Jimmy Mataya

Who is Jimmy Mataya?

Jimmy Mataya is an American professional pool player, nicknamed "Pretty Boy Floyd".

In 1982, Jimmy Mataya, 31, wed Ewa Svensson, 17, of Sweden, forming pool's first "power couple". Their daughter Nikki was born in 1985, but they later divorced.

Mataya enjoys other games of stake. In 1991, he was seen leaving Las Vegas in a brand-new Cadillac, courtesy of the Sahara Casino. 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.