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tournament played in the

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and

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in 1994 and was that year's edition of the

Women's World Snooker Championship The World Women's Snooker Championship (formerly known as the Women's World Open Championship from 1976 to 1981 and the World Ladies Snooker Championship from 1983 to 2018) is the leading tournament on the World Women's Snooker Tour. The reigning ...

first held in 1976. The early rounds were played at the Cue Sports Snooker Club in

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and the quarter-finals onwards were played at the Meridien Hotel,

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. Defending champion

Allison Fisher Allison Fisher (born 24 February 1968) is an English professional pool and former professional snooker player. Biography Fisher was born on 24 February 1968 in Cheshunt and grew up in Tonbridge, Kent and lived later in Peacehaven, East Sussex ...

beat

Stacey Hillyard Stacey Hillyard (born 5 September 1969) is an English former professional snooker player, who won the 1984 amateur World Women's Snooker Championship at the age of 15, making her the youngest winner of the tournament. She reached the final of t ...

7–3 in the final to take the title, her seventh and last

win.

Tournament summary

Early rounds

The initial rounds of the tournament, up to the fourth round (last 16) were held at the Cue Sports Snooker Club in Raunds, Northamptonshire. Of the top eight seeds,

Karen Corr Karen Corr (born 10 November 1969) is a Northern Irish professional pool and former snooker and English billiards player. She was inducted in the BCA Hall of Fame in 2012. Early life Corr was born on 10 November 1969 in Ballymoney, Northern Ir ...

Tessa Davidson Tessa Davidson (born 1969) is an English snooker player from Banbury, Oxfordshire. She won a number of ranking titles on the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association circuit. Biography In 1989, Davidson won the UK Championship. In 1991 s ...

and

Kim Shaw Kim Shaw (born May 20, 1984) is a Canadian-born American actress. Early life and education Shaw grew up in Miami and Longwood, Florida. After graduating from Lake Brantley High School, Shaw moved to New York City to attend the American Academy ...

qualified for the quarter-finals, whilst

Ann-Marie Farren Ann-Marie Farren (born 29 August 1971) is an English former snooker player. She won the World Ladies Snooker Championship in 1987, at the age of 16, and was runner-up in 1988 and 1989. Biography Farren started playing aged seven, on a 4 ...

Mandy Fisher Mandy Fisher (born in April 1962) is an English former professional snooker player and a World Women's Snooker Championship winner in 1984. Fisher founded the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association (now known as World Women's Snooker) i ...

and

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failed to get through. In the last 16 round, Farren was beaten 2–4 by

Kelly Fisher Kelly Fisher (born 25 August 1978) is an English professional pool, snooker and English billiards player. Career Fisher grew up in South Elmsall, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She learned to play pool in her parents' pub and took up snooke ...

after leading 2–0, Mandy Fisher lost 1–4 to Sarah Smith, and Horsburgh was defeated 1–4 by Sharon Dickson. Hillyard compiled the highest break of the competition, 108, in her third-round match against Gaye Jones. Defending champion Allison Fisher won 4–0 against both Valerie Dalgliesh and Julie Gillespie.

Quarter-finals

From the quarter-finals onwards, matches were held at the Meridien Hotel,

, the first time that the championship was held outside of the

. The quarter-finals onwards were televised by Indian national television, and on Sky in the United Kingdom. For the third match in succession in the tournament, Allison Fisher achieved a

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of her opponent, beating Sarah Smith 5–0 whilst making four breaks over 30 to lead 4–0 and then compiling a in the final . Hillyard also had a 5–0 win, making four breaks over 30 in defeating Shaw. Davidson was 1–3 down to Kelly Fisher but then leveled at 3–3 and went ahead at 4–3. After Fisher won the eighth frame, Davidson took the decider with the aid of a 44 break. Corr was 1–3 down to Dickson before winning four frames in a row to win 5–3.

Semi-finals

Allison Fisher took a 3–1 lead against Davidson, then lost two of the next three to make it 4–3. Although Fisher won the next two frames and the match, she described it as "one of the toughest matches I've ever been involved in." Hillyard reached her sixth world championship final with a 6–3 win over Corr.

Final

In the first session, Fisher won the opening frame, but was then 2–1 and 3–2 behind. She drew level at 3–3 with a break of 102 in the sixth frame. In the second session, Fisher won all four frames, including the tenth on a to gain her seventh world snooker title in nine years. and the last time that she won the championship. The match featured breaks over 30 in nine of the ten frames was seen as closer than the end result suggested It was the seventh and last time that Fisher won the title.

Prize money

Source: Snooker Scene Winner (Allison Fisher): £7,500 Runner-up (Stacey Hillyard): £2,500 Losing semi-finalists: £1,000 Losing quarter-finalists: £500 Fourth round losers: £250 Third round losers: £100 Second Round losers: £75 First Round losers: £50 Highest Break (Stacey Hillyard, 108): £400

Main draw

Source: Snooker Scene

Final

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References

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