Rebecca Kenna

Rebecca Kenna (née Granger; born 11 January 1989) is an English professional snooker player who competes on the World Women's Snooker Tour, through which she also earned a tour card for the professional World Snooker Tour, and an amateur billiards player from Keighley.[1]

Rebecca Kenna
Born (1989-01-11) 11 January 1989
Sport country England
Professional2022–present
Highest rankingWorld Women's Snooker: 3[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
Ranking[8][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Shoot-Out 1R 1R
World Championship LQ LQ
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 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.
VF / Variant Format Eventmeans an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. He 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		 2020/
21		 2021/
22
Current tournaments
UK Championship A QF QF F QF NH F
British Open A NH SF Not Held SF
Masters A 1R SF F 1R NH SF
World Championship SF SF SF QF Not Held SF
Winchester Open Tournament Not Held QF
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
Belgian Open Not Held QF QF 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
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 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.

    Titles and achievements

    Snooker

    OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
    Runner-up 12017Connie Gough TrophyMaria Catalano2–4[10][11]
    Runner-up 22018LITEtask UK Women's ChampionshipNg On-yee1–4[12]
    Runner-up 32018Eden Women's MastersReanne Evans0–4[13]
    Winner 12018Yorkshire Ladies Snooker ChampionshipShannon Metcalf2–0[14]
    Runner-up 42020English Women's Snooker ChampionshipEmma Parker0–2[15]
    Winner 22022English Women's Snooker ChampionshipJamie Hunter4–3[16]

    Billiards

    OutcomeNo.YearChampionshipOpponentScoreRef.
    Runner-up 12018World Ladies Billiards ChampionshipEmma Bonney209–329[17][2]

    Personal life

    Kenna was born Rebecca Granger.[18] She is married to Ashley Kenna who co-ows Cue Sports Yorkshire with her.[1][5]

    References
    1. "Player Profile – Rebecca Kenna". Women's World Snooker. 30 April 2005. Archived from the original on 21 July 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
    2. "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. "About Us". cuesportsyorkshire. Cue Sports Yorkshire. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
    6. Coaching Archived 16 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Cue Sports Yorkshire. 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. "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.
    16. "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.
    17. 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.
    18. 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.

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