Jonni Fulcher
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Jonathan Fulcher (born September 22, 1974, in Inverness, Scotland
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) is a top-ranked Swiss professional contender in a variety of pocket billiard disciplines who currently resides in Geneva, Switzerland and competes throughout the world.

Early days

Fulcher first began to play snooker at the age of 10. He moved to London at age 18 to study physics at Imperial College London
Imperial College London
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 University; here, he joined the Imperial College Snooker
Snooker
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 Club. He competed in the British Universities Sports Association
British Universities Sports Association
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 national tournaments and won the BUSA individual championships in 1999, following which he captained the England University snooker team to three wins in the Home Nations
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 Team Championships.

Professional career

Fulcher began to compete at the highest level in European snooker and pocket billiard disciplines when he moved to Switzerland in 2003 and won numerous tournaments on the Swiss and European tours.

He has been the number-one ranked Swiss Snooker player on numerous occasions from 2004 to 2007. He is the 2004 Swiss Snooker Champion. He reached the quarterfinal of the 2006 Swiss Snooker Open, where over 20 top 50 ranked professionals competed;

Since he has competed in nine-ball events, Fulcher has participated in 15 of the European Pocket Billiard Federation
European Pocket Billiard Federation
The European Pocket Billard Federation is the European governing body for pocket billiards. EPBF is the European regional affiliate member of the World Pool-Billiard Association .-EPBF members:National affiliate members of EPBF :...

 tournaments (a.k.a. the EuroTour) and secured victory in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, defeating world-class champions such as Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet is a German professional pool player. His nicknames are "The Kaiser" and "The Surgeon." Since 1981, he has won more than 250 tournament titles, including 41 German Championship titles and 34 European Championship titles.He began playing billiards at the age of six in his parents'...

, Roman Hybler, and Tony Drago
Tony Drago
Tony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8–6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...

 in the finals. His triumph over Tony Drago
Tony Drago
Tony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8–6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...

 was generally thought to be the biggest surprise of the 2006 Swiss Nine-ball Open. He was ranked number two in Europe and 29 in the world in 2007.

He won the 2007 Montfortpokal Austrian Open tournament in Feldkirch, beating a competitive field along the way, namely Michael Felder, Sandor Tot
Sandor Tot
Sandor Tot is a Serbian professional pool player. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Li He-wen. This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition of the...

, and Martin Kempter in the final. He also secured the Swiss 2006 team championship title in Bern with his team mates from the Carouge Billiard Club in Geneva
Geneva
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. He has made countless competitive century breaks in snooker tournaments and scalped many of the top European snooker and pool players along the way, most notably Thomas Engert
Thomas Engert
Thomas Engert is a German professional pool player. Engert won the 2004 International Challenge of Champions beating fellow German Thorsten Hohmann in the finals...

, Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet
Ralf Souquet is a German professional pool player. His nicknames are "The Kaiser" and "The Surgeon." Since 1981, he has won more than 250 tournament titles, including 41 German Championship titles and 34 European Championship titles.He began playing billiards at the age of six in his parents'...

, Tony Drago
Tony Drago
Tony Drago is a professional snooker and pool player from Malta. He won the 2003 World Pool Masters Tournament beating Hsia Hui-kai 8–6 and also reached the quarter finals of the World Snooker Championship...

, Christian Reimering, Stefan Cohen, Dimitri Jungo, and Jasmin Ouschan
Jasmin Ouschan
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. Though his list of
snooker victories is longer than his pool merits, his performance in the
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 will has brought Jonni Fulcher some worthy recognition.

In the 2007 European Snooker Championships he triumphed over Alex Borg
Alex Borg
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, the previous champion, 4-0 and ended his 24 Match unbeaten run. He lost narrowly to top snooker players, 4-3, Ian McCulloch
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 in 2003 Swiss Open quarter final, 3-1 to Neil Robertson
Neil Robertson (snooker player)
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 at the 2005 Swiss Open last 32 (having made 76 break in the first frame and a 107 clearance in the second frame), and 3-1 Dave Harold
Dave Harold
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 in 2006 Swiss Open Quarter Final. He also reached the last 16 of the 2006 Bienne Grand Prix International Nine-ball Championship in Switzerland
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, losing to Sandor Tot
Sandor Tot
Sandor Tot is a Serbian professional pool player. During the 2006 WPA Men's World Nine-ball Championship he survived the group stages, the round of 64 and the round of 32, but was eliminated in the round of 16 by Li He-wen. This performance secured him a spot in the 2007 edition of the...

 who went on to win the tournament.

Titles

Stats as of Oct 2007:
  • World Pool-Billiard Association
    World Pool-Billiard Association
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     Ranking: 29
  • Eurotour Ranking: 2
  • Swiss Snooker
    Snooker
    Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...

     Ranking: 2
  • Swiss Pool Ranking: 4
  • Snooker Highest Break: 147
  • 9-ball Break Runs: 6
  • 8-ball Break Runs: 8
  • 14-1 Series: 114
  • National and International Tournament Victories: 34


Snooker Victories:
  • 20.05.2007 Grand Casino Open, Black Ball, Baden
  • 11.02.2007 Zuri Oberland Cup, Pfäffikon
  • 28.01.2007 Swiss QT, Adliswill
  • 17.12.2006 Swiss QT, Baden
  • 03.11.2006 Billiardino Snooker Open, Billiardino Club, Zurich
  • 29.10.2006 Swiss QT, Köniz
  • 04.03.2006 Swiss, Finale Leman Cup Morges
  • 24.02.2006 Swiss, Aargauer Master Cup RT-4 Zofingen (Medela Sports)
  • 14.01.2006 Swiss QT Morges
  • 12.01.2006 Swiss, Leman Cup Morges
  • 22.12.2005 Swiss, Leman Cup Morges
  • 05.11.2005 Swiss Elite-QT Baden
  • 26.10.2005 Swiss Jackpot Zofingen
  • 08.10.2005 Swiss QT Biel
  • 19.02.2005 Swiss QT-Elite Baden
  • 13.11.2004 Swiss Elite-QT Baden
  • 30.10.2004 Swiss National Open Baden
  • 19.04.2004 Swiss Championship
  • 03.04.2004 Swiss QT Zofingen
  • 13.03.2004 Swiss QT Zofingen
  • 21.02.2004 Swiss QT Brugg
  • 31.01.2004 Swiss QT Morges
  • 10.01.2004 Swiss, 7. Int. Dreikönigsturnier Adliswil
  • 25.10.2003 Swiss, QT Zofingen
  • 1999 British Universities
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    Individual Champion
  • 1997 British Universities National Team Champions


Pool Victories:
  • 28.05.2007 Montfortpokal, Austria
  • 25.11.2006 Swiss Ranking QT – 14-1, Bumpliz
  • 04.11.2006 Swiss Ranking QT - 9-Ball, Bremgarten
  • 07.10.2006 Poolcomp.com Eurotour 2006 Swiss Open Champion
  • 30.09.2006 Qualified for IPT Tour Card Play off in Lampertheim Germany
  • 10.09.2006 Swiss Double Open Champion, Sion
  • 20.08.2006 Swiss Triple Open 14/1 Champion, overall 2nd place in Bumpliz, Bern
  • 28.02.2006 Swiss Ranking QT – 14/1 endlos, Sion


Other Achievements:
  • 23.09.2007 2nd place, 18th Swiss Seeländercup 2007, Code 8
  • 15.9.2007 9th place Eurotour Weert, Netherlands
  • 17.6.2007 9th place Eurotour Rankweil, Austria
  • 14.4.2007 9th place Eurotour Napoli, Italy
  • 25.2.2007 9th place Eurotour Liberec
  • 21.01.2007 2nd place, Cue Club 311 Open, Solothurn, Code 7
  • 9.12.2006 5th place Spanish Torneo Internacional de billar pool bola-8
  • 9.12.2006 33rd place Eurotour Spain
  • 18.11.2006 3rd place, Swiss Leso Trophy Bremgarten, Code 7
  • 11.11.2006 5th place, Snooker Swiss Open, Zofingen
  • 22.10.2006 3rd place, Swiss Leso Trophy Brugg, Code 7
  • 22.09.2006 17th in Eurotour Holland – beat Thomas Engert to get to last 32 on TV table
  • 10.09.2006 2nd place, Swiss Leso Trophy Bremgarten, Code 7
  • 20.08.2006 2 nd place, Swiss 21st. Triple Open, Bümpliz (Gesamt), Code 7
  • 09.06.2006 Eurotour Austria 17th beat Jasmin Ouchan, Joern Kaplan, Michael Schmidt
  • 14.04.2006 Eurotour Italy 33rd place beating Craig Osborne
  • 05.02.2006 4th place, Swiss Drei Königsturnier 2006 Zusatztableau, Code 7
  • 28.01.2006 2nd place, Swiss 8er Ball, 2. QT-Runde 05/06, Sion, QT-Liga B
  • 23.09.2005 2nd place, 16th Swiss Seeländercup 2005, Code 8
  • 28.08.2005 2nd place, Swiss Leso Trophy Bremgarten, Code 7
  • 20.08.2005 5th place, Swiss Triple Open Bümpliz 2005, 14/1, Code 7
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