1. Anthony Walter Simonsen was born on January 6,1997 and is an American professional ten-pin bowler.
38 Facts About Anthony Simonsen
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Anthony Simonsen has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association since 2014.
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Anthony Simonsen is the youngest player in history to own five major PBA Tour titles.
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Anthony Simonsen uses the two-handed shovel-style delivery with a dominant right hand.
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At age 25, Anthony Simonsen eclipsed $1 million in career PBA earnings during the 2022 season.
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Anthony Simonsen has bowled internationally as a multi-year member of Team USA.
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Anthony Simonsen is a pro staff member for Roto Grip bowling balls and Vise Grips finger inserts.
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Anthony Simonsen grew up in Mesquite, Texas and, as the son of regular league-bowling parents, he took up the game at an early age.
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Anthony Simonsen has won 16 PBA Tour titles and seven PBA Regional titles.
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Anthony Simonsen has one European Bowling Tour title to his credit, earned at the 2018 Storm Irish Open.
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Anthony Simonsen was only two days older than Norm Duke when Duke won the 1983 PBA Cleveland Open.
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Anthony Simonsen made history on February 14,2016, when he won his first PBA Tour singles title and first major at the USBC Masters in Indianapolis.
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Anthony Simonsen appeared in the championship round seven times this season.
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On February 26,2017, Anthony Simonsen won the World Bowling Tour Men's Finals in Las Vegas, NV, cashing $20,000.
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Anthony Simonsen captured his third PBA title on May 29,2017, at the PBA Xtra Frame Wilmington Open.
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Anthony Simonsen finished runner-up to Sweden's Jenny Wegner in the 2018 Brunswick Euro Challenge, held in Munich, Germany.
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Anthony Simonsen gained some attention with this latest victory when he used a "backup ball" during both match play and one of the finals matches after the right side of the lane had become difficult to play.
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Anthony Simonsen still used a dominant right hand, but rotated the ball in the opposite direction versus his conventional shot.
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On February 17,2019, Anthony Simonsen won his sixth PBA Tour title and second major at the 2019 PBA Players Championship in Columbus, Ohio.
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Anthony Simonsen's victory made him the youngest player in PBA history to win two major championships.
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Anthony Simonsen won an additional $100,000 in the Bowlero Elite Series event on September 13,2019, which is not counted in his PBA earnings.
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Anthony Simonsen made it all the way to the championship match, only to suffer another runner-up finish, this time to Bill O'Neill.
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On February 6,2022, Anthony Simonsen won his ninth PBA Tour title and third major at the 2022 US Open, held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Anthony Simonsen is one of nine players in history to win multiple Masters titles, and is the first player to win both the US Open and USBC Masters during the same season since Mike Aulby did so in 1989.
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At age 25 years, 87 days, Anthony Simonsen is the youngest player in history to claim four PBA major championships.
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Anthony Simonsen is the fourth-youngest player in history to reach the ten-title plateau, behind Pete Weber, Marshall Holman and Aulby.
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On February 24,2023, Anthony Simonsen won his eleventh PBA Tour title at the PBA Wichita Classic.
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Anthony Simonsen became just the fourth player to successfully defend a title in this event.
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At age 26 years, 86 days, Anthony Simonsen is the youngest player in history to win five PBA major championships, and is in fact the first player to have five major titles before the age of 30.
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On July 30,2023, Anthony Simonsen won the Storm Striking Against Breast Cancer Mixed Doubles event with partner Danielle McEwan.
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Anthony Simonsen finished the season second in points and second in earnings, with a career-high $347,500.
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Anthony Simonsen rebounded two weeks later, climbing the ladder from the fifth seed in the TV finals to win the PBA Pete Weber Missouri Classic.
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On June 9, Anthony Simonsen won his second title of the 2024 season at the PBA Tour Finals in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
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Anthony Simonsen went on to face Group 1 winner Marshall Kent, who had defeated Simonsen in the title match of the Tournament of Champions earlier this season.
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Anthony Simonsen is the second-youngest player to reach 15 titles, behind only Mark Roth.
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SD = After tying in the title match, Anthony Simonsen won the one-ball sudden-death rolloff.
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Anthony Simonsen is the namesake of the 2019 FloBowling documentary Anthony Simonsen: Leave it Behind.
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Anthony Simonsen was the subject of a Rolling Stone article in January 2024, titled, "Meet the Gen Z Hothead Burning Up Pro Bowling".