Stacey Hillyard (born 5 September 1969) is an English former professional snooker player, who won the 1984 amateur World Women's Snooker Championship at the age of 15, making her the youngest winner of the tournament. She reached the final of the competition on five further occasions.
Hillyard started playing snooker on a full size table at the YMCA club in Winton, aged 12. She played her first competitive women's snooker event in 1982, and lost on the final black to the reigning world champion Sue Foster.[4]
Hillyard won the 1984 Amateur World Women's Snooker Championship[5] aged 15,[6] defeating Canadian player Natalie Stelmach 4–1 in the final. Although Hillyard reached the final five additional times, she did not win the event again. Three of the finals were lost to Allison Fisher, the dominant player of the era.[7]
In 1985 in Bournemouth, Hillyard, still 15, became the first woman to compile a century break (114) in a competitive snooker match.[8]
On 23 February 1992, Hillyard recorded a new highest break in competitive women's snooker, making 137 during the General Portfolio Women's Classic held in Aylesbury.[10]
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^"1992 Harlekin European Masters – Knockout". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^"1992 Edwardian Classic – Knockout". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^"1992 Saffron Classic – Knockout". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
^"1993 New Berkshire Classic – Knockout". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
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^"1994 Llanelli Classic – Knockout". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 19 August 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2020.