Emma Parker (born 24 April 1999) is an English snooker player. She made her tournament debut at the 2015 Eden Masters, aged 15, and was number one in the women's under-21 world rankings as of April 2019.Under 21 Rankings Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 19 July 2019. Her highest position in the senior rankings is sixth. She has reached three ranking semi-finals on the World Women's Snooker Tour.
Career Parker started playing pool at the age of four, and turned to snooker at the age of 15 after her father and uncle took her to Romford Snooker Club. In April 2017, she won the Under-21 Ladies World Championship at the Northern Snooker Center in Leeds. Following further success, she rose to 8th in the women's world rankings in September 2019.
She and fellow tour player Reanne Evans were the two women among the eight wildcards for the 128-player televised 2019 Snooker Shoot-Out, making them the first women to compete in the final stages of a televised world ranking event. Shoot Out matches are one and have a maximum duration of 10 minutes, with limited time allowed for each shot. Parker lost 17–61 to Laxman Rawat.
Parker won the 2020 Belgian Women's Open (Under-21) event, beating Albina Hashcuk 2–0 in the final. She also reached the semi-finals of the main 2020 Belgian Women's Open event, where she lost 0–4 to Reanne Evans. Following this, Parker reached 7th in the women's snooker rankings, a new career best for her.
Personal life Parker lives in Hornchurch, and is coached by Gary Filtness. She works full-time for an accountancy company in Hornchurch.
Performance timeline World Women's Snooker Tournament 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18 2018/19 2019/20 2020/21 2021/22 2022/23 Current tournamentsUK ChampionshipAAA1RRRQFNHSF2RUS OpenTournament Not HeldSFAustralian OpenTournament Not HeldAANHAScottish OpenTournament Not Held2RMastersARRA1RSFQFNH2R1RBelgian OpenNot HeldQFSFNot HeldQFAsia-Pacific OpenTournament Not HeldAWorld ChampionshipAAAA2RNot HeldQF1RBritish OpenNot Held1RNot HeldQFFormer tournamentsConnie Gough TrophyQFA1RTournament Not HeldPaul Hunter ClassicNot HeldARRTournament Not HeldEuropean MastersNot HeldQFNot Held10-Red World ChampionshipNot HeldQF1RQFNot Held6-Red World ChampionshipNot HeldA2R1RNot HeldWinchester OpenTournament Not Held1RNH Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi-finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD 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.PA / Pro-am Event means an event is/was a pro-am event.
Titles and achievements Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref. Winner 1 2017 Connie Gough Trophy (Challenge Cup) Heidi de Gruchy 3–1 Winner 2 2017 LITEtask UK Women's Championship (Under-21s) Shannon Metcalf 3–0 Runner-up 1 2017 LITEtask UK Women's Championship (Challenge Cup) Ho Yee Ki 1–2 Runner-up 2 2017 Eden Women's Masters (Under-21s) Chloe White 2–3 Winner 3 2018 British Open (Challenge Cup) Shannon Metcalf 3–1 Winner 4 2018 British Open (Under-21s) Stephanie Daughtery 3–2 Runner-up 3 2018 World Women's Under-21 Championship Nutcharut Wongharuthai 0–3 Winner 5 2018 European Women's Masters (Under-21s) Nutcharut Wongharuthai 2–0 Winner 6 2018 World Women's Under-21 Championship (Challenge Cup) Baipat Siripaporn 2–1 Winner 7 2020 Belgian Women's Open (Under-21) Albina Liashcuk 2–0 Winner 8 2020 English Championship Rebecca Kenna 2–0
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External links Profile at World Women's Snooker