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Jimmy Mataya is an American professional pool player, nicknamed "Pretty Boy Floyd". In 1982, Jimmy Mataya, 31, wed Ewa Svensson, 17, of Sweden (who was later inducted into Billiard Congress of America's Hall of Fame as Ewa Mataya Laurance in 2004), forming pool's first "power couple". Their daughter Nikki was born in 1985, but they later divorced.〔Geffner, Mike. "Everybody Loves Ewa", ''Billiards Digest'', page 52, April 2004〕 Mataya enjoys other games of stake. In 1991, he was seen leaving Las Vegas in a brand-new Cadillac, courtesy of the Sahara Casino.〔"Billy's Briefs", ''The Snap Magazine'', page 7, September/October 1991, published by OTS Publications, a division of Billiard Enterprises of Florida〕 In that same year ''Snap Magazine'' published an "...in-depth interview with Mataya, who offered many tips for young players and talked about his vision for the future of the sport." The article appeared in the (July/August, 1991 issue of ''The Snap'' ). ==Professional career== * 1977 Dayton Open Eight-ball Championship * 1982 Port Angeles Open Former world champion with over 30 major titles.〔''Pool and Billiard Magazine, December 1987〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jimmy Mataya」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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