Laura Evans (born 1986) is a Welsh snooker player. She has been Welsh Ladies' snooker champion three times, and was runner-up in the 2015 Eden Ladies Masters and the 2017 World Women's 10-Red Championship.
Biography Evans started playing snooker aged 14. She started entering women's tournaments in Wales, and won her first event at 15. The following year, with a practice routine of playing around six hours a day, she started entering world ladies snooker events. Evans won Welsh Ladies Championship in three consecutive years. She stopped playing on the women's snooker circuit in 2003, following the effect of the tobacco sponsorship ban on the game. In 2014 she started playing again, at Star Snooker Club in Skewen. In 2015 entered the Eden Masters, and defeated reigning world champion Ng On-yee on the way to reaching her first ranking event final.
Evans and her playing partner Suzie Opacic were runners-up in the Women's Pairs Championship in both 2017 and 2018.
In 2019. Evans and Wendy Jans of Belgium were the "Rest of the World" team at the 2019 Women's Snooker World Cup. They won all three of their group stage matches but then lost in the quarter final to the "England A" team of Reanne Evans and Rebecca Kenna.
Evans' main career is as a support worker for women with mental health problems.
Titles and achievements
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref. Semi-finalist 1 2003 Scottish Open (Plate) Candide Binon 1–2 Semi-finalist 2 2003 World Ladies Snooker Championship (Plate) Val Finnie 0–2 Semi-finalist 3 2006 East Anglian Championship June Banks 0–4 Semi-finalist 4 2013 UK Ladies Championship (Plate) Hannah Jones 0–2 Runner-up 5 2014 Southern Classic (Plate) Hannah Jones 0–2 Winner 6 2014 Connie Gough Memorial (Plate) Man Yan So 2–0 Runner-up 7 2015 Eden Ladies Masters Reanne Evans 0–5 Semi-finalist 8 2016 Eden Classic Reanne Evans 1–4 Semi-finalist 9 2016 LITEtask UK Ladies Championship Tatjana Vasiljeva 1–4 Semi-finalist 10 2017 Eden Women's Masters Rebecca Kenna 0–4 Semi-finalist 11 2017 Connie Gough Trophy Maria Catalano 1–3 Runner-up 12 2017 LITEtask World Women's 10-Red Championship Ng On-yee 2–4 Semi-finalist 13 2018 World Women's 10-Red Championship Ng On-yee 1–3 Winner 14 2019 World Women's 10-Red Championship (Challenge Cup) Suzie Opacic 2–1 Semi-finalist 15 2019 UK Women's Snooker Championship Reanne Evans 0–4
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