Jamie Hunter (snooker player)

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Jamie Hunter
Bornc. 1996 (age 27–28) [1]
Whiston Hospital
Sport countryEngland
Highest ranking World Women's Snooker: 5 (October 2022) [2]
Best ranking finishOctober 2022

Jamie Hunter is an English snooker player. She started playing on the World Women's Snooker tour in 2021 and has won two ranking tournaments, the 2022 US Women's Open and the 2022 Australian Women's Open. [2]

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Career

At the 2021 EBSA European Snooker Championship, Hunter won all three of her group stage matches, [3] then defeated Caty Dehaene, Stephanie Daughtery and Anastasia Nechaeva to reach the final, where she faced 12-time champion Wendy Jans. Jans took a 3–0 lead in the best-of-seven frame s final, and won 4–1. [4] In the women's team event, Hunter and Mary Talbot-Deegan won the title by defeating Rebecca Kenna and Emma Parker 3–2 in the final. [4]

Hunter claimed the 2022 World Women's Billiards Championship title with a 304–148 victory against Snenthra Babu. [5]

Hunter won her first women's ranking tournament in snooker at the 2022 US Women's Open. Having qualified for the quarter-finals by winning all three of her group matches, she eliminated Frances Tso 3–0 and then Talbot-Deegan 4–1. Hunter became the first transgender woman to win a ranking tournament by defeating Kenna 4–1 in the final. [6] [7] [8]

She also took the following ranking tournament, the 2022 Australian Women's Open, with a 4–3 win against Jessica Woods in the final. [9]

Personal life

Hunter started playing snooker after she sustained a serious ankle injury that prevented her from continuing to play football. She works in IT for a local council. [1]

Hunter, who came out as transgender in 2019, has been criticised for participating in women's snooker events. Former UK Champion Maria Catalano has objected to Hunter's inclusion in women's tournaments and has called for transgender players to be banned from the women's tour, claiming that "if this is allowed and becomes more common, there is no future for women’s snooker." [10] Hunter has denied that she enjoys an advantage in women's snooker and stated: "We just want to exist, whether it's sport or not." [11]

Performance timeline

World Women's Snooker

Tournament [12] 2021/
22		2022/
23
Current tournaments
UK Championship1RSF
US OpenNHW
Australian OpenNHW
Scottish OpenNHQF
MastersQF2R
Belgian OpenNHQF
Asia-Pacific OpenNHA
World Championship SF 2R
British OpenQF
Former tournaments
Winchester OpenQFNH
Performance Table Legend
LQlost in the qualifying draw#Rlost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		QFlost in the quarter-finals
SFlost in the semi-finalsFlost in the finalWwon the tournament
DNQdid not qualify for the tournamentAdid not participate in the tournamentWDwithdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
PA / Pro-am Eventmeans an event is/was a pro-am event.

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