2012 World Ladies Snooker Championship

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2012 World Ladies Snooker Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 2012
VenueCambridge Snooker Centre
City Cambridge
Country England
Organisation World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
Format Round Robin, Single elimination
Winner's share£400
Highest break Maria Catalano (116)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Reanne Evans  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of England.svg  Maria Catalano  (ENG)
Score5–3
2011
2013

The 2012 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Cambridge Snooker Centre in April 2012. The event was the 2012 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976. It was won by England's Reanne Evans, who defeated Maria Catalano 5–3 in the final to win her eighth consecutive world title. Catalano won the first frame of the final on the blue , and at the interval, the players were level at 2–2. Evans took the fifth frame with a break of 50 and then won the sixth to lead 4–2. Catalano made a 48 break in reducing her deficit to 3–4, but then Evans, who had recently started playing again after three months suffering from pleurisy, took the last frame and the title. [1] [2] [3] [4] Evans received £400 prize money as champion. [5]

Contents

Twenty-four players competed in four Round Robin groups to determine the sixteen players for the knockout stages. Emma Bonney was the only player to win all fifteen frames in her group matches. [6] The highest break of the tournament was a 116 compiled by Catalano in the first frame of her semi-final match. [4]

Prize Fund

[4]

Knockout stage

[7] Players listed in bold indicate match winner.

Last 16
Best of 5 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 5 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 9 frames
        
Flag of England.svg Maria Catalano 3
Flag of England.svg Vicky Shirley 0
Flag of England.svg Maria Catalano 3
Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Palmius 1
Flag of Sweden.svg Eva Palmius 3
Flag of England.svg Suzie Opacic 2
Flag of England.svg Maria Catalano 4
Flag of Latvia.svg Tatjana Vasiljeva 2
Flag of Latvia.svg Tatjana Vasiljeva 3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jaique Ip 1
Flag of Latvia.svg Tatjana Vasiljeva 3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yu Ching Ching 2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Yu Ching Ching3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng On-yee 1
Flag of England.svg Maria Catalano 3
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 5
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 3
Flag of India.svg Chitra Magimairaj 0
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 3
Flag of Hong Kong.svg So Man Yan 0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg So Man Yan 3
Flag of Germany.svg Natascha Niermann 1
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 4
Flag of England.svg Katie Henrick 0
Flag of England.svg Jenny Poulter 0
Flag of England.svg Katie Henrick 3
Flag of England.svg Katie Henrick 3
Flag of England.svg Emma Bonney 1
Flag of England.svg Christine Sharpe 1
Flag of England.svg Emma Bonney 3

Final

[7] [8]

Final: Best-of-9 frames
Cambridge Snooker Centre
April 2012
Reanne Evans
Flag of England.svg
5–3 Maria Catalano
Flag of England.svg
Frame12345678
Reanne Evans
40+ Breaks
39
75
-
70
-
25
-
66
50
63
-
54
47
60
-
Maria Catalano
40+ Breaks
73
42
-
54
-
70
-
8
-
33
-
57
48
38
-
Frames won (Evans first)0–11–12–12–23–24–24–35–3
50Highest break48
240+ breaks1
Reanne Evans wins the 2012 World Ladies Snooker Championship

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