Pan Xiaoting (; born 25 February 1982) is a Chinese professional pool player.
Professional biography She is the first Chinese woman to play full-time on the WPBA Tour, and has been nicknamed the "Queen of Nine-Ball".
WPBA Rookie of the Year in 2006 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.2007 Great Lakes Classic Results Later she won the 2007 WPA World Nine-ball Championship held in Taoyuan City, Taiwan. Pan is a friendly rival of fellow Asian WPBA player Kim Ga-young; 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.2007 Carolina Women's Billiard Classic 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. In 2008, Pan won the BCA GenerationPool.com title on the WPBA tour, and in 2010 added a WPBA major to her resume at the Tour Championships. She went undefeated in Niagara Falls that year defeating Kim Ga-young of South Korea in the semi-finals 7–6, and Karen Corr of Northern Ireland 7–4 in the final.
Matches against Ronnie O'Sullivan In December 2013, Pan participated in an exhibition match (9-ball and snooker) against snooker ace Ronnie O'Sullivan in Yanzhou, which she won 7–6 in 9-ball and lost 2–1 in snooker 6-red.Ronnie O'Sullivan vs. Pan Xiaoting, Exhibition 9-Ball Match
In November 2018, a second exhibition match between Pan and O'Sullivan took place in China, as well. The professional 9-ball champion Pan won 7–6.Pan versus O'Sullivan - a 2nd Exhibition 9-Ball Match - A selection of 1 h and 10 minutes of that match
Titles 2010 WPBA Tour Championship 2010 Asian Games Nine-ball Singles 2008 All Japan Championship Nine-ball 2008 WPBA BCA 9-Ball Championship 2007 WPA Women's World Nine-ball Championship 2007 WPBA Great Lakes Classic 2005 All Japan Championship Nine-ball 2002 All Japan Championship Nine-ball
References
External links Short presentation of Xiaoting PAN Some 32 minutes of the 2018 match between Xiaoting Pan and Ronnie O'Sullivan