Maria Catalano
{{short description|English snooker player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2018}}
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Maria Catalano (born 27 February 1982{{Cite web |title=Maria Catalano - Players - snooker.org |url=https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=2119 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=www.snooker.org |language=en |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511174022/https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=2119 |url-status=live }}) is an English snooker player from Dudley.{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/7377252.stm |title=Catalano has eyes on first title |date=1 May 2008 |work=BBC News |access-date=23 April 2010 |archive-date=3 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203012859/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7377252.stm |url-status=live }} She began playing snooker at 15 and received coaching from her first cousin, professional player Ronnie O'Sullivan. She made her World Women's Snooker Tour debut in 1998 and went on to win 11 women's ranking titles, including the 2007 British Women's Open and the 2012 UK Women's Championship. A five-time runner-up at the World Women's Snooker Championship, she was ranked number one in the women's world rankings during the 2013–14 season. With Reanne Evans, she won the World Women's Pairs Championship in 2018. She reached the final stages of the World Seniors Championship in 2022, becoming the first female player to do so.
After transgender player Jamie Hunter won the inaugural US Women’s Open in August 2022, Catalano ceased competing to protest World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association policies permitting transgender players to enter women's tournaments. In 2025, after the WPBSA announced that it would review its stance on transgender competitors, Catalano said that she would return to the sport if the rules were changed.
Career
Catalano attended secondary school at Hillcrest Community College, Netherton, West Midlands.{{cite news |title=Following Ronnie's footsteps |newspaper=Birmingham Evening Mail |date=28 April 1998 |page=4 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/birmingham-evening-mail-following-ronnie/147116410/ |via=Newspapers.com}} She began playing snooker in working men's clubs when she was 15 and received coaching from her first cousin, professional player Ronnie O'Sullivan. She made her World Women's Snooker Tour debut in 1998.{{Cite web |title=Maria Catalano |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/maria-catalano/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=World Women's Snooker |language=en-GB |archive-date=9 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012704/https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/maria-catalano/ |url-status=live }} She has since won 11 women's ranking titles, including the Connie Gough Trophy six times, the 2007 British Women's Open, and the 2012 UK Women's Championship.{{cite web |title=2007 British Open - Results |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2007-british-open/results |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203012907/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2007-british-open/results |archive-date=3 December 2020 |access-date=3 September 2020 |website=snookerscores.net |publisher=World Women's Snooker}}{{Cite news |date=29 April 2008 |title=Evans geared up for fourth title |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/7373097.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203012912/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/7373097.stm |archive-date=3 December 2020 |access-date=23 April 2010 |work=BBC News}} In 2003, she ended Kelly Fisher's 69-match, two-year winning streak on the women's tour by defeating her 3–1 in the quarter-finals of the East Anglian Open.{{cite news |last=Everton |first=Clive |title=Snooker |newspaper=The Guardian Date=3 Mar 2003 |page=53 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-guardian-snooker/147118781/ |via=Newspapers.com}} In 2011, she ended Reanne Evans's record 90-match, three-year winning streak with a 3–1 victory in the semi-finals of the Northern Championship.{{Cite web |title=Maria Catalano Ends Evans’ Record Run |url=https://maximumsnooker.com/maria_catalano_ends_evans_record_run.htm |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=maximumsnooker.com |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512144806/https://maximumsnooker.com/maria_catalano_ends_evans_record_run.htm |url-status=live }}
A five-time runner-up in the World Women's Snooker Championship, Catalano lost the 2009, 2010, 2012, and 2013 finals to Reanne Evans and the 2018 final to Ng On-yee.{{cite web |title=WLBS Player Profile: Maria Catalano |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/maria-catalano/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509012704/https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/maria-catalano/ |archive-date=9 May 2018 |access-date=8 May 2018 |website=womenssnooker.com |publisher=WLBS}}{{cite news |title= Ronnie O'Sullivan's cousin wants her glory |url= https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2016/03/21/ronnie-osullivans-cousin-wants-her-glory/ |work= Express & Star |location= East Midlands |date= 21 March 2016 |access-date= 8 May 2018 |archive-date= 8 May 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180508185705/https://www.expressandstar.com/sport/2016/03/21/ronnie-osullivans-cousin-wants-her-glory/ |url-status= live }} At the 2012 event, she made her highest break on the women's tour, a 116 in her semi-final match against Tatjana Vasiljeva. She was ranked world number one on the women's tour during the 2013–14 season. She and Vasiljeva were runners-up in the World Women's Pairs Championship in 2016; she and Reanne Evans won the event in 2018, defeating Laura Evans and Suzie Opacic 3–0 in the final.{{Cite web |date=2018-04-23 |title=Dudley snooker stars Reanne Evans and Maria Catalano win world pairs title |url=https://www.dudleynews.co.uk/sport/16178335.dudley-snooker-stars-reanne-evans-maria-catalano-win-world-pairs-title/ |access-date=2024-05-12 |website=Dudley News |language=en |archive-date=12 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240512142506/https://www.dudleynews.co.uk/sport/16178335.dudley-snooker-stars-reanne-evans-maria-catalano-win-world-pairs-title/ |url-status=live }} Her form declined after 2018, which she attributed to her father's death in that year, commenting in 2022 that "it’s been a constant struggle since then" and saying she had been "finding it difficult to practice, just feeling I was getting nothing out of it."{{Cite web |last=Haigh |first=Phil |date=2022-05-04 |title=O'Sullivan's cousin to make own Crucible history at World Seniors Championship |url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/05/04/ronnie-osullivans-cousin-to-make-own-crucible-history-at-world-seniors-championship-16586270/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Metro |language=en}} In May 2022, she became the first woman to compete in the final stages of the World Seniors Championship at the Crucible Theatre, having reached the eligible age of 40 in February of that year.{{cite web |date=6 April 2022 |title=Crucible Field Set for World Seniors Championship |url=https://www.seniorssnooker.com/crucible-field-set-for-world-seniors-championship/ |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=Seniors Snooker}}{{Cite web |last= |date=2022-05-04 |title=Meet Maria Catalano, the first woman to compete in a Seniors Snooker main event |url=https://seniorsnooker.com/2022/05/04/meet-maria-catalano-the-first-woman-to-compete-in-a-seniors-snooker-main-event/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=The WPBSA World Seniors Tour |language=en}} She lost 0–3 to Wael Talaat but made a half-century break in the final frame.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=WPBSA SnookerScores - Player Maria Catalano's matches in the Ways World Seniors Championship 2022 |url=https://snookerscores.net/player/maria-catalano/tournament-matches/ways-world-seniors-championship-2022 |access-date=2024-05-13 |website=snookerscores.net |language=en |archive-date=13 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240513104535/https://snookerscores.net/player/maria-catalano/tournament-matches/ways-world-seniors-championship-2022 |url-status=live }}
Catalano had long expressed her belief that men held innate advantages over women in snooker. In 2014, after six-time world champion Steve Davis suggested that women lacked the "single-minded, obsessional type of brain" needed to succeed at the elite levels of the sport, Catalano agreed, saying, "I don't think women will ever compete with men at the top level".{{cite news |last1=Merrick |first1=Jane |last2=Swinburne |first2=Zander |date=4 May 2014 |title=You can't play snooker without balls: Steve Davis saying women can't compete with men at the top has sent critics potty |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-you-cant-play-snooker-w/147117696/ |newspaper=The Independent |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |archive-date=11 May 2024 |access-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511213552/https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-independent-you-cant-play-snooker-w/147117696/ |url-status=live }} In August 2022, after transgender player Jamie Hunter won the inaugural US Women’s Open, Catalano called for transgender players to be banned from women's tournaments, saying "if this is allowed and becomes more common, there is no future for women’s snooker."{{Cite news |date=2022-09-07 |title=Transgender snooker player Jamie Hunter criticised after winning US Women's Snooker Open |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/62821241 |access-date=2024-05-20 |work=BBC Sport |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520121437/https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/62821241 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-08-31 |title=Former World No1 Believes Women’s Game Could Die If Transgender Policy Isn’t Tightened |url=https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/former-world-no1-believes-women-s-game-could-die-if-transgender-policy-isn-t-tightened |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=The Sportsman |language=EN}}{{Cite news |last=Nunns |first=Hector |date=2022-08-31 |title=Snooker engulfed in transgender row after former world No 1 calls for Jamie Hunter to be banned |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/snooker/2022/08/31/snooker-engulfed-transgender-row-former-world-no-1-calls-jamie/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |work=The Telegraph |language=en-GB |issn=0307-1235 |archive-date=6 February 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250206225806/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/snooker/2022/08/31/snooker-engulfed-transgender-row-former-world-no-1-calls-jamie/ |url-status=live }} Jason Ferguson, chairman of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, responded that no such ban would be implemented, saying: "We have taken sufficient medical advice to be very satisfied that our policy is right for the current climate."{{Cite web |date=2022-08-29 |title=Snooker's First Transgender Winner - WPBSA Boss Stresses Physiology Not An Issue |url=https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/snooker-s-first-transgender-winner-wpbsa-boss-stresses-physiology-not-an-issue |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=The Sportsman |language=EN |archive-date=17 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117171425/https://www.thesportsman.com/articles/snooker-s-first-transgender-winner-wpbsa-boss-stresses-physiology-not-an-issue |url-status=live }} Catalano ceased playing in 2022 in protest against the WPBSA's stance, stating that she was standing up for "unfairness" against cisgender women.{{Cite news |last=Gardner |first=Jamie |date=2 May 2025 |title=‘Unheard’ Maria Catalano hoping snooker changes policies on transgender women |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker-china-english-b2743685.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250503192351/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/snooker-china-english-b2743685.html |archive-date=3 May 2025 |access-date=2025-05-24 |work=The Independent |language=en-GB |url-status=live }}
In April 2025, following the UK Supreme Court decision in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers, the WPBSA stated that it would review its policy on transgender players.{{Cite web |date=2025-04-28 |title=Snooker to review transgender policy after UK Supreme Court ruling |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/snooker/articles/cz95lklp9kqo |access-date=2025-04-29 |website=BBC Sport |language=en-GB}} Catalano said she would return to the sport if the rules were changed, saying: “I would love to go back. Snooker is in the blood.” She claimed that she had consistently been "shut down" by the WPBSA and its chairman Ferguson, said she felt "unheard," and alleged that other players were "frightened to say anything because they know they can get banned.” A WPBSA spokesperson stated: "The World Women's Snooker Tour is a welcoming environment. Maria Catalano remains welcome at World Women's Snooker Tour events, as has always been the case."
Personal life
Her father, Antonio Catalano, was the brother of Ronnie O'Sullivan's mother, Maria O'Sullivan (née Catalano), making the two players first cousins.{{Cite news |date=28 March 2007 |title=Maria's right on cue |url=https://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2007/03/28/marias-right-on-cue/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403073216/http://www.expressandstar.com/latest/2007/03/28/marias-right-on-cue/ |archive-date=3 April 2012 |access-date=21 March 2018 |work=Express & Star |location=East Midlands}}{{cite news |last=Hendon |first=David |date=29 March 2001 |title=On Cue: Maria makes her mark |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-72495174 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203012913/https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-72495174/on-cue-maria-makes-her-mark |archive-date=3 December 2020 |accessdate=24 April 2010 |work=Birmingham Evening Mail}} She was named Maria after Ronnie O'Sullivan's mother,{{Cite web |last=Parsons |first=Tom |date=2022-05-05 |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan's cousin says family 'broke down' watching final |url=https://www.express.co.uk/sport/othersport/1605697/Ronnie-O-Sullivan-World-Snooker-Championship-Judd-Trump-Maria-Catalano |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Express.co.uk |language=en}} while Ronnie O'Sullivan was given the middle name Antonio after her father.{{Cite web |last=Sunderland |first=Tom |date=2022-05-05 |title=Ronnie O'Sullivan's younger cousin to make history at World Seniors Championship |url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/snooker/ronnie-osullivan-maria-catalano-snooker-26885053 |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=Irish Mirror |language=en |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511135357/https://www.irishmirror.ie/sport/other-sport/snooker/ronnie-osullivan-maria-catalano-snooker-26885053 |url-status=live }} Following her father's death from cancer in 2018, she shaved her head on the eve of the 2018 UK Women's Championship to raise funds for the Macmillan Cancer Support charity.{{Cite web |last= |date=2018-08-30 |title=Catalano to ‘Brave the Shave’ at UK Women's Snooker Championship |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/catalano-to-brave-the-shave-at-uk-womens-snooker-championship/ |access-date=2024-05-11 |website=World Women's Snooker |language=en-GB |archive-date=11 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240511170145/https://www.womenssnooker.com/catalano-to-brave-the-shave-at-uk-womens-snooker-championship/ |url-status=live }} Outside snooker, she works in her family's ice-cream business.
Performance timeline
World Women's Snooker
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! 1997/ ! 1998/ ! 1999/ ! 2000/ ! 2001/ ! 2002/ ! 2003/ ! 2004/ ! 2005/ ! 2006/ ! 2007/ ! 2008/ ! 2009/ ! 2010/ ! 2011/ ! 2012/ ! 2013/ ! 2014/ ! 2015/ ! 2016/ ! 2017/ ! 2018/ ! 2019/ ! 2020/ ! 2021/ ! 2022/ ! 2023/ ! 2024/ |
| colspan="30" | Current tournaments |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|US Open
|align="center" colspan="25" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Australian Open
|align="center" colspan="22" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Open
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" colspan="19" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Masters
|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Belgian Open
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" colspan="16" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Asia-Pacific Championship
|align="center" colspan="25" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|{{nowrap|World Championship}}
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |
| colspan="30"|Former tournaments |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|National Championship
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Grand Prix
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" colspan="30" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Masters
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|LG Cup
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European MastersThe event was called the European Open (2002/2003)
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" colspan="15" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" colspan="15" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open
|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|East Anglian Championship
|align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Championship
|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Southern ChampionshipThe event was called the South Coast Classic (2006/07–2009/10)
|align="center" colspan="9" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Eden Classic
|align="center" colspan="17" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Connie Gough TrophyThe event was called the Connie Gough Memorial (1997/98–1998/99, 2002/03 & 2011/12–2014/15) and Connie Gough National (1999/00–2001/02 & 2004/05–2010/11)
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="background:thistle;"|F |align="center" style="color:#555555;"|A |align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W |align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Paul Hunter Classic
|align="center" colspan="19" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" colspan="15" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|{{nowrap|10-Red World Championship}}
|align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" colspan="15" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |
| style="background:#EFEFEF;"|6-Red World Championship
|align="center" colspan="20" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF |align="center" colspan="15" style="color:#555555;"|Not Held |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"
! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend |
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ
| lost in the qualifying draw | align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R | lost in the early rounds of the tournament | align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
| align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
| lost in the semi-finals | align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F | lost in the final | align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W | won the tournament |
| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ
| did not qualify for the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A | did not participate in the tournament | align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD | withdrew from the tournament |
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%" | |
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NH / Not Held | means an event was not held. |
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|NR / Non-Ranking Event | means an event is/was no longer a ranking event. |
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|R / Ranking Event | means an event is/was a ranking event. |
| style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"|MR / Minor-Ranking Event | means an event is/was a minor-ranking event. |
| style="text-align:center; color::#555555;" colspan="4"|PA / Pro-am Event | means an event is/was a pro-am event. |
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Titles and achievements
References
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External links
- {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100102153201/http://global-snooker.com/Maria-Catalano.asp?tf=5 Profile on Global Snooker]}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Dudley
Category:English snooker players