# 1985 Women's World Snooker Championship

The 1985 Women's World Snooker Championship was a women's snooker tournament that took place in October 1985 at Breaks Snooker Club, Solihull. It was the 1985 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship, first held in 1976. The tournament attracted 78 entrants, although Rhonda Jackson of Canada was the only participant from outside Britain.
The tournament was won by Allison Fisher, who lost only one frame during the event and defeated Stacey Hillyard 5–1 in the final. Fisher led 4-0 in the final, then Hillyard won the next frame. Fisher took the sixth frame to seal her victory. This was Fisher's first world snooker title, at the age of 17, and she would go on to win a total of seven championships before focusing her efforts on pool in the United States from 1995.
The tournament had a total prize fund of £4,000 with contributions from sponsors First Leisure and from Mitchells & Butlers. Fisher received £1,250 for her win. She took a further £100 for the highest break and £50 for the highest clearance of the event, both for her 54 break against Julie Dowen in the quarter-finals. Hillyard was awarded £600 as runner up, losing semi-finalists got £300 each, and losing-quarter-finalists received £150 each.
Many of the seeded players lost in the early rounds. Fourteen-year-old Ann-Marie Farren, participating in a tournament for the second time, eliminated fourth seed Maria Tart. Sixteenth seed Lynette Horsburgh was defeated 2-3 in the first round by Karen Leech.

## Main draw

The results of from the last-16 round onwards are shown below.
| Last 16 | Last 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| Stacey Hillyard (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | | |
| Karen Leach (ENG) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Karen Leach (ENG) | 1 | Stacey Hillyard (ENG) | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Kim Shaw (ENG) | 2 | | | | | |
| Kim Shaw (ENG) | 3 | Kim Shaw (ENG) | 2 | | | | | |
| Lisa Thomas (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Lisa Thomas (ENG) | 0 | | | Stacey Hillyard (ENG) | 4 | | | |
| | | | | Caroline Walch (ENG) | 2 | | | |
| Caroline Walch (ENG) | 3 | | | | | Caroline Walch (ENG) | 2 | | | |
| Lin Frost (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Lin Frost (ENG) | 0 | Caroline Walch (ENG) | 4 | | | | | |
| | | Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) | 0 | | | | | |
| Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) | 3 | Ann-Marie Farren (ENG) | 0 | | | | | |
| Teresa Gardiner (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Teresa Gardiner (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | Stacey Hillyard (ENG) | 1 |
| | | | | | | | Allison Fisher (ENG) | 5 |
| Alyson Ratcliffe (ENG) | 3 | | | | | | | | Allison Fisher (ENG) | 5 |
| Rhonda Jackman (CAN) | 2 | | | | | | | |
| Rhonda Jackman (CAN) | 2 | Alyson Ratcliffe (ENG) | 1 | | | | | |
| | | Julie Dowen (ENG) | 4 | | | | | |
| Julie Dowen (ENG) | 3 | Julie Dowen (ENG) | 4 | | | | | |
| Serena Sinanan (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | | |
| Serena Sinanan (ENG) | 0 | | | Julie Dowen (ENG) | 0 | | | |
| | | | | Allison Fisher (ENG) | 4 | | | |
| Karen Corr (IRE) | 3 | | | | | Allison Fisher (ENG) | 4 | | | |
| Hilary Isitt (WAL) | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Hilary Isitt (WAL) | 1 | Karen Corr (IRE) | 0 | | | | | |
| | | Allison Fisher (ENG) | 4 | | | | | |
| Allison Fisher (ENG) | 3 | Allison Fisher (ENG) | 4 | | | | | |
| Liz Jones (ENG) | 0 | | | | | | | |