Kelly Fisher

Kelly Fisher (pool)
nation	England
birthday	August 25, 1978
place of birth	Pontefract , West Yorkshire
Nickname	Kwikfire
Career
professional	Since 2004
Medal table
World Games 0 × 0 × 1 × WPA (8-Ball?) World Cup 1 × 0 × 0 × WPA 9-Ball WM 2 × 0 × 0 × WPS 10-Ball World Cup 1 × 0 × 0 ×
Pool world rankings
Highest WRL place	1
Current WRL location	2 (as of July 2, 2020)
World snooker ranking
Highest WRL place	1

Kelly Fisher
Success in snooker
Active time	1994-2003
World championships	5
Highest break	125
Success in English Billiards
Active time	until 2003
World championships	2

Kelly Fisher (born August 25, 1978 in Pontefract ) is a professional English pool - and former English billiards and snooker player and five-time snooker and two-time English billiards world champion . She is not related to Allison Fisher and Mandy Fisher .

Career

Fisher grew up in South Elmsall , near her birthplace, Pontefract , West Yorkshire . She learned to play billiards at the pool table in her parents' pub , switched to snooker at the age of 13 and was number one in the world for two consecutive years at the age of 21.

Fisher won the women's snooker world championship for the first time from 1998 to 2000, and then again in 2002 and 2003. During the same period, she also played English billiards, where she was world champion in 2001 and 2003, and vice world champion in 1999 and 2002. In 2003 she was double world champion. After that she switched to professional pool sport for financial reasons, because higher prize money is being spent there.

In 2001 she won four tournaments in a row with the British Open , Belgian Open , LG Cup and the UK Championship , and was able to expand this number to 10 by October 2002 when she won the LG Cup again.

She reached every final of the European Ladies' Championship , losing only once to former West Yorkshire (Batley) champion Shakeel Kamal . In 2003, Fisher won her first IBSF Women's World Championship.

When the sports umbrella organization canceled its support of the women's games in 2003 and withdrew from all major tournaments, Fisher faced the decision to either look for a full-time job or to switch to professional pool operation. She chose pool, moved to the USA and immediately played on the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) 9-ball tour, imitating her two compatriots Allison Fisher and Karen Corr , both also former snooker players.

After being listed in the top 10 women's players for two years, Fisher won the San Diego Classic three times in a row from 2005 to 2007 and was named No. 1 in the women's world rankings after also winning the US Open Championship . Since then she has won the International Tournament of Champions (IToC) in the women's league in 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2015, the US Open , 2011 the 10-Ball World Championships, 2012 the WPA 9-Ball World Championships and in the same year became the "WPA Player of the Year ”, followed in 2013 by the next WPA 9-Ball World Championship title.

successes

Unless otherwise noted, the information relates to 1st place in the “Women's Division”.

snooker

Per

• Connie Gough Memorial: 1994, 1999
• James Brooks Classic: 1994, 1997
• Academy Fork Lift: 1995
• Halstead Ladies Classic: 1995
• M-Tech Ladies Classic: 1995
• Bailey Homes: 1996
• Ladies Regal Scottish: 1996, 1998, 1999, 2002
• Ladies Regal Welsh: 1996, 2002, 2003
• Applecentre Classic: 1996
• Grand Prix (Ladies): 1998
• Embassy World Ladies Snooker Championship: 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003
• Ladies British Open: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
• Ladies UK Championship: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
• National Championship: 1999
• Connie Gough National: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
• Consultex Belgium Open: 2000
• Ladies Regal Masters: 2000
• European Ranking Event: 2001, 2002
• LG Cup (Ladies): 2001, 2002
• Scottish Ladies Championship: 2002
• China Billiard & Snooker Association Championship: 2012

amateur

• EBSA European Ladies Championship: 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
• IBSF World Ladies Championship : 2003
• Home Internationals: 2002, 2003 (with team England)

English billiards

• Embassy World Ladies Billiards Championship : 2001, 2003

pool

• WPBA San Diego Class: 2005, 2006, 2007
• WPBA Pacific Coast Classic: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
• WPBA US Open 9-Ball Championships : 2008
• WPBA Player of the Year, 2008
• International Tournament of Champions (9-Ball): 2009
• WPBA US Open (9-Ball): 2009
• International Tournament of Champions (9-Ball): 2010
• Yalin World 10-ball Championship: 2011
• WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship: 2012
• WPA World Championship: 2012
• China Open: 2012
• WPA Player of the Year: 2012
• Bronze medalist, World Games (9-Ball)
• International Tournament of Champions (9-Ball): 2013
• Amway Cup: 2013
• International Tournament of Champions (9-Ball): 2014

Web links

• Player profile at Women's Professional Billiard Association
• Player profile at AZBilliards
• World Ladies Billiards & Snooker Association ( WLBSA ) Rankings
• Chris Turner's Snooker Archive: Ladies' Snooker ( Memento from April 18, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
• Kelly Fisher's What's in the Case? video by Inside POOL Magazine

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ron Florax: Profile of Kelly Fischer. CueTracker.net, accessed November 27, 2016 .  
2. ^ Paul Frankel: The Fisher Queens. Professor Q-Ball, April 1, 2015, archived from the original on November 26, 2016 ; accessed on August 23, 2019 (English).  
3. ^ Allis Moss: Fisher prepares for take-off. BBC News, April 12, 2000, archived from the original on November 28, 2016 ; accessed on April 24, 2010 (English).  
4. ↑ Guy Hodgson: White believes he can reward the public will. Kelly Fisher, the world No 1, took her third successive women's World Championship at the Crucible yesterday, beating Lisa Ingall, a part-time model in her first final, 4-1. The Independent, August 24, 2000, accessed April 24, 2010 .  
5. ↑ Mark Orlovac: Fisher takes title again. Kelly Fisher claimed her fifth world title in six years with a simple 4-1 victory over Lisa Quick. BBC Sport, April 27, 2003, accessed April 24, 2010 .  
6. ↑ World Ladies Billiards Champions. World Billiards , June 15, 2015, archived from the original on January 19, 2018 ; accessed on August 25, 2019 .  
7. ↑ ^{a b} Jon Wilde: Higgins is shocked by Lee. Kelly Fisher won her fourth successive ranking tournament yesterday. Already holder of the British Open, Belgian Open and LG Cup titles, Fisher beat Lynette Horsburgh 4–1 to collect the UK Championship title in York. The Independent, December 13, 2001, accessed April 24, 2010 .  
8. ↑ Saj Chowdhury: Women's game under threat. "I don't understand why they think it's okay to ditch the women," added Fisher. "Why not all stick together and go through the bad together. It seems that as long as the men's competition is okay that's what matters to the governing body. My choice now is to get a full-time job or go to America and play nine -ball pool like former world champion Allison Fisher chose to do. " BBC Sport, July 10, 2003, archived from the original on November 28, 2016 ; Retrieved April 24, 2010 .  
9. ↑ Kelly Fisher. Explaining why she chose to come to the United States, Fisher said, “I was playing snooker in the UK, which prevented me from coming over earlier. I was dominating the ladies' circuit, then it collapsed over there. We were under the governing body of the men's division, and they pulled the plug on the funding. " With the thought of moving to the US in the back of her mind for a while, Fisher saw it was time to seriously consider it, stating "I thought I would have to get a regular job or make the move to America." Inside POOL, January 2, 2006, archived from the original on November 28, 2016 ; accessed on April 24, 2010 (English).  
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r} WPBA biography. Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA), 2015, archived from the original on November 28, 2016 ; accessed on August 8, 2015 .  
11. ^ Billiard Sports: Women's Pool Bracket. (2013-08-11) World Games 2013, archived from the original on August 11, 2013 ; Retrieved July 13, 2013 .  
12. ↑ The World Games 2013 pool event - women division. AZ Billiards, archived from the original on August 11, 2013 ; accessed on July 30, 2013 (English).  
13. ↑ Jerry Forsyth: Fisher over Fisher for Tournament of Champions Win. Women's International Tournament of Champions 2014: Tournament Stories. In: AZ Billiards. EPPA Inc., October 9, 2014, archived from the original on August 9, 2015 ; accessed on August 9, 2015 .