2015 World Women's Snooker Championship

Women's snooker event, held April 2015 December 2019 2015 Eden World Women's Snooker Championship 2015 04 18 2015 04 21 y Northern Snooker Centre Leeds England World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Round Robin, Single elimination £7,445 Ladies ready to do battle on the baize – Snooker Express & Star (Wolverhampton, England) 58 17 April 2015 NewsBank. Retrieved 1 October 2019. £1500 100 Reanne Evans Ng On-yee HKG Emma Bonney ENG 6–2 2014 2016 The 2015 Eden World Women's Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place at the Northern Snooker Centre in Leeds, England, from 18 to 21 April 2015. The event was the 2015 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976. The event was won by Hong Kong's Ng On-yee, who defeated Emma Bonney 6–2 in the final.Careem Nazvi 22 April 2015 Hong Kong's Ng On-yee is new world champion in women's snooker https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1773702/hong-kongs-ng-yee-new-world-champion-womens-snooker South China Morning Post 30 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190412204803/https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1773702/hong-kongs-ng-yee-new-world-champion-womens-snooker 12 April 2019 live The competition was sponsored by Eden Resources. Background The event featured eight groups of four or five players each, with the top two players from each group progressing. The event was split after the group stage, with players not reaching the main knockout tournament competing in a parallel "Plate" tournament.https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship 2015 Eden World Ladies Championship: Main snookerscores.net World Women's Snooker 30 September 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150050/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship live https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship-plate/knockout 2015 Eden World Ladies Championship: Plate: Knockout snookerscores.net World Women's Snooker 30 September 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150019/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship-plate/knockout live Matches in the group stage were three frame frames. The first knockout round was best-of-five frames; the quarter-finals and semi-finals the best-of-seven, and the final was played as a best-of-11.https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship/knockout/matches 2015 Eden World Ladies Championship – Matches snookerscores.net World Women's Snooker 30 September 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150019/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship/knockout/matches live Thirty-three players, from ten different countries, participated in the main tournament,https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship/players 2015 Eden World Ladies Championship – Players snookerscores.net World Women's Snooker 30 September 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150019/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship/players live as listed in the table below. Seventeen of the thirty-three were English. In the previous six world championships, four different players had reached the final. Reanne Evans had won the title in each of the previous ten years, from 2005 to 2014. The 2014 final had seen Evans whitewash Ng On-yee 6–0. World billiards champion Emma Bonney, runner-up in the snooker championship in 2006 and 2011, took part in her first competitive tournament of the season. One notable absentee was Maria Catalano, four times runner-up between 2009 and 2013. Evans had recently lost 8–10 to the 1997 men's champion, Ken Doherty, in the qualifying competition for the 2015 World Snooker Championship. Reanne Evans loses to Ken Doherty in Worlds qualifier https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/32229490 BBC News 10 April 2015 30 September 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190512180258/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/32229490 12 May 2019 live Evans' loss meant she was available to compete in the Women's championship. 10 April 2015 Evans fails in Crucible bid https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/evans-fails-in-crucible-bid-31131280.html The Belfast Telegraph 1 October 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150044/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/evans-fails-in-crucible-bid-31131280.html live Prize money Source: Snooker Scene magazine, June 2015 Winner: £1,500 Runner-up: £1,000 Losing semi-finalists: £500 Losing quarter-finalists: £250 Last 16 losers: £125 Tournament results Group stage The qualifying group matches were played on 18 and 19 April 2015. There were eight groups of four players, and one group of five players, with the top two players from each group progressing to the knockout stage. Progression from the groups was determined, in order, by the following criteria: Matches won; Head to head; frames won; Highest break; and finally by ranking position. The event was split after the group stage, with players not reaching the main knockout tournament competing in a parallel tournament called the Plate competition. The only player to complete their qualifying matches without losing a frame was Jaique Ip Wan In. Five players qualified whilst only losing one frame each: Ng On-yee, Reanne Evans, Emma Bonney, Inese Lukashevska and So Man Yan. Jodie Allen, who had only taken up snooker in January 2015 having previously played pool, qualified for the next stage by coming second in her group. Allen proud, but wants more next year – Snooker Express & Star (Wolverhampton, England) 51 23 April 2015 NewsBank. Retrieved 1 October 2019. Elizabeth Black was the only player not to win a frame. Evans scored the highest break of the tournament, 100, in the first frame of her match against Margaret Browne. Jessica Woods made an 85 in the second frame of her match against Evans. These were to be the highest breaks of the tournament.https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship/breaks 2015 Eden World Ladies Championship – 30+ Breaks snookerscores.net World Women's Snooker 30 September 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150019/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship/breaks live Last 16 The two top seeds from qualifying, Jaique Ip Wan In and Ng On-yee, both from Hong Kong, both beat their opponents 3–0. Five of the six English players that had qualified for the knockout progressed to the quarter-finals. Defending champion Reanne Evans scored a 69 break during the first frame against Irina Gorbataya, and took the next two to win 3–0. Emma Bonney was 0–2 down to Anna Prisjažņuka, but won the next three to progress into the quarter-finals. Tatjana Vasiljeva beat her Latvian compatriot 3–1 Inese Lukashevska. Quarter-finals Vasiljeva took the second frame against Evans to level at 1–1, before Evans won 4–1, with breaks of 65 and 55 during the match. On-yee whitewashed Cunningham 4–0. Ip and Bonney both won 4–2, over Opacic and Poulter respectively. Semi-finals Both semi-finals featured a player from Hong Kong against a player from England. Bonney lost the first frame against Ip, but won the next four to reach her third world snooker final. On-yee took the first frame against Evans with a break of 44, but Evans then won the next two, with a 38 break in the third, to take the lead. On-yee won a close fourth frame by 53 points to 43, including a 33 break, to level the match at 2–2. On-yee then scored a 55 in taking the fifth frame 84–0, and following a poor safety shot on the brown ball by Evans in the sixth frame, won 51–47 on the black to complete a shock win. Ng on Yee ends Evans monopoly Snooker Scene 39 Everton's News Agency June 2015 World Snooker: Reanne Evans criticises gender divide in sport https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/32506957 BBC News 30 April 2015 30 September 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150028/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/32506957 live Brownlow Frank 22 April 2015 Ulsterman Mark Allen on cloud nine after win over Ryan Day https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/snooker/ulsterman-mark-allen-on-cloud-nine-after-win-over-ryan-day-31161467.html The Belfast Telegraph 1 October 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150057/https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/snooker/ulsterman-mark-allen-on-cloud-nine-after-win-over-ryan-day-31161467.html live Final Bonney took an early lead, winning the first two frames. The next six frames were dominated by safety play, and were all won by On-yee, with the only break over 30, a 32, coming from On-yee in the seventh frame. On-yee won the match 6–2 to become the first Asian player to win the title. Gracious Bonney is denied world snooker title The News (Portsmouth, England) Sport 21 April 2015 NewsBank. Retrieved 1 October 2019. The frame scores (Bonney first) were: 59–22; 68–38; 11–45; 44–72; 20–72; 14–60; 53–63; 7–72 In June 2015, On-yee played 2015 World Snooker Champion Stuart Bingham in an exhibition match in Hong Kong. Bingham won 4–1, with On-yee winning only the fourth frame, 68–41. Ng has the right stuff, says Bingham – But she needs to play against the top men in order to become among the best in the world https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1826667/ng-yee-has-right-stuff-says-mens-snooker-world-champion-stuart South China Morning Post 26 June 2015 1 October 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150046/https://www.scmp.com/sport/hong-kong/article/1826667/ng-yee-has-right-stuff-says-mens-snooker-world-champion-stuart live Breaks There were only eight breaks of over 50, by just three players. The highest break of the tournament was 100 by Reanne Evans, in the first frame of her match against Margaret Browne. The second-highest break was 85 by Jessica Woods in the second frame of her match against Evans. The other player to make breaks over 50 was On-yee with 83, 68, and 55. Evans compiled a 69, a 65 and a 55 as well as her century. Group stage matches Group AScore Reanne Evans ENG 3–0 Margaret Browne ENG Reanne Evans ENG 2–1 Jessica Woods AUS Jessica Woods AUS 3–0 Margaret Browne ENG Reanne Evans ENG3–0 Anastasiya Trunina ENG Margaret Browne ENG1–2 Anastasiya Trunina ENG Jessica Woods AUS3–0 Anastasiya Trunina ENG Group BScore Ng On-yee HKG 2–1 Yana Shut BLR Michelle Brown ENG 0–3 Yana Shut BLR Ng On-yee HKG 3–0 Michelle Brown ENG Yana Shut BLR 3–0 Gaye Jones ENG Ng On-yee HKG 3–0 Gaye Jones ENG Michelle Brown ENG 1–2 Gaye Jones ENG Yana Shut BLR3–0 Annette Newman IRE Ng On-yee HKG 3–0 Annette Newman IRE Michelle Brown ENG 3–0 Annette Newman IRE Annette Newman IRE2–1 Gaye Jones ENG Group CScore Maureen Rowland ENG 0–3 Jenny Poulter ENG Maureen Rowland ENG 0–3 Inese Lukashevska LAT Jenny Poulter ENG 1–2 Inese Lukashevska LAT Maureen Rowland ENG 1–2 Elena Kurbakova ISR Jenny Poulter ENG 3–0 Elena Kurbakova ISR Inese Lukashevska LAT 3–0 Elena Kurbakova ISR Group DScore Stephanie Daughtery ENG 0–3 Jasmine Bolsover ENG Stephanie Daughtery ENG 0–3 Jaique Ip Wan In HKG Jaique Ip Wan In HKG 3–0 Jasmine Bolsover ENG Stephanie Daughtery ENG 1–2 Anastasia Tumilovich LAT Jasmine Bolsover ENG 1–2 Anastasia Tumilovich LAT Jaique Ip Wan In HKG 3–0 Anastasia Tumilovich LAT Group EScore Suzie Opacic ENG 2–1 Irina Gorbataya RUS Suzie Opacic ENG 2–1 Hannah Jones ENG Irina Gorbataya RUS 2–1 Hannah Jones ENG Diana Schuler GER 1–2 Suzie Opacic ENG Diana Schuler GER 0–3 Irina Gorbataya RUS Diana Schuler GER 0–3 Hannah Jones ENG Group FScore Sharon Kaur ENG 0–3 So Man Yan HKG Jodie Allen ENG 1–2 So Man Yan HKG Sharon Kaur ENG 1–2 Jodie Allen ENG Elizabeth Black ENG 0–3 So Man Yan HKG Sharon Kaur ENG 3–0 Elizabeth Black ENG Elizabeth Black ENG 0–3 Jodie Allen ENG Group GScore Katrina Wan HKG 3–0 Vicky Shirley ENG Vicky Shirley ENG 1–2 Emma Cunningham ENG Katrina Wan HKG 0–3 Emma Cunningham ENG Vicky Shirley ENG 0–3 Anna Prisjažņuka LAT Katrina Wan HKG 1–2 Anna Prisjažņuka LAT Anna Prisjažņuka LAT 1–2 Emma Cunningham ENG Group HScore Tatjana Vasiljeva LAT 3–0 Sandra Bryan IRE Tatjana Vasiljeva LAT 3–0 Laura Alves BRA Laura Alves BRA 1–2 Sandra Bryan IRE Tatjana Vasiljeva LAT 1–2 Emma Bonney ENG Emma Bonney ENG 3–0 Sandra Bryan IRE Emma Bonney ENG 3–0 Laura Alves BRA Knockout stage Results of the main draw are shown below. Players listed in bold indicate match winners. Last 16Best of 5 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 7 frames Semi-finalsBest of 7 frames FinalBest of 11 frames 200 Jaique Ip Wan In HKG 3 Jodie Allen ENG 0 Yana Shut BLR 1 Suzie Opacic ENG 3 So Man Yan HKG 2 Jenny Poulter ENG 3 Anna Prisjažņuka LAT 2 Emma Bonney England 3 Reanne Evans ENG 3 Irina Gorbataya RUS 0 Tatjana Vasiljeva LAT 3 Inese Lukashevska LAT 1 Emma Cunningham ENG 3 Jessica Woods AUS 0 Ng On-yee HKG 3 Hoe Shu Wah SIN 2 Jaique Ip Wan In HKG 4 Suzie Opacic ENG 1 Jenny Poulter ENG 2 Emma Bonney ENG 4 Reanne Evans ENG 4 Tatjana Vasiljeva LAT 1 Emma Cunningham ENG 0 Ng On-yee HKG 4 Jaique Ip Wan In HKG 1 Emma Bonney ENG 4 Reanne Evans ENG 2 Ng On-yee HKG 4 21 April 2015 Emma Bonney ENG 2 Ng On-yee HKG 6 Related competitions The Plate competition was for players who did not reach the main knockout draw, and was held on 20 April 2016. It was won by Jasmine Bolsover, who also made the highest break, 48, in the first frame of her match against Sandra Bryan.https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship-plate/breaks 2015 Eden World Ladies Championship (Plate) – 30+ Breaks snookerscores.net World Women's Snooker 28 September 2019 28 July 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210728150021/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2015-eden-world-ladies-championship-plate/breaks live Bolsover, aged 15, had been given special permission to take two days off from her GCSE schedule, and received £120 prize money as the winner. Vicky Shirley received £60 as runner-up. Bolsover had recently reached the final of the Connie Gough Memorial ranking tournament, where she lost to Reanne Evans. Plate competition winner Jasmine Bolsover also won the under-21 final, and, with Reanne Evans, the Women's Doubles final. Results of finals are shown below; prize money awarded is shown in brackets. Seniors Final: Jenny Poulter 3–2 Sharon Kaur. (Winner £120, runner-up £60) Under-21 Final: Jasmine Bolsover 3–2 Yana Shut (Winner £120, runner-up £60) Women's Doubles Final: Reanne Evans and Jasmine Bolsover 3–0 Tatjana Vasiljeva and Suzie Opacic (Winners £150 each, runners-up £100 each) Mixed Doubles Final: Reanne Evans and Michael Holt 4–1 Maria Catalano and Hammad Miah (Winners £150 each, runners-up £100 each) References Category:World Women's Snooker Championship World Ladies Championship World Ladies Snooker Championship World Snooker Championship Category:International sports competitions hosted by England Category:Sports competitions in Leeds World Ladies Snooker Championship