Born | Hong Kong | 8 March 1988
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Sport country | Hong Kong |
Highest ranking | 5 (October 2018)[1] |
Katrina Wan Ka Kai (born 8 March 1988, and usually known professionally as Katrina Wan) is a snooker player from Hong Kong. She was runner-up in the 2018 Australian Women’s Open.
Biography
Wan 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. [2]
Another doubles success for Wan was partnering Sanderson Lam to win the Festival of Women’s Snooker 10-Red mixed pairs’ tournament in 2017.[3]
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 3-2. On-yee then won the sixth frame to take the match 4-2.[4][5][6]
She began the 2019-20 season ranked eighth.[7]
Titles and achievements
- 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
- 2018 European Women's Masters (Challenge Cup) winner
- 2018 Australian Women’s Open runner-up
- 10-Red Mixed Pairs’ Champion, with Sanderson Lam, Festival of Women’s Snooker
References
- ^ a b "Katrina Wan". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ Cheng, Kris (2 April 2016). "Hong Kong ladies pair wins world snooker championship". Hong Kong Free Press. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Calendar of Events" (PDF). Hong Kong Government Yearbook 2017. Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "World Women's Snooker Australian Women's Open 2018". mysnookerstats.com. 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. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
- ^ "Rankings". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
External Links
- 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