Tessa Davidson

Tessa Davidson (born 22 April 1969 ) is an English snooker player from Banbury, Oxfordshire. She competed on the women's tour from 1988–95 and again from 1998–99, during which time she won three UK Women's Championships and achieved a highest ranking of fourth in the women's rankings. She competed on the main professional tour during the 1992–93 snooker season.

After 1999, she took a 23-year hiatus from competitive snooker to raise her two children, but returned to the sport in 2022 and currently competes on the women's tour and the women's seniors tour. Since her return, she has won a number of women's seniors titles, including the World Women’s Seniors Championship in 2022 and 2024. As of March 2024, she was ranked ninth in the women's rankings, as well as first in the women's seniors rankings.

Biography
In 1989, Davidson won the UK Championship. In 1991 she won the Western Women's Championship and the Pontins Ladies' Bowl.

At the 1991 Women's World Snooker Championship, Karen Corr won the first of her semi-final against Davidson with a   of the. She then won the second on a, and later the fourth frame with a fluked on her way to a 5–0 win.

Later in 1991, Davidson made a break of 135 at the British Open, then the highest achieved on the women's tour.

In 1992 she joined the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association and competed in events on the professional circuit for the 1992–93 season.

Davidson took a break of several years from 1995–98, but started competing again and reached the final of the 1998 Regal Welsh Open.

She went on to win the 1998 UK Championship, winning 4–1 in the final against Kelly Fisher after losing the first frame. In the semi-finals, Karen Corr lost her match with Davidson by going in-off the final black in the deciding frame. At this time, outside snooker, Davidson was operating a mobile fish and chip shop with her husband.

After taking a 23-year break from competitive snooker to raise her children, Davidson returned to the tournament circuit during the 2021–22 snooker season and became a successful competitor on the women's Seniors tour (for players over 40). Her recent tournament wins have included the 2022 UK Women's Seniors Championship, the Eden Women's Seniors Masters in 2022 and 2023, the Belgian Women's Seniors Open in 2023 and 2024,  and the World Women’s Seniors Championship in 2022 and 2024. In 2024, she competed in the World Seniors Championship at the Crucible Theatre.

Titles and achievements
WLBSA Events

Team Events
 * 1992 Home International Series winner, with Kim Shaw. (The tournament was played as a round-robin against teams from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland and Isle of Man)