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.

Emma Bonney
Born (1976-07-13) 13 July 1976
Portsmouth, Hampshire
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

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 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.[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

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Runner-up 11998World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipKaren Corr219–403[3]
Winner 22000World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipCaroline Walch218–50[10]
Runner-up 32001World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipKelly Fisher219–290[11]
Winner 42002World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipKelly Fisher227–196[12]
Runner-up 52003World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipKelly Fisher155–299[13]
Runner-up 62006World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipChitra Magimairaj164–193[14]
Runner-up 72007World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipChitra Magimairaj148–187[15]
Winner 82008World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEva Palmius216–119[16]
Winner 92009World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipChitra Magimairaj272–118[17]
Winner 102010World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipChitra Magimairaj269–220[18]
Winner 112011World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipTina Owen-Sevilton202–181[19]
Runner-up 122012World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipRevanna Umadevi143–201[20]
Winner 132013World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEva Palmius329–207[21]
Winner 14Apr 2014World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipRevanna Umadevi226–209[22]
Winner 15Oct 2014World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipRevanna Umadevi237–191[23]
Winner 162015World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipRochy Woods334–119[24]
Winner 172016World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipRevanna Umadevi239–169[25]
Winner 182017World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEva Palmius295–185[26]
Winner 192018World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipRebecca Kenna329–209[27]

Snooker

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Runner-up 12004Connie Gough Memorial ChampionshipReanne Evans2–4[28]
Winner 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]

References
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  2. "2018 World Women's Championship". World Billiards. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 5 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
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  4. "Emma Bonney Downs Chitra for World Title". The Hindu. 10 April 2010. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 27 April 2010.
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  13. "Fisher regains World crown". Wiltshire County Publications. 18 April 2003 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  14. "India's first world champion". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
  15. "Reanne Evans completes world title hat-trick". Snooker Scene. No. May 2007. Everton's News Agency. p. 25.
  16. "Evans wins fourth consecutive title". Snooker Scene. No. June 2008. Everton's News Agency. p. 37.
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  19. "Seventh WLBSA women's title for Evans". Snooker Scene. No. May 2011. Everton's News Agency. p. 22.
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  22. "Brilliant Bonney racks up another world title". Evening News (Portsmouth). 26 April 2014. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  23. "Pankaj squeezes past Causier". The Times of India. New Delhi. 30 October 2014. p. 23 – via PressReader. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
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  26. "2017 LITEtask World Women's Championship". world-billiards.com. World Billiards. 26 October 2017. Archived from the original on 26 April 2023. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
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  28. "Women: Luton". Snooker Scene. No. June 2004. Everton's News Agency. p. 44.
  29. "Hard labour for Evans to retain title". Snooker Scene. No. May 2006. Everton's News Agency. p. 5.
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  31. "Women". Snooker Scene. No. December 2008. Everton's News Agency. p. 33.
  32. "Ng On Yee ends Reanne Evans' reign as world champion". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 15 September 2015. Retrieved 16 October 2015.
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