| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | October 1985 |
| Venue | Breaks Snooker Club |
| City | Solihull |
| Country | England |
| Organisation | World Ladies Billiards and Snooker |
| Format | Single elimination |
| Total prize fund | £4,000 |
| Winner's share | £1,250 |
| Highest break |  Allison Fisher (ENG), 54 |
| Final | |
| Champion | Allison Fisher (ENG) |
| Runner-up | Stacey Hillyard (ENG) |
| Score | 5–1 |
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The 1985 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place in October 1985 at Breaks Snooker Club, Solihull. [1] [2] It was the 1985 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976. [3] The tournament attracted 78 entrants, although Rhonda Jackson of Canada was the only participant from outside Britain. [1]
The tournament was won by Allison Fisher, who lost only one frame during the event and defeated Stacey Hillyard 5–1 in the final. [4] [5] Fisher led 4-0 in the final, then Hillyard won the next frame. [6] Fisher took the sixth frame to seal her victory. [6] This was Fisher's first world snooker title, at the age of 17, and she would go on to win a total of seven championships before focusing her efforts on pool in the United States from 1995. [3] [7] [8]
The tournament had a total prize fund of £4,000 with contributions from sponsors First Leisure and from Mitchells & Butlers. [6] [9] Fisher received £1,250 for her win. [1] She took a further £100 for the highest break and £50 for the highest clearance of the event, both for her 54 break against Julie Dowen in the quarter-finals. [6] Hillyard was awarded £600 as runner up, losing semi-finalists got £300 each, and losing-quarter-finalists received £150 each. [6]
Many of the seeded players lost in the early rounds. [9] Fourteen-year-old Ann-Marie Farren, participating in a tournament for the second time, eliminated fourth seed Maria Tart. [6] Sixteenth seed Lynette Horsburgh was defeated 2-3 in the first round by Karen Leech. [10]
