2014 Women's World Snooker Championship

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2014 Women's World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 2014
VenueNorthern Snooker Centre
City Leeds
Country England
Organisation World Ladies Billiards and Snooker
Format Round Robin, Single elimination
Total prize fund£5,000
Winner's share£1,500
Highest break79 ( Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jessica Woods  (AUS)
Final
ChampionFlag of England.svg  Reanne Evans  (ENG)
Runner-upFlag of Hong Kong.svg  Ng On-yee  (HKG)
Score6–0
2013
2015

The 2014 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Northern Snooker in Leeds in April 2014. The event was the 2014 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976. It was won by England's Reanne Evans, who defeated Hong Kong's Ng On-yee 6–0 in the final to win her tenth consecutive world title. The competition was sponsored by Eden Resources and had a total prize fund of £5,000. [1] [2] [3]

Contents

Players competed in Round Robin groups to determine the sixteen players for the knockout stages. Evans won all twelve frames in her group matches, and lost frames only to Wendy Jans in the knockout stages. The highest break of the competition was a 79 compiled by Jessica Woods in the group stages, whilst the highest break of the knockout stages was 69 by Evans. [1] [2]

Prize money

Source: Snooker Scene Magazine [1]

Knockout stage

[1] [2] Players listed in bold indicate match winner.

Last 16
Best of 5 frames
Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames
Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames
Final
Best of 11 frames
        
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 3
Flag of Russia.svg Nastya Toumilovitch 0
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jaique Ip 0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Jaique Ip 3
Flag of Latvia.svg Anna Prysazhnuka 2
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 4
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wendy Jans 2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wendy Jans 3
Flag of Belarus.svg Yana Shut 0
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Wendy Jans 4
Flag of Hong Kong.svg So Man Yan 1
Flag of Hong Kong.svg So Man Yan 3
Flag of England.svg Vicky Carter 2
Flag of England.svg Reanne Evans 6
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng On-yee 0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng On-yee 3
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Laura Evans 0
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng On-yee 4
Flag of Latvia.svg Tatjana Vasiljeva 2
Flag of Latvia.svg Tatjana Vasiljeva 3
Flag of England.svg Hannah Jones 2
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Ng On-yee 4
Flag of England.svg Emma Bonney 3
Flag of England.svg Maria Catalano 3
Flag of Russia.svg Irina Gorbataya 1
Flag of England.svg Maria Catalano 2
Flag of England.svg Emma Bonney 4
Flag of England.svg Emma Bonney 3
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jessica Woods 0

Other events

A number of other events took place around the World Championship. [1] [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Perfect ten for Evans". wst.tv. World Snooker Tour. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
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