Emma Bonney

Player of English billiards, 13-time world champion From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Emma Bonney (born 13 July 1976) is an English billiards and snooker player. She has won the World Women's Billiards Championship title a record thirteen times.

Born (1976-07-13) 13 July 1976 (age 49)
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Sport countryEngland
Highest ranking1 (Women's Snooker)
Ranking wins3 (Women's Snooker)
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Emma Bonney
Born (1976-07-13) 13 July 1976 (age 49)
Portsmouth, Hampshire, England
Sport countryEngland
Highest ranking1 (Women's Snooker)
Tournament wins
Ranking wins3 (Women's Snooker)
World Women's Billiards Champion2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, April 2014, October 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
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Emma Bonney is the only player to be ranked number 1 in the world at both snooker and billiards at the same time.

Biography

Bonney was born on 13 July 1976 in Portsmouth.[1]

English billiards

Bonney has won the World Women's Billiards Championship 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.[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 1st.[9]

Career finals

Billiards

More information Outcome, No. ...
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Runner-up 11998World Women's Billiards ChampionshipKaren Corr219–403[3]
Winner 22000World Women's Billiards ChampionshipCaroline Walch218–50[10]
Runner-up 32001World Women's Billiards ChampionshipKelly Fisher219–290[11]
Winner 42002World Women's Billiards ChampionshipKelly Fisher227–196[12]
Runner-up 52003World Women's Billiards ChampionshipKelly Fisher155–299[13]
Runner-up 62006World Women's Billiards ChampionshipChitra Magimairaj164–193[14]
Runner-up 72007World Women's Billiards ChampionshipChitra Magimairaj148–187[15]
Winner 82008World Women's Billiards ChampionshipEva Palmius216–119[16]
Winner 92009World Women's Billiards ChampionshipChitra Magimairaj272–118[17]
Winner 102010World Women's Billiards ChampionshipChitra Magimairaj269–220[18]
Winner 112011World Women's Billiards ChampionshipTina Owen-Sevilton202–181[19]
Runner-up 122012World Women's Billiards ChampionshipRevanna Umadevi143–201[20]
Winner 132013World Women's Billiards ChampionshipEva Palmius329–207[21]
Winner 14Apr 2014World Women's Billiards ChampionshipRevanna Umadevi226–209[22]
Winner 15Oct 2014World Women's Billiards ChampionshipRevanna Umadevi237–191[23]
Winner 162015World Women's Billiards ChampionshipRochy Woods334–119[24]
Winner 172016World Women's Billiards ChampionshipRevanna Umadevi239–169[25]
Winner 182017World Women's Billiards ChampionshipEva Palmius295–185[26]
Winner 192018World Women's Billiards ChampionshipRebecca Kenna329–209[27]
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Snooker

More information Outcome, No. ...
OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Runner-up 12004Connie Gough Memorial ChampionshipReanne Evans2–4[28]
Runner-up 22006World Women's Snooker ChampionshipReanne Evans3–5[29]
Winner 32008South Coast Classic[30]
Winner 42008British OpenJune Banks3–0[30][31]
Runner-up 52008European Snooker ChampionshipReanne Evans3–5[7][8]
Runner-up 62011World Women's Snooker ChampionshipReanne Evans1–5[19]
Winner 72012Southern Women's Classic championJaique Ip[30]
Runner-up 82015World Women's Snooker ChampionshipNg On-yee2–6[32]
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