Graham Horne

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Graham Horne
birthday June 10, 1971
nationality ScotlandScotland Scotland
professional 1991 - 2000
Prize money 29,505 ₤
Highest break 110 ( Benson and Hedges Championship 1988 )
Century Breaks 1
World rankings
Highest WRL place 73 ( 1997/98 )
Best results
Ranked tournaments 2 × round of the last 32
Other professional tournaments 1 × quarter-finals ( Benson and Hedges Championship 1988 )
Amateur tournaments European champion

Graham Horne (born June 10, 1971 ) is a former Scottish snooker player who was active as a professional player for nine years between 1991 and 2000 and also won the 1996 European Snooker Championship.

Career

Beginnings as an amateur

Horne first drew attention to himself when he reached the quarterfinals of the Scottish Snooker Championship in 1988 and lost 5-2 to Paul McPhillips . In the same year he was defeated in the third event of the WPBSA Pro Ticket Series in the round of 32 Dave Finbow , before losing to John Lardner in the 1989 round of 16 .

In 1991 Horne managed to win the Scottish Open Championship with a 6-3 win over Michael Valentine before losing 4-6 to Craig McGillivray in the Scottish Championship final . He then became a professional player in the same year that the professional tour was opened to all players.

First professional years

This resulted in a high number of participants, so that Horne had to play through numerous qualifying rounds for a main round participation. During his first professional season, the 1991/92 season , he only reached a higher round than the third round in three of seven tournaments. He moved to the UK Championship in the fifth qualifying round and both the Classic and the British Open in the round of 128, where he lost to Jason Ferguson , Roger Bales and Andrew Cairns . In the world rankings , he was therefore ranked 207.

With this placement he was able to save some qualifying rounds in the following season , and despite two opening defeats he reached the round of the last 128 in seven out of ten tournaments and was eliminated in this. The missing tournaments were the Snooker World Championship , in the seventh qualifying round of which Horne was eliminated. Up fifty places on the world rankings to 157th place.

The 1993/94 season was a little worse for Horne , in which he did not get past the second round in eight out of ten tournaments. Thus he only reached a higher round at the European Open and the Welsh Open , with both tournaments only being eliminated in the round of the last 96; in the first tournament against Danny Fowler , in the second tournament with 0: 5 against Dave Harold . On the world rankings he was able to improve by nine places to 148th place thanks to these results.

Promotion to rank 73

In the 1994/95 season , Horne managed to lose his opening game in just one tournament, while he was eliminated in most of the tournaments at the latest in the fourth round. In contrast, he reached the round of 128 in both the Dubai Classic and the World Snooker Championship and lost to a Scottish compatriot with Graeme Dott and Jamie Burnett , while his best result of the season was a place in the round of 96 at the European Open where he after beating among others Murdo MacLeod , Eugene Hughes and Robby Foldvari to Eddie Charlton was beaten. In the world rankings, however, he only improved three places to 145th.

The following season was just as successful for Horne , in which Horne, among other things, the round of the last 32 of the non-ranking tournament Benson and Hedges Championship and, with regard to the ranking tournaments, the round of the last 128 as well as the International Open and the British Open reached the round of 96. In addition, he moved into the round of 64 at the Thailand Open with a victory over Nigel Gilbert and was eliminated from Dave Finbow . As a result, he improved to number 113 on the world rankings.

In 1996 Horne took part in the European Snooker Championship and reached the final of the tournament with only one defeat in the group stage, in which he was crowned European champion with an 8: 5 win over Kristján Helgason . The 1996/97 season , however, was sluggish for Horne, where he did not get beyond the round of 128 in the first half of the season except for the Benson and Hedges Championship . But in the second half of the season he defeated Alex Higgins and Dennis Taylor among others at the Thailand Open and thus moved into the main round after surviving the wildcard round , in which he had to admit defeat to James Wattana . After being eliminated in the round of 96 at the British Open , he qualified with wins over Barry Mapstone , Joe Perry , Tony Chappel , Mark King and Steve James for the main round of the World Snooker Championship , in which he was eliminated against John Higgins . On the world rankings he jumped to 73rd place, which remained his best world rankings for the rest of his career.

Last professional years

Also in 1997 Horne again took part in the European Snooker Championship , this time in which he was defeated 4: 6 in the semifinals to the later European champion Robin Hull . During the 1997/98 season , Horne almost only took part in qualifying competitions, despite his world ranking position, so that at the end of the season he was only ranked 97th in the world rankings.

In the 1998/99 season Horne took part again in all professional events, but lost numerous opening games, although he survived several rounds in the other three tournaments. So he moved into the quarter-finals of the Benson & Hedges Championship and the round of the last 64 of the UK Championship , while he reached the round of 48 at the Irish Open . Nevertheless, he deteriorated in the world rankings to 114, where he did not play professional games as a result and ended his professional career at the end of the 1999/2000 season.

successes

output year competition Final opponent Result
Amateur tournaments
winner 1991 Scottish Open Championship ScotlandScotland Michael Valentine 6: 3
Second 1991 Scottish Snooker Championship ScotlandScotland Craig MacGillivray 4: 6
winner 1996 EBSA European Snookere Championship IcelandIceland Kristjan Helgason 8: 5

Individual evidence

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