Tammy Cantoni

Tammy Cantoni (born 25 August 1972) is an Australian semi-professional pool and snooker player.[1] She won the National championships in women's divisions in snooker (2004) and nine-ball (8 times from 1995 to 2009). She was the runner-up in the 2009 open (mixed-gender) division of the Australian Nine-ball Championship and in 2010 was listed 56th in the World Pool Billiard Association women rankings.[2]

Tammy Cantoni
Born1972 (age 50–51)
Australia
Sport country Australia

Biography

Cantoni, who began playing pool at age 8, began tournament competition at age 19, and won the first local tournament she ever entered. She went on to win her first attempt at a national title, at age 22, in 1995. She was ranked the 13th top woman player in the world by the World Pool-Billiard Association in 2000. Cantoni has competed in some events classified as professional or open-to-professionals, such as WBA championships, and others classified as amateur, including those sanctioned by the IBSF.[3] The VNEA classified her as a professional as early as 2001, if not earlier but dropped her from their pro list in 2004.

Cantoni won numerous regional womens-division titles, and has often represented her home country internationally. She is a three-time New South Wales state eight-ball champion (1995, 1998, 1999); NSW nine-ball champion (1999); seven-time participant in the WPA World Nine-ball Championship as a representative of Australia (1995–2000, 2004); representative for Australia at the 2001 World Games; eight-time Trans-Tasman Cup representative on Team Australia (1995, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004); five-time VNEA International Championship representative on Team Australia (1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000); Amarda eight-ball champion (1993, 1995, 1997), Lord Mayor's Cup winner (1998, 1999), Christmas Shield winner (1996, 1997, 2000); 2000 winner of the Australia Day Championship (eight-ball), Millennium Cup (snooker), Easter Cup (eight-ball), and Oceania Championship (eight-ball); and 2001 Oceania Nine-ball Champion.

Titles and accomplishments

Australian 8-Ball champion (International Rules)

OutcomeNo.YearChampionship
Winner 11995Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division)
Winner 21996Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division, reigning)
Runner-up 31997Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division)
Winner 41998WPA World Nine-ball Championship (women's division)
Winner 51999Winner, Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division)
Winner 62000Winner, Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division, reigning)
Winner 72001Winner, Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division, reigning)

As of 2009, Cantoni's major cue sports titles include:

OutcomeNo.YearChampionship
Winner 12004Australian Eight-ball Championship (women's division, international rules)
Winner 22004Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division)
Winner 32004Australian Snooker Championship (women's division)
Winner 42005Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division, reigning)
Runner-up 52006Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division)
Runner-up 62007Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division, reigning)
Runner-up 72009Australian Nine-ball Championship (open division)
Winner 82009Australian Nine-ball Championship (women's division)

References
  1. Weiner, David (6 October 2009). "Australian Jewish News".
  2. "World Pool Association". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.
  3. "Cue Sports Australia". 7 July 2006. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011.
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