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'''Amee Kamani''' (born 3 June 1992) is an |
'''Amee Kamani''' (born 3 June 1992) is an Indian [[snooker]] player. She was runner-up in the 2016 [[IBSF World Snooker Championship|International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Snooker championship]], losing 0–5 in the final to the defending champion [[Wendy Jans]]. Kamani was the 2018 Asian Billiards Sports Championships Ladies ([[ACBS Asian Snooker Championship]]) Champion after defeating [[Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan]] 3–0 in the final, and was runner-up at the 2014 Australian Open (0–3 to Jessica Woods) and the 2019 [[International Billiards and Snooker Federation]] Women's six-reds snooker championship (2–4 against [[Nutcharut Wongharuthai]]). |
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After a sporting focus on [[table tennis]] for ten years until she was 17, Kamani then took up [[cue sports]] competitively. She has won three Indian national titles at snooker and two at [[English billiards]], and was a member of the victorious Asia women's team at the [[2019 World Team Trophy]], a test event for the [[2024 Summer Olympics]]. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Amee Kamani was born on 3 June 1992 in [[Indore]], [[Madhya Pradesh]].<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cuesportsindia.com/myweb/profile/ladies/ameekamani.htm|title=Amee Kamani|website=cuesportsindia.com|access-date=10 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181010015418/http://www.cuesportsindia.com/myweb/profile/ladies/ameekamani.htm|archive-date=10 October 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Shafi |first=Faisal |title=6 Top Indian Female Snooker Players who Made a Mark|url=https://www.desiblitz.com/content/6-top-indian-female-snooker-players-who-made-a-mark |website=DESIblitz |date=8 August 2021 |access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> Her main sporting focus was on [[table tennis]] from the ages of 7 to 17. However, she lost interest in that sport in 2010 due to feeling that she was not being supported despite her successes, and might never become a top player. She played [[pool (cue sports)|pool]] recreationally, and her friends suggested that she try other [[cue sports]]. She took up [[snooker]], practicing at the Madhya Pradesh Snooker, Billiards Academy in Indore in 2011.<ref name="NIETWO">{{cite news |last=Swaminathan |first=Swaroop |date=23 June 2015 |title=changing Vocation to Find Success on the Green Baize |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2015/jun/23/changing-vocation-to-find-success-on-the-green-baize-773466.html |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=10 September 2019 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203004532/https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/2015/jun/23/Changing-Vocation-to-Find-Success-on-the-Green-Baize-773466.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="NIE">{{cite news |last=Vivek |first=Vishal |date=23 August 2017 |title=National women's billiards champion Amee Kamani says change of vocation paying off |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2017/aug/23/national-womens-billiards-champion-amee-kamani-says-change-of-vocation-paying-off-1646974.html |work=The New Indian Express |access-date=10 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227013148/http://www.newindianexpress.com/sport/other/2017/aug/23/national-womens-billiards-champion-amee-kamani-says-change-of-vocation-paying-off-1646974.html |archive-date=27 February 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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==Playing career== |
==Playing career== |
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At her first national tournament,<ref name="INDORE">{{cite news |title=Meet Indore's only women snooker player|last= Das |first=Kalyan |work=Daily News & Analysis |location=Mumbai |date=29 March 2014}}</ref> Kamani lost 0–2 to Varsha Sanjeev in the quarter-finals of the 2011 Indian girls' championship.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lahari, Ashuthosh win titles |agency=The Press Trust of India |location=Delhi |date=23 July 2011}}</ref> In 2013, she took third place at the Indian women's six-reds championship by defeating [[R Umadevi Nagaraj|R. Umadevi]] 3–0 in the playoff.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vidya, Varun emerge snooker champs |agency=Indo Asian News Service |location=New Delhi |date=25 September 2013}}</ref> The following year she was a losing semi-finalist, 1–3 to [[Vidya Pillai]], in the women's national snooker championship, and won the third-place playoff by defeating Neeta Sanghvi 2–0.<ref>{{cite news |title=Snooker: Advani, Pillai annex titles |agency=Indo Asian News Service |location=New Delhi |date=7 March 2014}}</ref> She told ''[[Zee News#Newspaper|Daily News and Analysis]]'' that she had been practicing for five hours a day, but wanted to maintain a balance between snooker and her studies.<ref name="INDORE" /> |
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At the 2014 Australian Open, held in [[Sydney]], Kamini won all of her five matches in the qualifying round, four of them 2–0 and the other 2–1. She then beat Suniti Damani 3–0 in the quarter-final,<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=5 October 2014 |title=Vidya, Amee in last four |url= |work=The Hindu |page=14 |access-date=|via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref> and Jennifer Budd 4–0 in the semi-final. In the final, Kamani lost the first three frames to Jessica Woods, then won the next to trail 2–3. Woods won the sixth frame to complete a 4–2 win.<ref name="AUSTO">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 October 2014 |title=Kamani Loses to Woods in Final |url= |work=Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai) |page=15 |access-date=|via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019. }}</ref> |
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Kamani won the Indian National Snooker title in 2015, with a 4–2 defeat of [[Vidya Pillai]] in the final. |
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<ref name="AAINS">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=26 January 2015 |title=Advani captures senior national title |url= |work=The Asian Age |page=35 |access-date=|via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019. }}</ref> |
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==2015 ISBF Events== |
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At the 2015 IBSF 6-Red Snooker Championship, Kamani topped her qualifying group.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2015_groups.php|title=IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women – Karachi / Pakistan 2015 (Qualifying)|website=ibsf.info}}</ref> in the knockout phase, she beat Floriza Andal 4–1 but then lost 1–4 to [[Ng On-yee]] in the semi-final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2015_knockout.php |title=IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women – Karachi / Pakistan 2015 |last= |first= |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |date= |website=ibsf.info |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223030312/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2015_knockout.php |archive-date=23 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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With Pillai partnering her, Kamani was a semi-finalist at the 2014 [[International Billiards and Snooker Federation]] (IBSF) Team Snooker Championships.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2014/dms/en/show_drabinka_team.php?id_t=41 |title=IBSF Team Snooker Championships Women – Sharm-el-Sheikh / Egypt 2014 |website=ibsf.info |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Feberation |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429015158/http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2014/dms/en/show_drabinka_team.php?id_t=41 |archive-date=29 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the 2014 Australian Open, held in [[Sydney]], Kamini won all of her five matches in the qualifying round, four of them 2–0 and the other 2–1. She then beat Suniti Damani 3–0 in the quarter-final,<ref>{{cite news |date=5 October 2014 |title=Vidya, Amee in last four |work=The Hindu |page=14 }}</ref> and Jennifer Budd 4–0 in the semi-final. In the final, Kamani lost the first three frames to Jessica Woods, then won the next two frames before Woods took the sixth frame to complete a 4–2 victory.<ref name="AUSTO">{{cite news |date=6 October 2014 |title=Kamani Loses to Woods in Final |work=Hindustan Times |location=Mumbai |page=15 }}</ref> Kamani won the Indian national snooker title in 2015, with a 4–2 defeat of Pillai in the final.<ref name="AAINS">{{cite news |date=26 January 2015 |title=Advani captures senior national title |work=The Asian Age |page=35}}</ref> At the 2015 IBSF Six-Reds Snooker Championship, Kamani topped her qualifying group.<ref>{{Cite web|website=ibsf.info|publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2015_groups.php|title=IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women – Karachi / Pakistan 2015 (qualifying)|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203004543/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2015_groups.php|url-status=live}}</ref> in the knockout phase, she beat Floriza Andal 4–1 but then lost 1–4 to [[Ng On-yee]] in the semi-final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2015_knockout.php |title=IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women – Karachi / Pakistan 2015 |website=ibsf.info |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223030312/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2015_knockout.php |archive-date=23 December 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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2015 also saw Kamani reach the semi final of the [[2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's|2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship]]. She topped her qualifying group, winning all four matches without losing a frame, including a victory over [[Wendy Jans]], who had won the title in the three previous years and would go on to win the tournament. In the knockout, Kamani beat Amy Claire King 4–0 and Chitra Magimairajan 4–3 before losing 3–4 to [[Anastasia Nechaeva]] after leading 3–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms/en/msm_2015.php |title=IBSF Snooker Championship Women → Hurghada – Egypt 2015 |last= |first= |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |date= |website=ibsf.info |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504214709/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms/en/msm_2015.php |archive-date=4 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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2015 also saw Kamani reach the semi-final of the [[2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's|2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship]]. She topped her qualifying group, winning all four matches without losing a frame, including a victory over [[Wendy Jans]], who had won the title in the three previous years and would go on to win the tournament again. In the knockout, Kamani eliminated Amy Claire King 4–0 and [[Chitra Magimairaj]] 4–3 before losing 3–4 to [[Anastasia Nechaeva]] after leading 3–1.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms/en/msm_2015.php |title=IBSF Snooker Championship Women → Hurghada – Egypt 2015 |website=ibsf.info |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160504214709/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms/en/msm_2015.php |archive-date=4 May 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms/en/msk_2015_knockout.php|title=IBSF Snooker Championships Women – Hurghada / Egypt 2015|website=ibsf.info|publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190035/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms/en/msk_2015_knockout.php|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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She reached the semi-final of the 2015 ISBF six-red snooker tournament, held in [[Karachi]], and won the first frame against Ng On-yee, but then scored only 31 points whilst losing the next four frames and the match.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6r_2015.php |title=IBSF 6 reds Snooker Championship Women. Karachi – Pakistan 2015 |website=ibsf.info |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402125830/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6r_2015.php |archive-date=2 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kamani started 2016 by winning the Indian National six-red Snooker Championship with a 4–1 victory over Pillai in the final.<ref name="6REDFPJ">{{cite news |date=7 January 2016 |title=Chawla, Kamani emerge champs |work=The Free Press Journal |page=17 |via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref> In the national snooker Championships the following month, the same two players met in the final, but this time Pillai won, 4–2, to take the title from Kamani.<ref name="16NAT">{{cite news |date=2 February 2016 |title=Lucky is state's best |work=Deccan Chronicle |page=39 }}</ref> She reached the semi-finals of the 2016 Asian Billiards Sports Championships Ladies' 6 reds Snooker Championships, after defeating reigning world champion Ng On-yee 4–2 in the group stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ebsa.pl/turnieje/2016/abs/ma6/ma6_2016.php |title=1st Asian Billiards Sports Championships 6 reds Ladies → Al Fujairah – UAE 2016 |website=ibsf.info |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412124600/http://ebsa.pl/turnieje/2016/abs/ma6/ma6_2016.php |archive-date=12 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Amee Kamani upsets Ng On Yee |work=The Hindu |location=Chennai |date=29 September 2016}}</ref> |
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==2016== |
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Kamani started 2016 by winning the Indian National 6-Red Snooker Championship with a 4–1 victory over [[Vidya Pillai]] in the final.<ref name="6REDFPJ">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 January 2016 |title=Chawla, Kamani emerge champs |url= |work=The Free Press Journal |page=17 |access-date=|via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref> In the National Snooker Championships the following month, the same two players met in the final, but this time Pillai won, 4–2, to take the title from Kamani.<ref name="16NAT">{{cite news |last= |first= |date=2 February 2016 |title=Lucky is state’s best |url= |work=Deccan Chronicle |page=39 |access-date=|via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref> |
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In November 2016, Kamani reached the final of the 2016 [[IBSF World Snooker Championship]], where she faced Wendy Jans, with Jans looking to win her fifth consecutive world title. Kamani lost both of the first two frames on the {{cuegloss|black ball}}, and Jans went on to complete a 5–0 victory.<ref>{{cite news |date=30 November 2016 |title=Vijfde wereldtitel op rij voor Breese Wendy Jans |work=Het Belang van Limburg |page=S1 |via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref><ref name="5JANS" /> Kamani lost in the semi-finals of the IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championship.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2016/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2016_knockout.php |title=IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women – Sharm-el-Sheikh / Egypt 2016 |website=ibsf.info |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203004535/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2016/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2016_knockout.php |url-status=live }}</ref> She won the Indian National six-red snooker championship in Mumbai the following month, and followed this with victories in the 2017 national billiards championship and national snooker championship, to hold all three titles at the same time.<ref name="TRIPLE">{{cite news |last=Viswanath |first=G |date=3 February 2017 |title=Advani and Amee complete rare triple |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/Advani-and-Amee-complete-rare-triple/article17146213.ece |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826111249/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/Advani-and-Amee-complete-rare-triple/article17146213.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> In the billiards tournament she beat Varsha Sanjeev in the final,<ref name="17BILL">{{cite news |last=Viswanath |first=G |date=31 January 2017 |title=Amee clinches billiards title |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Amee-clinches-billiards-title/article17119463.ece |access-date=26 August 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826111214/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-sports/Amee-clinches-billiards-title/article17119463.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> and in the snooker final won 4–2 over [[Arantxa Sanchis]].<ref name="TRIPLE" /> |
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In November 2016, Kamani reached the final of the 2016 [[IBSF World Snooker Championship]], playing [[Wendy Jans]], with Jans looking to win her fifth consecutive world title. Kamani lost each of the first two frames on the black, and from there Jans went on to a 5–0 victory.<ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=30 November 2016 |title=Vijfde wereldtitel op rij voor Breese Wendy Jans |url= |work=Het Belang van Limburg |page=S1 |access-date=|via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref><ref name="5JANS" /> |
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She was part of the "Hyderabad Hustlers" team in Cue Slam, a 2017 series of events featuring players including players participating included [[Kelly Fisher]], Vidya Pillai, [[Laura Evans (snooker player)|Laura Evans]], Anastasia Nechaeva, [[Darren Morgan]] and [[Pankaj Advani (billiards player)|Pankaj Advani]] in five teams playing a series of snooker and [[nine-ball]] pool matches, but her team failed to progress beyond the group stage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cueslam.in/ |title=CueSlam |website=cuseslam.in |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130065822/http://www.cueslam.in/ |archive-date=30 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=26 July 2017 |title=New league launched, 25 players picked in draft |work=The Asian Age |page=20 |via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref> Later that year, she was a 2017 Asian Billiards Sports Championships Snooker Championships Ladies semi-finalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2017/mak/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=140|title=Knockout|website=esnooker.pl|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-date=23 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123100156/http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2017/mak/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=140|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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==Triple National Title Holder== |
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Kamani won the Indian National 6-Red snooker championship in Mumbai in December 2016, and followed this with victories in the 2017 national billiards championship and national snooker championship to hold all three titles at the same time.<ref name="TRIPLE">{{cite news |last=Viswanath |first=G |date=3 February 2017 |title=Advani and Amee complete rare triple |url= |work=The Hindu |page=21 |access-date=|via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref> In the billiards tournament she beat Varsha Sanjeev in the final,<ref name="17BILL">{{cite news |last=Viswanath |first=G |date=31 Jan 2017 |title=Amee clinches billiards title|url= |work=The Hindu |page= |access-date=|via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref> and in the snooker final won 4–2 over [[Arantxa Sanchis]].<ref name="TRIPLE" /> |
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At the 2018 national championships, Kamani was trailing 1–3 in the final to Varsha Sanjeev, but then took three consecutive frames to win 4–3.<ref name="IND18" /> Kamani won the 2018 Asian Billiards Sports Championships Ladies Championship organised by the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports. She topped the table for qualifying,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://acbs.qa/turnieje/2018/mak/en/mak_2018_wygrani.php |title=ACBS Snooker Championships Ladies – Yangon / Myanmar 2018 |website=acbs.qa |publisher=Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203004539/http://acbs.qa/turnieje/2018/mak/en/mak_2018_wygrani.php |url-status=live }}</ref> then in the knockout competition defeated Aye Mi Aung 3–0 and [[Katrina Wan|Ka Kai Wan]] 3–1, then winning 3–0 against Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan.<ref name="18ISBF">{{Cite web|url=http://ibsf.pl/turnieje/2018/mak/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=207|title=Knockout|website=ibsf.info|publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328070204/http://ibsf.pl/turnieje/2018/mak/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=207|archive-date=28 March 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> At the 2018 IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships, she reached the semi-finals;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2018/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2018_knockout.php|title=IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women – Marsa Alam / Egypt 2018|website=ibsf.info|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223073511/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2018/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2018_knockout.php|archive-date=23 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> in the main Snooker Championships she reached the same stage.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2018/ms/en/msk_2018_knockout.php|title=IBSF Snooker Championships Women – Yangon / Myanmar 2018|website=ibsf.info|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125111538/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2018/ms/en/msk_2018_knockout.php|archive-date=25 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Warrier |first=Sajith |url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/india-apos-amee-kamani-clinches-082426739.html|title=India's Amee Kamani clinches bronze in IBSF World Snooker Championship|publisher=Yahoo! News |date=20 November 2018 |access-date=13 September 2019|archive-date=3 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203004541/https://in.news.yahoo.com/india-apos-amee-kamani-clinches-082426739.html|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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She was part of the "Hyderabad Hustlers" team in Cue Slam, a 2017 series of events featuring five teams playing a series of snooker and [[Nine-ball]] pool matches, but her team failed to progress beyond the group stage. Other players participating included [[Kelly Fisher]], [[Vidya Pillai]], [[Laura Evans (snooker player)|Laura Evans]], [[Anastasia Nechaeva]], [[Darren Morgan]] and [[Pankaj Advani (billiards player)|Pankaj Advani]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cueslam.in/ |title=CueSlam |last= |first= |publisher= |date= |website=cuseslam.in |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190130065822/http://www.cueslam.in/ |archive-date=30 January 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last= |first= |date=26 July 2017 |title=New league launched, 25 players picked in draft |url= |work=The Asian Age |page=20 |access-date=|via=[[PressReader]]. Retrieved 12 September 2019.}}</ref> |
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Kamani was selected as part of "Women's Team Asia" which won at the World Team Trophy event in Paris in March 2019. This was a demonstration event to promote the inclusion of cue sports at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, featuring simultaneous play of three games, snooker, carom and pool, in the same hall.<ref name="PARIS">{{cite web |url=https://billiards2024.paris/news/asias-ladies-and-europes-men-dominate-first-world-team-trophy/ |title=Asia's ladies and Europe's men dominate first World Team Trophy |date=13 March 2019 |website=billiards2024.paris |publisher=Billiards 2024 Paris|access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220111932/https://billiards2024.paris/news/asias-ladies-and-europes-men-dominate-first-world-team-trophy/ |archive-date=20 December 2019}}</ref> She was runner-up to [[Nutcharut Wongharuthai]] in the 2019 IBSF World Women's 6 Reds Championship, losing 2–4 in the final.<ref name="6RED19">{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=994:nutcharat-wins-her-maiden-world-women-title&Itemid=186 |title=Nutcharat wins her maiden World Women title |last=Pathak |first=Vivek |website=ibsf.info |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |date=21 September 2019 |access-date=24 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190924233729/http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=994:nutcharat-wins-her-maiden-world-women-title&Itemid=186 |archive-date=24 September 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> Kamani was runner-up in the 2020 Indian snooker championship, reaching the final with wins over Sanchis (30) and Sanjeev (3–1), then losing the final 2–3 to Pillai.<ref name="IND2020" /> She regained the national billiards title in 2020 by winning 3–1 (in games of 75-up) against Keerath Bhandaal.<ref name="IND2020B" /> |
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==Career finals== |
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Kamani was selected as part of "Women’s Team Asia" which won at the World Team Trophy event in Paris in March 2019. This was a demonstration event to promote the inclusion of cue sports at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, featuring simultaneous play of three games, snooker, carom and pool, in the same hall.<ref name="PARIS">{{cite web |url=https://billiards2024.paris/news/asias-ladies-and-europes-men-dominate-first-world-team-trophy/ |title=Asia’s ladies and Europe’s men dominate first World Team Trophy |last= |first= |date=13 March 2019 |website=billiards2024.paris |publisher=Billiards 2024 Paris|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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|+Individual snooker finals |
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! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|Outcome |
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! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year |
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! scope="col" |Championship |
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! scope="col" |Opponent in the final |
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! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Score |
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! class=unsortable scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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|- |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |
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| 2014 |
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| Australian Open |
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| {{flagathlete|Jessica Woods|AUS}} |
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| align="center"|2–4 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="AUSTO" /> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2015 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Vidya Pillai]]|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 4–2 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="AAINS" /> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2016 |
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| Indian six-reds Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Vidya Pillai]]|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 4–1 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="6REDFPJ" /> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |
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| 2016 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Vidya Pillai]]|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 2–4 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="16NAT" /> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |
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| 2016 |
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| [[IBSF World Snooker Championship]] |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Wendy Jans]]|BEL}} |
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| align="center"| 0–5 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="5JANS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=580:wendy-jans-wins-her-consecutive-5th-world-title&Itemid=180|title=Wendy Jans wins her consecutive 5th World title|first=Vivek|last=Pathak|website=ibsf.info|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607031717/http://ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=580%3Awendy-jans-wins-her-consecutive-5th-world-title&Itemid=180|archive-date=7 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2016 |
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| Indian six-reds Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Vidya Pillai]]|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 4–1 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="6REDFPJ" /> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2017 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Arantxa Sanchis]]|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 4–2 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="TRIPLE" /> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2017 |
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| World Women's Snooker Championship Challenge Cup |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Nutcharut Wongharuthai]]|THA}} |
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| align="center"| 4–2 |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wpbsa.com/stage-set-singapore-finale/|title=Stage Set For Singapore Finale – WPBSA|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828170018/https://www.wpbsa.com/stage-set-singapore-finale/|archive-date=28 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2017 |
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| Indian six-reds Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Vidya Pillai]]|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 4–2 |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Amee Kamani wins National title |work=Free Press Journal |location=Mumbai |date=25 December 2017 |via=ProQuest |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/2290886884/66096516E42F4B0CPQ |access-date=19 July 2021 |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826111222/https://www.proquest.com/docview/2290886884/66096516E42F4B0CPQ |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2018 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|Varsha Sanjeev|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 4–3 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="IND18">{{Cite news|last=Achal|first=Ashwin|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/talwar-kamani-are-champions/article22537177.ece|title=Talwar and Amee are champions|date=28 January 2018|access-date=17 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180410202313/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/other-sports/talwar-kamani-are-champions/article22537177.ece|archive-date=10 April 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2018 |
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| Asian Billiards Sports Championships Ladies Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan|THA}} |
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| align="center"| 3–0 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="18ISBF" /> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |
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| 2019 |
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| IBSF Women's 6 Reds Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Nutcharut Wongharuthai]]|THA}} |
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| align="center"| 2–4 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="6RED19" /> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |
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| 2020 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|[[Vidya Pillai]]|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 2–3 |
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| align="center"|<ref name="IND2020">{{cite magazine |last=Stead |first=Marcus|title=Tournament Winners|magazine=Snooker Scene |page=37 |publisher=Snooker Scene Ltd |date=March 2020 }}</ref> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2021 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|Anupama Ramchandran|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 3–1 |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |last=Francis |first=Laveena |title=Amee Kamani wins senior national snooker championship |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/snooker/billiards/amee-kamani-wins-senior-national-snooker-championship/articleshow/88305749.cms |newspaper=Times of India |date=15 December 2021 |access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2022 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|Keerthana Pandian|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 3–0 |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Amee pockets snooker title |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/amee-pockets-snooker-title/articleshow/96292248.cms |newspaper=Times of India |date=17 December 2022 |access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> |
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{| class="wikitable sortable" |
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She was runner-up to [[Nutcharut Wongharuthai]] in the 2019 [[International Billiards and Snooker Federation]] World Women's 6 Reds Championship, losing 2–4 in the final.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=994:nutcharat-wins-her-maiden-world-women-title&Itemid=186 |title=Nutcharat wins her maiden World Women title|last=Pathak |first=Vivek |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|date=21 September 2019 |website=ibsf.info |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref> |
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|+Individual English billiards finals |
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! scope="col" style="width:80px;"|Outcome |
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! scope="col" style="width:50px;"|Year |
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! scope="col" |Championship |
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! scope="col" |Opponent in the final |
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! scope="col" |Score |
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! class=unsortable scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2017 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|Varsha Sanjeev|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 3–2 ''(75-up)'' |
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| align="center"|<ref name="17BILL" /> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2020 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|Keerath Bhandaala|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 3–1 ''(75-up)'' |
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| align="center"|<ref name="PUNE20">{{cite news |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Amee wins Ladies Billiards title |url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/sports/others/amee-wins-ladies-billiards-title/articleshow/73992438.cms |work=Pune Mirror |date=7 February 2020 |access-date=12 March 2020 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203004537/https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/sports/others/amee-wins-ladies-billiards-title/articleshow/73992438.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="IND2020B">{{cite magazine |last=Stead |first=Marcus|title=Billiards Tournament Winners|magazine=Snooker Scene |page=40 |publisher=Snooker Scene Ltd |date=March 2020 }}</ref> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |
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| 2021 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|Varsha Sanjeev|IND}} |
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| align="center"|1–3 ''(75-up)'' |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Varshaa wins billiards title |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/amee-pockets-snooker-title/articleshow/96292248.cms |newspaper=Times of India |date=9 December 2021 |access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> |
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|- |
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| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2022 |
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| Indian Championship |
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| {{flagathlete|[[R Umadevi Nagaraj]]|IND}} |
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| align="center"| 3–0 ''(75-up)'' |
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| align="center"|<ref>{{cite news |title=Amee overcomes Umadevi for title |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bengaluru/amee-overcomes-umadevi-for-title/articleshow/96330848.cms |newspaper=Times of India |date=19 December 2022 |access-date=28 February 2023}}</ref> |
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{| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" |
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==Titles and achievements== |
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|+Team finals and titles |
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*2014 IBSF Team Snooker Championships semi-finalist (with [[Vidya Pillai]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2014/dms/en/show_drabinka_team.php?id_t=41 |title=IBSF Team Snooker Championships Women – Sharm-el-Sheikh / Egypt 2014 |last= |first= |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Feberation |date= |website=ibsf.info |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429015158/http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2014/dms/en/show_drabinka_team.php?id_t=41 |archive-date=29 April 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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|- |
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*2014 Australian Open – Women's runner-up<ref name="AUSTO" /> |
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!scope="col" width="80"|Outcome |
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*2015 Indian Women's Snooker Champion<ref name="AAINS" /> |
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!scope="col" |Year |
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*[[2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship – Women's]] semi-finalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms/en/msk_2015_knockout.php|title=IBSF Snooker Championships Women – Hurghada / Egypt 2015|website=ibsf.info|publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304190035/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms/en/msk_2015_knockout.php|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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!scope="col" |Championship |
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*2015 IBSF 6-Red Snooker Championship semi-finalist.<ref>{{Cite web |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2015/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2015_wygrani.php|title=IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women – Karachi / Pakistan 2015 (Qualifying)|website=ibsf.info|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> |
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!scope="col"|Team/partner |
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*2016 Indian National 6-Red Snooker Champion<ref name="6REDFPJ" /> |
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!scope="col" |Opponent(s) in the final |
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*2016 Indian Women's Snooker Championship runner-up<ref name="16NAT" /> |
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!scope="col" align="center" width="70"|Score |
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*2016 Asian Billiards Sports Championships (ACBS) 6 reds Snooker Championships Ladies semi-finalist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ebsa.pl/turnieje/2016/abs/ma6/ma6_2016.php |title=1st Asian Billiards Sports Championships 6 reds Ladies → Al Fujairah – UAE 2016 |last= |first= |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |date= |website=ibsf.info |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412124600/http://ebsa.pl/turnieje/2016/abs/ma6/ma6_2016.php |archive-date=12 April 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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!scope="col" |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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*2016 IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championship – semi-finalist<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2016/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2016_knockout.php |title=IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women – Sharm-el-Sheikh / Egypt 2016 |last= |first= |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|date= |website=ibsf.info |access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> |
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|- |
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*2016 IBSF Team Snooker Championships Women's runner-up (with [[Vidya Pillai]])<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2016/dms/en/dmsk_2016_knockout.php |title=IBSF Team Snooker Championships Women – Sharm-el-Sheikh / Egypt 2016 |last= |first= |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation|date= |website=ibsf.info |access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> |
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| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up |
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*2016 [[IBSF World Snooker Championship]] Women's runner-up<ref name="5JANS">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=580:wendy-jans-wins-her-consecutive-5th-world-title&Itemid=180|title=Wendy Jans wins her consecutive 5th World title|first=Vivek|last=Pathak|website=www.ibsf.info|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607031717/http://ibsf.info/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=580%3Awendy-jans-wins-her-consecutive-5th-world-title&Itemid=180|archive-date=7 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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| 2016 |
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*2016 Indian National 6-Red snooker champion<ref name="TRIPLE" /> |
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| IBSF Team Snooker Championships (women's) |
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*2017 Indian National Billiards Champion<ref name="17BILL" /> |
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| {{flagcountry|IND}} 1 (with [[Vidya Pillai]]) |
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*2017 Indian Women's Snooker Champion<ref name="TRIPLE" /> |
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| {{flagcountry|HKG}} 1 ([[Ng On-yee]] and [[Katrina Wan|Ka Kai Wan]]) |
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*2017 Asian Billiards Sports Championships (ACBS) Snooker Championships Ladies semi-finalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2017/mak/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=140|title=Knockout|website=esnooker.pl|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> |
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| align="center"| 3–4 |
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*[[2017 World Women's Snooker Championship]] Challenge Cup<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wpbsa.com/stage-set-singapore-finale/|title=Stage Set For Singapore Finale – WPBSA|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190828170018/https://www.wpbsa.com/stage-set-singapore-finale/|archive-date=28 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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|align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2016/dms/en/dmsk_2016_knockout.php |title=IBSF Team Snooker Championships Women – Sharm-el-Sheikh / Egypt 2016 |website=ibsf.info |publisher=International Billiards and Snooker Federation |access-date=13 September 2019 |archive-date=23 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123100203/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2016/dms/en/dmsk_2016_knockout.php |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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*2018 IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women's semi-finalist.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2018/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2018_knockout.php|title=IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships Women – Marsa Alam / Egypt 2018|website=ibsf.info|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223073511/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2018/ms6r/en/ms6rw_2018_knockout.php|archive-date=23 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> |
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!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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*2018 IBSF Snooker Championships Women – semi-final<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2018/ms/en/msk_2018_knockout.php|title=IBSF Snooker Championships Women – Yangon / Myanmar 2018|website=ibsf.info|access-date=13 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190125111538/http://ibsf.info/turnieje/2018/ms/en/msk_2018_knockout.php|archive-date=25 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://in.news.yahoo.com/india-apos-amee-kamani-clinches-082426739.html|title=India's Amee Kamani clinches bronze in IBSF World Snooker Championship|website=in.news.yahoo.com|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> |
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| 2019 |
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*2018 Indian Women's Snooker Champion<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bsfi.net/women-snooker/|title=Billiards and Snooker Federation of India Women Snooker – results|website=bsfi.net|access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref> |
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| [[2019 World Team Trophy (cue sports)|World Team Trophy]] |
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*2018 Asian Billiards Sports Championships (ACBS) Ladies Champion<ref name="18ISBF" /><ref name="BSFI" /> |
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| Women's Team Asia (with {{flagathlete|[[Kim Ga-young (pool player)|Kim Ga-young]]|KOR}} and {{flagathlete|Pheavy Sruong|CAM}} |
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*[[2019 World Team Trophy (cue sports)|2019 World Team Trophy]] – part of the winning Asia women's team – test event for 2024 Olympics<ref name="PARIS" /> |
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| Women's Team Europe ({{flagathlete|[[Jasmin Ouschan]]|AUT}}, {{flagathlete|[[Gülşen Degener]]|TUR}} and {{flagathlete|[[Anastasia Nechaeva]]|RUS}}) |
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*2019 [[International Billiards and Snooker Federation]] World Women's 6 Reds Championship runner-up |
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| align="center" | [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] |
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| align="center" |<ref name="PARIS" /><ref>{{cite web |title=World Team Trophy |url=https://www.wcbs.sport/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/WTT-WCBS-Women.pdf |website=World Confederation of Billiards Sports |access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref> |
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!scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner |
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| 2023 |
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| Women's Snooker World Cup |
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| {{flagcountry|IND}} 1 (with Anupama Ramachandran) |
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| {{flagcountry|ENG}} 1 ([[Reanne Evans]] and [[Rebecca Kenna]]) |
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| align="center"|4–3 |
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| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/incredible-india-are-world-cup-winners/ |title=Incredible India Are World Cup Winners |date=27 February 2023 |publisher=World Women´s Snooker |access-date=24 August 2023 |archive-date=28 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228082910/https://www.womenssnooker.com/incredible-india-are-world-cup-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref> |
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Amee Kamani (born 3 June 1992) is an Indian snooker player. She was runner-up in the 2016 International Billiards and Snooker Federation World Snooker championship, losing 0–5 in the final to the defending champion Wendy Jans. Kamani was the 2018 Asian Billiards Sports Championships Ladies (ACBS Asian Snooker Championship) Champion after defeating Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan 3–0 in the final, and was runner-up at the 2014 Australian Open (0–3 to Jessica Woods) and the 2019 International Billiards and Snooker Federation Women's six-reds snooker championship (2–4 against Nutcharut Wongharuthai).
After a sporting focus on table tennis for ten years until she was 17, Kamani then took up cue sports competitively. She has won three Indian national titles at snooker and two at English billiards, and was a member of the victorious Asia women's team at the 2019 World Team Trophy, a test event for the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Amee Kamani was born on 3 June 1992 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.[1][2] Her main sporting focus was on table tennis from the ages of 7 to 17. However, she lost interest in that sport in 2010 due to feeling that she was not being supported despite her successes, and might never become a top player. She played pool recreationally, and her friends suggested that she try other cue sports. She took up snooker, practicing at the Madhya Pradesh Snooker, Billiards Academy in Indore in 2011.[3][4]
Playing career
At her first national tournament,[5] Kamani lost 0–2 to Varsha Sanjeev in the quarter-finals of the 2011 Indian girls' championship.[6] In 2013, she took third place at the Indian women's six-reds championship by defeating R. Umadevi 3–0 in the playoff.[7] The following year she was a losing semi-finalist, 1–3 to Vidya Pillai, in the women's national snooker championship, and won the third-place playoff by defeating Neeta Sanghvi 2–0.[8] She told Daily News and Analysis that she had been practicing for five hours a day, but wanted to maintain a balance between snooker and her studies.[5]
With Pillai partnering her, Kamani was a semi-finalist at the 2014 International Billiards and Snooker Federation (IBSF) Team Snooker Championships.[9] At the 2014 Australian Open, held in Sydney, Kamini won all of her five matches in the qualifying round, four of them 2–0 and the other 2–1. She then beat Suniti Damani 3–0 in the quarter-final,[10] and Jennifer Budd 4–0 in the semi-final. In the final, Kamani lost the first three frames to Jessica Woods, then won the next two frames before Woods took the sixth frame to complete a 4–2 victory.[11] Kamani won the Indian national snooker title in 2015, with a 4–2 defeat of Pillai in the final.[12] At the 2015 IBSF Six-Reds Snooker Championship, Kamani topped her qualifying group.[13] in the knockout phase, she beat Floriza Andal 4–1 but then lost 1–4 to Ng On-yee in the semi-final.[14]
2015 also saw Kamani reach the semi-final of the 2015 IBSF World Snooker Championship. She topped her qualifying group, winning all four matches without losing a frame, including a victory over Wendy Jans, who had won the title in the three previous years and would go on to win the tournament again. In the knockout, Kamani eliminated Amy Claire King 4–0 and Chitra Magimairaj 4–3 before losing 3–4 to Anastasia Nechaeva after leading 3–1.[15][16]
She reached the semi-final of the 2015 ISBF six-red snooker tournament, held in Karachi, and won the first frame against Ng On-yee, but then scored only 31 points whilst losing the next four frames and the match.[17] Kamani started 2016 by winning the Indian National six-red Snooker Championship with a 4–1 victory over Pillai in the final.[18] In the national snooker Championships the following month, the same two players met in the final, but this time Pillai won, 4–2, to take the title from Kamani.[19] She reached the semi-finals of the 2016 Asian Billiards Sports Championships Ladies' 6 reds Snooker Championships, after defeating reigning world champion Ng On-yee 4–2 in the group stage.[20][21]
In November 2016, Kamani reached the final of the 2016 IBSF World Snooker Championship, where she faced Wendy Jans, with Jans looking to win her fifth consecutive world title. Kamani lost both of the first two frames on the black ball, and Jans went on to complete a 5–0 victory.[22][23] Kamani lost in the semi-finals of the IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championship.[24] She won the Indian National six-red snooker championship in Mumbai the following month, and followed this with victories in the 2017 national billiards championship and national snooker championship, to hold all three titles at the same time.[25] In the billiards tournament she beat Varsha Sanjeev in the final,[26] and in the snooker final won 4–2 over Arantxa Sanchis.[25]
She was part of the "Hyderabad Hustlers" team in Cue Slam, a 2017 series of events featuring players including players participating included Kelly Fisher, Vidya Pillai, Laura Evans, Anastasia Nechaeva, Darren Morgan and Pankaj Advani in five teams playing a series of snooker and nine-ball pool matches, but her team failed to progress beyond the group stage.[27][28] Later that year, she was a 2017 Asian Billiards Sports Championships Snooker Championships Ladies semi-finalist.[29]
At the 2018 national championships, Kamani was trailing 1–3 in the final to Varsha Sanjeev, but then took three consecutive frames to win 4–3.[30] Kamani won the 2018 Asian Billiards Sports Championships Ladies Championship organised by the Asian Confederation of Billiards Sports. She topped the table for qualifying,[31] then in the knockout competition defeated Aye Mi Aung 3–0 and Ka Kai Wan 3–1, then winning 3–0 against Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan.[32] At the 2018 IBSF 6 reds Women Snooker Championships, she reached the semi-finals;[33] in the main Snooker Championships she reached the same stage.[34][35]
Kamani was selected as part of "Women's Team Asia" which won at the World Team Trophy event in Paris in March 2019. This was a demonstration event to promote the inclusion of cue sports at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, featuring simultaneous play of three games, snooker, carom and pool, in the same hall.[36] She was runner-up to Nutcharut Wongharuthai in the 2019 IBSF World Women's 6 Reds Championship, losing 2–4 in the final.[37] Kamani was runner-up in the 2020 Indian snooker championship, reaching the final with wins over Sanchis (30) and Sanjeev (3–1), then losing the final 2–3 to Pillai.[38] She regained the national billiards title in 2020 by winning 3–1 (in games of 75-up) against Keerath Bhandaal.[39]
Career finals
Outcome | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref. |
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Runner-up | 2014 | Australian Open | ![]() |
2–4 | [11] |
Winner | 2015 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
4–2 | [12] |
Winner | 2016 | Indian six-reds Championship | ![]() |
4–1 | [18] |
Runner-up | 2016 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
2–4 | [19] |
Runner-up | 2016 | IBSF World Snooker Championship | ![]() |
0–5 | [23] |
Winner | 2016 | Indian six-reds Championship | ![]() |
4–1 | [18] |
Winner | 2017 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
4–2 | [25] |
Winner | 2017 | World Women's Snooker Championship Challenge Cup | ![]() |
4–2 | [40] |
Winner | 2017 | Indian six-reds Championship | ![]() |
4–2 | [41] |
Winner | 2018 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
4–3 | [30] |
Winner | 2018 | Asian Billiards Sports Championships Ladies Championship | ![]() |
3–0 | [32] |
Runner-up | 2019 | IBSF Women's 6 Reds Championship | ![]() |
2–4 | [37] |
Runner-up | 2020 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
2–3 | [38] |
Winner | 2021 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
3–1 | [42] |
Winner | 2022 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
3–0 | [43] |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Opponent in the final | Score | Ref. |
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Winner | 2017 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
3–2 (75-up) | [26] |
Winner | 2020 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
3–1 (75-up) | [44][39] |
Runner-up | 2021 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
1–3 (75-up) | [45] |
Winner | 2022 | Indian Championship | ![]() |
3–0 (75-up) | [46] |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Team/partner | Opponent(s) in the final | Score | Ref. |
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Runner-up | 2016 | IBSF Team Snooker Championships (women's) | ![]() |
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3–4 | [47] |
Winner | 2019 | World Team Trophy | Women's Team Asia (with ![]() ![]() |
Women's Team Europe (![]() ![]() ![]() |
Round-robin | [36][48] |
Winner | 2023 | Women's Snooker World Cup | ![]() |
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4–3 | [49] |
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