Sophie Nix (born 1 July 2008) is a Scottish

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player. In February 2024 she became the top-ranked under-21 women's player.

Career

Sophie Nix started playing

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on holiday when whe was 9. After returning from holiday, she started playing pool at a local amusement arcade; where she was seen by coach Alan Duffy and invited to join his junior snooker academy. After playing twice a week for a couple of years, she started playing daily. From about 2022, she started being coached by Chris Small as well as by Duffy. She played her first tournament on the

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Tour in 2021, when she was 13. She was a losing finalist at the 2021 Scottish Open Under-21 tournament, defeated 0-2 by Ploychompoo Laokiatphong, and was also runner-up at the 2023 British Open Under-21, 0-2 against Bai Yulu. Her first under-21 title was the Eden Women's Masters in November 2023, where she eliminated Ellise Scott in a close match before prevailing 2-1 against Zoe Killington in the final. She was runner-up to Bai Yulu, 0-2, at the 2024 Albanian Women's Open Under-21 tournament. She won the 2024 Landywood British Women's Open Challenge Cup, a competition for players who did not reach the last rounds of the main event, by defeating Nikola Broyak 2-0 in the final. In February 2024 she became the top-ranked under-21 women's player. She was nominated by the

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to participate in the

2024 Snooker Shoot Out The 2024 Snooker Shoot Out (officially the 2024 9Club Snooker Shoot Out) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 4 to 7 December 2024 at the Mattioli Arena in Leicester, England. The tenth Snooker world rankings, ranking event ...

Titles and achievements

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