Introduction
Chen Siming (born 30 December 1993) is a Chinese professional pool player. Chen is best well known for winning the 2017 WPA World Nine-ball Championship.
Career
Chen grew up in Heilongjiang Province, China, where her parents were owners of a pool hall, and she started playing snooker aged 8. Four years later, in 2006, she won both the8-ball and 9-ball divisions of the Chinese National Youth Championships. By 2009 she was being coached by Wu Jia-qing (formerly known as Wu Chia-Ching), the double world champion. Within a year, she defeated Allison Fisher to win the 2010 China Open, her first major title.
In the 2010 Asian Games, Chen won the gold medal in the Six-red snooker event.
In 2011, she won her second senior title, the Philippine Open, defeating Kelly Fisher 9-3 in the final, and later won the All Japan Championship. Billiards Digest named Chen as 2011 player of the year.
Following further tournament successes, she won the 2017 Women's World 9-Ball Championship, coming 5-1 down against Pan Xiaoting to win 9-7.
Achievements
- 2006 Chinese National Youth Championships - 8-ball
- 2006 Chinese National Youth Championships - 9-Ball
- 2009 Asian Games - Six-Red Snooker
- 2010 Asian Games - Six-Red Snooker
- 2010 China Open - 9-Ball Women's Division
- 2011 Philippines Open - Ladies10-ball
- 2011 All Japan Championship
- 2010 China Open - 9-Ball Women's Division
- 2013 OB Cues Ladies Tour 2013 #3
- 2013 Maryland State Women's Championship
- 2016 Chinese 8-Ball World Championship
- 2017 China Open Ladies Division
- 2017 Amway Cup
- 2017 World Games - Nine-ball women's singles
- 2017 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games - 10 Ball Singles
- 2017 Women's World Nine-ball Championship
- 2017 All Japan Women Championship 2017
- 2017 Dynamic Klagenfurt Open Ladies Division
- 2018 Amway Cup
- 2019 WPBA Masters