Snooker tournament
The 1987 Women's World Championship was a snooker tournament that took place in Puckpool on the Isle of Wight. It was the 1987 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, which had been first held in 1976.
Ann-Marie Farren won the tournament, beating Stacey Hillyard 5–1 in the final. Aged 16 years and 47 days, Farren remains the youngest female world snooker champion.[1]
Tournament summary
The event was sponsored by Warner who provided a total prize fund of £10,000. The event was held at Warner's Puckpool holiday camp.[2][3]
Allison Fisher was the defending champion and a strong favourite to regain the title, having not lost a competitive women's snooker match since the semi-final of the 1984 World Championship against Stacey Hillyard.[3] Hillyard had gone on to win the 1984 title, and was seeded fourth for 1987.[4] Hillyard was to beat Fisher in the semi-final again, recovering from 1–3 down to win 4–3 in a four-hour match.[5][3] In the other semi-final, second seed[3] Ann-Marie Farren whitewashed Mandy Fisher 4–0.
In the final, Farren took a 3–0 lead before Hillyard won a frame. Farren then took the next two frames to complete a 5–1 victory and claim the winner's prize of £3,500,[3] and the trophy, plus a double magnum of champagne that she was not old enough to drink, being only 16 years and 48 days old at the time.[6][7]
Knockout
Players listed in bold indicate match winner.[8] Seedings, where known, are bracketed after the players name.
Final
Final: Best-of-9 frames[3]
Puckpool
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Ann-Marie Farren
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5–1
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Stacey Hillyard
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| Frame
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1
|
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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Ann-Marie Farren
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49 |
77 |
49 |
9 |
56 |
62
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Stacey Hillyard
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37 |
37 |
25 |
70 |
30 |
6
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| Frames won (Farren first)
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1–0
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2–0
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3–0
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3–1
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4–1
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5–1
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| Ann-Marie Farren wins the 1987 Women's World Championship
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