1998 Women's World Championship (snooker)

Women's snooker event, held June 1998 April 2020 1998 Women's World Championship 1998 Crucible Theatre Sheffield England World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association Single elimination £5,000 Kim Shaw (95) Kelly Fisher ENG Karen Corr NIR 5–0 1997 1999 The 1998 Women's World Championship was a women's snooker tournament organised by the World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association. The event is recognised as the 1998 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976. Kelly Fisher defeated Karen Corr 5–0 in the final to win the title.https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ History womenssnooker.com World Women's Snooker 21 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20190128145315/https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/history/ 28 January 2019 live The rounds leading up to the final were played at Radion Plaza, Sheffield, with the final played at the Crucible Theatre on a Sunday morning during the 1998 World Snooker Championship. Eight qualifying groups produced sixteen qualifiers who each faced one of the top sixteen seeds in the last 32 round. Defending champion Corr had won nine of the preceding events on the women's snooker circuit and had not lost to Fisher for 14 months before this tournament. However, Fisher took the title by whitewashing Corr in a rematch of the previous year's final. The highest break of the competition was 95, compiled by Kim Shaw in the last 32 round. Kelly Fisher: first woman to win at the Crucible Snooker Scene 29 Everton's News Agency June 1998 Karen Corr wins 1996 world title a little late Snooker Scene 12–13 Everton's News Agency July 1997 Corr blimey Aberdeen Evening Express 36 27 April 1998 British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 21 April 2020. Prize Fund Winner: £5,000 Runner-up £2,500 Semi-final: £1,000 Quarter-final: £500 Last 16: £175 Main Draw Last 16Best of 7 frames Quarter-finalsBest of 7 frames Semi-finalsBest of 7 frames FinalBest of 9 frames NIR Karen Corr 4 ENG Sheron Audus 0 ENG Tessa Davidson 4 SCO Lynette Horsburgh 3 ENG Lisa Quick 4 ENG Lisa Ingall 2 ENG Caroline Walch 4 ENG June Banks 1 ENG Kim Shaw 4 ENG Helen Audus 1 ENG Mandy Fisher 4 ENG Emma Bonney 3 ENG Ann-Marie Farren 4 ENG Sarah Clarke 0 ENG Kelly Fisher 4 ENG Michelle Brown 0 NIR Karen Corr 4 ENG Tessa Davidson 0 ENG Lisa Quick 4 ENG Caroline Walch 1 ENG Kim Shaw 4 ENG Mandy Fisher 2 ENG Ann-Marie Farren 2 ENG Kelly Fisher 4 NIR Karen Corr 4 ENG Lisa Quick 2 ENG Kim Shaw 3 ENG Kelly Fisher 4 NIR Karen Corr 0 ENG Kelly Fisher 5 References Category:1998 in English sport Category:1998 in snooker Category:1986 in women's sport Category:International sports competitions hosted by England Category:World Women's Snooker Championship Category:1990s in Sheffield