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 5âÂÂ1 in the final. Aged 16 years and 47 days, Farren remains the youngest female world snooker champion.
The event was sponsored by Warner who provided a total prize fund of ã10,000. The event was held at Warner's Puckpool holiday camp.
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. Hillyard had gone on to win the 1984 title, and was seeded fourth for 1987. Hillyard was to beat Fisher in the semi-final again, recovering from 1âÂÂ3 down to win 4âÂÂ3 in a four-hour match. In the other semi-final, second seed Ann-Marie Farren whitewashed Mandy Fisher 4âÂÂ0.
In the final, Farren took a 3âÂÂ0 lead before Hillyard won a . Farren then took the next two frames to complete a 5âÂÂ1 victory and claim the winner's prize of ã3,500, 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.
Players listed in bold indicate match winner. Seedings, where known, are bracketed after the players name.