Wendy Jans

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Career

Jans has won multiple national, European and World snooker titles. She won the Belgian national title nineteen times between 1998 and 2023.[4][5][6]

She has won a record twelve European Billiards and Snooker Association Ladies Championship titles, including six consecutive titles from 2013 to 2018,[7] and the IBSF World Ladies Snooker Championship in 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022.[8] 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.[9]

Jans, Reanne Evans 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.[10] Jans and Ng On-yee were the two women competitors in the mixed singles snooker at the 2017 World Games, held in Wrocław. Jans lost 1–3 to Declan Brennans in her first match.[1]

At the 2022 World Women's Snooker Championship, Jans defeated 12-time champion Reanne Evans 4–1 in the quarter-finals. She advanced to reach her first women's world final, but lost 5–6 to Nutcharut Wongharuthai on the final black ball.[11]

She owns a snooker club in Neerpelt.[7] Her highest Template:Glossary link is 136.[12]

Career highlights

Snooker

IBSF women's finals

Outcome No. Year Venue Opponent Score Ref.
Runner-up 1. 2003 Template:Flagicon Jiangmen, China Template:Flagicon Kelly Fisher 2–5 [8]
Runner-up 2. 2004 Template:Flagicon Veldhoven, Netherlands Template:Flagicon Reanne Evans 1–5 [8]
Winner 1. 2006 Template:Flagicon Amman, Jordan Template:Flagicon Jaique Ip 5–0 [8]
Runner-up 3. 2007 Template:Flagicon Korat, Thailand Template:Flagicon Reanne Evans 0–5 [8]
Runner-up 4. 2008 Template:Flagicon Wels, Austria Template:Flagicon Reanne Evans 3–5 [8]
Winner 2. 2012 Template:Flagicon Sofia, Bulgaria Template:Flagicon Ng On-yee 5–1 [8]
Winner 3. 2013 Template:Flagicon Daugavpils, Latvia Template:Flagicon Shi Chunxia 5–3 [8]
Winner 4. 2014 Template:Flagicon Bangalore, India Template:Flagicon Anastasia Nechaeva 5–2 [8]
Winner 5. 2015 Template:Flagicon Hurghada, Egypt Template:Flagicon Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 [13]
Winner 6. 2016 Template:Flagicon Doha, Qatar Template:Flagicon Amee Kamani 5–0 [14]
Winner 7. 2017 Template:Flagicon Doha, Qatar Template:Flagicon Waratthanun Sukritthanes 5–2 [15]
Runner-up 5. 2018 Template:Flagicon Yangon, Myanmar Template:Flagicon Waratthanun Sukritthanes 2–5 [16]
Winner 8. 2021 Template:Flagicon Doha, Qatar Template:Flagicon Nutcharut Wongharuthai 4–1 [17]
Winner 9. 2022 Template:Flagicon Antalya, Turkey Template:Flagicon Vidya Pillai 4–3 [18]

European Championship Women's Individual Finals

Outcome No. Year Venue Opponent Score Ref.
Runner-up 1. 1999 Template:Flagicon Enschede, Netherlands Template:Flagicon Kelly Fisher 2–5 [19]
Runner-up 2. 2000 Template:Flagicon Stirling, Scotland Template:Flagicon Kelly Fisher 0–5 [20]
Runner-up 3. 2001 Template:Flagicon Riga, Latvia Template:Flagicon Kelly Fisher 3–5 [21]
Runner-up 4. 2002 Template:Flagicon Kalisz, Poland Template:Flagicon Kelly Fisher 0–5 [22]
Runner-up 5. 2003 Template:Flagicon Bad Wildungen, Germany Template:Flagicon Kelly Fisher 4–5 [23]
Winner 1. 2004 Template:Flagicon Völkermarkt, Austria Template:Flagicon Reanne Evans 5–3 [24]
Winner 2. 2005 Template:Flagicon Ostrów Wielkopolski, Poland Template:Flagicon Katie Henrick 5–3 [25]
Winner 3. 2006 Template:Flagicon Constanța, Romania Template:Flagicon Isabelle Jonckheere 5–0 [26]
Runner-up 6. 2007 Template:Flagicon Carlow, Ireland Template:Flagicon Reanne Evans 2–5 [27]
Winner 4. 2009 Template:Flagicon Duffel, Belgium Template:Flagicon Anna Mazhirina 5–0 [28]
Winner 5. 2010 Template:Flagicon Bucharest, Romania Template:Flagicon Diana Stateczny 5–3 [29][30]
Winner 6. 2011 Template:Flagicon Sofia, Bulgaria Template:Flagicon Tatjana Vasiljeva 5–1 [31]
Runner-up 7. 2012 Template:Flagicon Daugavpils, Latvia Template:Flagicon Tatjana Vasiljeva 4–5 [32]
Winner 7. 2013 Template:Flagicon Zielona Góra, Poland Template:Flagicon Anastasia Nechaeva 5–1 [33]
Winner 8. 2014 Template:Flagicon Sofia, Bulgaria Template:Flagicon Anastasia Nechaeva 5–0 [34]
Winner 9. 2015 Template:Flagicon Prague, Czech Republic Template:Flagicon Daria Sirotina 5–0 [35]
Winner 10. 2016 Template:Flagicon Vilnius, Lithuania Template:Flagicon Daria Sirotina 5–4 [36]
Winner 11. 2017 Template:Flagicon Shengjin, Albania Template:Flagicon Anna Prysazhnuka 5–1 [37]
Winner 12. 2018 Template:Flagicon Bucharest, Romania Template:Flagicon Cathy Dehaene 4–0 [38]
Winner 13. 2021 Template:Flagicon Albufeira, Portugal Template:Flagicon Jamie Hunter 4–1 [39]
Runner-up 8. 2023 Template:Flagdeco Albena, Bulgaria Template:Flagicon Anna Prysazhnuka 3–4 [40]

Team competitions

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponents Score Ref.
Winner 1 2003 WLBSA Women's World Doubles, with Kathy Howden Lea Lindhout and Valerie Finnie 3–2 [41]
Winner 2 2007 European Team Championship, with Isabelle Jonckheere (Belgium 1) Hanna Mergies and Malgorzata Klys (Poland) 5–0 [42]
Runner-up 1 2014 World Mixed Doubles Championship, with Jamie Clarke Ben Woollaston and Yana Shut 0–3 [43]
Winner 3 2017 European Team Championship, with Cathy Dehaene (Belgium 1) Anastasia Nechaeva and Daria Sirotina (Russia 1) 4–3 [44]

BBSA Belgian National Championship (Women's)

Outcome No. Year Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1998 Valerie Van Bellinghen 4–2 [4]
Runner-up 1999 Valerie Van Bellinghen 1–4 [4]
Winner 2000 Valerie Van Bellinghen 4–1 [4]
Winner 2001 Valerie Van Bellinghen 4–1 [4]
Winner 2002 Candide Binon 4–2 [4]
Winner 2003 Isabelle Jonckheere 4–0 [4]
Winner 2004 Candide Binon 4–2 [4]
Winner 2008 Candide Binon 4–0 [4]
Winner 2009 Isabelle Jonckheere 4–1 [4]
Winner 2010 Isabelle Jonckheere 4–0 [4]
Runner-up 2011 Isabelle Jonckheere 0–4 [4]
Winner 2012 Cathy Dehaene 4–3 [4][45]
Winner 2013 Cathy Dehaene 4–1 [4]
Winner 2014 Cathy Dehaene 4–0 [4][46]
Winner 2015 Emilie Demeester 4–0 [4]
Winner 2016 Cathy Dehaene 4–0 [4][47]
Winner 2017 Iris Moyens 4–0 [48]
Winner 2018 Melissa Eens 4–0 [49]
Winner 2019 Cathy Dehaene 4–0 [5]
Winner 2023 Anja Vandenbussche 4–0 [6]

Other Snooker

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent Score Ref.
Winner 1999 EBSA Continental Cup Cathy Dehaene [50]
Winner 2001 EBSA Continental Cup Ewa Pieniazek 3–0 [50]
Winner 2003 EBSA Continental Cup Natascha Niermann 3–2 [50]
Winner 2003 WLBSA Scottish Open Maria Catalano 4–1 [51]

Pool

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