1988 Women's World Snooker Championship

The 1988 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place in October 1988. It was the 1988 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976.[1] Holiday Club Pontins provided prize money totalling £10,000[2] and the event was held at their resort in Brixham.[3]

1988 Women's World Snooker Championship
Tournament information
DatesOctober 1988
VenuePontins
CityBrixham
CountryEngland
Organisation(s)World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association
FormatSingle elimination
Total prize fund£10,000
Final
Champion Allison Fisher (ENG)
Runner-up Ann-Marie Farren (ENG)
Score6–1
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The tournament was won by Allison Fisher, who lost only one frame during the event and defeated Ann-Marie Farren 6–1 in the final.[2] This was Fisher's third world snooker title, and she would go on to win a total of seven championships before focusing her efforts on pool in the United States from 1995.[1][4]

Main draw

[5]

Last 16
Best of 7 frames 		Quarter-finals
Best of 7 frames 		Semi-finals
Best of 9 frames 		Final
Best of 11 frames
        
 Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) 4
 Tessa Davidson (ENG) 3
 Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) 4
 Karen Corr (NIR) 0
 Karen Corr (NIR) 4
 Margaret O'Driscoll (IRL) 3
 Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) 5
 Mandy Fisher (ENG) 4
 Lisa Gordon (ENG) 4
 Jean Bedford (ENG) 0
 Lisa Gordon (ENG) 2
 Mandy Fisher (ENG) 4
 Mandy Fisher (ENG) 4
 Michelle Brown (ENG) 0
 Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) 1
 Allison Fisher (ENG) 6
 Stacey Hillyard (ENG) 4
 Allyson Ratcliffe (ENG) 1
 Stacey Hillyard (ENG) 4
 Lynette Horsburgh (SCO) 3
 Lynette Horsburgh (SCO) 4
 Kim Shaw (ENG) 3
 Stacey Hillyard (ENG) 0
 Allison Fisher (ENG) 5
 Caroline Walch (ENG) 1
 Lisbeth Jones (DEN) 4
 Lisbeth Jones (DEN) 0
 Allison Fisher (ENG) 4
 Allison Fisher (ENG) 4
 Roberta Abbott (ENG) 0

References
  1. "History". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
  2. Jones, Gaye (1988). Terry Smith (ed.). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year (Sixth ed.). Aylesbury: Pelham Books. pp. 136–139. ISBN 0720719445.
  3. "Ladies' Snooker". Chris Turner's Snooker Archive. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. Hollar, Sherman. "Allison Fisher". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  5. Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 379–381. ISBN 0356197476.
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