Katrina Wan Ka Kai (Chinese: 溫家琪; born 8 March 1988)[2] is a snooker player from Hong Kong. She was runner-up in the 2018 Australian Women's Open.
| Born | 8 March 1988 Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport country |  Hong Kong | ||||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | World Women's Snooker: 5[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Traditional Chinese | 溫家琪 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 温家琪 | ||||||||||||
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Biography
editWan started playing on the women's snooker circuit in 2013. She reached her highest ranking to date, 5th, in October 2018.[1]
At the 2016 WLBS World Ladies Pairs Championship, Wan and Ng On-yee, beat Maria Catalano and Tatjana Vasiljeva 4–1.[3]
Another doubles success for Wan was partnering Sanderson Lam to win the Festival of Women's Snooker 10-Red mixed pairs’ tournament in 2017.[4]
Wan was runner-up at the 2018 Australian Women's Open. She topped her qualifying group by winning all five matches 3–0, then saw off Janine Rollings 3–0 in the last 16, and Jessica Woods 3–1 in the quarter final. In the semi-final, Wan beat 11-times world champion Reanne Evans 4–3. Wan won the first frame of the final against Ng On-yee, then lost the next three, before winning another to trail 2–3. On-yee then won the sixth frame to take the match 4–2.[5][6][7]
She began the 2019–20 season ranked eighth.[8]
Titles and achievements
edit- 2015 UK Ladies Championship semi-finalist
- 2016 World Ladies Pairs Championship winner (with Ng On-yee)
- 2016 World Women's Snooker Championship quarter-finalist
- 2017 World Women's Snooker Championship quarter-finalist
- 2018 Women's World Snooker Championship semi-finalist
- 2017 10-Red Mixed Pairs’ Champion, with Sanderson Lam, Festival of Women's Snooker
- 2018 European Women's Masters (Challenge Cup) winner
- 2018 Australian Women's Open runner-up
References
edit- ^ a b "Katrina Wan". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Athlete Profile: Wan Ka Kai". ashgabat2017.com. Ashgabat 2017. Archived from the original on 17 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ Cheng, Kris (2 April 2016). "Hong Kong ladies pair wins world snooker championship". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Calendar of Events" (PDF). Hong Kong Government Yearbook 2017. Government of Hong Kong. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "World Women's Snooker Australian Women's Open 2018". mysnookerstats.com. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ Huart, Matt. "On Yee on Top Down Under". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Ng On-yee comes out on top in all-Hong Kong finale at first Australian Open in Sydney". South China Morning Post. 29 October 2018. Archived from the original on 19 March 2019. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Rankings". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 24 April 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
External links
edit- Report on a 2017 Snooker clinic held by Stephen Hendry for Wan and other Hong Kong players
- Team singles Katrina v Vidya 2014 Katrina Wan plays Vidya Pillai at the 2014 IBSF World Ladies Team Championship