The 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's

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tournament that took place at the Hi-End Snooker Club,

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from 20 to 23 June 2019.

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won the event with a 6–3 victory against

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in the final. This was Evans' twelfth

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victory.

Prize fund

The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below: * Winner: £5,500 * Runner-up: £2,500 * Semi-final: £1,250 * Quarter-final: £500 * Last 16: £250 * Highest break: £200 * Total: £14,700

Participants

Participants had to be nominated by their national snooker federations. The top 30 players in the World Women's Snooker rankings following the Festival of Women's Snooker events were eligible, and national federations were each able to nominate up to eight further players. The event featured 53 players, from 14 different countries. There were twelve seeded players for the qualifying phase, with one drawn into each of the twelve qualifying groups.

Tournament summary

Qualifying Groups

The group stage began 20 June. There were twelve groups, each with either four or five players. The top two qualifiers from each group proceeded into the knockout stage.

and

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were the only two players not to lose a frame in qualifying and were seeded first and second respectively into the knockout stage. All of the original top twelve seeds qualified for the knockout.

Main draw knockout

Wendy Jans continued her good run from the qualifying groups with 4–0 wins over

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in the last 16 and Ploychompoo Laokiatphong to reach 17 won with none lost in the tournament to that point. Baipat Siripaporn the and left herself with an easy on the in the deciding frame of their quarter-final match to beat

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4–3. Defending champion

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was also beaten in a quarter-final match, losing 1–4 to

. In the semi-finals, Evans beat Baipat Siripaporn 5–3 and Wongharuthai beat Jans 5–2. Evans beat Wongharuthai 6–3 in the final to win her twelfth World Women's Snooker Championship title, maintaining her record of never having lost in the final, and collected a prize of £6,000. An

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congratulating Evans on her win was tabled in the

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, the

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for

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. The highest break of the tournament was 92 by Evans.

Challenge Cup

So Man Yan won the Challenge Cup event for players who did not qualify for the knockout rounds of the main competition, beating

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3–2 in the final.

Results

Main draw

Players listed in bold indicate match winner.

Final

Source: WPBSA Tournament Manager.

References

External links

Qualifying Group Results
(WPBSA Tournament Manager)
Tournament Final:Reanne Evans vs Nutcharut Wongharuthai
(YouTube) {{World Women's Snooker Championship World Women's Snooker Championship

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