Kelly Fisher
Encyclopedia
Kelly Fisher is an English
professional pool
and snooker
player.
, near Pontefract
, West Yorkshire
. She learned to play pool in her parent's pub and took up snooker when she was 13. When she was 21, she had been ranked number 1 for two consecutive seasons.
Fisher won three successive World Ladies' Snooker Championship between 1998 and 2000, and won the title again in 2002 and 2003.
In 2001, she won four successive tournaments in the ladies' divisions - the British Open, Belgian Open, LG Cup titles and the UK Championship, and extended her winning streak to ten successive tournaments when she won the LG Cup in October 2002.
She has reached the final of every European Ladies' Championship, losing just once to former West Yorkshire (Batley) Champion Shakeel Kamal. In 2003 Fisher won the first IBSF
World Ladies' Championship.
When the sport's governing body withdrew its support for the women's game in 2003, abandoning all major women tournaments, Fisher saw her choices as getting a full-time job or switching to nine-ball pool. She chose to switch to pool and moved to the United States
to play on the Women's Professional Billiard Association
(WPBA) nine-ball tour, joining fellow former women's snooker players Allison Fisher
and Karen Corr
.
In August 2008 after being in the top 10 women for the past two years and winning the San Diego Classic for three years running (2005–2007) Kelly achieved the No1 Ranking in World Women's Pool and won the US Open Championship.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
professional pool
Pocket billiards
Pool, also more formally known as pocket billiards or pool billiards , is the family of cue sports and games played on a pool table having six receptacles called pockets along the , into which balls are deposited as the main goal of play. Popular versions include eight-ball and nine-ball...
and 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 :...
player.
Career
Fisher grew up in South ElmsallSouth Elmsall
South Elmsall pronounced "south em-sull" is a small town and civil parish to the east of Hemsworth in the City of Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England. It is on the B6422 and B6474 ....
, near Pontefract
Pontefract
Pontefract is an historic market town in West Yorkshire, England. Traditionally in the West Riding, near the A1 , the M62 motorway and Castleford. It is one of the five towns in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield and has a population of 28,250...
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
. She learned to play pool in her parent's pub and took up snooker when she was 13. When she was 21, she had been ranked number 1 for two consecutive seasons.
Fisher won three successive World Ladies' Snooker Championship between 1998 and 2000, and won the title again in 2002 and 2003.
In 2001, she won four successive tournaments in the ladies' divisions - the British Open, Belgian Open, LG Cup titles and the UK Championship, and extended her winning streak to ten successive tournaments when she won the LG Cup in October 2002.
She has reached the final of every European Ladies' Championship, losing just once to former West Yorkshire (Batley) Champion Shakeel Kamal. In 2003 Fisher won the first IBSF
International Billiards and Snooker Federation
The International Billiards & Snooker Federation is the organisation that governs non-professional snooker and English billiards around the world . The organization is presently headquartered in Reims, France.-History:...
World Ladies' Championship.
When the sport's governing body withdrew its support for the women's game in 2003, abandoning all major women tournaments, Fisher saw her choices as getting a full-time job or switching to nine-ball pool. She chose to switch to pool and moved to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to play on the Women's Professional Billiard Association
Women's Professional Billiard Association
The WPBA is a professional women's billiards tour based in the United States. It was originally founded in 1976 as the Women's Professional Billiard Alliance by players Madelyn Whitlow and Palmer Byrd, as well as Larry Miller ....
(WPBA) nine-ball tour, joining fellow former women's snooker players Allison Fisher
Allison Fisher
Allison Fisher is an English professional pool player.-Biography:Fisher grew up in Hadlow, Kent. She won her first world title at the age of 17. To date, she has won over 80 national titles and 11 world titles in total. She even entered the men's snooker rankings, but never progressed into the...
and Karen Corr
Karen Corr
Karen Corr is a professional pool player. Her nickname is the "Irish Invader"....
.
In August 2008 after being in the top 10 women for the past two years and winning the San Diego Classic for three years running (2005–2007) Kelly achieved the No1 Ranking in World Women's Pool and won the US Open Championship.
Professional
- Connie Gough Memorial – 1994, 1999
- James Brooks Classic – 1994, 1997
- Academy Fork Lift – 1995
- Halstead Ladies Classic – 1995
- M-Tech Ladies Classic – 1995
- Bailey Homes – 1996
- Ladies Regal Scottish – 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002
- Ladies Regal Welsh – 1996, 2002, 2003
- Applecentre Classic – 1996
- Grand Prix (Ladies) – 1998
- Embassy World Ladies Snooker Championship – 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
- Ladies British Open – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- Ladies UK Championship – 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
- National Championship – 1999
- Connie Gough National – 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
- Consultex Belgium Open – 2000
- Ladies Regal Masters – 2000
- European Ranking Event – 2001, 2002
- LG Cup (Ladies) – 2001, 2002
- Scottish Ladies Championship – 2002
Amateur
- EBSA European Ladies Championship – 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
- IBSF World Ladies Championship – 2003
- Home Internationals – 2002, 2003 (with team England)
Pool
- WPBA San Diego Classic – 2005, 2006, 2007
- US Open Nine-ball ChampionshipUS Open Nine-ball ChampionshipThe U.S. Open Championships is an annual professional pool tournament that began in 1976 at Q-Master Billiards in Norfolk, Virginia. Today, it is held in the Chesapeake Conference Center, Chesapeake, Virginia...
– 2007 - WPBA Pacific Coast Classic – 2008