Wendy Jans (born 14 June 1983, in Bree,

Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...

) is a Belgian professional

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and pool player. She has won the IBSF World Snooker Championship for women seven times. She reached her first women's world final at the

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, but lost 5–6 to

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on the final black ball.

Career

Jans has won multiple national, European and World

titles. She won the Belgian national title seventeen times between 1998 and 2019. She has won a record twelve European Billiards and Snooker Association Ladies Championship titles, including six consecutive titles from 2013 to 2018, and the IBSF World Ladies Snooker Championship in 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014,

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, 2016, 2017. Having beaten Waratthanun Sukritthanes in the 2017 IBSF World Snooker Championship final to win her seventh title, Jans lost 2–5 to her in the 2018 final. Jans,

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and Anita Rizzuti all took part in the 2010 World Open, playing against men. Jans lost 1–3 to Simon Bedford in the first round. Jans and

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were the two women competitors in the mixed singles snooker at the 2017 World Games, held in

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. Jans lost 1–3 to Declan Brennans in her first match. At the

, Jans defeated 12-time champion

4–1 in the quarter-finals. She advanced to reach her first women's world final, but lost 5–6 to

on the final black ball. She owns a

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in Neerpelt. Her highest is 136.

Career Highlights

Snooker

IBSF women's finals

European Championship Women's Individual Finals

Team competitions

BBSA Belgian National Championship (Women's)

Other Snooker

Pool

* Ladies Spirit Tour 2005 #3 (Coral Springs) * Weert 9-Ball Open – 2006, 2008

References

External links

Profile on Global SnookerProfile on WPBSA
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jans, Wendy Living people Belgian snooker players Female pool players 1983 births People from Bree, Belgium Female snooker players Competitors at the 2017 World Games Sportspeople from Limburg (Belgium) 21st-century Belgian women