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Kelly Fisher
MBE
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Born (1978-08-25) 25 August 1978 (age 46)
South Elmsall, England
Sport country  England
Medal record
Women's nine-ball
Representing  Great Britain
World Games
Gold 2022 Birmingham Singles
Bronze 2013 Cali Singles

Kelly Teresa Fisher MBE (born 25 August 1978) is an English professional pool, snooker and English billiards player.

Career

Fisher grew up in South Elmsall, near Pontefract, West Yorkshire. She learned to play pool in her parents' pub and took up snooker when she was 13. By the age of 21, she had been ranked No. 1 for two consecutive seasons.

Fisher won three successive Ladies World Snooker Championship between 1998 and 2000, and won the title again in 2002 and 2003.

In 2001, she won four successive tournaments in the ladies' divisions – the British Open, Belgian Open, LG Cup titles and the UK Championship, and extended her winning streak to ten successive tournaments when she won the LG Cup in October 2002.

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

When the sport's governing body withdrew its support for the women's game in 2003, abandoning all major women tournaments, Fisher saw her choices as getting a full-time job or switching to nine-ball pool. She chose to switch to pool and moved to the United States to play on the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA Tour), joining fellow former women's snooker players Allison Fisher and Karen Corr.

After being in the top 10 women players for two years, and winning the San Diego Classic for three years running (2005–2007), Fisher achieved the No. 1 ranking in world women's pool in August 2008, winning the US Open Championship. Since then, she has gone on to win the women's divisions in the 2009 International Tournament of Champions and U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship; the 2011 World Ten-ball Championship; 2012 WPA Nine-ball World Championship (and WPA Player of the Year), among other titles.

Kelly’s Official Instructional Certification: Kelly is a Certified BCA/PBIA Advanced Instructor. Kelly has coached all over the world. She was the nominated coach for the world's largest Amateur Pool league, the APA to teach and improve the players from the State of North Carolina. Her most prestigious coaching accomplishment is that she currently teaches & trains the Hong Kong National Team in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Sports Institute.

Fisher was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to sport.

Tournament wins

All are first-place wins, in women's divisions, unless otherwise noted.

Snooker

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1 1993 WLBSA Connie Gough Memorial Tessa Davidson 3–1
Winner 2 1994 WLBSA Connie Gough Memorial Karen Corr 4–2
Winner 3 1994 WLBSA James Brooks Classic Tessa Davidson 3–2
Winner 4 1995 WLBSA Academy Fork Lift Karen Corr 4–0
Winner 5 1995 WLBSA Halsteads Ladies Classic Karen Corr 3–0
Winner 6 1995 WLBSA M-Tech Ladies Classic June Banks 4–0
Winner 7 1996 WLBSA Bailey Homes June Banks 4–2
Winner 8 1996 WLBSA Ladies Regal Scottish Lynette Horsburgh 4–1
Winner 9 1996 WLBSA Ladies Regal Welsh Ann-Marie Farren 4–1
Winner 10 1996 WLBSA Applecentre Classic
Winner 11 1996 EBSA European Snooker Championship Karen Corr 6–3
Winner 12 1997 WLBSA James Brooks Classic Karen Corr 3–1
Winner 13 1997 WLBSA Applecentre Classic Lisa Quick 4–2
Winner 14 1997 EBSA European Snooker Championship Kim Shaw 5–3
Runner-up 15 1997 Women's World Snooker Championship Karen Corr 3–6
Winner 16 1998 WLBSA Ladies Regal Scottish Tessa Davidson 4–3
Winner 17 1998 WLBSA Grand Prix (Ladies) Lisa Quick 4–0
Runner-up 18 1998 EBSA European Snooker Championship Karen Corr 2–5
Winner 19 1998 Women's World Snooker Championship Karen Corr 5–0
Winner 20 1999 WLBSA Ladies Regal Scottish Julie Gillespie 4–0
Winner 21 1999 WLBSA Connie Gough Memorial Tessa Davidson 3–1
Winner 22 1999 WLBSA Ladies British Open June Banks 4–2
Winner 23 1999 WLBSA Ladies UK Championship Emma Bonney 4–0
Winner 24 1999 WLBSA National Championship Julie Gillespie 4–1
Winner 25 1999 EBSA European Snooker Championship Wendy Jans 5–2
Winner 26 1999 Women's World Snooker Championship Karen Corr 4–2
Winner 27 2000 WLBSA Ladies UK Championship Katie Henrick 4–0
Winner 28 2000 WLBSA Ladies British Open June Banks 3–0
Winner 29 2000 WLBSA Connie Gough National Kim Shaw 4–1
Winner 30 2000 WLBSA Consultex Belgium Open Lynette Horsburgh 4–0
Winner 31 2000 WLBSA Ladies Regal Masters Lynette Horsburgh 4–0
Winner 32 2000 EBSA European Snooker Championship Wendy Jans 5–0
Winner 33 2000 Women's World Snooker Championship Lisa Ingall 4–1
Winner 34 2001 WLBSA Ladies British Open Maria Catalano 4–0
Winner 35 2001 WLBSA Ladies UK Championship Lynette Horsburgh 4–1
Winner 36 2001 WLBSA Connie Gough National Lynette Horsburgh 4–1
Winner 37 2001 WLBSA European Ranking Event Lynette Horsburgh 4–0
Winner 38 2001 WLBSA LG Cup (Ladies) Lisa Quick 4–1
Winner 39 2001 EBSA European Snooker Championship Wendy Jans 5–3
Winner 40 2002 WLBSA Ladies Regal Scottish Lynette Horsburgh 4–2
Winner 41 2002 WLBSA Ladies Regal Welsh Wendy Jans 4–0
Winner 42 2002 WLBSA Ladies British Open Sharon Dickson 4–3
Winner 43 2002 WLBSA Ladies UK Championship Wendy Jans 4–1
Winner 44 2002 WLBSA Connie Gough National June Banks 4–2
Winner 45 2002 WLBSA European Ranking Event Lynette Horsburgh 4–2
Winner 46 2002 WLBSA LG Cup (Ladies) Lynette Horsburgh 4–2
Winner 47 2002 WLBSA Scottish Ladies Championship Sharon Dickson 4–3
Winner 48 2002 EBSA European Snooker Championship Wendy Jans 5–0
Winner 49 2002 Women's World Snooker Championship Lisa Quick 4–1
Winner 50 2003 WLBSA Ladies Regal Welsh Lynette Horsburgh 4–1
Winner 51 2003 WLBSA Connie Gough National Emma Bonney 4–0
Winner 52 2003 EBSA European Snooker Championship Wendy Jans 5–4
Winner 53 2003 IBSF World Snooker Championship Wendy Jans 5–2
Winner 54 2003 Women's World Snooker Championship Lisa Quick 4–1
Winner 55 2012 WLBSA China Billiard & Snooker Association Championship
  • Home Internationals (with team England) 2002 and 2003

English billiards

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Runner-up 1 1999 World Ladies Billiards Championship Karen Corr 276–354
Winner 2 2001 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 290–219
Runner-up 3 2002 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 196–227
Winner 4 2003 World Ladies Billiards Championship Emma Bonney 299–155

Pool

Year Tournament Ref
2004 US Amateur National Championship
2005 WPBA West Coast Classic
2005 WPBA San Diego Classic
2005 WPBA Pacific Coast Classic
2006 WPBA San Diego Classic
2006 WPBA Pacific Coast Classic
2007 WPBA San Diego Classic
2007 WPBA Pacific Coast Classic
2008 WPBA Pacific Coast Classic
2008 WPBA Midwest Classic
2008 WPBA U.S. Open 9-Ball Championship
2009 Tournament of Champions
2009 WPBA Pacific Coast Classic
2010 Super Billiards Expo Players Championship
2011 WPA Women's World Ten-ball Championship
2012 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship
2012 China Open 9-Ball Championship
2013 Tournament of Champions
2013 WPA Amway Cup 9-Ball World Open
2014 Tournament of Champions
2016 Tornado Open Women's Open
2017 European Pool Championship 9-Ball
2017 CBSA International Open
2018 European Pool Championship 9-Ball
2018 Asian Culture Day Women's 10-Ball
2019 WPBA Aramith / Dr Pool Classic
2019 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship
2021 Women's Poison VG 9-Ball Championship
2021 WPBA Sondheim Kiwanis Invitational
2021 Pro Billiard Series Austria Open
2021 American Straight Pool Championship
2022 WPBA Northern Lights Classic
2022 WPBA Ashton Twins Classic
2022 WPBA Predator Event
2022 Super Billiards Expo Players Championship
2022 Pro Billiard Series Predator Germany Open
2022 World Games Nine-ball Singles
2022 Pro Billiard Series Seybert's Michigan Open
2022 WPBA Sledgehammer Open
2023 WPBA Fairfield Invitational
2023 WPBA Iron City Invitational
2023 Pro Billiard Series Predator Michigan Open
2023 WPBA Iron City Invitational
2023 Pro Billiard Series Predator Puerto Rico Open
2024 The Americas Heyball Championship
2024 Borderline Brunswick Invitational
  • Billiards Digest Player of the Year 2008, 2012, 2013
  • Billiards Digest Player of the Decade 2010-2020
  • AZBilliards Player of the Year 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • 2021 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame
  • 2022 Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)
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