Alan McManus

{{short description|Scottish professional snooker player, 1994 Masters champion}}

{{about|the snooker player|the professional footballer|Allan McManus}}

{{Infobox snooker player

| name = Alan McManus

| image = Alan McManus at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2013-01-30 04 (cropped).jpg

| caption = McManus at the 2013 German Masters

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|1|21|df=y}}

| birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland

| Sport country = {{SCO}}

| Professional = 1990–2021

| High ranking = 6 (4 years)

| Official maximums =

| Ranking wins = 2

| World champ =

}}

Alan McManus (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player, and a current commentator and pundit for ITV and Eurosport on snooker coverage. A mainstay of the world's top sixteen during the 1990s and 2000s, he has won two ranking events, the 1994 Dubai Classic and the 1996 Thailand Open, and competed in the World Championship semi-finals in 1992, 1993 and 2016. He also won the 1994 Masters, ending Stephen Hendry's five-year, 23-match unbeaten streak at the tournament with a 9–8 victory in the final. McManus announced his retirement on 9 April 2021 after losing 6–3 to Bai Langning in the second qualifying round of the 2021 World Snooker Championship.

Career

=Top 16 career and Masters winner=

McManus was a consistent performer on the snooker tour, having a record of fourteen consecutive seasons in the Top 16, but never managed to achieve the success of his contemporaries Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins and Mark Williams. He was ranked in the Top 16 from 1990 to 2006, dropping out after an unsuccessful 2005/2006 season. His highest ranking was sixth (in 1993/94 and 1996/97). McManus reached twenty-one professional semi-finals, and won only four events. He reached the semi-finals of the World Championship three times, but never appeared in a final. Until 2005, he had gone eleven years without reaching the quarter-finals of the tournament, despite consistent achievements in other events.

McManus's resilience in snooker matchplay can be demonstrated in that the first whitewash of his professional career came in his 0–5 defeat by Peter Ebdon at the 1998 Grand Prix, his 312th match as a professional player.{{cite web |title=Alan McManus Bio |url=http://www.snooker.org/plr/bio/amcmanus.shtml |publisher=Snooker.org}}

At the 1994 Masters, McManus defeated Nigel Bond 5–2 in the first round, Ken Doherty 5–1 in the quarter-finals, and then Neal Foulds 6–4 in the semi-final to set up his first triple crown tournament final against defending champion and fellow Scot Stephen Hendry. In what became the highlight of his career, he claimed the Masters title at Wembley, defeating Hendry 9–8 in the final and thus ending Hendry's unbeaten run in the tournament, which dated back to 1989.{{cite web |url=http://www.inside-snooker.com/snooker/2014/1/10/the-20-greatest-moments-of-the-masters-10-6 |title=The 20 Greatest moments of the masters |publisher=Inside-Snooker |date=10 January 2014 |access-date=12 December 2017}} He also won the tournament's highest-break prize, £10,000 for a 132 total clearance in the sixth frame of his first-round match against Bond.{{cite news |title=Big Mac – Alan's a Master |newspaper=Daily Mirror |date=14 February 1994 |page=32}}{{cite news |last=Yates |first=Phil |title=Nervous Foulds recaptured art of winning |newspaper=The Times |date=8 February 1994 |page=40}}

His last major final was at the 2002 LG Cup, at the Preston Guild Hall, in which he lost 5–9 to fellow-countryman Chris Small. He dropped out of the top 16 in the 2005/2006 season, the first time he had done so since 1991. He reached the semi-finals of the 2006 Snooker Grand Prix, losing to Neil Robertson.

=Dropping out of the top 16=

He lost a World Championship qualifier 9–10 to journeyman Joe Delaney in 2007. This loss began an extremely quiet six-to-seven-year period for McManus, who then failed to qualify for any UK or World Championships between 2007 and 2013, and also struggled to qualify for the other ranking events (during the period between the 2006 Grand Prix and the 2013 Welsh Open, he failed to qualify for the main stages of 42 ranking events). This loss of form saw him quickly drop out of the top 16, then out of the top 32. His poor form reached a trough in the 2009/2010 season, where he failed to qualify for any of the main stages of the tournaments he took part in.

McManus was unable to qualify for any of the major venues during the 2011–12 season and he finished it ranked as number 52 in the world.

=Resurgence=

File:Alan McManus PHC 2012.jpg

He made a good start to the 2012–13 season, beating Tony Drago and Robert Milkins to qualify for the final stages of the Australian Goldfields Open in Bendigo; there he beat local wildcard James Mifsud 5–0, before exiting the tournament by the same scoreline against Ding Junhui.{{cite web |url=http://blogs.bettor.com/Ding-Junhui-whitewashes-Alan-McManus-to-book-second-round-place-2012-Australian-Goldfields-Open-a170656 |title=Ding Junhui whitewashes Alan McManus to book second round place |publisher=Bettor.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410215716/http://blogs.bettor.com/Ding-Junhui-whitewashes-Alan-McManus-to-book-second-round-place-2012-Australian-Goldfields-Open-a170656 |archive-date=10 April 2013}} At the 2013 Welsh Open, McManus reached his first quarter-final since the 2006 Grand Prix, with a 4–2 win over the number 16 seed Barry Hawkins, followed by a dramatic comeback to beat Joe Perry 4–3, after having trailed 0–3.{{cite web |url=http://www.cambstimes.co.uk/sport/fen_potter_joe_perry_surrenders_3_0_lead_to_crash_out_of_welsh_open_1_1933317 |title=Fen Potter Joe Perry surrenders 3-0 lead to crash out of Welsh Open |publisher=Cambs Times (Sport) |access-date=22 March 2013 |archive-date=2 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002050254/http://www.cambstimes.co.uk/sport/fen_potter_joe_perry_surrenders_3_0_lead_to_crash_out_of_welsh_open_1_1933317 |url-status=dead}} He was beaten in the quarter-final 3–5 by compatriot Stephen Maguire.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/21402731 |title=Welsh Open 2013: Schedule and results from Newport |publisher=BBC Sport}} The following tournament, the Haikou World Open, saw McManus win three matches in qualifying to reach the latter stages of the tournament; he then beat local wildcard Lin Shuai 5–3, before facing compatriot John Higgins. McManus put in a good performance; he ultimately lost 3–5, but picked up valuable ranking points in the process.

He made a good start to the Players Tour Championship, reaching the quarter-finals of the first event, losing to Andrew Higginson by 4 frames to 3. He carried this good form to the PTC event 2, once again reaching the quarter-finals before losing 1–4 to eventual runner-up Stephen Maguire. However, McManus only managed four last-32 results from the rest of the events. This led to him being ranked 31st in the Order of Merit, just missing out on the top 28 players that qualified for the finals. At the 2013 World Snooker Championship McManus, in qualifying, beat one of India's rising stars Aditya Mehta 10–9, in an epic encounter that lasted just over 9 hours.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/page/NewsArticles/0,,13165~3138947,00.html |title=McManus Wins Nine-Hour Epic |publisher=World Snooker}} He then defeated 1995 World finalist Nigel Bond 10–8 in the penultimate qualifying round. In the final qualifying round he led Tom Ford 5–4 after the first session; he then reeled off five of the next six frames to book his place at the Crucible Theatre for the first time since 2006. In the first round he lost to Ding Junhui 5–10, winning £12,000.{{citation needed|date=August 2020}}

=2013/2014 season=

File:Alan McManus at Snooker German Masters (DerHexer) 2013-01-30 06.jpg

At the start of the 2013–14 season McManus was ranked 49th in the World Rankings. At the 2013 Wuxi Classic qualifiers he won his match against Darryl Hill 5–3 to qualify for the last 64 of the event held in Wuxi. At the venue he defeated Ken Doherty 5–3 before losing to Dave Gilbert 2–5. At the first Asian Tour event, he bested players such as Michael White before beating local favorite Ding Junhui 4–2 in the last 16. He then defeated Yu Delu 4–1 in the quarter-finals, reaching his first semi-final in nine years. In the semi-final he lost to eventual winner Joe Perry 2–4, despite having been 2–1 up.

McManus qualified for the inaugural Indian Open, beating amateur Sydney Wilson 4–1 in qualifying. He was then beaten 1–4 in the last 64 by Zhang Anda. McManus followed up this result by qualifying for the International Championship in beating Darren Cook 6–0. He then defeated local wildcard Zhou Yuelong 6–5, coming back from 2–4 down. In the last 64 he produced the shock of the tournament by beating defending champion Judd Trump 6–5, having been 3–4 down.{{cite news |title=Judd Trump beaten by Alan McManus at International Championship |publisher=BBC Sport |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/24707258 |date=28 October 2013 |access-date=2014-02-03}} However he was defeated 4–6 by Ryan Day in the following round. At the 2013 UK Championship, McManus defeated Joel Walker 6–5, winning the match on a respotted black, before losing to Michael Holt 4–6 in the last 64. McManus reached the last 16 of the German Masters, defeating Jak Jones 5–1 in qualifying. At the Tempodrom he defeated Peter Ebdon and Jack Lisowski, both by 5–2 scorelines, before being himself beaten 2–5 by Michael Holt.

McManus continued his good form into the final European Tour event of the season, where he reached the last 16 by defeating players such as Neil Robertson and Graeme Dott before losing to Fergal O'Brien. Despite also reaching the last 16 of the final Asian Tour Event of the season, McManus narrowly missed out on qualification for the Players Championship Grand Final by one place. He lost to Mark King in the second round of the Welsh Open and failed to qualify for the China Open, but was to finish the season strongly. He reached the quarter-final of the World Open, losing to Mark Selby.

The 2014 World Snooker Championship, saw McManus beat John Higgins 10–7 in the first round and then defeat Ken Doherty 13–8, to set up another quarter-final with Mark Selby. McManus performed well early on, but Selby ran away with the match in the second session to leave the Scot trailing 4–12. McManus was able to claw back the first frame of the final session but Selby won the next frame to clinch the match 13–5.

=2014/2015 season=

File:Alan McManus at Snooker German Masters (Martin Rulsch) 2014-01-29 01.jpg

McManus continued his good form into the 2014–15 season by reaching the last 16 of the first ranking event of the season, the 2014 Wuxi Classic, where he was beaten 2–5 by Barry Hawkins. He then reached the last 16 of the Australian Goldfields Open, before losing 3–5 to Judd Trump.{{cite web|title=Alan McManus 2014/2015|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?season=2014&player=44|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=15 April 2015}} McManus reached the quarter-finals of the Shanghai Masters by beating Jamie Jones to qualify, before defeating Ronnie O'Sullivan 5–3 and Stephen Maguire 5–1 but then lost to the eventual winner of the tournament Stuart Bingham 1–5.{{cite web | url=http://www1.skysports.com/snooker/news/12040/9461339/shanghai-masters-ronnie-osullivan-suffered-first-round-exit-to-alan-mcmanus | title=Shanghai Masters: Ronnie O'Sullivan suffers first-round exit to Alan McManus | publisher=Sky Sports | access-date=15 April 2015}}{{cite web | url=http://en.espn.co.uk/snooker/sport/story/342707.html | title=McManus continues Shanghai surprise | publisher=ESPN (UK) | access-date=15 April 2015}} McManus was able to keep up his 100% record in qualifying matches for the season by comfortably defeating Michael Georgiou to qualify for the International Championship, but was edged out by Anthony McGill in the last 64 of the tournament.

McManus would lose in the first round of the UK Championship to Joel Walker. He won his first qualifier for the 2015 German Masters against Zak Surety but was then defeated in the final qualifying round by Matthew Selt. McManus had a good run in the Welsh Open, reaching the last 16 before losing to Maguire. He performed well in the season's European Tour Events, finishing 18th on the Order of Merit. He played in four of the six events, reaching one quarter-final with a further three last 16 appearances.{{cite web|title=European Order of Merit 2014/2015|url=http://snooker.org/res/index.asp?template=10&season=2014|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=15 April 2015}} This gave him entry into the Grand Final where he was defeated 1–4 by Bingham in the first round. McManus won all three of his World Championship qualifying matches, defeating Michael Wasley, Andrew Pagett and Mitchell Mann to reach the main draw at the Crucible. However, an inconsistent performance against Ali Carter saw McManus bow out 5–10 in the first round.{{cite news | url=http://www.eveningtimes.co.uk/sport/other/alan-mcmanus-gutted-as-he-falls-at-the-first-hurdle-204178n.123858412 | title=Alan McManus gutted as he falls at the first hurdle | newspaper=Evening Times | access-date=30 April 2015}}

=2015/2016 season=

McManus started strongly in the 2015–16 season, reaching the quarter-finals of the first event, the Riga Open, with wins over Stephen Maguire,{{cite web| url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/doherty-stuns-selby-in-riga/| title=Doherty Stuns Selby in Riga| publisher=World Snooker| access-date=26 August 2015}} Judd Trump and others before losing to the eventual champion Barry Hawkins 2–4.{{cite web|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/hawkins-rules-in-riga/ |title=Hawkins Rules in Riga |publisher=World Snooker |access-date=26 August 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807221600/http://www.worldsnooker.com/hawkins-rules-in-riga/ |archive-date=7 August 2015 }} As McManus did not enter the Australian Goldfields Open, his first ranking event of the season came at the Shanghai Masters. He defeated Rory McLeod 5–4 to qualify for the tournament, and then defeated wildcard Yao Pengcheng 5–2, before losing 1–5 to Ding Junhui.{{cite news| url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/snooker/34142560| title=Shanghai Masters 2015: Results| publisher=BBC Sport| access-date=18 October 2015}}{{cite web| url=http://cuetracker.net/Tournaments/Shanghai-Masters/2015/1184| title=2015 Shanghai Masters| publisher=CueTracker| access-date=18 October 2015}}

After an early exit in the Paul Hunter Classic, McManus reached the quarter-finals of the Ruhr Open, losing 3–4 to Tian Pengfei.{{cite web| url=http://cuetracker.net/Tournaments/European-Tour-Event-3/2015/1304| title=2015 European Tour – Event 3| publisher=CueTracker| access-date=18 October 2015}} It was during his first-round match in this tournament that he and his opponent Barry Pinches broke the record for the longest official frame of snooker.{{cite web| url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/the-longest-frame/| title=The Longest Frame| publisher=World Snooker| access-date=18 October 2015}} The frame lasted for 100 minutes and 24 seconds, with Pinches eventually winning the frame, although McManus would go on to win the match. The record stood until April 2017.

McManus qualified for the 2016 World Championship with comfortable victories over Michael Wasley, David Morris and Jimmy Robertson. In the first round at the Crucible he defeated his fellow-countryman Stephen Maguire 10–7, before overcoming Ali Carter 13–11 in round two. His quarter-final saw him come from 9–11 down against John Higgins to take the final four frames and win 13–11, setting up his first semi-final appearance at the World Championship since 1993. In that semi-final he lost to Ding Junhui 11–17.{{cite web| url=http://www.eurosport.com/snooker/world-championship/2015-2016/alan-mcmanus-interview-i-came-close-to-quitting-snooker-the-sport-i-love_sto5534906/story.shtml| title=Alan McManus interview: 'I came close to quitting snooker, the sport I love'| publisher=Eurosport}} His end-of-season ranking of 20 was the highest he had been in a decade.{{cite web | url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?cutoff=1&season=2016&template=25 | title=Historic Seedings After 2016 World Championship | publisher=Snooker.org | access-date=24 September 2016}}

=2016/2017 season=

In the 2016–17 season the furthest McManus could progress in an event was at the World Open, where he beat Jamie Cope and Liang Wenbo, but he was thrashed 0–5 by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.{{cite web|url=http://www.snooker.org/res/index.asp?player=44&season=2016|title=Alan McManus 2016/2017|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=14 April 2017}} He would also reach the third round in the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic, defeating Andy Hicks and Christopher Keogan, both 4–1, before coming up short against Tom Ford.

=2017/2018 season=

McManus started the 2017–18 season at number 32 in the world rankings; and would reach the third round of both the 2017 China Championship and 2017 Paul Hunter Classic. He would also reach the second round of the 2017 UK Championship with a 6–3 win over Robin Hull; before losing a final frame decider to Jimmy Robertson 5–6.{{cite web | url=https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/uk-championship-snooker-2017/122495 | title=UK Championship Snooker 2017 | work=Sporting Life | access-date=12 December 2017}}

Performance and rankings timeline

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Ranking{{cite web|title=Ranking History|url=http://www.snooker.org/rnk/history.asp|publisher=Snooker.org|access-date=6 February 2011}}From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.

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colspan="40" |Ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European MastersThe event was called the European Open (1992/1993–1996/1997), Irish Open (1998/1999) and Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)

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|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|English Open

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Championship League

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|colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|RR

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Open

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|UK Championship

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish OpenThe event was called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German MastersThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot-Out

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Welsh Open

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Players ChampionshipThe event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013) and the Players Championship Grand Final (013/2014–2015/2016)

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|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|DNQ

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Gibraltar Open

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|WST Pro Series

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tour Championship

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style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Championship

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

colspan="40"|Non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Seniors Championship

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|colspan="18" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|VF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|The Masters

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|W

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

colspan="40"|Former ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Classic

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Strachan OpenThe event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NH

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|MR

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|NR

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Dubai ClassicThe event was called the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|W

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Malta Grand Prix

|colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Thailand MastersThe event was called the Asian Open (1990/1991–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/97)

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|W

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR

|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|British Open

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Irish Masters

|colspan="12" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Trophy

|colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Bahrain Championship

|colspan="18" style="text-align="center" style="color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Wuxi ClassicThe event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)

|colspan="18" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking Event

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R

|colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|{{nowrap|Australian Goldfields Open}}The event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995) and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)

|colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking

|colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|colspan="30" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shanghai Masters

|colspan="17" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Non-Ranking

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Paul Hunter ClassicThe event was called the Grand Prix Fürth (2004/2005) and the Fürth German Open (2005/2006–2006/2007)

|colspan="14" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Pro-am Event

|colspan="6" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Minor-Ranking Event

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Indian Open

|colspan="23" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|China OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)

|colspan="7" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Not Held

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Riga MastersThe event was called the Riga Open (2014/2015–2015/2016)

|colspan="24" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|MR

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|International Championship

|colspan="22" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|China Championship

|colspan="26" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NR

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World OpenThe event was called the Grand Prix (1990/1991–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010), the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012–2013/2014)

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R

|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|colspan="2" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Not Held

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

colspan="40"|Former non-ranking tournaments

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Masters

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Masters Qualifying EventThe event was called the Benson & Hedges Championship (1990/1991–2002/2003)

|style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|W

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|MR

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Pot Black

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Matchplay

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Nescafe Extra Challenge

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|RR

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|European Challenge

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Top Rank Classic

|colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Premier LeagueThe event was called the Matchroom League (1990/1991–1991/1992) and the European League (1992/1993–1996/1997)

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|RR

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|German Masters

|colspan="5" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Ranking Event

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|colspan="11" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Ranking Event

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Champions CupThe event was called the Charity Challenge (1994/1995–1998/1999)

|colspan="4" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Irish Masters

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Ranking Event

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|NH

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Scottish Masters

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|A

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|LQ

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Northern Ireland Trophy

|colspan="15" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|colspan="3" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Ranking Event

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|{{nowrap|Scottish Professional Championship}}

|colspan="20" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|World Grand Prix

|colspan="24" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Ranking Event

style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Shoot-Out

|style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|SF

|colspan="19" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Tournament Not Held

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

|colspan="40" style="text-align:center; color:#555555;"|Ranking Event

class="wikitable" style="font-size:78%;"

bgcolor="#efefef"

! colspan="6"|Performance Table Legend

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|LQ

| lost in the qualifying draw

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|#R

| lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| lost in the quarter-finals

align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF

| lost in the semi-finals

| align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F

| lost in the final

| align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|W

| won the tournament

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DNQ

| did not qualify for the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|A

| did not participate in the tournament

| align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|WD

| withdrew from the tournament

align="center" style="color:#555555;" width="30"|DQ

| disqualified from the tournament

|

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NH / Not Held	event was not held.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|NR / Non-Ranking Event	event is/was no longer a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|R / Ranking Event	event is/was a ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|MR / Minor-Ranking Event	means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
style="text-align:center; color:#555555;" colspan="4"\|PA / Pro-am Event	means an event is/was a pro-am event.

Career finals

=Ranking finals: 8 (2 titles)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="250"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 1992

| Asian Open

| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}

| 3–9

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 2.

| 1993

| Welsh Open

| {{flagicon|IRL}} {{sortname|Ken|Doherty}}

| 7–9

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 3.

| 1994

| Welsh Open (2)

| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis}}

| 6–9

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 1994

| Dubai Classic

| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Peter|Ebdon}}

| 9–6

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 2.

| 1996

| Thailand Open

| {{flagicon|IRL}} {{sortname|Ken|Doherty}}

| 9–8

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 4.

| 1998

| Irish Open

| {{flagicon|WAL}} {{sortname|Mark|Williams|Mark Williams (snooker player)}}

| 4–9

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 5.

| 1999

| Thailand Masters

| {{flagicon|WAL}} {{sortname|Mark|Williams|Mark Williams (snooker player)}}

| 7–9

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 6.

| 2002

| LG Cup

| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Chris|Small}}

| 5–9

=Minor-ranking finals: 1 =

class="sortable wikitable"

!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="250"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

1.

1992

Benson & Hedges Championship

1–9

=Non-ranking finals: 11 (3 titles)=

class="wikitable"

! Legend

style="background:#ffc;"

| The Masters (1–0)

style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| Premier League (0–1)

Other (2–7)

class="sortable wikitable"

!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="250"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 1990

| Benson & Hedges Championship

| {{flagicon|THA}} {{sortname|James|Wattana}}

| 9–5

style="background:#d0f0c0;"

| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 1993

| European League

| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Jimmy|White}}

| 7–10

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 2.

| 1993

| Irish Masters

| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis|Steve Davis}}

| 4–9

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 3.

| 1993

| Scottish Masters

| {{flagicon|IRL}} {{sortname|Ken|Doherty}}

| 9–10

style="background:#ffc;"

| style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 2.

| 1994

| The Masters

| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Stephen|Hendry}}

| 9–8

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 4.

| 1994

| Irish Masters (2)

| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Steve|Davis|Steve Davis}}

| 8–9

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 5.

| 1994

| Top Rank Classic

| {{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Hendry

| Round-Robin

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 6.

| 1996

| Scottish Masters (2)

| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Peter|Ebdon}}

| 6–9

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 3.

|1997

|Scottish Masters Qualifying Event

|{{flagicon|MLT}} Tony Drago

| 5–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 7.

| 1997

| Scottish Masters (3)

| {{flagicon|ENG}} {{sortname|Nigel|Bond}}

| 8–9

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 8.

| 2009

| Pro Challenge Series – Event 1

| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Stephen|Maguire}}

| 2–5

=Team finals 3 (2 titles)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="250"| Championship

!width="200"| Team

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 1996

| World Cup

| {{flagcountry|SCO}}

| {{flagcountry|IRL}}

| 10–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 1999

| Nations Cup

| {{flagcountry|SCO}}

| {{flagcountry|WAL}}

| 4–6

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 2.

| 2001

| Nations Cup

| {{flagcountry|SCO}}

| {{flagcountry|IRL}}

| 6–2

=Amateur finals: 2 (1 title)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!width="80"| Outcome

!width="20"| No.

!width="50"| Year

!width="250"| Championship

!width="200"| Opponent in the final

!width="100"| Score

style="background:#98FB98"|Winner

| 1.

| 1990

| Scottish Amateur Championship

| {{flagicon|SCO}} {{sortname|Paul|McPhillips}}

| 9–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Runner-up

| 1.

| 1990

| English Amateur Championship

| {{flagicon|NIR}} {{sortname|Joe|Swail}}

| 11–13

References

External links

{{WST player|archive=20231128231859}}
{{snooker.org player}}

Category:Scottish snooker players

Category:Masters (snooker) champions

Category:1971 births

Category:Living people

Category:Snooker players from Glasgow

Category:People educated at Holy Cross High School, Hamilton

Category:Snooker commentators