Drew Henry

Drew Henry
birthday	November 24, 1968
place of birth	Hamilton
nationality	Scotland
professional	1991 - 2008
Prize money	£ 499,725
Highest break	142 ( British Open 1992 , Q)
Century Breaks	41
World rankings
Highest WRL place	18 ( 2001/02 )
Best results
Ranked tournaments	3 × semi-finals
Other professional tournaments	1 × final
Amateur tournaments	1 × Scottish Champion (1988)

Drew Henry (born November 24, 1968 in Hamilton , South Lanarkshire ) is a former Scottish snooker player who spent 17 years as a professional player between 1991 and 2008 and during this time, in addition to three semi-finals in ranked tournaments, including the finals of the Benson and Hedges Championship in 1996 and Reached world number 18.

Career

Henry first attracted attention when he won the Scottish Snooker Championship in 1988 with a 9-8 win over Jimmy Allan . In the same year he took part unsuccessfully in an event of the WPBSA Pro Ticket Series and moved into the semi-finals of the Amateur World Cup in 1988 , but lost there to Barry Pinches . In 1989 he reached the quarter-finals of qualifying for the English Amateur Championship , where he lost to Nigel Bond . In that year and in 1990, Henry also took part in qualifying tournaments for the professional tour, but rarely with success. In 1989, however, he reached the final of the third event of the WPBSA Pro Ticket Series with victories over various later professional players , but was defeated in this by the Englishman Jonathan Birch . In 1991 he also took part in the World Masters without success . In the same year he finally became a professional player.

First professional years

Henry's first professional season was the 1991/92 season , when the professional tour was opened to all players, so Henry had to play numerous qualifying games. Even if he reached one of the last qualifying rounds several times with the round of 96, he rarely made it into the main round and thus mostly lost in the qualification. Among these exceptions were the British Open and the Strachan Open , where he reached the round of 96, and the UK Championship , where he advanced to the round of 32. On the world rankings , Henry subsequently placed 87th, which allowed him to skip a large part of the qualifying rounds.

In the next season , the trend increased so that Henry mostly eliminated in the final qualifying rounds. He got beyond this only three times; on the one hand in his participation in the round of the last 64 of the Welsh Open and in the round of 32 in the Benson and Hedges Championship , on the other hand in his move into the round of 16 of the International Open . In the world rankings he improved to 64th place. But in the 1993/94 season , Henry's results improved significantly, so that he was eliminated only three times before the main round, but then lost the majority in the first main round, for example at the World Snooker Championship . Apart from that, he made it into the round of 32 at the Welsh Open and into the round of 16 at the UK Championship as well as in a minor ranking tournament , i.e. a tournament with limited influence on the world ranking list. As a result, he jumped to 39th place in the world rankings.

During the following season , however, Henry did not reach the last sixteen in a single full ranking tournament, but was able to maintain the level of the previous year in terms of main round qualification, which means he was often eliminated in the round of 64 or in the round of 32. He only survived these rounds in two editions of the WPBSA Minor Tour and was only eliminated in the quarter-finals or semi-finals. This was enough to improve to 35th place on the world rankings.

Years in the WRL 40s

The 1995/96 season was slightly worse when Henry was eliminated from most of the tournaments in the last qualifying round or in the first main round and thus rarely survived the round of the last 64. At the International Open and the World Snooker Championship he reached the round of 32 and had to admit defeat in this. But he achieved his best result at the Welsh Open , where he reached the quarter-finals with a victory over old master Steve Davis and was defeated by the young Paul Hunter . On the world rankings this success could not help him either, he slipped to 40th place.

In the next season , Henry was eliminated a total of four times in the qualifying round of the last 96, but only two more times in the round of the last 64. This made him twice each time the round of the last 48 and the round of 32, but never got beyond . However, he moved to the final of the Benson and Hedges Championship , a tournament without influence on the world rankings, and thus achieved the best result of his professional career, even if he was there with 8: 9 defeated Brian Morgan . That being said, his results in the ranking tournaments were enough for Henry to hold onto his 40th place.

In the following two years, Henry remained at the previous year's level; mostly he was eliminated in the round of the last 96 or in the round of the last 64. In the 1997/98 season , he reached the following round only once before advancing to the round of 32 four times the next season . This season he reached the quarter-finals at two events on the UK Tour , but he was eliminated there too. During this time he slipped from 43rd to 45th in the world rankings.

Years in the top 32

As before, Henry was often eliminated early in the 1999/2000 season , but more often in the round of the last 64. He also made a total of five times in the round of the last 32, but was only eliminated there twice. He reached the round of 16 for the first time since the 1996 Welsh Open at the UK Championship , the Welsh Open and the Snooker World Championship . With the next season Henry celebrated his 10th professional anniversary. During the season he was eliminated from all ranking tournaments in the round of the last 48 at the earliest; in addition to three defeats in this, he lost one more time in the round of 32 and in the round of 16. He made it to the quarter-finals three times: he was eliminated from the UK Championship in this round, but at the China Open and the Scottish Open he set a new career record with his semi-finals. On the world rankings, this meant that he improved from 29th to 18th, the best position of his career.

With the next season , Henry's form dropped again a little; more and more he was now eliminated in the round of the last 48 or in the round of the last 32. Only once did he get beyond these two rounds when he reached the round of 16 at the LG Cup with victories over Marcus Campbell and Jimmy White and was eliminated from Ronnie O'Sullivan . The 2002/03 season was similar, but in addition to a round of 16 - at the World Snooker Championship , in which his hopes for a game against Stephen Hendry were fulfilled and he defeated him - once in the quarter-finals (at the Benson and Hedges Championship ) and in the semi-finals (at the UK Championship ) eliminated. At the UK Championship , Henry , who was living in Rutherglen at the time , surprisingly defeated defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and previously Jimmy White. Nevertheless, he slipped on the world rankings within these two years from 22nd to 25th.

The following season , however, was identical to the 2001/02 season, especially in terms of ranking tournaments, when Henry was mostly eliminated in the round of 32 at the latest and only survived these rounds once, when he was eliminated from the Players Championship in the round of 16. Nevertheless, he lost only two other places on the world rankings; he was now on rank 27. The same was true of the 2004/05 season , when Henry only reached the round of 16 at the Welsh Open and lost to Barry Hawkins there . As a result, he slipped out of the top 32 and was now ranked 35th.

Last professional years

In the 2005/06 season , Henry, now living in Cambuslang , but not in a single tournament, made it to the second round. In the majority of the tournaments he was eliminated in the round of the last 48 at the latest and thus mostly missed the main round. He achieved this at the Welsh Open and the China Open , where he was eliminated in the round of 32. In the world rankings, this meant that he lost seven places and was now ranked 42nd. In the next season he was eliminated from the group stage at the Grand Prix consistently in the round of 64 and only moved into the round of 48 at the 2007 China Open and the World Snooker Championship . In the world rankings he, who had improved to 41st place at the beginning of the season, slipped to 57th place.

In the 2007/08 season , Henry's best results were again two appearances in the last 48 rounds, this time not only at the China Open but also at the Welsh Open . Otherwise he was mostly eliminated in the round of the last 80, only once in the round of the last 64 and in the group stage of the Grand Prix . At the end of the season he slipped to 74th place, which meant that after 17 years as a professional he lost the right to start the next season and he had to end his professional career.

successes

output	year	competition	Final opponent	Result
Amateur tournaments
winner	1988	Scottish Snooker Championship	Jimmy Allan	9: 8
Second	1989/3	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series	Jonathan Birch	4: 5
Professional tournaments
Second	1996	Benson and Hedges Championship	Brian Morgan	8: 9

Web links

• Profile of Drew Henry on CueTracker
• Drew Henry in the Snooker Database (English)
• Profile on snooker.org (English)
• Profile at Euro Sports (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Ron Florax: Career Total Statistics For Drew Henry - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 25, 2020 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Ron Florax: Ranking History For Drew Henry. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 25, 2020 .  
3. ↑ Chris Turner: Player's Mini-Profiles. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on January 12, 2012 ; accessed on May 27, 2020 (English).  
4. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1988-1989 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 25, 2020 .  
5. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1988-1989 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 25, 2020 .  
6. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1988-1989 - Non-professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 25, 2020 .  
7. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1989-1990 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 25, 2020 .  
8. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1990-1991 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 25, 2020 .  
9. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1991-1992 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
10. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1992-1993 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
11. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1993-1994 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
12. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1994-1995 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
13. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1995-1996 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
14. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1996-1997 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
15. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1997-1998 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
16. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1998-1999 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
17. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 1999-2000 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
18. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 2000-2001 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
19. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 2001-2002 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
20. ↑ ^{a b} Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 2002-2003 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
21. ↑ Snooker: Henry hopes he's on cue for Hendry clash. In: Evening Chronicle. ChronicleLive, April 17, 2003, accessed May 27, 2020 .  
22. ↑ Chris Slegg, Dave McIntyre: Henry shocks O'Sullivan. In: BBC Ceefax in York. BBC Sport , December 11, 2002, accessed May 27, 2020 .  
23. ^ Sally Collins: Snooker: White falls to Henry. The Independent , December 6, 2002, accessed May 27, 2020 .  
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25. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 2004-2005 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
26. ^ Snooker - Malta Cup Profiles: Drew Henry (Scotland). Malta Independent , January 27, 2005, accessed May 27, 2020 .  
27. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 2005-2006 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
28. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 2006-2007 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .  
29. ↑ Ron Florax: Drew Henry - Season 2007-2008 - Professional Results. CueTracker.net, accessed on May 27, 2020 .