Anthony Harris (snooker player)

Anthony Harris
birthday	19th April 1968 (age 52)
nationality	England
professional	1987 - 1998
Prize money	£ 16,769
Highest break	138
Century Breaks	11
World rankings
Highest WRL place	74 ( season 1989/90 )

Anthony John Harris (born April 19, 1968 ) is a former snooker player from England . From the 1987/88 season he was a professional player for ten years.

Career as a snooker player

At the age of 16, Harris tried in 1984 to qualify for the Main Tour via the WPBSA Pro Ticket Series . After he was eliminated early in the first event , he reached the second round in the second event , but where he failed at the eventual winner Jon Wright . A year later, in addition to a semi-final and a round of 16 participation in the first event, he reached the finals. He defeated Tony Putnam 5-1, so he secured a place on the professional tour for the 1987/88 season . In 1986 he was also an English amateur champion with a 13: 9 victory over Geoff Grennan .

Years in the top 100

The first professional season started sobering for Harris: He lost his first two opening games, so that he only won his first game at the UK Championship , as he was able to defeat the Canadian Mario Morra in the Decider . He then met another Canadian, but Marcel Gauvreau defeated him 3: 9. At the next tournament - the Classic - he won his opening game again in the Decider, this time against Greg Jenkins . Then he was eliminated again, this time with 2: 5 against Tony Jones . After two further defeats in the beginning Harris was able to defeat the US-American Steve Mizerak and his compatriot Mick Price at the end of the season in the World Cup qualifying before he failed in the third-last qualifying round to Steve Duggan . On the world ranking list, which was used as a seeding list for the world ranking tournaments next season, the newcomer was able to place himself in 116th place.

His second professional season began for Harris with another opening defeat, before he could win this match in three tournaments in a row and then eliminated. His first big success was the second event in the WPBSA non-ranking tournament series. There he benefited from the non-fighting tasks of Canadians Jim Bear and Jim Wych , and he also defeated the Englishman Vic Harris and the Scot Jim Donnelly , so that Harris met two-time world champion Alex Higgins in the quarterfinals , who defeated him 2-5. After two further defeats at the beginning he reached the main round of a world ranking tournament for the first time at the Classic by winning over Jim Bear and Dave Gilbert . There he defeated Barry West in the decider in the first round before losing to Tony Chappel from Welsh in the second main round . In the next two ranking tournaments, the European Open and the British Open , he lost after victories over Glen Wilkinson and Mark Wildman in the last qualifying round, and he also reached the round of 32 at the English Professional Championship . At the end of the season, he defeated in the World Cup Qualified the South African Jimmy van Rensberg , before he was defeated by the Welsh Wayne Jones . In the world rankings, Harris improved 42 places to 74th.

The 1989/90 season began again with two opening defeats, only in the WPBSA Non-Ranking 1989 - Event 1 he won his first game with a 5-2 over Dennis Hughes , but then he was defeated with the same result to the Australian Robby Foldvari . In the next three ranking tournaments he made it into the last qualifying round, but where he always lost. In the WPBSA Non-Ranking 1989 - Event 2 , he also moved into the second round, where he failed again. After two further defeats at the opening he managed to win again at the British Open when he reached the second and final qualifying round with a 5-3 win over the South African François Ellis , where he was defeated by the Welshman Darren Morgan . At the end of the season, in addition to his opening game at the European Open, he also lost his opening game in the World Cup qualification . On the world rankings, he slipped fifteen places to 89th place.

Crash and short term improvement

The 1990/91 season began again with two opening defeats before Harris was able to win his first game at the Asian Open against Pat Houlihan , but then he was defeated by his compatriot Brian Rowswell . After another opening defeat, Harris was able to win his first game at both the UK Championship and the Benson & Hedges Championship before losing the next game. He won his next game after two initial defeats at the European Open , when he defeated his compatriot Jonathan Birch 5-3. He then lost to Northern Irish Jack McLaughlin with the same result . Harris also lost his opening game in qualifying for the World Cup , losing to Rod Lawler 5:10. On the world rankings, he slipped 33 places and landed on rank 122.

With the beginning of the 1991/92 season , the tour was opened to all players, so Harris had to complete significantly more games for a main round participation. But he was successful: at the start of the season he was able to reach the final qualifying round at the Dubai Classic , where he was defeated by Craig Edwards after victories over Hassan Vaizie and Martin Smith . After he failed in qualifying for the Grand Prix of Martin Smith, Harris moved into the round of 32 at the Benson & Hedges Satellite Championship , where he was defeated by the eventual quarter-finalist Willie Thorne . At the UK Championship he again reached the final qualifying round, in which he was defeated in the Decider Rex Williams before losing in the qualification for the Classic in the round of 128. After an opening defeat at the Asian Open , Harris moved into the final qualifying round at both the Welsh Open and the British Open , but both times he was eliminated - first against Cliff Thorburn , then against David Roe . After another opening defeat at the Strachan Open and an early elimination at the European Open , Harris ended the season with an opening defeat in the World Cup qualifying when he was defeated by Irish David McDonnell 4:10. On the world rankings, he slipped another 34 places to 156th.

The next season began for Harris with a series of early defeats, so that he could celebrate his first major success only at the UK Championship . With victories over Surinder Gill , Chris Cookson and Paul Medati , he reached the round of 96, in which he failed against the Irish Eugene Hughes . He also had minor successes at the three events of the Strachan Challenge , as he was able to reach the round of 128 in all three tournaments. Another great success was then the European Open , when he moved into the first main round, where he was defeated by the Northern Irishman Dennis Taylor . After an opening defeat at the British Open , Harris also reached the round of 128 at the Asian Open , but where he lost 5-0 to the Englishman Guy Dennis . At the end of the season Harris defeated his compatriot John Knipe as well as Tony Kearney and Steve Meakin in the World Cup qualification after another opening defeat - this time at the International Open - before he failed in the third to last of eleven qualifying rounds to Wayne Jones , who gave him 0:10 could defeat. On the world rankings Harris was able to improve to 102nd place.

Last professional years

The 1993/94 season got off to a sobering start for Harris. After two opening defeats, he won his first game at the UK Championship against Michael Judge from Ireland before losing to Englishman Darryn Walker . He also reached the round of 128 at the subsequent European Open , in which he was defeated by his compatriot Mark Flowerdew , as well as at the International Open and Thailand Open . In addition to two opening defeats between the last tournaments, he also lost the last three opening matches including the game in the World Cup qualifying at the end of the season . On the world rankings, his results were reflected in a loss of 21 places, so that he slipped to 123rd place.

As in the previous season also pulled in the 1994/95 season, Harris after two opening defeats in both the UK Championship and at the European Open in the round of 128, but where it only to Jim Chambers and then to Peter Lines failed . At the subsequent Welsh Open , he reached the round of 96 with victories over Martin O'Neill and Peter Daubney , where he lost to Canadian Jim Wych in the decider . After an opening defeat at the International Open , he reached the last three tournaments of the season - the Thailand Open , the British Open and the Snooker World Championship - again the round of 128, but where he lost every time. In the world rankings, he slipped another twelve places to 135th.

The next season was much worse than the previous seasons: Harris was only able to win a game in ten tournaments at the German Open against the Irish Donal Bonar 5: 4 and at the Thailand Open against the Italian Daniele Zagaroli before he was eliminated there . In the world rankings, he fell 62 places to 197th place.

In the course of the 1996/97 season , Harris was only able to win two opening games in ten attempts before he was eliminated there: At the Grand Prix he managed a 5-3 win over Tony Kenny and at the Welsh Open a 5-2 win via Matthew McGrotty , so that he lost another 40 places in the world rankings to land at number 237.

The following season he only appeared in the World Cup qualification , where he failed after a 6-3 win over Anthony Massey in the second qualifying round at the Singaporean Keith Boon . It should be his last professional season: He ended his career in world number 237.

Amateur years

Almost fourteen years after his last professional year, Harris tried to re-qualify for the Main Tour in 2012 through the Q School , winning a game only in the first event . In the same year he lost his opening games at four different PTC tournaments . The next year he attended the Q School again. In the first event, he benefited from the non-fighting abandonment of the Chinese Zhao Xintong , so that he moved into the quarterfinals of his group after a 4-0 win over Joe Roberts , where he failed to Shane Castle . After an opening defeat in the second event, he reached the second round in the third event , where he was defeated by the Scot Rhys Clark . Also in 2013 he was eliminated without a fight in the qualification for the Senior World Championship and by a 2: 4 loss to Sydney Wilson in the first qualification for the Kay Suzanne Memorial Cup . At the Antwerp Open , he defeated the Belgian amateur player Paul Van Welssenaers and the Englishman Ian Glover in qualifying before he failed in the final qualifying round to Ashley Carty . Together with ex-professional Robert Marshall , Harris won the IBSF World Snooker Team Cup held in Carlow in 2013 with a 5-0 victory over the Belgian team.

In 2014 he tried again to qualify through the Q School, failing in the first event after a 4-0 win over Billy Brown to Craig Steadman and in the second event to the multiple women's world champion Reanne Evans . In 2015 he again took part in the qualification for the Senior World Championship , where he lost to Darryn Walker from England after defeating Shane Haines . The following year he lost to the Welshman Darren Thompson .

Others

Harris is married with two children. After his career as a snooker player, he got a job at the Prontaprint printing company . Harris remained in the printing business and was managing director of the Birmingham company Eltom Print until it was dissolved on August 14, 2018.

successes

output	year	competition	Final opponent	Result
Amateur tournaments
winner	1985/1	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series	Tony Putnam	5: 1
winner	1986	English Amateur Championship	Geoff Grennan	13: 9
Team competitions
Winner with Robert Marshall	2013	IBSF World Snooker Team Cup	Belgium	5-0

Web links

• Profile of Anthony Harris on CueTracker
• Anthony Harris in the Snooker Database (English)
• Profile on snooker.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Anthony Harris - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 13, 2019 (English, for the individual seasons see player profile under Additional Pages ).  
2. ↑ ^{a b} Eltom Print Ltd. Companies House , accessed February 13, 2019 .  
3. ↑ ^{a b} Q&A: Anthony Harris. PrintWeek , July 22, 2009, accessed February 13, 2019 .  
4. ^ Marshall pockets world team crown. Lancashire Post , October 22, 2013, accessed February 13, 2019 .  
5. ^ Anthony Harris - All available. snooker.org, accessed February 13, 2019 .