# Ellise Scott > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ellise_Scott > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Ellise_Scott.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellise_Scott > Source revision: 1319535841 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|English snooker player}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}} {{Use British English|date=August 2025}} {{Infobox snooker player | name = Ellise Scott | honorific_suffix = | image = Ellise Scott in 2024.jpg | caption = Scott in 2024 | birth_date = {{circa}} 2011 | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | Sport country = England | Professional = | High ranking = | Official maximums = | Best finish = | medals-expand = | medals = }} '''Ellise Scott''' (born {{circa}} 2011) is an English [snooker](/source/snooker) player. She has won three [World Women's Snooker](/source/World_Women's_Snooker) Tour under-21 titles. In March 2025, she became the top-ranked player on the World Women's Snooker Tour under-21 rankings and retained that placing until October. At the 2025 [EBSA European Snooker Championship](/source/EBSA_European_Snooker_Championship) she reached the semi-finals of the individual women's tournament, and, with Rebecca Kenna, won the Women's Team Championship. ==Biography== Ellise Scott was born {{circa}} 2011.{{cite news |title=Women's Snooker: On Cue|last=Lord |first=Annette |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=July 2025 |page=25}} She started playing [snooker](/source/snooker) aged six, on her grandparents' [snooker table](/source/snooker_table).{{cite news |last=Wallace |first=Tom |title=Eastleigh Snooker siblings aiming to become world champions |newspaper=Daily Echo |url=https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/24392521.eastleigh-snooker-siblings-aiming-become-world-champions/ |date=19 June 2024 |access-date=27 August 2024 |archive-date=14 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814222308/https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/sport/24392521.eastleigh-snooker-siblings-aiming-become-world-champions/ |url-status=live }} In July 2025 she said that her "passion for snooker" started while travelling to tournaments with her older brother O'Shay, who also plays snooker competitively. She is coached by Tim Dunkley. Her first tournament on the [World Women's Snooker](/source/World_Women's_Snooker) (WWS) tour was the 2022 Eden Masters. She lost all three of her group matches in the main competition, and in the under-21 event she defeated Laura Killington before losing to Zoe Killington in the semi-finals.{{cite web |title=Player Ellise Scott's matches in the 2022 Eden Women's Masters|url=https://snookerscores.net/player/ellise-scott-1/tournament-matches/2022-eden-womens-masters |website=WPBSA SnookerScores |access-date=27 August 2024}}{{cite web |title=2022 Eden Women's Masters (Under-21) – Knockout |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2022-eden-womens-masters-under-21/knockout |website=WPBSA SnookerScores |access-date=27 August 2024 |archive-date=11 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241111101653/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2022-eden-womens-masters-under-21/knockout |url-status=live }} At the 2023 English Women's Snooker Championship, aged 12, she progressed from the group stage after defeating Jan Hughes and Maureen Rowland, then eliminated Marianne Williams in the quarter-finals, before losing 0–2 to [Jamie Hunter](/source/Jamie_Hunter_(snooker_player)) in the semi-finals.{{cite news |title=English Women's Championship |last=Lord |first=Annette |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=June 2023 |page=23}} The ''[Snooker Scene](/source/Snooker_Scene)'' magazine writer Annette Lord described this as "another impressive run" from Scott. At the 2023 Eden Masters she lost a close match in the semi-finals of the under-21 competition to [Sophie Nix](/source/Sophie_Nix).{{cite news |first=Murray |last=Grayston |title=Saltcoats snooker star, 15, reaches world's top 25 |newspaper=Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald |date=22 November 2023 |page=1 |url=https://infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=AWGLNB&docref=news/195793C30EA18390 |via=NewsBank |url-access=subscription}} In 2024, Scott was one of eight players invited to join the [English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards](/source/English_Partnership_for_Snooker_and_Billiards) Junior Elite Performance Programme, which provides advice on sports psychology, nutrition, and how to obtain funding.{{cite news |title=Crucible Thrill for Ellise |last=Lord |first=Annette |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=June 2024 |page=23}} She was selected for the England Women's team for the 2024 HIBSF Home International Championships alongside [Hannah Jones](/source/Hannah_Jones_(snooker_player)), and Daisy May Oliver; the England team defeated the Scotland team, who were the only other entrants, by 33 {{cuegloss||frame}}s to 3, with England players winning all of their matches.{{cite web |title=Success for England at Home International Championships |date=13 August 2024 |website=English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards |url=https://www.epsb.co.uk/success-for-england-at-home-international-championships/ |access-date=27 August 2025 |archive-date=4 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250804160935/https://www.epsb.co.uk/success-for-england-at-home-international-championships/ |url-status=live }} She won her first title on the WWS tour, the under-21s event at the British Women's Open, in May 2024 after defeating Chloe Payne 2–0 in the semi-finals and [Sophie Nix](/source/Sophie_Nix) by the same score in the final.{{cite news |title=Women's Snooker |last=Lord |first=Annette |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=June 2024 |pages=22–23}} Later that year, she eliminated [Zoe Killington](/source/Zoe_Killington) 2–1 in the semi-finals and then beat Payne 2–0 to win the UK Women's Championship under-21s tournament. This saw her rise to third place in the WWS under-21 rankings. In the first [English Partnership for Snooker and Billiards](/source/English_Partnership_for_Snooker_and_Billiards) Women's Tour event of the 2024–25 season she qualified from her group then defeated Payne 2–0 before losing the final 0–2 to [Rebecca Kenna](/source/Rebecca_Kenna). In March 2025 she became the top-ranked player on the World Women's Snooker Tour under-21 rankings.{{cite web |title=Ellise Scott|url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/ellise-scott/ |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=27 August 2025}} As of September 2025 she still held top place in that list.{{cite web |title=Under-21 Rankings |website=World Women's Snooker |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/rankings/under-21-rankings/ |access-date=27 August 2025 |archive-date=27 August 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250827112541/https://www.womenssnooker.com/rankings/under-21-rankings/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Under-21 Rankings |website=World Women's Snooker |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/rankings/under-21-rankings/ |access-date=4 September 2025 |archive-date=4 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250904224519/https://www.womenssnooker.com/rankings/under-21-rankings/ |url-status=live }} In October, at the women's [EBSA European Snooker Championship](/source/EBSA_European_Snooker_Championship), she defeated eventual champion [Anna Prysazhnuka](/source/Anna_Prysazhnuka) in the group stages and reached the semi-finals, where she lost to Kenna.{{cite web |title=European Snooker Championships Women - Golem / Albania 2025 |access-date=8 October 2025 |website=ebsa.tv |publisher=European Billiards and Snooker Association |url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2025/me2/en/show_drabinka.php?id_t=502}}{{cite web |title=Played matches European Snooker Championships → Albania - Golem 2025 |access-date=8 October 2025 |website=ebsa.tv |publisher=European Billiards and Snooker Association |url=http://esnooker.pl/turnieje/2025/me2/en/show_results.php}} Scott and Kenna won the women's team title, defeating Deu Va and Rachell Enfroy of France 3–2 in the final. Scott was overtaken at the top of the WWS under-21 rankings by Narucha Phoemphul in October 2025.{{Cite web|date=30 October 2025|title=Bai Victorious in Thailand |url=https://www.womenssnooker.com/bai-victorious-in-thailand/ |website=World Women's Snooker |access-date=30 October 2025 }} As of July 2025 she lived in [Eastleigh](/source/Eastleigh) with her mother Federica and her brother O'Shay. Her uncle Daniele Zagaroli was a professional snooker player. ==Titles and achievements== {| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Individual finals contested by Ellise Scott !scope="col"|Outcome !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Organisation !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Championship !scope="col"|Opponent in the final !scope="col" |Score !scope="col" class=unsortable |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 1. |[WWS](/source/World_Women's_Snooker) | 2024 | British Women's Open – Under-21s | data-sort-value="Nix, Sophie" | {{flagathlete|[Sophie Nix](/source/Sophie_Nix)|SCO}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"| {{cite web |title=2024 Landywood British Women's Open (Under-21) – Knockout |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2024-landywood-british-womens-open-under-21/knockout |website=WPBSA SnookerScores |access-date=27 August 2024}} |- !scope="row" style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 1. |[EPSB](/source/English_Partnership_for_Snooker_and_Billiards) | 2024 | Women's Tour – Event 1 | data-sort-value="Kenna, Rebecca" | {{flagathlete|[Rebecca Kenna](/source/Rebecca_Kenna)|ENG}} | align="center"|0–2 | align="center"| |- !scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 2. |[WWS](/source/World_Women's_Snooker) | 2024 | UK Women's Championship – Under-21s | data-sort-value="Payne, Chloe" | {{flagathlete|Chloe Payne|ENG}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"| {{cite news |title=Women's Snooker |last=Lord |first=Annette |magazine=Snooker Scene |date=September 2024 |pages=30–31}} |- !scope="row" style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 2. |[WWS](/source/World_Women's_Snooker) | 2025 | Belgian Women's Open Challenge Cup{{efn|for player that did not reach the later stages of the main competition}} | data-sort-value="Phoemphul, Narucha" | {{flagathlete|[Narucha Phoemphul](/source/Narucha_Phoemphul)|THA}} | align="center"|0–2 | align="center"| {{cite web |title=2025 Belgian Women's Open (Challenge Cup) – Knockout |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2025-belgian-womens-open-challenge-cup/knockout |website=WPBSA SnookerScores |access-date=27 August 2024 |archive-date=12 June 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250612143717/https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2025-belgian-womens-open-challenge-cup/knockout |url-status=live }} |- !scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"|Winner | 3. |[WWS](/source/World_Women's_Snooker) | 2025 | British Women's Open – Under-21s | data-sort-value="Chan Wai Lam" | {{flagathlete|Chan Wai Lam|HKG}} | align="center"|2–0 | align="center"| {{cite web |title=2025 Landywood British Women's Open (Under-21) – Knockout |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2025-landywood-british-womens-open-under-21/knockout |website=WPBSA SnookerScores |access-date=27 August 2024}} |- !scope="row" style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up | 3. |[EPSB](/source/English_Partnership_for_Snooker_and_Billiards) | 2025 | English Women's Snooker Championship | data-sort-value="Kenna, Rebecca" | {{flagathlete|[Rebecca Kenna](/source/Rebecca_Kenna)|ENG}} | align="center"|0–3 | align="center"| {{cite web |title=2025 English Women's Snooker Championship – Knockout |url=https://snookerscores.net/tournament-manager/2025-english-womens-snooker-championship/knockout |website=WPBSA SnookerScores |access-date=27 August 2024}} |} {| class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" |+Team finals contested by Ellise Scott !scope="col"|Outcome !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Organisation !scope="col"|Year !scope="col"|Championship !scope="col"|Team members !scope="col"|Opponent in the final !scope="col" |Score !scope="col" class=unsortable |{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"| Winner || 1 || Home Internationals Billiards and Snooker Federation ||2024 || Home Internationals Women's Team || {{flagathlete|[Hannah Jones](/source/Hannah_Jones_(snooker_player))|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Daisy May Oliver|ENG}} || {{flagathlete|Mhairi Mackay]|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Tetyana Volovelska|SCO}} || 6–0{{efn|matches}} ||{{cite web |title=2024 Comp: Player Stats: Ladies |url=https://hibsf.com/archive.html |website=Home Internationals Billiards and Snooker Federation |access-date=29 October 2025}} |- !scope="row" style="background:#98FB98"| Winner || 2 || European Billiards and Snooker Association|| 2025 || [EBSA](/source/EBSA_European_Snooker_Championship) Women's Team || {{flagathlete|[Rebecca Kenna](/source/Rebecca_Kenna)|ENG}} || {{flagathlete|Deu Va|FRA}}
{{flagathlete|Rachell Enfroy|FRA}}|| 3–2 ||{{cite web |first=Derek |last=Kiely |title=English Success at 2025 EBSA European Snooker Championships |date=23 October 2025 |website=EPSB |url=https://www.epsb.co.uk/english-success-at-2025-ebsa-european-snooker-championships/}} |} ==Notes== {{notelist}} == References == {{reflist}} ==External links== *[https://www.womenssnooker.com/player/ellise-scott/ Ellise Scott at World Women's Snooker] *[https://snookerscores.net/player/ellise-scott-1 Ellise Scott at WPBSA SnookerScores] *[https://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=-1&player=3049 Ellise Scott at snooker.org] *[https://www.instagram.com/reel/DNSpuoatwNY/ ''BBC South Today'' item (via World Women's Snooker Instagram)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Ellise}} Category:Living people Category:Female snooker players Category:English snooker players Category:Year of birth missing (living people) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Ellise Scott](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellise_Scott) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellise_Scott?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.