2012 World Ladies Snooker Championship

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2012 World Ladies Snooker Championship
Tournament information
DatesApril 2012
VenueCambridge Snooker Centre
CityCambridge
CountryEngland
OrganisationWorld Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatRound Robin, Single elimination
Winner's share£400
Highest breakMaria Catalano (116)
Final
Champion Reanne Evans (ENG)
Runner-up Maria Catalano (ENG)
Score5–3
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The 2012 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Cambridge Snooker Centre in April 2012. The event was the 2012 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976. It was won by England's Reanne Evans, who defeated Maria Catalano 5–3 in the final to win her eighth consecutive world title. Catalano won the first frame of the final on the blue, and at the interval, the players were level at 2–2. Evans took the fifth frame with a break of 50 and then won the sixth to lead 4–2. Catalano made a 48 break in reducing her deficit to 3–4, but then Evans, who had recently started playing again aftee three months suffering from pleurisy, took the last frame and the title.[1][2][3][4] Evans received £400 prize money as champion.[5]

Twenty-four players competed in four Round Robin groups to determine the sixteen players for the knockout stages. Emma Bonney was the only player to win all fifteen frames in her group matches.[6] The highest break of the tournament was a 116 compiled by Catalano in the first frame of her semi-final match.[4]

Prize Fund[]

[4]

  • Winner: £400
  • Runner-up: £225
  • Semi-finals: £120
  • Quarter-finals: £80
  • Last 16: £40

Knockout stage[]

[7] Players listed in bold indicate match winner.

Last 16
Best of 5 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 5 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 7 frames 		Final
Best of 9 frames
        
England Maria Catalano 3
England Vicky Shirley 0
England Maria Catalano 3
Sweden Eva Palmius 1
Sweden Eva Palmius 3
England Suzie Opacic 2
England Maria Catalano 4
Latvia Tatjana Vasiljeva 2
Latvia Tatjana Vasiljeva 3
Hong Kong Jaique Ip 1
Latvia Tatjana Vasiljeva 3
Hong Kong Yu Ching Ching 2
Hong Kong Yu Ching Ching 3
Hong Kong Ng On-yee 1
England Maria Catalano 3
England Reanne Evans 5
England Reanne Evans 3
India Chitra Magimairaj 0
England Reanne Evans 3
Hong Kong 0
Hong Kong 3
Germany Natascha Niermann 1
England Reanne Evans 4
England Katie Henrick 0
England Jenny Poulter 0
England Katie Henrick 3
England Katie Henrick 3
England Emma Bonney 1
England Christine Sharpe 1
England Emma Bonney 3

Final[]

[7][8]

Final: Best-of-9 frames
Cambridge Snooker Centre
April 2012
Reanne Evans
England 		5–3 Maria Catalano
England
Frame 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Reanne Evans
40+ Breaks		 39
–		 75
-		 70
-		 25
-		 66
50		 63
-		 54
47		 60
-
Maria Catalano
40+ Breaks		 73
–		 42
-		 54
-		 70
-		 8
-		 33
-		 57
48		 38
-
Frames won (Evans first) 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 3–2 4–2 4–3 5–3
50 Highest break 48
2 40+ breaks 1
Reanne Evans wins the 2012 World Ladies Snooker Championship

References[]

  1. ^ "2012 World Ladies Championship". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. ^ "History". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  3. ^ Dunkley, Tim (28 April 2012). "Miss Mozart retains her composure". Southern Daily Echo. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  4. ^ a b c "Reanne Evans retains women's world title". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. July 2012. pp. 20–21.
  5. ^ Ashton, Becky (31 May 2013). "Reanne Evans thinks women are good enough to compete at top". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  6. ^ "2012 World Ladies Championship – Groups". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  7. ^ a b "2012 World Ladies Championship – Knockout". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Evans triumphs". The Hindu. chennai, India. 26 April 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2020 – via NewsBank.
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