The event was won by Hong Kong's Ng On-yee, who defeated Vidya Pillai in the final 6–5.

[2] In the semi-finals, Ng On-yee came back from 60 points down in the deciding frame to beat defending champion Reanne Evans 5–4.

[1] On her way to the final, Pillai defeated four of the eight seeded players – Maria Catalano in the group stage, then Tatjana Vasiljeva, Katrina Wan, and Kenna in the knockouts.

[1] The semi-finals started at 10:00 am local time on Sunday, 19 March, with the final scheduled for the afternoon.

On-yee had a break of only 30 minutes after her semi-final win before starting what turned out to be a lengthy final commencing at 16:00 pm.

On-yee then potted the pink ball to take the frame 66–50 and gain her second world title, having also won in 2015.

[1][9] The playing time in the final was 8 hours and 4 minutes; it was the longest 11-frame competitive match in snooker, significantly exceeding the previous record of 7 hours and 14 minutes taken by Paul Tanner to defeat Robby Foldvari 6–5 at the 1992 UK Championship.

[6] Across the semi-final and final, On-yee played for more than 12 hours on the Sunday (and the early part of Monday morning).

The winner's prize money the previous year, when Reanne Evans won, had been less than a quarter of this.