Kelly Fisher


Kelly Teresa Fisher is an English professional snooker, pool and billiards player. She has won world championships in all three disciplines.

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.
In all, she won 45 ranking titles between 1991 and 2003. From 2001 to 2003 she won fifteen consecutive tournaments in a 69-match winning streak. Her break of 125 at the 2003 World Women's Snooker Championship was a record at the event until surpassed in 2023. She was the first woman to make a century break in the quaifying stages of the World Snooker Championship, a 106 against Ryan Day in 2002.
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, joining 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, 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 Women's World Nine-ball Championship, among other titles.
As of 2024, Fisher trained the Hong Kong National Team.
Fisher was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire 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

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Winner11993WLBSA Connie Gough MemorialTessa Davidson3–1
Winner21994WLBSA Connie Gough MemorialKaren Corr4–2
Winner31994WLBSA James Brooks ClassicTessa Davidson3–2
Winner41995WLBSA Academy Fork LiftKaren Corr4–0
Winner51995WLBSA Halsteads Ladies ClassicKaren Corr3–0
Winner61995WLBSA M-Tech Ladies ClassicJune Banks4–0
Winner71996WLBSA Bailey HomesJune Banks4–2
Winner81996WLBSA Ladies Regal ScottishLynette Horsburgh4–1
Winner91996WLBSA Ladies Regal WelshAnn-Marie Farren4–1
Winner101996WLBSA Applecentre Classic
Winner111996EBSA European Snooker ChampionshipKaren Corr6–3
Winner121997WLBSA James Brooks ClassicKaren Corr3–1
Winner131997WLBSA Applecentre ClassicLisa Quick4–2
Winner141997EBSA European Snooker ChampionshipKim Shaw5–3
Runner-up151997Women's World Snooker ChampionshipKaren Corr3–6
Winner161998WLBSA Ladies Regal ScottishTessa Davidson4–3
Winner171998WLBSA Grand Prix Lisa Quick4–0
Runner-up181998EBSA European Snooker ChampionshipKaren Corr2–5
Winner191998Women's World Snooker ChampionshipKaren Corr5–0
Winner201999WLBSA Ladies Regal ScottishJulie Gillespie4–0
Winner211999WLBSA Connie Gough MemorialTessa Davidson3–1
Winner221999WLBSA Ladies British OpenJune Banks4–2
Winner231999WLBSA Ladies UK ChampionshipEmma Bonney4–0
Winner241999WLBSA National ChampionshipJulie Gillespie4–1
Winner251999EBSA European Snooker ChampionshipWendy Jans5–2
Winner261999Women's World Snooker ChampionshipKaren Corr4–2
Winner272000WLBSA Ladies UK ChampionshipKatie Henrick4–0
Winner282000WLBSA Ladies British OpenJune Banks3–0
Winner292000WLBSA Connie Gough NationalKim Shaw4–1
Winner302000WLBSA Consultex Belgium OpenLynette Horsburgh4–0
Winner312000WLBSA Ladies Regal MastersLynette Horsburgh4–0
Winner322000EBSA European Snooker ChampionshipWendy Jans5–0
Winner332000Women's World Snooker ChampionshipLisa Ingall4–1
Winner342001WLBSA Ladies British OpenMaria Catalano4–0
Winner352001WLBSA Ladies UK ChampionshipLynette Horsburgh4–1
Winner362001WLBSA Connie Gough NationalLynette Horsburgh4–1
Winner372001WLBSA European Ranking EventLynette Horsburgh4–0
Winner382001WLBSA LG Cup Lisa Quick4–1
Winner392001EBSA European Snooker ChampionshipWendy Jans5–3
Winner402002WLBSA Ladies Regal ScottishLynette Horsburgh4–2
Winner412002WLBSA Ladies Regal WelshWendy Jans4–0
Winner422002WLBSA Ladies British OpenSharon Dickson4–3
Winner432002WLBSA Ladies UK ChampionshipWendy Jans4–1
Winner442002WLBSA Connie Gough NationalJune Banks4–2
Winner452002WLBSA European Ranking EventLynette Horsburgh4–2
Winner462002WLBSA LG Cup Lynette Horsburgh4–2
Winner472002WLBSA Scottish Ladies ChampionshipSharon Dickson4–3
Winner482002EBSA European Snooker ChampionshipWendy Jans5–0
Winner492002Women's World Snooker ChampionshipLisa Quick4–1
Winner502003WLBSA Ladies Regal WelshLynette Horsburgh4–1
Winner512003WLBSA Connie Gough NationalEmma Bonney4–0
Winner522003EBSA European Snooker ChampionshipWendy Jans5–4
Winner532003IBSF World Snooker ChampionshipWendy Jans5–2
Winner542003Women's World Snooker ChampionshipLisa Quick4–1
Winner552012WLBSA China Billiard & Snooker Association Championship

OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
Runner-up11999World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipKaren Corr276–354
Winner22001World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEmma Bonney290–219
Runner-up32002World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEmma Bonney196–227
Winner42003World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEmma Bonney299–155