1990 Women's World Snooker Championship
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Venue | Waldorf Hotel |
| City | London |
| Country | England |
| Total prize fund | £30,000[1] |
| Winner's share | £10,000[2] |
| Highest break |  Allison Fisher (97) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Karen Corr[3] |
| Runner-up | Stacey Hillyard |
| Score | 7–4 |
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The 1990 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament. Sixty-six players entered the event, with the matches leading up to the semi-final being played at the Matchroom Club in Romford, England from 25 October and 4 November. The semi-finals and final were played at the Waldorf Hotel in London from 9–11 November, and received nine hours of television coverage on the European satellite channel Screensport. The competition was promoted by Barry Hearn's Matchroom organisation and sponsored by Trusthouse Forte and had a total prize fund of £30,000.[1] Karen Corr, who had her 21st birthday on the day of her semi-final match, won in the final 7–4 against Stacey Hillyard. Following this tournament, losing finalist Hillyard replaced Allison Fisher as the top-ranked women's snooker player.[2][4][5]
Main draw
[edit]Sources:[2]
| Last 16 Best of 9 frames | Quarter-finals Best of 9 frames | Semi-finals Best of 9 frames | Final Best of 13 frames | |||||||||||
| Allison Fisher | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Maryann McConnell | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Allison Fisher | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Kim Shaw | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kim Shaw | 5 | |||||||||||||
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 Lynette Horsburgh | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Allison Fisher | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Karen Corr | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Georgina Aplin | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Lisa Gordon | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Georgina Aplin | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Karen Corr | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Karen Corr | 5 | |||||||||||||
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| Maria Tart | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Karen Corr | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Stacey Hillyard | 4 | |||||||||||||
 Sharon Dick | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Ann-Marie Farren | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Sharon Dick | 5 | |||||||||||||
 Margaret O'Driscoll | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Margaret O'Driscoll | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 10 November 1990[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Mandy Fisher | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Sharon Dick | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Stacey Hillyard | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Tessa Davidson | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Caroline Walch | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Tessa Davidson | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Stacey Hillyard | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Stacey Hillyard | 5 | |||||||||||||
| June Banks | 0 | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Upmarket weekend at the Waldorf – Snooker". The Times. Sport. 10 November 1990 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ a b c Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92. Queen Anne Press. pp. 379–380. ISBN 0356197476.
- ^ World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 15 August 2019.
- ^ Smith, Terry (23 October 1990). "Women's title prize boost". The Daily Telegraph. p. 33 – via The Telegraph Historical Archive. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ Yates, Philip. "Corr keeps cool to win women's world title". Snooker Scene. No. December 1990. Everton's News Agency. p. 4.