Emma Bonney Explained
Emma Bonney |
Birth Date: | 1976 7, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Portsmouth, Hampshire, England |
Sport Country: | England |
High Ranking: | 1 (Women's Snooker) |
Ranking Wins: | 3 (Women's Snooker) |
Women's World Championships: | 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, April 2014, October 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Emma Bonney is an English world champion player of English billiards, and snooker player. She has won the World Women's Billiards Championship title a record thirteen times.
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.
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.[3]
Bonney won her 13th world billiards championship, and sixth consecutive victory, in 2018. 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.[4]
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 that she had recently bought and had only used for five hours of practice before the competition.[5]
She was runner-up to Evans in the 2008 European Snooker Championships.[6] [7]
Her highest ranking in women's snooker was 1st.[8]
Career finals
Billiards
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. |
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Runner-up | 1 | 1998 | | | 219–403 | [9] |
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Winner | 2 | 2000 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 218–50 | [10] |
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Runner-up | 3 | 2001 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 219–290 | [11] |
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Winner | 4 | 2002 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 227–196 | [12] |
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Runner-up | 5 | 2003 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 155–299 | [13] |
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Runner-up | 6 | 2006 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 164–193 | [14] |
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Runner-up | 7 | 2007 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 148–187 | [15] |
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Winner | 8 | 2008 | World Women's Billiards Championship | Eva Palmius | 216–119 | [16] |
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Winner | 9 | 2009 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 272–118 | [17] |
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Winner | 10 | 2010 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 269–220 | [18] |
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Winner | 11 | 2011 | World Women's Billiards Championship | Tina Owen-Sevilton | 202–181 | [19] |
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Runner-up | 12 | 2012 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 143–201 | [20] |
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Winner | 13 | 2013 | World Women's Billiards Championship | Eva Palmius | 329–207 | [21] |
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Winner | 14 | Apr 2014 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 226–209 | [22] |
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Winner | 15 | Oct 2014 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 237–191 | [23] |
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Winner | 16 | 2015 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 334–119 | [24] |
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Winner | 17 | 2016 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 239–169 | [25] |
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Winner | 18 | 2017 | World Women's Billiards Championship | Eva Palmius | 295–185 | [26] |
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Winner | 19 | 2018 | World Women's Billiards Championship | | 329–209 | [27] | |
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Snooker
Outcome | No. | Year | Championship | Opponent | Score | Ref. |
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Runner-up | 1 | 2004 | Connie Gough Memorial Championship | | 2–4 | [28] |
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Winner | 2 | 2006 | | | 3–5 | [29] |
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Winner | 3 | 2008 | South Coast Classic | | | [30] |
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Winner | 4 | 2008 | British Open | | 3–0 | [31] |
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Runner-up | 5 | 2008 | European Snooker Championship | | 3–5 | |
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Runner-up | 6 | 2011 | World Women's Snooker Championship | | 1–5 | |
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Winner | 7 | 2012 | Southern Women's Classic champion | | | |
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Runner-up | 8 | 2015 | | | 2–6 | [32] |
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Notes and References
- Web site: Global snooker player profile:Emma Bonney . Global Snooker . 27 April 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100101234848/http://global-snooker.com/emma-bonney.asp?tf=1 . 1 January 2010 .
- Web site: 2018 World Women's Championship . World Billiards . 25 October 2018 . 16 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190805200813/https://world-billiards.com/?p=14268 . 5 August 2019 . live .
- Web site: Emma Bonney Downs Chitra for World Title . 10 April 2010 . 27 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524073740/http://www.hindu.com/2010/04/10/stories/2010041053192200.htm . 24 May 2011 . . dead .
- https://www.womenssnooker.com/about/world-champions/ World Champions
- News: . 31 January 2012 . Bonney's right on cue . The News (Portsmouth, UK) . 4 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104212257/https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/snooker/bonney-s-right-on-cue-1-3469604 . 4 November 2019 . live .
- Web site: European Snooker Championships 2008 - play-off results . stary.snooker.pl . International Billiards and Snooker Federation . 1 December 2019 . 12 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201012093554/http://stary.snooker.pl/turnieje/2008/me/en/mekd_2008.php . live .
- . Yet another title for Evans . Snooker Scene . 1 . Everton's News Agency . July 2008 .
- News: Ashton . Becky . 31 May 2013 . Reanne Evans thinks women are good enough to compete at top . BBC Sport . 1 December 2019 . 23 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190823192638/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/22732721 . live .
- Web site: World Ladies Billiards Champions . World Billiards . World Billiards Ltd . 16 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190816182227/http://world-billiards.com/?p=9757 . 16 August 2019 . live .
- . Bonney wins billiards title . Snooker Scene . 37 . Everton's News Agency . June 2000 .
- News: . Shock defeat halts Fisher record bid . Worcestershire, West Midlands, Herefordshire, and Shropshire Counties Publications . 3 May 2001. NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019..
- News: . Emma's revenge win over Fisher . Wiltshire County Publications . 22 April 2002. NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019..
- News: . Fisher regains World crown . Wiltshire County Publications . 18 April 2003. NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019..
- . India's first world champion . Snooker Scene . 5 . Everton's News Agency . May 2006.
- . Reanne Evans completes world title hat-trick . Snooker Scene . 25 . Everton's News Agency . May 2007.
- . Evans wins fourth consecutive title . Snooker Scene . 37 . Everton's News Agency . June 2008 .
- . Women's billiards . Snooker Scene . 20 . Everton's News Agency . May 2009 .
- Web site: In pictures: World Ladies Billiards Championship 2010 . BBC . 8 April 2010 . 6 October 2019 . 3 December 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201203003937/http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/birmingham/hi/front_page/newsid_8610000/8610045.stm . live .
- . Seventh WLBSA women's title for Evans . Snooker Scene . 22 . Everton's News Agency . May 2011 .
- News: Deb Barma . Angshuman . Umadevi on top of the world – Indian cueist beats England's Emma Bonney to bag the WLBSA world billiards title . Daily News & Analysis (India) . 28 April 2012. NewsBank. Retrieved 6 October 2019..
- News: Brawn . David . Bonney targets perfect 10 after landing another world title . Evening News (Portsmouth) . 19 April 2013 . 6 October 2019 . 5 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191005235811/https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/brilliant-bonney-racks-up-another-world-title-1-6022756 . live .
- News: . Brilliant Bonney racks up another world title . Evening News (Portsmouth) . 26 April 2014 . 6 October 2019 . 5 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191005235811/https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/other-sport/brilliant-bonney-racks-up-another-world-title-1-6022756 . live .
- News: . Pankaj squeezes past Causier . The Times of India . New Delhi . 23 . 30 October 2014 . PressReader. Retrieved 8 December 2019..
- . Emma Bonney's 10th title . Snooker Scene . 42 . Everton's News Agency . December 2015 .
- Web site: Ladies World Championship . World Billiards . 25 October 2016 . wbeventsonline.com . 8 December 2019 . 4 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170304194521/http://www.wbeventsonline.com/?page_id=57&TID=218 . live .
- Web site: 2017 LITEtask World Women's Championship . World Billiards . 26 October 2017 . world-billiards.com . 26 May 2023 . 26 April 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230426082423/https://world-billiards.com/2017-litetask-world-womens-championship/ . live .
- News: Sports Desk . 6 December 2018 . Emma Bonney shows her class again to seal 13th World Ladies' Billiards Championships title . The News (Portsmouth) . 16 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181206131315/https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/snooker/emma-bonney-shows-her-class-again-to-seal-13th-world-ladies-billiards-championships-title-1-8730030 . 6 December 2018 . dead .
- . Women: Luton . Snooker Scene . 44 . Everton's News Agency . June 2004 .
- . Hard labour for Evans to retain title . Snooker Scene . 5 . Everton's News Agency . May 2006.
- News: . 31 January 2012 . Bonney's right on cue . The News (Portsmouth, UK) . 4 November 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191104212257/https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/sport/snooker/bonney-s-right-on-cue-1-3469604 . 4 November 2019 . live .
- . Women . Snooker Scene . 33 . Everton's News Agency . December 2008.
- Web site: Ng On Yee ends Reanne Evans' reign as world champion. BBC Sport. 16 October 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150915135612/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/32397957. 15 September 2015. live.