Kim Davenport

Kim Davenport (born November 15, 1955, McAlester, Oklahoma) is an American professional pocket billiards (pool) player, nicknamed "Kimmer".

Kim Davenport at 2006 Joss Northeast Nine-ball Tour event held at Tourning Stone Casino

Early days

Davenport started playing at age 10.

Professional career

He became a professional player in 1985.

Davenport is an originator of target pool.

Winner of 63 professional tournaments, Davenport has represented the United States as a three-time member and two-time captain of the Team USA at the Mosconi Cup.[1]

He was also a member of the International Pool Tour,[2]

Davenport has only limited vision in his right eye, the result of a golf accident at a local driving range on November 16, 2002. The setback came during a period in which Davenport had regained a spot in the men's top 10 rankings of the United States Professional Poolplayers Association. "I've been playing well", Davenport said. "But if I never get to play pool again, I've had 17 great years. It's just a bad roll. A nice sunny day that went dark." [3]

Kim and wife Aida have one son and two grandchildren.

He and American champion Johnny Archer operated a pool room in Marietta, Georgia named the Marietta Billiard Club.

Davenport is a member of the BCA Hall of Fame (2018).

Significant Titles
  • 1988 Japan Cup
  • 1988 Eastern States 9-Ball Championship
  • 1989 Lexington All-Star Open
  • 1989 Greensboro Open
  • 1989 McDermott Masters
  • 1990 Brunswick Open
  • 1990 Sands Regency Reno Open XII
  • 1990 PPPA World Nine-ball Champion ( B.C. Open )
  • 1992 The Lexington All-Stars
  • 1993 The San Francisco Classic
  • 1994 PBT Pro Tour Championship.
  • 1995 PBT Chalkers 9-Ball Classic
  • 1997 Sands Regency Reno Open XXV.
  • 2000 The U.S. Bar Table Championship
  • 2001 The U.S. Bar Table Championship
  • 2002 Sands Regency Reno Open

Recognition
  • 1990 Player of the Year (Billiards Digest Magazine)
  • 1990 Player of the Year (Pool and Billiards Magazine)
  • 2018 Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame (Greatest Players via Hall of Fame Veterans Committee)

References
  1. "About Us", MariettaBilliardClub.com. Retrieved 16 June 2008
  2. "Kim Davenport Player Profile" Archived 2012-09-22 at the Wayback Machine, InternationalPoolTour.com, International Pool Tour. Retrieved 15 June 2008.
  3. "Men's Pro Kim Davenport Suffers Eye Injury", Billiards Digest. Retrieved 15 June 2008


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