2019 World Women's Snooker Championship Explained
The 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Hi-End Snooker Club, Bangkok from 20 to 23 June 2019. Reanne Evans won the event with a 6–3 victory against Nutcharut Wongharuthai in the final. This was Evans' twelfth world championship victory.
Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below:[1]
- 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.[2]
The event featured 53 players, from 14 different countries.[3] There were twelve seeded players for the qualifying phase, with one drawn into each of the twelve qualifying groups.
Players Participating, by Country (Seedings for the qualifying groups are in brackets) |
Country | Players | Names |
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Australia | 5 | Belinda Ngo, Janine Rollings, Jessica Woods, Judy Dangerfield, Theresa Whitten |
Belgium | 1 | Wendy Jans (12) |
England | 6 | Reanne Evans (2), Rebecca Kenna (3), Emma Parker (7), Stephanie Daughtery (8), Connie Stephens, Fran Calvert, |
Germany | 1 | Diana Schuler (6) |
Hong Kong | 7 | Ng On-yee (1), Ho Yee Ki (10), Pui Ying Mini Chu (11), Jaique Ip Wan In, Mei Mei Fong, So Man Yan,Yee Ting Cheung |
India | 8 | Arantxa Sanchis, Chitra Magimairaj, Devanshi Galundia, Indira Gowda, Neeta Kothari, Pooja Galundia, Revanna Umadevi, Varshaa Sanjeev |
Iran | 3 | Parisa Darvishvand, Sara Baharvandi, Zeinab Shahi |
Ireland | 1 | Ronda Sheldreck |
Japan | 2 | Muramatu Sakura, Tani Mina |
Malaysia | 3 | Shok Shea Tan, Siew Boon Lim, Sook Kwan Lee |
Russia | 2 | Aleksandra Riabinina, Ksenia Zhukova |
Singapore | 2 | Charlene Chai, Tan Bee Yen |
Thailand | 11 | Nutcharut Wongharuthai (4), Waratthanun Sukritthanes (9), Baipat Siripaporn, Chanidapha Wongharuthai, Panchaya Channoi, Petlada Auerpongpan, Pimchanok Phoemphu, Ploychompoo Laokiatphong, Sasicha Nakprasit, Thitaporn Nakkaew, Vutthiphan Kongkaket |
Wales | 1 | Laura Evans (5) | |
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.[4] [5] Reanne Evans and Wendy Jans 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.[6]
Main draw knockout
Wendy Jans continued her good run from the qualifying groups with 4–0 wins over Arantxa Sanchis 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 Rebecca Kenna 4–3.[7] Defending champion Ng On-yee was also beaten in a quarter-final match, losing 1–4 to Nutcharut Wongharuthai.[8] 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,[9] and collected a prize of £6,000.[10] An early day motion congratulating Evans on her win was tabled in the Parliament of the United Kingdom by Ian Austin, the Member of Parliament for Dudley North.[11] [12]
The highest break of the tournament was 92 by Evans.[13]
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 Chitra Magimairaj 3–2 in the final.[14]
Results
Main draw
Players listed in bold indicate match winner.[15]
Final
Source: WPBSA Tournament Manager.[16]
Final: Best-of-11 frames Bangkok, 23 June 2019. |
Reanne Evans | 6–3 | Nutcharut Wongharuthai |
Frame | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
Reanne Evans 30+ Breaks | 63 - | 64 - | 73 - | 5 - | 73 - | 53 - | 0 - | 92 (92) | 70 (43) |
Nutcharut Wongharuthai 30+ Breaks | 82 (61) | 37 - | 43 - | 87 (45) | 8 - | 35 - | 84 (56) | 0 - | 32 - |
Frames won (Evans first) | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 4–3 | 5–3 | 6–3 |
92 | Highest break | 61 |
1 | 50+ breaks | 2 |
1 | 30+ breaks | 1 |
Reanne Evans wins the 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship | |
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: World Women’s Snooker Championship 2019 entry pack . WLBS . 14 February 2022 . 23 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190623151734/https://www.womenssnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/World-Champs-Entry-pack-v.3.pdf . live .
- Web site: World Women's Snooker Championship 2019 . World Women's Snooker . womenssnooker.com . 29 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190623151734/https://www.womenssnooker.com/wp-content/uploads/World-Champs-Entry-pack-v.3.pdf . 23 June 2019 . live.
- Web site: 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship – Player . World Women's Snooker . WPBSA Tournament Manager . 28 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191020125748/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2019-world-womens-snooker-championship-2/players . 20 October 2019 . live .
- Web site: 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship . World Women's Snooker . WPBSA Tournament Manager . 28 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191020125752/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2019-world-womens-snooker-championship-2 . 20 October 2019 . live .
- Web site: 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship – Groups . World Women's Snooker . WPBSA Tournament Manager . 28 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191020125746/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2019-world-womens-snooker-championship-2/groups . 20 October 2019 . live .
- Web site: Last 16 Set in Thailand . Huart . Matt . World Women's Snooker . womenssnooker.com . 28 November 2019 . 26 September 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200926233745/https://www.womenssnooker.com/last-16-set-in-thailand/ . live .
- Web site: Semis Set as Wongharuthai Stuns On Yee . Huart . Matt . World Women's Snooker . womenssnooker.com . 29 November 2019 . 23 November 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201123100126/https://www.womenssnooker.com/semis-set-as-wongharuthai-stuns-on-yee/ . live .
- News: Edwards . Joe . 23 June 2019 . Dudley's Reanne Evans racks up 12th world title . Express and Star . Dudley . 29 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190624165639/https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2019/06/23/dudleys-reanne-evans-racks-up-12th-world-title/ . 24 June 2019 . live .
- News: Haigh . Phil . Reanne Evans wins the Women's Snooker World Championship for a record 12th time . Metro . 23 June 2019 . 29 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190624142323/https://metro.co.uk/2019/06/23/reanne-evans-wins-womens-snooker-world-championship-record-12th-time-10033277/ . 24 June 2019 . live .
- News: Wilson . Jeremy . 4 November 2019 . Reanne Evans, 12-time world snooker champion: 'It's frustrating to barely be earning a living at the top of my sport' . The Daily Telegraph (London) . 28 November 2019 . 7 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191107032547/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/snooker/2019/11/04/reanne-evans-12-time-world-snooker-champion-frustrating-barely/ . live .
- Web site: Parliament Celebrates 12-Times World Women's Snooker Champion Reanne Evans . Parliamentary Snooker Group . parliamentarysnooker.org . 28 November 2019 . 10 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200810113334/https://www.parliamentarysnooker.org/parliament-celebrates-12-times-world-womens-snooker-champion-reanne-evans/ . live .
- Web site: Twelve-time Snooker Champion Reanne Evans . UK Parliament . parliament.uk . 28 November 2019 . 23 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210623073840/https://edm.parliament.uk/early-day-motion/53157/twelvetime-snooker-world-champion-reanne-evans . live .
- News: . Reanne Evans wins 12th Women's World Snooker Championship title . BBC Sport . 23 June 2019 . 23 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190623200013/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/48739476 . 23 June 2019 . live .
- Web site: Evans Wins Record 12th World Championship Title . Huart . Matt . World Women's Snooker . womenssnooker.com . 29 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190719224112/https://www.womenssnooker.com/evans-wins-record-12th-world-championship-title/ . 19 July 2019 . live .
- Web site: 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship – Knockout . World Women's Snooker . WPBSA Tournament Manager . 28 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191020125745/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2019-world-womens-snooker-championship-2/knockout . 20 October 2019 . live .
- Web site: 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship – Results . World Women's Snooker . snookerscores.net . 29 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190622150116/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2019-world-womens-snooker-championship-2/results . 22 June 2019 . live .