Allison Fisher
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24 February 1968 England |
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| Nickname | The Duchess of Doom | ||||||||||||
| Professional | 1991–1997 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | 191 (1995/1996) | ||||||||||||
| Career winnings | £14,932 | ||||||||||||
| Highest break | 133 (1992 Dubai Classic qualifying, 1994 Matchroom League) | ||||||||||||
| Century breaks | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Best ranking finish | Last 96 (1992 Dubai Classic) | ||||||||||||
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Allison Fisher (born 24 February 1968) is an English professional pool and former professional snooker player.
Fisher grew up in Peacehaven, Sussex. She started playing snooker when she was 7. She won her first world title at the age of 17. To date, she has won over 80 national titles and 11 world titles in total. Throughout the 1980s, she made various attempts to qualify for the main Men's snooker tour, which contained around 128 players at the time, but these attempts were unsuccessful. However, by 1991, the tour had changed considerably meaning all players had to do to become a 'professional' on the main tour was pay an entry fee. This meant over 500 players played in qualifying rounds for the ranking tournaments. She was unable to progress into the higher reaches of the ranking lists and by 1997 she lost her professional status. Feeling that she did not receive the same respect as the male players, she moved to the United States to play on the pool circuit. On 18 March 2009, she endorsed the Delta-13 billiard rack and has her own signature series.
On 8 June 2009, Fisher was nominated to be inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame.
Fisher did not take long to make her mark in the world of pool, winning only the second tournament that she played in. She has an unequaled record, winning 50 WPBA titles, which includes 4 world 9-Ball championships. Since her move, she has also been the highest-earning player on a number of occasions, which takes into account male and female players. Matchroom sports invited her to play in the Matchroom snooker league, and she was also invited to play in the Mosconi Cup 1994, when Europe lost 16:12 against Team USA.
Fisher was nicknamed "the Duchess of Doom" and gained a reputation similar to that of the sixteen-time darts world champion Phil Taylor and snooker players Joe Davis, Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry in the 1930s and 80s–90s, respectively. Her greatest season was the 2000/2001 season when she won 8 consecutive major pro pool tournaments. In the 2005 season, Fisher was the highest earner, winning £111,000.
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