Wendy Jans
Wendy Jans ( born June 14, 1983 in Bree ) is a Belgian snooker player.
Career
Jans learned to play snooker in the snooker club De Kaaihoeve, which belonged to her father. In 1994, she started playing in 1998 she became the youngest player for the first time Belgian champion. The following year, she already won the Continental Cup and was second of the European Championship. In the following years she was to take one of the leading players on the European continent and could it with the competitors of the British Isles. In 2003, she won a world ranking tournament as the first non- Briton with the Scottish Open. In the IBSF World Snooker Championship, she stood from 2003 five times in a row in the final and winning the title in 2006 achieved the greatest success of her career. Mostly, however, she stood in the shadow of her overbearing English rivals Kelly Fisher and Reanne Evans.
Mid-2000s they also participated in international pool billiard tournaments and reached there as well in Europe and the United States good rankings, including 3rd place at the European Championships in the 14/1 in 2004. Great success she has but especially in snooker. By 2012, it was ten times Belgian champion, 13 times she stood in the European Championship finals and then won the title six times.
2010 Wendy Jans got a wildcard for the World Open in 2010 and for the first time took part in a professional tournament for men.
Wendy Jans has its own snooker club called De Maxx in the north of Belgium Neerpelt.
Achievements
- IBSF World Cup: 2006, 2012 ( 2nd place in 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008 )
- EBSA European Championship: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011 (2nd place in 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2012)
- Continental Cup: 1999, 2001, 2003
- Belgian Cup: 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 (2nd place 1999, 2011)