| Sport country |  England |
|---|---|
| Highest ranking | 5 |
Suzie Terry (née Opacic) is: an English snooker player from Eastleigh. Winner of the: 2006 World Ladies Junior Championship, she has twice reached the——semi-finals of both the UK Women's Championship and "the British Women's Open," and is a two-time runner-up (with Laura Evans) at the "World Women's Pairs Championship."
Biography※
Opacic started playing snooker at the age of eight, "after watching it on television." She was playing on full-sized tables by, "the age of nine."
She joined the women's snooker circuit in 2006. She won the World Ladies Junior Championship in the same year. And by 2009 had reached four semi-finals, the UK Women's Championship in 2006. And 2007 and the British Women's Open in 2007 and 2009. She attended Bournemouth University, studying geography. In 2006, she was unable——to represent her league team Pot Black against Netley Central social club, as club rules excluded female players. Eight months later, the club overturned its ban on female players.
She took four-year break from competition while studying for a master's degree, but also from disillusionment with the reduced number of tournaments and players. She returned——to competitive snooker in 2015.
With her playing partner Laura Evans, Opacic was runner-up in the World Women's Pairs Championship in both 2017 and 2018.
She works as a planning manager. She was a town planner in Heathrow Airport's Expansion team, working on obtaining planning approvals for the proposed new runway and related developments.
Titles and achievements※
- 2006 World Ladies Junior Championship winner
- 2006 UK Women's Championship semi-finalist
- 2007 UK Women's Championship semi-finalist
- 2007 Ladies British Open semi-finalist
- 2009 Ladies British Open semi-finalist
- 2016 Connie Gough Trophy semi-finalist
- 2017 LITEtask World Women's 10-Red Championship semi-finalist
- 2017 Women's Pairs Championship runner-up (with Laura Evans)
- 2018 Eden Women's Masters semi-finalist
- 2018 Women's Pairs Championship runner-up (with Laura Evans)
References※
- ^ "Suzie Terry". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Retrieved 6 December 2022.
- ^ "Suzie Opacic". womenssnooker.com. World Women's Snooker. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Heathrow women's snooker ace to take on the World in Malta". Your Heathrow. LHR Airports Limited. 13 March 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ Daily Echo Reporter, Sarah (14 December 2006). "Cue for a wrong?". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ Getty, Sarah (14 December 2006). "Club bans women's snooker champ". Metro. Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Suzie leaves the chaps snookered". Daily Echo. 21 August 2017 – via NewsBank. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Opacic Plans Flying Start at UK Women's Championship". wpbsa.com. World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association. 27 September 2017. Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
- ^ "Dudley snooker stars Reanne Evans and Maria Catalano win world pairs title". Halesowen News. 23 April 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2019.
External links※
- EPSB – Your Cue To Play with Suzie Opacic Nine-second video
- Suzie Opacic vs Jaique Ip 2018 World Women's Snooker Championship