Johnny Archer

Johnny Archer
	Johnny Archer posing with a fan, 2008
Born	12 November 1968 (age 56); Waycross, Georgia
Sport country	United States
Nickname	"The Scorpion"
Professional	1985
Tournament wins
Other titles	100
World Champion	9-ball (1992, 1997)

Johnny Archer (born November 12, 1968, in Waycross, Georgia) is an American professional pool player. He is nicknamed "the Scorpion" (his zodiac sign is Scorpio. He is a two time World Nine-ball Champion & won a record 5 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open titles. In 2009, Johnny Archer was nominated to be inducted into the Billiard Congress of America Hall of Fame.^[1]

Early days

Archer grew up with his two brothers and two sisters in Twin City, Georgia, and began playing pool at the age of 12.^[2]

Career

He is one of the most successful nine-ball players of the 1990s and 2000s, having won the majority of the game's major tournaments at least once, culminating in his being named Billiards Digest Player of the Decade at the end of the 1990s. Archer is a two-time WPA World Nine-ball Champion, winning in both 1992 when he defeated Bobby Hunter, and later again in 1997 after beating Lee Kun-fang of Chinese Taipei (Taiwan). He was also a runner-up the following year, losing in the final to Kunihiko Takahashi of Japan. He was the 1999 US Open champion, and has won over 100 professional tournaments throughout his career.

He has also been a regular on the US Mosconi Cup team, having joined them a record seventeen times, winning on nine of those occasions.

In 2003, one of Archer's most successful years, he won tournaments such as Sudden Death Seven-ball^[3] and the first World Summit of Pool.^[4]

Archer also won the 2006 International Challenge of Champions by defeating Thorsten Hohmann in the finals.^[5]

In 2007, he won the Texas Hold 'Em Billiards Championship. While in the 2005 event the entire purse was awarded to the winner, in the 2007 event the purse was split.^[6]^[7]

The Ripley's Believe It or Not! television show, on September 3, 2003,^[8] pitted Archer and Jeremy Jones against each other in a challenge match in speed pool. The show had them timed against each other, to try to beat the record, which at that time stood at 1 minute 30 seconds^[9] to break a full rack of balls and then pocket all fifteen balls, and then move to another table and do it again. Archer was the victor. The event was recorded in a warehouse in Los Angeles where other challenge matches were also taking place to beat records.

Archer rejoined the staff of Inside Pool Magazine, where he writes a monthly instruction column.^[10]

For 2007, he was ranked #3 in Pool & Billiard Magazine's "Fans' Top 20 Favorite Players" poll.^[11]

Personal life

Archer lives in Acworth, Georgia, with his wife Melanie and two children. He's an avid golfer, and ascribes his strong pool break to playing a lot of golf, noting similarities in having the timing right and using one's whole body in the stroke.^[12]

Titles and achievements

2016 Hangelar 9-Ball Open
2016 Tennessee State 8-Ball Open
2015 Tornado Open 9-Ball Championship
2013 Music City Classic 9-Ball
2012 Music City Classic 9-Ball
2011 Maryland 14.1 Championship
2011 Music City Classic 9-Ball
2011 Challenge du St. Laurent 9-Ball
2010 Turning Stone Classic
2009 Steve Mizerak 10-Ball Championship
2009 Turning Stone Classic
2009 U.S. 10-Ball Invitational
2009 Gem City Classic
2009 Mosconi Cup
2008 Turning Stone Classic
2008 UPA Desert Shoot Out
2008 Turning Stone Classic
2008 Jay Swanson Memorial 9-Ball
2007 Texas Hold 'Em Billiards Championship
2007 Music City Classic 9-Ball Mini
2007 Turning Stone Classic
2007 Great Southern Billiard Tour
2006 International Challenge of Champions
2006 Turning Stone Classic
2006 Music City Classic 9-Ball
2006 Puerto Rico Shootout
2006 SML Entertainment Open 9-Ball Championship
2005 Mosconi Cup
2005 Predator Florida Pro 9-Ball Open
2005 Glass City Open 9-Ball Championship
2004 Super Billiards Expo Players Championship
2004 Big Apple 9-Ball Championship
2004 North American Open Tour
2004 Carolinas Open 9-Ball Division
2004 Predator Florida Pro 9-Ball Open
2004 Derby City Classic 10-Ball Ring Game
2004 Mosconi Cup
2004 Billiards Digest Player of the Year
2004 Border Battle, Team USA VS Team Canada
2003 Glass City Open 9-Ball Championship
2003 Molson Cup
2003 Border Battle, Team USA VS Team Canada
2003 World Summit of Pool
2003 Super Billiards Expo Players Championship
2003 ESPN Sudden Death Seven-ball
2003 Predator Florida Pro 9-Ball Open
2003 Predator Atlanta 9-Ball Open
2003 LG Flatiron "On Cue 2" 9-Ball Tournament
2003 IBC Western Canadian Open 9-Ball
2003 Mosconi Cup

2003 Billiards Digest Player of the Year
2002 Capital City Classic 9-Ball
2002 Joss Northeast Tour
2001 Mosconi Cup
2001 Border Battle, Team USA VS Team Canada
2000 BCA Open Nine-ball Championship
2000 Music City Classic 9-Ball
2000 Euro Tour Portugal Open
2000 Euro Tour Italy Open
2000 Mosconi Cup
2000 Billiards Digest Player of the Decade- 1990s
1999 Billiards Digest Player of the Year
1999 Mosconi Cup
1999 US Open Nine-ball Championship
1999 Camel Kasson Open
1998 Mosconi Cup
1998 ESPN Ultimate Challenge 9-Ball
1997 Mosconi Cup
1997 PCA Viking Challenge
1997 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
1996 Billiards Digest Player of the Year
1996 PBT Pro Tour Nine-Ball Championship
1995 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open
1995 PBT Riviera Nine-Ball Championship
1994 PBT Florida Flare Up II
1994 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open
1994 Touch of Class Billiards 9-Ball Classic
1993 Billiards Digest Player of the Year
1993 PBT Riviera Nine-Ball Championship
1993 McDermott Masters 9-Ball Championship
1993 Capital City Open 9-Ball
1993 Bicycle Club 9-Ball Invitational
1993 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open
1993 Texas Tornado 9-Ball Tournament
1992 Billiards Digest Player of the Year
1992 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
1992 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open
1992 Beach Ball Open 9-Ball
1992 International 9-Ball Classic
1992 Q-Masters Championship
1992 Kupolen Challenge Cup
1991 Sands Last Call For 9-Ball
1991 Cleveland Open 9-Ball
1991 Spring Fling Open 9-Ball
1991 Sands Regency 9-Ball Open
1990 Willard's 9-Ball Classic
1989 Wiregrass Open 9-Ball
1989 B.C. Open 9-Ball Pro-Am Doubles
1988 Huebler Cup Open 9-Ball

References

^ "Johnny Archer, Allison Fisher Gain BCA Hall of Fame Election" Archived October 24, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, AzBilliards.com. Retrieved July 14, 2009
^ Johnny "The Scorpion" Archer Archived March 4, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, scorpionCues.com. Retrieved June 7, 2008
^ "Archer Wins Sudden Death 7-Ball". InsidePOOL.com. October 1, 2003. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
^ "Archer wins World Summit of Pool". AzBilliards.com. October 12, 2003. Archived from the original on March 15, 2009. Retrieved August 25, 2008.
^ "Archer Wins Challenge of Champions". AzBilliards.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2009. Retrieved August 15, 2008.
^ "2005 Texas Hold'em Billiards Shootout" Archived February 2, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, at AZBilliards
^ "Johnny Archer Wins 2007 Texas Hold Em Billiards" Archived February 18, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, at AZBilliards
^ Episode 418 Archived February 1, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, www.TV.com. Retrieved August 5, 2007
^ Previous News, JohnnyArcher.net. Retrieved August 5, 2007
^ "Johnny Archer Billiards Instruction" Archived August 17, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, InsidePoolMagazine.com.
^ "The Survey Says...: Pool & Billiard Magazine's 22nd Annual Player and Fan Poll". Pool & Billiard Magazine. Vol. 26, no. 2. Summerville, South Carolina: Sports Publications. February 2008. p. 14. ISSN 1049-2852.
^ Archer Interview Archived June 20, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, October 2, 1999, AzBilliards.com. Retrieved August 5, 2007