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The Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) is a group for professional women who play pool (also known as billiards) in the United States. It's like a special league or "tour" where the best players compete.

The WPBA was started in 1976. It was first called the Women's Professional Billiard Alliance. It was founded by two players, Madelyn Whitlow and Palmer Byrd, along with Larry Miller, who edited a newspaper about billiards.

Top Pool Players (2019 Rankings)

This list shows some of the best women pool players from around the world, based on their rankings at the end of 2019. These players are very skilled and compete in many tournaments.

  1. England Allison Fisher
  2. Canada Brittany Bryant
  3. United States Jennifer Barretta
  4. Taiwan Wei-Tzu Chien
  5. England Kelly Fisher
  6. Norway Line Kjørsvik
  7. China Siming Chen
  8. United States Monica Webb
  9. China Jia Li
  10. United States Melissa Little
  11. United States Janet Atwell
  12. United States Caroline Pao
  13. Austria Gerda Gregerson
  14. United States Loree Jon Hasson
  15. United States Emily Duddy
  16. United States Teruko Cucculelli
  17. United States Gail Eaton
  18. United States Sara Miller
  19. Austria Jasmin Ouschan
  20. United States Jenna Bishoff
  21. South Korea Kim Ga-Young
  22. Russia Kristina Tkach
  23. United States April Larson
  24. United States Kim Newsome
  25. United States Bonnie Arnold
  26. United States Jessica Barnes
  27. Canada Maureen Seto
  28. Canada Cathy Metzinger
  29. United States Dawn Hopkins
  30. United States Ashley Burrows
  31. United States Eugenia Gyftopoulos
  32. United States Beth Fondell
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