Rebecca Kenna

English Snooker and billiards player
Rebecca Kenna
Born (1989-01-11) 11 January 1989 (age 35)
Sport country England
Professional2022–present
Highest rankingWorld Women's Snooker: 3[1]
Current ranking 125 (as of 8 April 2024)

Rebecca Kenna (née Granger; born 11 January 1989) is an English professional snooker player from Keighley. She competes on the World Women's Snooker Tour, through which she also earned a tour card for the professional World Snooker Tour. She was runner-up in the 2018 World Ladies Billiards Championship.[1]

Biography

Kenna started playing on the women's snooker circuit in 2016, and reached the semi-finals of the world championship at her first attempt. She ended her first full season ranked sixth, having reached the semi-finals of the world championship again, and recorded a victory over multiple world championship title holder Reanne Evans in the course of reaching the final of the 2017 Connie Gough Trophy.[1]

In 2018, at her first billiards tournament, she reached the final of the World Women's Billiards Championship, losing 209–329 to Emma Bonney. This was Bonney's sixth consecutive world championship win, and her thirteenth overall.[2][3]

Kenna was one of four players selected to take part in the Women's Tour Championship 2019, to be held at the Crucible Theatre in August 2019, the first women's matches to take place at the iconic snooker venue for 16 years.[4]

She is co-owner of Cue Sports Yorkshire, which sells cues and accessories.[1][5] She also works as a snooker coach, holding a Level 2 certificate in snooker coaching.[6]

From the start of the 2022/23 snooker season, Kenna has a place on the professional snooker tour.[7]

Performance and rankings timeline

World Snooker Tour

Tournament 2020/
21 		2021/
22 		2022/
23 		2023/
24
Ranking[8][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3] 98
Ranking tournaments
Championship League A A A RR
European Masters A A LQ LQ
British Open NH A LQ LQ
English Open A A LQ LQ
Wuhan Open Not Held LQ
Northern Ireland Open A A LQ LQ
International Championship Not Held LQ
UK Championship A A LQ LQ
Shoot Out 1R 1R 1R 1R
Scottish Open A A LQ LQ
World Grand Prix DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
German Masters A A LQ LQ
Welsh Open A A LQ LQ
Players Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Open Not Held LQ
Tour Championship DNQ DNQ DNQ DNQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ LQ
Former ranking tournaments
WST Classic Not Held 1R NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Six-red World Championship Not Held LQ NH
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) 		QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ^ a b She was an amateur
  3. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking

World Women's Snooker

Tournament[9] 2015/
16 		2016/
17 		2017/
18 		2018/
19 		2019/
20 		2021/
22 		2022/
23
Current tournaments
UK Championship A QF QF F QF F SF
US Open Tournament Not Held F
Australian Open Not Held A A NH A
Scottish Open Tournament Not Held SF
Masters A 1R SF F 1R SF SF
Belgian Open Not Held QF QF NH SF
Asia-Pacific Championship Tournament Not Held A
World Championship SF SF SF QF NH SF QF
British Open A NH SF Not Held SF SF
Former tournaments
Eden Classic QF Tournament Not Held
Connie Gough Trophy A F Tournament Not Held
Paul Hunter Classic NH RR SF Tournament Not Held
European Masters Not Held SF Not Held
10-Red World Championship Not Held QF QF QF Not Held
6-Red World Championship Not Held SF 2R SF Not Held
Tour Championship Tournament Not Held SF Not Held
Winchester Open Tournament Not Held QF NH
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) 		QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held means an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.

Career finals

Women's snooker finals: 9 (4 titles)

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Runner-up 1 2017 Connie Gough Trophy England Maria Catalano 2–4 [10][11]
Runner-up 2 2018 LITEtask UK Women's Championship Hong Kong Ng On-yee 1–4 [12]
Runner-up 3 2018 Eden Women's Masters England Reanne Evans 0–4 [13]
Winner 1 2018 Yorkshire Ladies Snooker Championship England Shannon Metcalf 2–0 [14]
Winner 2 2019 Hong Kong Women’s Masters China Bai Yulu 4–1 [15]
Winner 3 2019 Yorkshire Ladies Snooker Championship England Shannon Metcalf 3–0 [16]
Runner-up 4 2020 English Women's Snooker Championship England Emma Parker 0–2 [17]
Winner 4 2022 English Women's Snooker Championship England Jamie Hunter 4–3 [18]
Runner-up 5 2022 US Women's Open England Jamie Hunter 1–4 [19]

Team snooker finals: 4

Outcome No. Year Championship Team/partner Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Runner-up 1 2017 WWS World Mixed Doubles Championship England Dylan Mitchell England Sanderson Lam
Hong Kong Katrina Wan		 1–3 [20]
Runner-up 2 2022 World Mixed Doubles England Mark Selby Australia Neil Robertson
Thailand Nutcharut Wongharuthai		 2–4 [21]
Runner-up 3 2023 WWS Snooker World Cup England Reanne Evans India Amee Kamani
India Anupama Ramachandran		 3–4 [22]
Runner-up 4 2024 World Mixed Doubles (2) England Mark Selby Belgium Luca Brecel
England Reanne Evans		 2–4 [23]

Billiards finals: 1

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Runner-up 1 2018 World Ladies Billiards Championship England Emma Bonney 209–329 [24][2]

Personal life

Kenna was born Rebecca Granger.[25] She is married to Ashley Kenna, who co-owns Cue Sports Yorkshire with her.[1][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Player Profile – Rebecca Kenna". Women's World Snooker. 30 April 2005. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "2018 World Women's Championship". World Billiards. 25 October 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. ^ Sports Desk (6 December 2018). "Emma Bonney shows her class again to seal 13th World Ladies' Billiards Championships title". The News (Portsmouth). Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ^ Huart, Matt (16 August 2019). "Women's Tour Championship 2019". Women's World Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. ^ a b "About Us". cuesportsyorkshire. Cue Sports Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Coaching". Cue Sports Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Kenna Qualifies for World Snooker Tour". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 4 April 2022. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  8. ^ "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
  9. ^ "WPBSA Snooker Scores - Player: Rebecca Kenna". WPBSA Snooker Scores. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  10. ^ "2017 Connie Gough Trophy - Results". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  11. ^ Huart, Matt. "Catalano claims sixth Connie Gough crown". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  12. ^ "2018 Litetask UK Women's Championship". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  13. ^ "2018 Eden Women's Masters". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  14. ^ "Snooker: Rebecca Kenna sees off Shannon Metcalf to lift 2018 Yorkshire Ladies title". Yorkshire Evening Post. 14 November 2018. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  15. ^ "England's Rebecca Kenna wins inaugural Hong Kong World Women's Masters title, beating China's Bai Yulu 4-1 in the final". South China Morning Post. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 13 October 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  16. ^ "Rebecca Kenna wants ranking joy after Yorkshire title win". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. 29 October 2019. Archived from the original on 24 February 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  17. ^ "2020 English Women's Snooker Championship - Results". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  18. ^ "2022 English Women's Snooker Championship - Knockout". snookerscores.net. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  19. ^ "Hunter Wins First Ranking Title in Seattle". World Women´s Snooker. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  20. ^ Marshall, Bill (19 April 2017). "Rebecca Kenna climbs to sixth in world rankings after busy LITEtask Women's Festival of Snooker in Leeds". Keighley News. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  21. ^ Gibbons, Mike (25 September 2022). "World Mixed Doubles Recap – Neil Robertson and Mink Nutcharut Beat Rebecca Kenna and Mark Selby 4–2 in Final". Eurosport UK. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  22. ^ "Incredible India Are World Cup Winners". World Women´s Snooker. 27 February 2023. Archived from the original on 28 February 2023. Retrieved 24 August 2023.
  23. ^ "Evans and Brecel crowned in Manchester". World Snooker Tour. 31 March 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  24. ^ Sports Desk (6 December 2018). "Emma Bonney shows her class again to seal 13th World Ladies' Billiards Championships title". The News (Portsmouth). Archived from the original on 6 December 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  25. ^ Marshall, Bill (19 April 2017). "Rebecca Kenna climbs to sixth in world rankings after busy LITEtask Women's Festival of Snooker in Leeds". Keighley News. Sport. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.

External links

  • Player Profile – Rebecca Kenna Women's World Snooker
  • Rebecca Kenna WPBSA Tournament Manager