Women's Snooker and Billiards had been governed by the
Women's Billiards Association (WBA), formed in 1931. However, the last professional billiards and snooker championships organised by the WBA were those held in 1950, and by the early 1970s the organisation had "fallen on hard times" according to leading snooker journalist and author
Clive Everton. A Women's Billiards & Snooker Association (WBSA) was formed in 1976, and in 1978 appointed Wally West, snooker club owner, and holder of the world record break of 151, as Secretary. The WLBSA held its first open snooker competition in Leeds in March 1982, but the WPBSA's support for the women's circuit stopped in 2002 following the loss of income due to the UK government's restrictions on tobacco sponsorship of sport.
World Ladies Billiards and Snooker (WLBS), 2015–2018 The WLBSA was restructured as a subsidiary of the
World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in 2015, and became a full member of the World Snooker Federation in 2017. It was known as World Ladies Billiards and Snooker from July 2015 to November 2018.
World Women’s Snooker, 2018–present In November 2018 the WLBSA was renamed as World Women's Snooker, and is responsible for women's snooker and billiards and the women's ranking list. == World Women's Snooker Tour ==