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 during the event and defeated Stacey Hillyard 5âÂÂ1 in the final. Fisher led 4âÂÂ0 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 ã4,000 with contributions from sponsors First Leisure and from Mitchells & Butlers. Fisher received ã1,250 for her win. She took a further ã100 for the highest and ã50 for the highest of the event, both for her 54 break against Julie Dowen in the quarter-finals. Hillyard was awarded ã600 as runner up, losing semi-finalists got ã300 each, and losing-quarter-finalists received ã150 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 2âÂÂ3 in the first round by Karen Leech.
The results of from the last-16 round onwards are shown below.