2001 Women's World Snooker Championship

The 2001 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place in April 2001, with early rounds held at Jester's Snooker Club in Swindon, and the semi-finals and final played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.[1] The event was the 2001 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976.[2] It was won by England's Lisa Quick, who defeated Scot Lynette Horsburgh 4–2 in the final. The defending champion and top-ranked women's player Kelly Fisher lost 3–4 to Sharon Dickson in the last 16. Fisher, who had won the world championship in each of the three preceding years, made the only century break of the competition, a 119 in her match against Nicola Barker.[1]

2001 Women's World Snooker Championship

Tournament information
Dates	April 2001
Venue	Crucible Theatre
City	Sheffield
Country	England
Organisation(s)	World Ladies Billiards and Snooker
Format	Single elimination
Total prize fund	£5,000
Winner's share	£2,500
Highest break	119 (  Kelly Fisher (ENG)
Final
Champion	Lisa Quick (ENG)
Runner-up	Lynette Horsburgh (SCO)
Score	4–2
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Quick, ranked fifth, had previously won only one ranking tournament, the 1999 Regal Welsh, and it was the first time that Horsburgh, ranked second, had reached the world championship final in 16 attempts. It was level at 1–1 after the first two frames. Quick won the third frame on the black ball to lead 2–1, and then took the next frame by fluking the black. Horsburgh won the fifth frame to trail by one frame at 2–3, before Quick won the match by winning the next frame on the pink.[1][3]

Quick had won the women's 1999 WEPF World Eight-ball championship in blackball and with this victory became the first person in either the women's or the men's game to win world titles in both pool and snooker.[4] She went on to win the WEPF World Eight-ball again in June 2001, to become the first person to hold pool and snooker world titles concurrently.[5] The competition was sponsored by cigarette company Embassy and attracted entrants from fourteen countries including Australia, Belgium, Brazil, England, France, India, Ireland, Japan, Scotland, Singapore, and Wales.[1][6][7] The winner of the event won a prize of £5,000.[1]

Prize fund

Below is the prize money awarded at the event.[1]

• Winner: £5,000
• Runner-up: £2,500
• Losing semi-finalists: £1,100
• Losing quarter-finalists: £600
• Last 16 losers: £200
• Last 32 losers: £100
• Highest break: £270

Main draw

[1]

	Last 32 Best of 7 frames					Last 16 Best of 7 frames					Quarter-finals Best of 7 frames					Semi-finals Best of 7 frames					Final Best of 7 frames
		Kelly Fisher	4
		Nicola Barker	0
							Kelly Fisher	3
							Sharon Dickson	4
		Sharon Dickson	4
		M. O'Driscoll	3
												Sharon Dickson	4
											Maria Catalano	2
		Helen Audus	4
		Mary Talbot	2
							Helen Audus	3
							Maria Catalano	4
		Maria Catalano	4
		V. Majmudar	1
																	Sharon Dickson	1
																	Lisa Quick	4
		Lisa Quick	4
		Sarah Clarke	1
							Lisa Quick	4
							Juliette Lushey	0
		Maria Tart	0
		Juliette Lushey	4
												Lisa Quick	4
											Lisa Ingall	3
		Wendy Jans	4
		Mandy Fisher	0
							Wendy Jans	1
							Lisa Ingall	4
		Lisa Ingall	4
		Kathy Parashis	0
																						Lisa Quick	4
																						Lynette Horsburgh	2
		June Banks	4
		Isabelle Jonckheere	1
							June Banks	4
							Julie Gillespie	1
		Julie Gillespie	4
		Candide Binon	1
												June Banks	4
											Caroline Walch	1
		Jenny Poulter	4
		Pooja Galundia	1
							Jenny Poulter	1
							Caroline Walch	4
		Caroline Walch	4
		Valerie Van Bellinghen	3
																	June Banks	1
																	Lynette Horsburgh	4
		Emma Bonney	4
		Samantha Ridley	0
							Emma Bonney	4
							Katie Henrick	3
		Katie Henrick	4
		K. Burt	0
												Emma Bonney	2
											Lynette Horsburgh	4
		Christine Sharpe	4
		Michelle Brown	3
							Christine Sharpe	0
							Lynette Horsburgh	4
		Angelique Vialard	0
		Lynette Horsburgh	4

References

1. "Lisa Quick wins women's world title". Snooker Scene. Everton's News Agency. June 2001. p. 29.
2. "History". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 28 January 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
3. Yates, Phil (30 April 2001). "Lisa Quick – Snooker". The Times. London – via NewsBank. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
4. Champion, Tim (17 May 2002). "Snooker star pots sponsorship deal". Western Daily Press. Bristol. p. 25 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
5. "Lisa's world glory". Bristol Post. 4 June 2001 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
6. "Quick to make big splash in pool". BBC Sport. 29 April 2001. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
7. "Shock exit for Agassi". Birmingham Mail. 26 April 2001. p. 119 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 14 April 2020.