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{{Infobox individual snooker tournament
| tournament_name    = IBSF World Snooker Championship
| logo               = 
| dates              = {{Start and end dates|2009|11|15|2009|11|24|df=y}}
| venue              = Hyderabad International Convention Center Hall
| location           = [[Hyderabad]]
| country            = [[India]]
| organisation       = [[International Billiards and Snooker Federation]] (IBSF)
| format             = Qualifying groups [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]], followed by knockout.
| Total prize fund   = 
| winners_share      = 
| highest_break      = [[Ng On-yee]], 77
| winner             = [[Ng On-yee]]
| runner_up          = [[Kathy Parashis]]
| score              = 5–2
| previous           = [[2018 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's|2008]]
| next               = [[2020 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's|2010]]
}}

The '''2009 IBSF World Snooker Championship for women''' took place from 15 to 25 November 2009 at the Hyderabad International Convention Center Hall, [[Hyderabad]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Subrahmanyam |first=V.V. |title=Meenal Thakur and Vidya Pillai keen to break the jinx |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/Meenal-Thakur-and-Vidya-Pillai-keen-to-break-the-jinx/article16891983.ece |website=The Hindu |date=14 November 2009 |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520162647/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/Meenal-Thakur-and-Vidya-Pillai-keen-to-break-the-jinx/article16891983.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="CSI">{{cite web |title=IBSF World Snooker Championship 2009 |url=https://www.cuesportsindia.com/global/2009/isbf/SNKNW2411.htm |website=Cue Sports India |date=24 November 2009 |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=20 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520162648/https://www.cuesportsindia.com/global/2009/isbf/SNKNW2411.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Ng On-yee]] won the tournament by defeating [[Kathy Parashis]] 5–2 in the final.<ref name="CSI" />

==Summary==
The tournament was organised by the [[International Billiards and Snooker Federation]]. Defending champion [[Reanne Evans]] did not participate as she could not raise the funds to travel from England to India for the event.<ref name="SCENE">{{cite magazine |title=Ng On Yee wins women's title for Hong Kong |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=January 2010 |page=34}}</ref> Participants were divided between four [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] groups (three of six players each, and one with five players), with the top four from each group qualifying for the knockout stage. [[Vidya Pillai]] and Ramona Belmont both won all of their five group matches, and Yu Ching Ching won all four of hers. Ng and Parashis were both fourth-placed in their respective groups, and both recovered from 2–3 behind to defeat opponents in the semi-finals. Ng won the first {{cuegloss|frame}} of the final, but missed the final {{cuegloss|black ball}} in the second frame, which Parashis then {{cuegloss|pot|potted}} to level the match.<ref name="CSI" /><ref name="SCENE" /> Ng took the next four frames, to secure the title. She made the highest break of the match, 36, in the last frame.<ref name="VVS2">{{cite news |last=Subrahmanyam |first=V.V. |title=Ng-On too good for Kathy; Igor to meet Burden |website=The Hindu |date=25 November 2009 }}</ref> When the score was 3–1, the organisers decided to conduct [[drug test]]s, which delayed the match for about 30 minutes.<ref name="VVS2" /> According to the report on ''Cue Sports India'', Ng, who became the youngest [[International Billiards and Snooker Federation]] women's snooker champion, demonstrated "exceptional potting along with copy book safety"<ref name="CSI" />

Some players experienced stomach upsets. During the group stage, Santhinee Jaisuekul was taken to hospital after her match against [[Jaique Ip]], and Nahla Sunni did not appear for her match against [[Chitra Magimairaj]].<ref>{{cite news |title=World snooker: Foreign players hit by 'Hyderabad belly' |url=https://archive.siasat.com/news/world-snooker-foreign-players-hit-hyderabad-belly-56998/ |date=19 November 2009 |website=The Siasat Daily |access-date=23 May 2022}}</ref> There were only four {{cuegloss|break}}s of over 50 points, Ng scored the highest break of the tournament, 77, and also recorded a 57. [[Bi Zhu Qing]] had breaks of 65 and 52. She won the third place play-off 3–2 against Ramona Belmont.<ref name="SCENE" />

== Knockout Rounds ==
[[File:Ng On Yee PHC 2017-1.jpg|thumb|[[Ng On-yee]] (pictured in 2017) defeated [[Kathy Parashis]] in the final.]]
Results for the knockout stage are shown below.<ref name="SCENE" /><ref name="CSIR">{{cite web |title=IBSF World Snooker Championship 2009: Knock-Out Stage – Women |url=https://www.cuesportsindia.com/global/2009/isbf/SNKKOwomen.htm |website=Cue Sports India |year=2009 |access-date=20 May 2022 |archive-date=17 December 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101217190013/http://cuesportsindia.com/global/2009/isbf/SNKKOwomen.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

{{16TeamBracket-NoSeeds
|RD1=Last 16
|RD2=Quarter-finals
|RD3=Semi-finals
|RD4=Final
|team-width=190
|score-width=

|RD1-team01={{flagathlete|[[Vidya Pillai]]|IND}}
|RD1-score01=3
|RD1-team02='''{{flagathlete|[[Kathy Parashis]]|AUS}}'''
|RD1-score02='''4'''

|RD1-team03='''{{flagathlete|Meenal Thakur |IND}}'''
|RD1-score03='''4'''
|RD1-team04={{flagathlete|Anuja Chandra|IND}}
|RD1-score04=3

|RD1-team05={{flagathlete|Neena Praveen|IND}}
|RD1-score05=1
|RD1-team06='''{{flagathlete|[[Bi Zhu Qing]]|CHN}}'''
|RD1-score06='''4'''

|RD1-team07={{flagathlete|Kathy Howden|AUS}}
|RD1-score07=0
|RD1-team08='''{{flagathlete|[[Jaique Ip]]|HKG}}'''
|RD1-score08='''4'''

|RD1-team09='''{{flagathlete|Ramona Belmont|NZL}}'''
|RD1-score09='''4'''
|RD1-team10={{flagathlete|Margaret Gorski|AUS}}
|RD1-score10=1

|RD1-team11='''{{flagathlete|[[Chitra Magimairaj]]|IND}}'''
|RD1-score11='''4'''
|RD1-team12={{flagathlete|Nicha Pathom|THA}}
|RD1-score12=2

|RD1-team13={{flagathlete|Santhinee Jaisuekal|THA}} 
|RD1-score13=0
|RD1-team14={{flagathlete|So Man Yan|HKG}}
|RD1-score14='''4'''

|RD1-team15='''{{flagathlete|[[Ng On-yee]]|HKG}}'''
|RD1-score15='''4'''
|RD1-team16={{flagathlete|Yu Ching Ching|HKG}}
|RD1-score16=2

|RD2-team01='''{{flagathlete|[[Kathy Parashis]]|AUS}}'''
|RD2-score01='''4'''
|RD2-team02={{flagathlete|Meenal Thakur |IND}}
|RD2-score02=2

|RD2-team03='''{{flagathlete|[[Bi Zhu Qing]]|CHN}}'''
|RD2-score03='''4'''
|RD2-team04={{flagathlete|[[Jaique Ip]]|HKG}}
|RD2-score04=2

|RD2-team05='''{{flagathlete|Ramona Belmont|NZL}}'''
|RD2-score05='''4'''
|RD2-team06={{flagathlete|[[Chitra Magimairaj]]|IND}}
|RD2-score06=1

|RD2-team07={{flagathlete|So Man Yan|HKG}}
|RD2-score07=1
|RD2-team08='''{{flagathlete|[[Ng On-yee]]|HKG}}'''
|RD2-score08='''4'''

|RD3-team01='''{{flagathlete|[[Kathy Parashis]]|AUS}}'''
|RD3-score01='''4'''
|RD3-team02={{flagathlete|[[Bi Zhu Qing]]|CHN}}
|RD3-score02=3

|RD3-team03={{flagathlete|Ramona Belmont|NZL}}
|RD3-score03=3
|RD3-team04='''{{flagathlete|[[Ng On-yee]]|HKG}}'''
|RD3-score04='''4'''

|RD4-team01={{flagathlete|[[Kathy Parashis]]|AUS}}
|RD4-score01=1
|RD4-team02='''{{flagathlete|[[Ng On-yee]]|HKG}}'''
|RD4-score02='''5'''

| RD4b = Third place
| RD4-seed03=
| RD4-team03='''{{flagathlete|[[Bi Zhu Qing]]|CHN}}'''
| RD4-score03='''3'''
| RD4-seed04=
| RD4-team04={{flagathlete|Ramona Belmont|NZL}}
| RD4-score04=2
}}

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