" | Final score ! style="text-align: center; background-color: #90EE90" | City ! style="text-align: center; background-color: #90EE90" | {{Ref heading}} |
|---|
| 1976
| data-sort-value= "Selby, Vera" | {{flagathlete|Vera Selby|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Hazeldene, Muriel" | {{flagathlete|Muriel Hazeldene|ENG}} | align = "center" | 4–0 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Middlesbrough|ENG}} |
| style="background-color: #ebebeb"
| 1977–1979 | data-sort-value="ZZ" colspan=4 style="text-align: center" | No tournament held |
| 1980
| data-sort-value= "McIlrath, Lesley" |{{flagathlete|Lesley McIlrath|AUS}} | data-sort-value= "Davies, Agnes" | {{flagathlete|Agnes Davies|WAL}} | align = "center" | 4–2 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Hayling Island|ENG}} |
| 1981
| data-sort-value= "Selby, Vera" | {{flagathlete|Vera Selby|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Fisher, Mandy" | {{flagathlete|Mandy Fisher|ENG}} | align = "center" | 3–0 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Thorness Bay|ENG}} |
| style="background-color: #ebebeb"
| 1982 | data-sort-value="ZZ" colspan=4 style="text-align: center" | No tournament held |
| 1983
| data-sort-value= "Foster, Sue" |{{flagathlete|Sue Foster|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Baynton, Maureen" | {{flagathlete|Maureen Baynton|ENG}} | align = "center" | 8–5 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Brean|ENG}} |
| 1984 {{abbr|Am|Amateur}}
| data-sort-value= "Hillyard, Stacey" | {{flagathlete|Stacey Hillyard|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Stelmach, Natalie" | {{flagathlete|Natalie Stelmach|CAN}} | align = "center" | 4–1 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Coventry|ENG}} |
| 1984 {{abbr|Pro|Professional}}
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Mandy" | {{flagathlete|Mandy Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "McConnell, Maryann" | {{flagathlete|Maryann McConnell|CAN}} | align = "center" | 4–2 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Birmingham|ENG}} |{{cite web |last=Huart |first=Matt |title=WWS History |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/history/wws-history/ |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=23 August 2022 |archive-date=1 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220801164634/https://www.womenssnooker.com/history/wws-history/ |url-status=live }} |
| 1985 {{abbr|Am|Amateur}}
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Allison" | {{flagathlete|Allison Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Hillyard, Stacey" | {{flagathlete|Stacey Hillyard|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–1 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Solihull|ENG}} |
| 1986
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Allison" | {{flagathlete|Allison Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "LeMaich, Sue" | {{flagathlete|Sue LeMaich|CAN}} | align = "center" | 5–0 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Solihull|ENG}} |
| 1987
| data-sort-value= "Farren, Anne-Marie" | {{flagathlete|Ann-Marie Farren|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Hillyard, Stacey" | {{flagathlete|Stacey Hillyard|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–1 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Puckpool|ENG}} |
| 1988
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Allison" | {{flagathlete|Allison Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Farren, Anne-Marie" | {{flagathlete|Ann-Marie Farren|ENG}} | align = "center" | 6–1 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Brixham|ENG}} |
| 1989
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Allison" | {{flagathlete|Allison Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Farren, Anne-Marie" | {{flagathlete|Ann-Marie Farren|ENG}} | align = "center" | 6–5 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Brixham|ENG}} |
| 1990
| data-sort-value= "Corr, Karen" | {{flagathlete|Karen Corr|NIR}} | data-sort-value= "Hillyard, Stacey" | {{flagathlete|Stacey Hillyard|ENG}} | align = "center" | 7–4 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|London|ENG}} |
| 1991
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Allison" | {{flagathlete|Allison Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Corr, Karen" | {{flagathlete|Karen Corr|NIR}} | align = "center" | 8–2 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|London|ENG}} |
| style="background-color: #ebebeb"
| 1992 | data-sort-value="ZZ" colspan=4 style="text-align: center" | No tournament held |
| 1993
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Allison" | {{flagathlete|Allison Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Hillyard, Stacey" | {{flagathlete|Stacey Hillyard|ENG}} | align = "center" | 9–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Blackpool|ENG}} |
| 1994
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Allison" | {{flagathlete|Allison Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Hillyard, Stacey" | {{flagathlete|Stacey Hillyard|ENG}} | align = "center" | 7–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|New Delhi|IND}} |
| 1995
| data-sort-value= "Corr, Karen" | {{flagathlete|Karen Corr|NIR}} | data-sort-value= "Shaw, Kim" | {{flagathlete|Kim Shaw|ENG}} | align = "center" | 6–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|New Delhi|IND}} |
| style="background-color: #ebebeb"
| 1996 | data-sort-value="ZZ" colspan=4 style="text-align: center" | No tournament held{{efn|A championship was started in 1996 but did not conclude until 1997 and is recorded as the 1997 Championship.}} |
| 1997
| data-sort-value= "Corr, Karen" | {{flagathlete|Karen Corr|NIR}} | data-sort-value= "Fisher, Kelly" | {{flagathlete|Kelly Fisher|ENG}} | align = "center" | 6–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Llanelli|WAL}} |
| 1998
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Kelly" | {{flagathlete|Kelly Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Corr, Karen" | {{flagathlete|Karen Corr|NIR}} | align = "center" | 5–0 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Sheffield|ENG}} |
| 1999
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Kelly" | {{flagathlete|Kelly Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Corr, Karen" | {{flagathlete|Karen Corr|NIR}} | align = "center" | 4–2 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Sheffield|ENG}} |
| 2000
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Kelly" | {{flagathlete|Kelly Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Ingall, Lisa" | {{flagathlete|Lisa Ingall|ENG}} | align = "center" | 4–1 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Sheffield|ENG}} |
| 2001
| data-sort-value= "Quick, Lisa" | {{flagathlete|Lisa Quick|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Horsburgh, Lynette" |{{flagathlete|Lynette Horsburgh|SCO}} | align = "center" | 4–2 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Sheffield|ENG}} |
| 2002
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Kelly" | {{flagathlete|Kelly Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Quick, Lisa" | {{flagathlete|Lisa Quick|ENG}} | align = "center" | 4–1 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Sheffield|ENG}} |
| 2003
| data-sort-value= "Fisher, Kelly" | {{flagathlete|Kelly Fisher|ENG}} | data-sort-value= "Quick, Lisa" | {{flagathlete|Lisa Quick|ENG}} | align = "center" | 4–1 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Sheffield|ENG}} |
| style="background-color: #ebebeb"
| 2004 | data-sort-value="ZZ" colspan=4 style="text-align: center" | No tournament held |
| 2005
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Horsburgh, Lynette" |{{flagathlete|Lynette Horsburgh|SCO}} | align = "center" | 6–4 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Cambridge|ENG}} |
| 2006
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" | {{flagathlete|Emma Bonney|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Cambridge|ENG}} |
| 2007
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Henrick, Katie" | {{flagathlete|Katie Henrick|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Cambridge|ENG}} |
| 2008
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Banks, June" | {{flagathlete|June Banks|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–2 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Cambridge|ENG}} |
| 2009
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Catalano, Maria" | {{flagathlete|Maria Catalano|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–2 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Cambridge|ENG}} |
| 2010
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Catalano, Maria" | {{flagathlete|Maria Catalano|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–1 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Cambridge|ENG}} |
| 2011
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" | {{flagathlete|Emma Bonney|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–1 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Bury St Edmunds|ENG}} |
| 2012
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Catalano, Maria" | {{flagathlete|Maria Catalano|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Cambridge|ENG}} |
| 2013
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Catalano, Maria" | {{flagathlete|Maria Catalano|ENG}} | align = "center" | 6–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Cambridge|ENG}} |
| 2014
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Ng On-yee" | {{flagathlete|Ng On-yee|HKG}} | align = "center" | 6–0 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Leeds|ENG}} |{{cite web|title=Perfect Ten For Evans|date=23 April 2014 |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/perfect-ten-for-evans/|publisher=World Snooker|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080233/http://www.worldsnooker.com/perfect-ten-for-evans/|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}} |
| 2015
| data-sort-value="Ng On-yee" | {{flagathlete|Ng On-yee|HKG}} | data-sort-value="Bonney, Emma" | {{flagathlete|Emma Bonney|ENG}} | align = "center" | 6–2 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Leeds|ENG}} |{{cite news|title=Ng On Yee ends Reanne Evans' reign as world champion|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/32397957|work=BBC Sport|access-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915135612/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/32397957|archive-date=15 September 2015|url-status=live}} |
| 2016
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Ng On-yee" | {{flagathlete|Ng On-yee|HKG}} | align = "center" | 6–4 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Leeds|ENG}} |
| 2017
| data-sort-value="Ng On-yee" | {{flagathlete|Ng On-yee|HKG}} | data-sort-value="Pillai, Vidya" | {{flagathlete|Vidya Pillai|IND}} | align = "center" | 6–5 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Toa Payoh|SGP}} |
| 2018
| data-sort-value="Ng On-yee" | {{flagathlete|Ng On-yee|HKG}} | data-sort-value="Catalano, Maria" | {{flagathlete|Maria Catalano|ENG}} | align = "center" | 5–0 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|St. Paul's Bay|MLT}} |
| 2019
| data-sort-value="Evans, Reannne" | {{flagathlete|Reanne Evans|ENG}} | data-sort-value="Nutcharut, Mink" |{{flagathlete|Mink Nutcharut|THA}} | align = "center" | 6–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Bangkok|THA}} |
| style="background-color: #ebebeb"
| 2020–2021 | data-sort-value="ZZ" colspan=4 style="text-align: center" | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| 2022
| data-sort-value="Nutcharut, Mink" |{{flagathlete|Mink Nutcharut|THA}} | data-sort-value="Jans, Wendy" | {{flagathlete|Wendy Jans|BEL}} | align = "center" | 6–5 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Sheffield|ENG}} |
| 2023
| data-sort-value="Siripaporn, Baipat" | {{flagathlete|Baipat Siripaporn|THA}} | data-sort-value"Bai Yulu" | {{flagathlete|Bai Yulu|CHN}} | align = "center" | 6–3 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Bangkok|THA}} |
| 2024
| data-sort-value="Bai Yulu" | {{flagathlete|Bai Yulu|CHN}} | data-sort-value="Nutcharut, Mink" |{{flagathlete|Mink Nutcharut|THA}} | align = "center" | 6–5 | align="left"| {{flagathlete|Dongguan|CHN}} |
Statistics by player
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| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align: center;" |
| Rank
! Name ! Nationality ! Winner ! {{nowrap|Runner-up}} |
|---|
| 1
|align="left"|{{sortname|Reanne|Evans}} |align="left"|{{ENG}} |12 |0 |
| 2
|align="left"|{{sortname|Allison|Fisher}} |align="left"|{{ENG}} |7 |0 |
| 3
|align="left"|{{Nowrap|{{sortname|Kelly|Fisher}}}} |align="left"|{{ENG}} |5 |1 |
| 4
|align="left"|{{sortname|Karen|Corr |
|align="left"|{{NIR}}
|3
|3
|-
|5
|align="left"|{{sortname|Ng|On Yee|}}
|align="left"|{{HKG}}
|3
|2
|-
|6
|align="left"|{{sortname|Vera|Selby|}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|2
|0
|-
|7
|align="left"|{{sortname|Stacey|Hillyard|}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|5
|-
|rowspan=3|8
|align="left"|{{sortname|Ann-Marie|Farren|}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|2
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Lisa|Quick|}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|2
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Mink|Nutcharut}}
|align="left"|{{THA}}
|1
|2
|-
|rowspan=2|11
|align="left"|{{sortname|Mandy|Fisher|}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Bai|Yulu}}
|align="left"|{{CHN}}
|1
|1
|-
|rowspan=3|13
|align="left"|{{sortname|Lesley|McIlrath}}
|align="left"|{{AUS}}
|1
|0
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Sue|Foster}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|1
|0
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Baipat|Siripaporn}}
|align="left"|{{THA}}
|1
|0
|-
|16
|align="left"|{{sortname|Maria|Catalano}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|5
|-
|17
|align="left"|{{sortname|Emma|Bonney}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|3
|-
|18
|align="left"|{{sortname|Lynette|Horsburgh}}
|align="left"|{{SCO}}
|0
|2
|-
|rowspan=12|19
|align="left"|{{sortname|Muriel|Hazeldene}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Agnes|Davies}}
|align="left"|{{WAL}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Maureen|Baynton}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Natalie|Stelmach}}
|align="left"|{{CAN}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Maryann|McConnell}}
|align="left"|{{CAN}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Sue|LeMaich}}
|align="left"|{{CAN}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|Kim Shaw
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Lisa|Ingall}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Katie|Henrick}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|June|Banks}}
|align="left"|{{ENG}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Vidya|Pillai}}
|align="left"|{{IND}}
|0
|1
|-
|align="left"|{{sortname|Wendy|Jans}}
|align="left"|{{BEL}}
|0
|1
|}
Active players are shown in bold.
Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.womenssnooker.com/ WWS website]
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