Professional Career
Fulcher began to compete at the highest level in European snooker and pocket billiard disciplines when he moved to Switzerland in 2003 and won numerous tournaments on the Swiss and European tours.
He was the number-one ranked Swiss Snooker player on numerous occasions from 2004 to 2007. He is the 2004 Swiss Snooker Champion. He reached the quarterfinal of the 2006 Swiss Snooker Open, where over 20 top 50 ranked professionals competed;
Since he has competed in nine-ball events, Fulcher has participated in 15 of the European Pocket Billiard Federation tournaments (a.k.a. the EuroTour) and secured victory in Frauenfeld, Switzerland, defeating world-class champions such as Ralf Souquet, Roman Hybler, and Tony Drago in the finals. His triumph over Tony Drago was generally thought to be the biggest surprise of the 2006 Swiss Nine-ball Open. He was ranked number two in Europe and 29 in the world in 2007.
He won the 2007 Montfortpokal Austrian Open tournament in Feldkirch, beating a competitive field along the way, namely Michael Felder, Sandor Tot, and Martin Kempter in the final. He also secured the Swiss 2006 team championship title in Bern with his team mates from the Carouge Billiard Club in Geneva. He has made countless competitive century breaks in snooker tournaments and scalped many of the top European snooker and pool players along the way, most notably Thomas Engert, Ralf Souquet, Tony Drago, Christian Reimering, Stefan Cohen, Dimitri Jungo, and Jasmin Ouschan. Though his list of snooker victories is longer than his pool merits, his performance in the PoolComps.com Swiss Open will has brought Jonni Fulcher some worthy recognition.
In the 2007 European Snooker Championships he triumphed over Alex Borg, the previous champion, 4-0 and ended his 24 Match unbeaten run. He lost narrowly to top snooker players, 4-3, Ian McCulloch in 2003 Swiss Open quarter final, 3-1 to Neil Robertson at the 2005 Swiss Open last 32 (having made 76 break in the first frame and a 107 clearance in the second frame), and 3-1 Dave Harold in 2006 Swiss Open Quarter Final. He also reached the last 16 of the 2006 Bienne Grand Prix International Nine-ball Championship in Switzerland, losing to Sandor Tot who went on to win the tournament.
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