Emma Bonney
Emma Bonney is an English world champion player of English billiards, and snooker player. She has won the women's world billiards title a record thirteen times.
Born | Portsmouth, Hampshire | 13 July 1976
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Sport country | England |
Highest ranking | 2 (Women's Snooker) |
Tournament wins | |
Ranking wins | 3 (Women's Snooker) |
World Women's Billiards Champion | 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, April 2014, October 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Biography
Bonney was born on 13 July 1976 in Portsmouth.[1]
English billiards
Bonney has won the women's world billiards title a record thirteen times.[2] Bonney won the first of her world billiards championship titles in 2000, having been runner-up in 1998.[3]
On 8 April 2010, she won her fifth World Ladies Billiards title at the Hall Green Stadium, Birmingham, beating Chitra Magimairaj of India 269–220 in the final.[4]
Bonney won her 13th world billiards championship, and sixth consecutive victory, in 2018.[2] The 2019 World Women's Billiards Championship was held in Australia, and Bonney did not participate.
Snooker
Bonney has been the runner-up in the World Women's Snooker Championship three times. She lost the final of the 2006 championship to Reanne Evans 3-5. In 2011 she again to Evans, 1-5. In 2015 Bonney lost 2-6 to Ng On Yee 6–2.[5]
Bonney won two women's ranking tournaments in 2008, the South Coast Classic and the British Open. She won her third ranking tournament in 2012, the Southern Women's Classic championship, using a cue that she had recently bought and had only used for five hours of practice before the competition.[6]
She was runner-up to Evans in the 2008 European Snooker Championships.[7][8]
Her highest ranking in women's snooker was second.[9]
Career finals
Billiards
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. |
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Runner-up | 1 | 1998 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Karen Corr | 219–403 | [3] |
Winner | 2 | 2000 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Caroline Walch | 218–50 | [10] |
Runner-up | 3 | 2001 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Kelly Fisher | 219–290 | [11] |
Winner | 4 | 2002 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Kelly Fisher | 227–196 | [12] |
Runner-up | 5 | 2003 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Kelly Fisher | 155–299 | [13] |
Runner-up | 6 | 2006 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Chitra Magimairaj | 164–193 | [14] |
Runner-up | 7 | 2007 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Chitra Magimairaj | 148–187 | [15] |
Winner | 8 | 2008 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Eva Palmius | 216–119 | [16] |
Winner | 9 | 2009 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Chitra Magimairaj | 272–118 | [17] |
Winner | 10 | 2010 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Chitra Magimairaj | 269–220 | [18] |
Winner | 11 | 2011 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Tina Owen-Sevilton | 202–181 | [19] |
Runner-up | 12 | 2012 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Revanna Umadevi | 143–201 | [20] |
Winner | 13 | 2013 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Eva Palmius | 329–207 | [21] |
Winner | 14 | Apr 2014 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Revanna Umadevi | 226–209 | [22] |
Winner | 15 | Oct 2014 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Revanna Umadevi | 237–191 | [23] |
Winner | 16 | 2015 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Rochy Woods | 334–119 | [24] |
Winner | 17 | 2016 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Revanna Umadevi | 239–169 | [25] |
Winner | 18 | 2017 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Eva Palmius | 295–185 | [26] |
Winner | 19 | 2018 | World Ladies Billiards Championship | Rebecca Kenna | 329–209 | [27] |
Snooker
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. |
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Runner-up | 1 | 2004 | Connie Gough Memorial Championship | Reanne Evans | 2–4 | [28] |
Winner | 2 | 2006 | World Women's Snooker Championship | Reanne Evans | 3–5 | [29] |
Winner | 3 | 2008 | South Coast Classic | [30] | ||
Winner | 4 | 2008 | British Open | June Banks | 3–0 | [30][31] |
Runner-up | 5 | 2008 | European Snooker Championship | Reanne Evans | 3–5 | [7][8] |
Runner-up | 6 | 2011 | World Women’s Snooker Championship | Reanne Evans | 1–5 | [19] |
Winner | 7 | 2012 | Southern Women's Classic champion | Jaique Ip | [30] | |
Runner-up | 8 | 2015 | World Women's Snooker Championship | Ng On-yee | 2–6 | [32] |
References
- "Global snooker player profile:Emma Bonney". Global Snooker. Archived from the original on 1 January 2010. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- "2018 World Women's Championship". World Billiards. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- "World Ladies Billiards Champions". World Billiards. World Billiards Ltd. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- "Emma Bonney Downs Chitra for World Title". The Hindu. 10 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
- World Champions Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- "Bonney's right on cue". The News (Portsmouth, UK). 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- "European Snooker Championships 2008 - play-off results". stary.snooker.pl. International Billiards and Snooker Federation. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- "Yet another title for Evans". Snooker Scene. No. July 2008. Everton's News Agency. p. 1.
- Ashton, Becky (31 May 2013). "Reanne Evans thinks women are good enough to compete at top". BBC Sport. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
- "Bonney wins billiards title". Snooker Scene. No. June 2000. Everton's News Agency. p. 37.
- "Shock defeat halts Fisher record bid". Worcestershire, West Midlands, Herefordshire, and Shropshire Counties Publications. 3 May 2001 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Emma's revenge win over Fisher". Wiltshire County Publications. 22 April 2002 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Fisher regains World crown". Wiltshire County Publications. 18 April 2003 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "India's first world champion". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
- "Reanne Evans completes world title hat-trick". Snooker Scene. No. May 2007. Everton's News Agency. p. 25.
- "Evans wins fourth consecutive title". Snooker Scene. No. June 2008. Everton's News Agency. p. 37.
- "Women's billiards". Snooker Scene. No. May 2009. Everton's News Agency. p. 20.
- "In pictures: World Ladies Billiards Championship 2010". BBC. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Seventh WLBSA women's title for Evans". Snooker Scene. No. May 2011. Everton's News Agency. p. 22.
- Deb Barma, Angshuman (28 April 2012). "Umadevi on top of the world – Indian cueist beats England's Emma Bonney to bag the WLBSA world billiards title". Daily News & Analysis (India) – via NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- Brawn, David (19 April 2013). "Bonney targets perfect 10 after landing another world title". Evening News (Portsmouth). Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Brilliant Bonney racks up another world title". Evening News (Portsmouth). 26 April 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- "Pankaj squeezes past Causier". The Times of India. New Delhi. 30 October 2014. p. 23 – via PressReader. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "Emma Bonney's 10th title". Snooker Scene. No. December 2015. Everton's News Agency. p. 42.
- "Ladies World Championship". wbeventsonline.com. World Billiards. 25 October 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- "2017 LITEtask World Women's Championship". world-billiards.com. World Billiards. 26 October 2017. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- Sports Desk (6 December 2018). "Emma Bonney shows her class again to seal 13th World Ladies' Billiards Championships title". The News (Portsmouth). Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- "Women: Luton". Snooker Scene. No. June 2004. Everton's News Agency. p. 44.
- "Hard labour for Evans to retain title". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
- "Bonney's right on cue". The News (Portsmouth, UK). 31 January 2012. Archived from the original on 4 November 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2011.
- "Women". Snooker Scene. No. December 2008. Everton's News Agency. p. 33.
- "Ng On Yee ends Reanne Evans' reign as world champion". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
External Links
- World Ladies Billiards Champions World Billiards
- Player Profile – Emma Bonney Women's World Snooker