The 2014 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Northern Snooker Centre 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]
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | April 2014 |
| Venue | Northern 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 break | 79 (  Jessica Woods (AUS) |
| Final | |
| Champion |  Reanne Evans (ENG) |
| Runner-up |  Ng On-yee (HKG) |
| Score | 6–0 |
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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
editSource: Snooker Scene Magazine[1]
- Winner: £1,500
- Runner-up: £1,000
- Losing semi-finalists: £400
- Losing quarter-finalists: £200
- Last 16 losers: £100
Knockout stage
edit[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 | ||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Nastya Toumilovitch
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Jaique Ip
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Jaique Ip
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Anna Prysazhnuka
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
 Wendy Jans
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Wendy Jans
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Yana Shut
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Wendy Jans
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| So Man Yan
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| So Man Yan
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Vicky Carter
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Reanne Evans
| 6 | ||||||||||||||
| Ng On-yee
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ng On-yee
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
 Laura Evans
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
| Ng On-yee
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Tatjana Vasiljeva
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Tatjana Vasiljeva
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Hannah Jones
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Ng On-yee
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Emma Bonney
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Maria Catalano
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Irina Gorbataya
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Maria Catalano
| 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Emma Bonney
| 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Emma Bonney
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Jessica Woods
| 0 | ||||||||||||||
Other events
editA number of other events took place around the World Championship.[1][2]
- Plate Final: Jenny Poulter beat Katrina Wan 3–0 (The plate competition was for players who did not reach the knockout stage of the main competition)
- Seniors Final: Chitra Magimairaj beat Alena Asmolava 3–0
- Under-21 Final: Hannah Jones beat Yana Shut 3–1
- Women's Pairs Final: Ng On-yee and So Man Yan beat Reanne Evans and Anita Maflin 3–2
- Mixed Pairs Final: Yana Shut and Ben Woollaston beat Wendy Jans and Jamie Clarke 3–0
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Ten out of ten for Reanne Evans". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. June 2014. p. 35.
- ^ a b c d "Perfect ten for Evans". wst.tv. World Snooker Tour. 23 April 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
- ^ "Ladies' World snooker: Reanne Evans wins 10th title". BBC Sport. 22 April 2014. Archived from the original on 7 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2020.