1988 Women's World Snooker Championship

The 1988 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place in October 1988. It was the 1988 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976.[1] Holiday Club Pontins provided prize money totalling £10,000[2] and the event was held at their resort in Brixham.[3]

1988 Women's World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
DatesOctober 1988
VenuePontins
CityBrixham
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatSingle elimination
Total prize fund£10,000
Final
Champion Allison Fisher (ENG)
Runner-up Ann-Marie Farren (ENG)
Score6–1
1987
1989

The tournament was won by Allison Fisher, who lost only one frame during the event and defeated Ann-Marie Farren 6–1 in the final.[2] This was Fisher's third world snooker title, and she would go on to win a total of seven championships before focusing her efforts on pool in the United States from 1995.[1][4]

Main draw

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Last 16
Best of 7 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames
Final
Best of 11 frames
        
  Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) 4
  Tessa Davidson (ENG) 3
  Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) 4
  Karen Corr (NIR) 0
  Karen Corr (NIR) 4
  Margaret O'Driscoll (IRL) 3
  Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) 5
  Mandy Fisher (ENG) 4
  Lisa Gordon (ENG) 4
  Jean Bedford (ENG) 0
  Lisa Gordon (ENG) 2
  Mandy Fisher (ENG) 4
  Mandy Fisher (ENG) 4
  Michelle Brown (ENG) 0
  Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) 1
  Allison Fisher (ENG) 6
  Stacey Hillyard (ENG) 4
  Allyson Ratcliffe (ENG) 1
  Stacey Hillyard (ENG) 4
  Lynette Horsburgh (SCO) 3
  Lynette Horsburgh (SCO) 4
  Kim Shaw (ENG) 3
  Stacey Hillyard (ENG) 0
  Allison Fisher (ENG) 5
  Caroline Walch (ENG) 1
  Lisbeth Jones (DEN) 4
  Lisbeth Jones (DEN) 0
  Allison Fisher (ENG) 4
  Allison Fisher (ENG) 4
  Roberta Abbott (ENG) 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "History". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b Jones, Gaye (1988). Terry Smith (ed.). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Sixth ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. pp. 136–139. ISBN 0720719445.
  3. ^ "Ladies' Snooker". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. ^ Hollar, Sherman. "Allison Fisher". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. ^ Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 379–381. ISBN 0356197476.