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American pool player (born 1944)

Nickname

"Kimmer"

Born(1955-11-15)15 November 1955

McAlester, Oklahoma, U.S.

Country

United States

BestfinishSemi finals 1992 WPA World Nine-ball Championship

Kim Davenport
Personal information
Davenport at the 2006 Joss Northeast Nine-ball Tour
Nickname	"Kimmer"
Born	(1955-11-15)15 November 1955 McAlester, Oklahoma, U.S.
Pool career
Country	United States

Best finish	Semi finals 1992 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
Tournament wins
Other titles	50

Kim Davenport (born November 15, 1955, in McAlester, Oklahoma) is an American professional pocket billiards (pool) player, nicknamed "Kimmer".

He became a professional player in 1985.

Davenport is an originator of target pool.

Winner of over 50 professional tournaments, Davenport has represented the United States as a three-time member and two-time captain of the Team USA at the Mosconi Cup.^[1]

He was also a member of the International Pool Tour,^[2]

Davenport has only limited vision in his right eye, the result of a golf accident at a local driving range on November 16, 2002. The setback came during a period in which Davenport had regained a spot in the men's top 10 rankings of the United States Professional Poolplayers Association. "I've been playing well", Davenport said. "But if I never get to play pool again, I've had 17 great years. It's just a bad roll. A nice sunny day that went dark."^[3]

Kim and wife Aida have one son and two grandchildren.

He and American champion Johnny Archer operated a pool room in Marietta, Georgia, named the Marietta Billiard Club.

Davenport became a member of the BCA Hall of Fame (2018).

Career titles

1984 Labour Day Open 9-Ball
1985 Kentucky Open 9-Ball
1986 California Open 9-Ball
1987 Tar Heel Open 9-Ball
1987 B.C. Open 9-Ball Pro-Am Doubles
1988 Capital City Mini Open 9-Ball
1988 Japan 9-Ball Cup
1988 Eastern States Open 9-Ball
1989 Lexington All-Star Nine-ball
1989 Greensboro Open 9-Ball
1989 McDermott Masters 9-Ball Championship
1990 Brunswick Swedish 9-Ball Cup
1990 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open
1990 B.C. Open 9-Ball Championship
1990 Billiards Digest Players of the Year
1992 Lexington All-Star Nine-ball
1993 Tommy Billiards Open 9-Ball
1993 Hard Times Open 9-Ball
1993 San Francisco Classic
1994 PBT Pro Tour Nine-Ball Championship
1995 PBT Chalkers 9-Ball Classic
1996 Sunset Royal 9-Ball Open
1997 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open
1997 Mosconi Cup
1998 Mosconi Cup
1999 Mosconi Cup
2000 U.S. Bar Table 9-Ball Championship
2000 Hard Times 9-Ball Open
2001 U.S. Bar Table 8-Ball Championship
2002 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open
2018 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame

References

↑ "About Us" Archived 2012-02-13 at the Wayback Machine, MariettaBilliardClub.com. Retrieved 16 June 2008
↑ "Kim Davenport Player Profile", InternationalPoolTour.com, International Pool Tour. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
↑ "Men's Pro Kim Davenport Suffers Eye Injury"^{[permanent dead link]}, Billiards Digest. Retrieved 15 June 2008

Kim Davenport in Mosconi Cup

v t e United States Mosconi Cup team – 1997
Earl Strickland Kim Davenport Johnny Archer James Rempe Nick Varner Reed Pierce

v t e United States Mosconi Cup team – 1998
Kim Davenport Johnny Archer Earl Strickland Reed Pierce Nick Varner James Rempe

v t e United States Mosconi Cup team – 1999
Johnny Archer Kim Davenport Jeremy Jones James Rempe Earl Strickland Michael Coltrain

v t e United States Mosconi Cup team – 2007
Earl Strickland Johnny Archer Rodney Morris Corey Deuel Shane Van Boening Kim Davenport (non-playing captain)

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