2012 World Ladies Snooker Championship

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 after three months suffering from pleurisy, took the last frame and the title.[1][2][3][4] Evans received £400 prize money as champion.[5]

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
2011
2013

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

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

Knockout stage

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[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
        
  Maria Catalano 3
  Vicky Shirley 0
  Maria Catalano 3
  Eva Palmius 1
  Eva Palmius 3
  Suzie Opacic 2
  Maria Catalano 4
  Tatjana Vasiljeva 2
  Tatjana Vasiljeva 3
  Jaique Ip 1
  Tatjana Vasiljeva 3
  Yu Ching Ching 2
  Yu Ching Ching 3
  Ng On-yee 1
  Maria Catalano 3
  Reanne Evans 5
  Reanne Evans 3
  Chitra Magimairaj 0
  Reanne Evans 3
  So Man Yan 0
  So Man Yan 3
  Natascha Niermann 1
  Reanne Evans 4
  Katie Henrick 0
  Jenny Poulter 0
  Katie Henrick 3
  Katie Henrick 3
  Emma Bonney 1
  Christine Sharpe 1
  Emma Bonney 3

Final

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[7][8]

Final: Best-of-9 frames
Cambridge Snooker Centre
April 2012
Reanne Evans
 
5–3 Maria Catalano
 
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

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  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.