The 1987 Women's World Championship was a

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tournament that took place in

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on the

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. It was the 1987 edition of the

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, which had been first held in

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won the tournament, beating

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5–1 in the final. Aged 16 years and 47 days, Farren remains the youngest female world snooker champion.

Tournament summary

The event was sponsored by

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who provided a total prize fund of £10,000. The event was held at Warner's

holiday camp.

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was the defending champion and a strong favourite to regain the title, having not lost a competitive women's snooker match since the semi-final of the 1984 World Championship against

. Hillyard had gone on to win the 1984 title, and was seeded fourth for 1987. Hillyard was to beat Fisher in the semi-final again, recovering from 1–3 down to win 4–3 in a four-hour match. In the other semi-final, second seed

whitewashed

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4–0. In the final, Farren took a 3–0 lead before Hillyard won a . Farren then took the next two frames to complete a 5–1 victory and claim the winner's prize of £3,500, and the trophy, plus a double magnum of

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Knockout

Players listed in bold indicate match winner. Seedings, where known, are bracketed after the players name.

Final

References

{{World Women's Snooker Championship World Women's Snooker Championship 1987 in snooker 1987 in women's sport 1987 in English sport International sports competitions hosted by England Women's sports competitions in England