Born: February 25, 1982 (1982-02-25) Jining, Shandong,China |
Nationality: Chinese |
Nickname(s): Queen of Nine-Ball |
Xiaoting Pan (simplified Chinese: 潘晓婷; pinyin: Pān Xiǎotíng; born February 25, 1982) is the first-ever professional pool player from the People's Republic of China to play full-time on the Women's Professional Billiard Association (WPBA) tour. Pan's nickname is "Queen of Nine-Ball." Pan's beauty and growing achievements in billiards have made her one of the more famous females in the sports world of her home country.
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Pan was named WPBA Rookie of the Year in 2006 and finished the season ranked #13. Pan won her first WPBA tournament at the 2007 Great Lakes Classic. Later she won the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship held in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Pan is friendly rivals with fellow Asian WPBA player Ga-Young Kim; the two met in the finals of the 2007 Carolina Women's Billiard Classic, with Kim prevailing 7 to 6 in the WPBA's first all-Asian championship match. Kim and Pan finished the 2007 WPBA season ranked #2 and #3, respectively, behind perennially top-ranked Allison Fisher. Pan is also a good friend of Chinese snooker player Ding Junhui.
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