article_snippet: The women's world champion, Reanne Evans, has been given a place in the qualifying round's of this year's World Championship, World Snooker has announced.
article_snippet: The 29-year-old - the dominant player of the women's game with 10 successive world titles to her name - will head to Sheffield's Ponds Forge in April in a bid to qualify for the main event at the Crucible.
article_snippet: Reanne Evans will be one of 128 players to bid to join the game's top 16 in the tournament and Reanne Evans will need to win three matches in order to do so.
article_snippet: Reanne Evans (left) will be playing for the chance to face the likes of Ronnie O'Sullivan at the Crucible .
article_snippet: Reanne Evans would become the first women to compete in the World Championship if successful, having become the first woman to qualify for any ranking event last season when Reanne Evans got through to the main stage of the Wuxi Classic in China.
article_snippet: As such, Reanne Evans has been invited to qualify, as have former champions Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis, while James Wattana has also been invited. '
article_snippet: Thanks to all my fans and sponsors,' Reanne Evans, a long-time campaigner for the women's game to be given greater prominence, wrote on Reanne Evans Facebook page.
article_snippet: Reanne Evans will be the first woman to take part in the World Championship if Reanne Evans makes it through qualifying .
article_snippet: Commenting on the news, Jason Ferguson, the chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, said: 'Reanne's achievements in the ladies game are incredible - to win 10 world titles in a row in any sport is a phenomenal record. '
article_snippet: Reanne Evans is a true sporting great and proved Reanne Evans ability to compete on the open professional tour when Reanne Evans reached the final stages of the Wuxi Classic in China. '
article_snippet: Reanne Evans deserves the chance to play in the World Championship and Reanne Evans will be aiming to become the first woman ever to play in the main event at the Crucible.
article_snippet: Reanne is a trail-blazer for female players around the world.'
article_snippet: Were Reanne Evans to win even one of Reanne Evans qualifying matches it would carry prize money of £6,000 - a fee comfortably in excess of the tariff on offer for winning the women's World Championship.
highlights_snippet: Reanne Evans has won the last 10 women's championships in a row .
  
highlights_snippet: Reanne Evans will be one of 128 players entering qualifying in Sheffield .
  
highlights_snippet: Reanne Evans will need to win three games to make it to the Crucible .