John Parrott

John Parrott
birthday	11th May 1964 (age 56)
place of birth	Liverpool
nationality	England
Nickname (s)	The Entertainer, Mr. JP
professional	1983 - 2010
Prize money	£ 3,160,747
Highest break	147 ( Matchroom League 1992 )
Century Breaks	227
Main tour successes
World championships	1
Ranking tournament victories	9
World rankings
Highest WRL place	2 ( 1989/90 + 1992 - 1994 )

John Stephen Parrott , MBE (born May 11, 1964 in Liverpool ) is a former English snooker player who played for 27 seasons as a professional player on the professional tour between 1983 and 2010 . During this time he won a total of nine ranking tournaments, including the 1991 World Snooker Championship and the UK Championship of the same year. In the absence of a Masters title, however, he is not a member of the Triple Crown .

After a successful amateur career, Parrott became a professional player in 1983 and quickly played at a high level, which earned him a quick rise to the top of the world. At the end of the 1980s he won his first tournaments and lost, among other things, 3:18 in the final of the World Snooker Championship in 1989 against Steve Davis . At the beginning of the 1990s, he continued his winning streak, winning the World Snooker Championship in 1991 and the UK Championship in the same year . In the years that followed, Parrott, who is one of the most popular snooker players, was still among the world's best before gradually slipping down the world rankings after the turn of the millennium. In 2010 he ended his career as a snooker player after 27 years, but he had built up a second mainstay with his career as a TV personality, for example in the job of a presenter on snooker broadcasts on the BBC . In 2015 he was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame .

Career

Parrott was born in Liverpool in 1964 and grew up with his aunt and uncle and later with his father after his parents' divorce when he was four years old. He was a very good bowls player in his youth , until he took his father to the Dudley Institute's snooker hall on a wet day and took an interest in the sport. He gained his first experience in a local snooker league. Under the guidance of manager Phil Miller, Parrott developed into one of the leading junior players in his region. Parrott attracted attention when he reached the semi-finals of the British U16 Championship in 1978, but was eliminated there. In 1979 he lost in the final against Tony Pyle, a year later in the same place against Terry Whitthread . At the age of sixteen he managed a break of 129. A year later he lost in the second round of the U19 championship against Dean Reynolds and at the same time in the second round of qualifying for the main championship against Ian Williamson . He also won the junior competition of the Pontins Open and played the tournament's highest break with a 97 break at Junior Pot Black , which was ultimately won by Dean Reynolds. In 1982 he lost in the final of the qualification against Malcolm Bradley and in the final of the U19 championship against Neal Foulds , but won the Pontins Spring Open against former world champion Ray Reardon . He also won the Junior Pot Black , a title he was able to defend the following year. He was also the first player to win both the junior tournament and the main tournament of the Merseyside Snooker Championship . In addition to defending the title at Junior Pot Black, he qualified with an 8: 4 win over Steve Meakin for the final of the main championship, in which he was defeated by Tony Jones . Only a short time later he became a professional player. He had previously signed his first sponsorship deal worth around £ 5,000 with the cue manufacturer Peradon and Fletcher.

First professional years

Parrott's first professional season was the 1983/84 season , with which his professional career began at a time when numerous tournaments gradually had an impact on the world rankings and snooker became economically more profitable. In his first season he was eliminated from only one tournament in the first round and lost twice in the round of 32 and once more in the round of 16 of the World Snooker Championship . His greatest success was the move into the semi-finals of the Classic , where he lost after several victories over leading players of the time Steve Davis , who shaped the 1980s. Due to his results, Parrott was henceforth ranked 20th in the world , which meant that he could save himself the numerous qualifying games. Parrott had a dream start in his professional career and was already considered the future world champion at that time.

During the next season , Parrott was eliminated from most tournaments one or two rounds after the tournament started, but this still meant good results. Shortly before the end of the season, however, he achieved another great success when he reached the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship and was only barely defeated by Ray Reardon . At the amateur level, he also reached a final, namely that of the Pontins Spring Open , a tournament with both professional and amateur participation, and lost there to Jim Chambers . Due to his success at the World Cup, he improved two places to 18th place.

In the 1985/86 season Parrott was often eliminated only in the round of 16 and achieved his best result of the season in a ranking tournament with the quarter-finals at the Grand Prix . In the numerous smaller tournaments, however, he usually lost early, only at the Australian Masters he reached a higher round with the semifinals. There was also another final at the Pontins Spring Open , which he was able to win this time against Tony Putnam. In the world rankings he improved to 17th place. After a slightly below average start to the following season , Parrott reached the last round of important tournaments several times, including this time the quarter-finals at the Classic and the semi-finals of the UK Championship . On the world rankings he improved again, this time to 13th place.

With the 1987/88 season , Parrott's results improved again when he was eliminated in three of all tournaments in the round of 16, in the UK Championship in the quarter-finals and in another four tournaments only in the semi-finals, including the prestigious Masters invitation tournament and two ranking tournaments. At the Classic , he finally reached a final for the first time in his professional career, but lost it just under 11:13 against Steve Davis. Apart from that, however, he won two tournaments without world ranking influence: the Kent Cup against Martin Clark and the Pontins Professional against Mike Hallett . On the world rankings he jumped to 7th place.

Years of great success

The success of the previous season was Parrott in the next season , when he was eliminated several times early, but also several times reached the quarter- or semi-finals of a ranking tournament. A total of seven times during the season he was also in the final of a tournament, mostly in smaller invitation tournaments, but also in the Masters and even in the Snooker World Championship , where he was, however, with a 3:18 defeat against Steve Davis for the highest defeat in a World Cup. Finale ensured. With that he only won one tournament; at the European Open he defeated Terry Griffiths from Welsh in the Decider . On the world rankings, he improved by five more places and is now in second place.

Also in the 1989/90 season Parrott's successful streak continued, but this time with only four finals. In most of the tournaments, however, he reached at least the round of 16, often also one of the next round, such as the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship . The majority of the finals were again tournaments that had no impact on the world rankings and mostly ended in defeats, such as the Masters . Again he only won the European Open , this time against Stephen Hendry . In the world rankings he still deteriorated by one place.

Parrott was also at his highest point in the world rankings during his world championship title

Right at the beginning of the following season , Parrott won a smaller tournament with the Norwich Union Grand Prix , later another title followed at the Humo Masters and a final defeat in such a tournament at the Irish Masters . Apart from that, Parrott's form deteriorated a bit, he reached the quarter-finals of a ranking tournament several times, but was also eliminated early on several times. After a semi-final at the UK Championship , he only reached that round at the Snooker World Championship and defeated Steve Davis there to be in a World Cup final for the second time in his career. There he defeated Jimmy White with 18:11 and became snooker world champion . Before the World Cup, Parrott was still considered a 16-1 underdog. Parrott, himself a fan of Everton FC , presented his World Cup trophy to the people of his hometown in a crowded Anfield Stadium , home of Liverpool FC . Nevertheless, he lost another place in the world rankings and was now ranked 4th.

The 1991/92 season went a little better when he reached at least the quarter-finals in almost all tournaments and was rarely eliminated early. Again he reached several finals and won, among other things, the Dubai Classic and with a 16:13 win over Jimmy White in the UK Championship, his second triple crown title. Despite the fact that his cue was stolen from him at Heathrow Airport at the end of 1991 , he reached the final of the Masters only a little later , but missed his third triple crown title against Stephen Hendry, which he could not win later. So that he's not really a member of the Triple Crown. After a final defeat at the Strachan Open and other good results at other tournaments, he ended the season with a 12-13 defeat against Alan McManus in the quarter-finals of the World Snooker Championship , with which the so-called Curse of the Crucible also applied to Parrott. Previously, he had provided the first white wash in the main round of the World Cup with his 10-0 win over Eddie Charlton at the World Cup. During the season Parrott had also played a maximum break in the Matchroom League , the highest break of his career. In the world rankings, he improved to second place and thus set his record from the 1989/90 season.

Establishment in the top 5

The 1992/93 season was similar , when Parrott often reached the quarter-finals, but the earlier defeats accumulated again. He was eliminated from three ranking tournaments in the round of 32. In contrast, he also reached four other finals and was able to win the Indian Challenge and the Dubai Classic before losing the final at the Humo Masters and the UK Championship . In the second half of the season there were no further finals when he only reached the semi-finals at the invitation tournament Irish Masters , but was eliminated there. Nevertheless, he held his second place in the world rankings.

In the following season Parrott lost only once in or before the round of 32 and otherwise reached at least the quarter-finals in the majority of the ranking tournaments. In contrast, he was able to win at the tournaments without affecting the world rankings only in the Matchroom League games, where he was only defeated in the final against Stephen Hendry. He also reached a final in the ranking tournaments, which he won against James Wattana at the International Open . In the world rankings he still deteriorated to 5th place.

During the 1994/95 season Parrott lost again three times in or before the round of 32, but again reached a quarter- or semi-finals several times, for example at the UK Championship or the World Snooker Championship . It looked similar at the smaller tournaments, but he won one such tournament with the Malta Grand Prix . In contrast, he reached the final of the European Open ranking tournament , but was defeated by Stephen Hendry . But because he was otherwise eliminated several times shortly before the final, he improved to fourth place in the world rankings.

The next season Parrott began with a lost final at the Red and White Challenge and a little later with a win at the Thailand Classic , but Parrott did not make it into the first half of the season and sometimes also in the second half Advancing rounds just before the final. Nevertheless, he achieved this several times. In addition to his victory at the Thailand Classic, this also included two other ranking tournament matches , where he lost the one at the Welsh Open against the young Welshman Mark Williams and the one at the European Open against Peter Ebdon . This enabled him to hold fourth place on the world rankings.

Farewell to the top of the world

In the 1996/97 season Parrott again reached more high rounds and was eliminated from only three tournaments before the quarter-finals. But since he was almost always eliminated in the quarter or semi-finals with the others, he only reached the final at the European Open . In this he met the young Scotsman John Higgins , who defeated him 9: 5. On the world rankings he lost two places and was thus led to 6th place. The next season was similar when he did not reach the quarter-finals in only three tournaments, but was mostly eliminated in this or the subsequent semi-finals. This time he reached two finals, but lost both at the German Open and at the Thailand Masters . On the world rankings, he was able to hold his position from last year.

With the 1998/99 season , the number of defeats before the quarter-finals rose to six, but Parrott still reached the higher round several times. For example, he was eliminated from both the UK Championship and the World Snooker Championships in the quarter-finals and the Irish Open and the Thailand Masters in the semifinals. Apart from that, he did not reach a higher round in ranked tournaments, so Parrott's only participation in the finals this season was the German Masters , where he won against Mark Williams. On the world rankings he improved to fifth place despite the fact that this tournament had no influence on the world rankings.

In the next season , however, Parrott was eliminated in eight of thirteen tournaments at the latest in the round of 32 or in the group stage. He only survived these rounds in three invitation and two world ranking tournaments and was eliminated from the World Snooker Championship in the round of 16, the Scottish Masters and Malta Grand Prix in the quarter finals and the Masters and Irish Masters in the semifinals without reaching a single final. Only as a member of the English team did he reach a final at the Nations Cup , which the team won. On the world rankings, this was shown in a loss of four places, so that he was now ranked 10th.

Years in the lower top 32

During the 2000/01 season Parrott won only six of fifteen games, which, in addition to numerous defeats in the beginning, was eliminated twice in the round of 16 and the Masters in the quarterfinals, but also reached the semifinals at the Thailand Masters . In the following season , Parrott won one more game, but he never got past the round of 32, which also reached seven out of nine tournaments. As a result, he improved to 19th place on the world rankings, after having fallen to 22nd in the meantime.

During the 2002/03 season , however, he won just over a quarter of all games and lost his opening game in six of eight tournaments. With his total of three wins he reached the round of 32 of the World Snooker Championship and the round of 16 of the British Open , but was eliminated there. As a result, he slipped to 30th place in the world rankings. In the following season he won more games again, reaching the round of 32 at the UK Championship , the Welsh Open and the World Snooker Championship, the last sixteen at the Players Championship and even the semi-finals at the LG Cup . Nevertheless, it deteriorated to 31st place in the world rankings.

In the course of the 2004/05 season Parrott managed again only in three tournaments to win his opening game. As a result, he reached the round of 32 of the British Open, the round of 16 of the Welsh Open and the quarter-finals of the UK Championship , in which or in which he was then eliminated. Nevertheless, the results were enough to improve himself to 29th place in the world rankings, which placed him in the top 32 for the last time.

Last professional years

In the next season Parrott only won two opening games and reached the round of 32 at the Malta Cup and the World Snooker Championship , in both cases the Scotsman Graeme Dott , who became world champion at the end of the season. On the world rankings, he slipped out of the top 32 to 43rd. But in the 2006/07 season he lost only two opening games and only retired three times in the round of the last 48 and once despite four wins in the qualifying group stage of the Grand Prix . His best result was the round of 16 of the Snooker World Championship , which he had achieved thanks to a narrow victory over Steve Davis . As a result, he was able to improve to 39th place on the world rankings.

During the 2007/08 season Parrott was eliminated only twice in the first round, but lost in all other tournaments in his second round, the round of the last 48. Nevertheless, he was able to hold 39th place in the world rankings. But in the following season he lost four of seven opening games and was eliminated from the other tournaments once in the round of the last 48 and again in the subsequent wildcard round . His best result was taking part in the round of 16 of the Grand Prix . Despite this result, he fell to 53rd place on the world rankings.

In the 2009/10 season Parrott was able to win only two of eight games and thus twice reached a round of the last 64. At the end of the season, he slipped to 65th place in the world rankings, which he lost his right to start the professional tour. Parrott had previously announced when this event occurred that he would end his professional career. This was ultimately the case, making the 2009/10 season his 27th and final professional season.

Further life

Parrott and Davis during a BBC interview for the 2010 World Cup

In the following years, Parrott, who is known by the nicknames The Entertainer and Mr. JP , took part in the World Seniors Championship several times in addition to an unsuccessful participation in a qualification for the professional World Cup : In 2010 he achieved , The semifinals in 2011 and 2015 , whereas he was eliminated in the round of 16 for the 2016 and 2019 editions . Parrott also took part in other senior tournaments, but without major success. He also had appearances in the exhibition series Snooker Legends .

Parrott, who is a fan of Everton FC and horse racing , had built a second mainstay as a TV personality during his playing career. He was team captain at A Question of Sport for a few years and alongside Steve Davis is a regular TV commentator for snooker games at the BBC . He is also active as a table speaker. In his spare time, Parrott plays golf at a good level .

Honors

In 1996, Parrott was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for “ Merseyside charitable work ” . In 2015 he was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame along with Mark Selby .

Style of play

Parrott's specialty were kicks where the cue ball was close to the boards, so they were generally very difficult to play. At times, Parrott was trained by Frank Callan . In the words of Steve Davis , Parrott was a monster at the table that could have won more than it actually has.

Parrott, who is one of the most popular snooker players, was considered a player who would train doggedly, but instead indulged in other hobbies such as betting on horse races in addition to snooker during his active career. Next to the table, he was known for his wit and charm, as well as being a family man. His wedding in 1989 was seen as a source of strength for him, through which he could start the series of successes in the following years. During this time he was also in the eyes of Stephen Hendry , himself the dominant player of the 1990s with seven World Cup titles, his main rival and one of his feared opponents. Hendry also writes in his autobiography that Parrott felt like a role model during this time, especially in games against him.

successes

→ Main article : John Parrott / Achievements

Parrott reached numerous finals during his career, including the finals of Triple Crown tournaments listed below . All other finals can be found under the link above.

output	year	competition	finalist	Frames
finalist	1989	Masters	Stephen Hendry	6: 9
finalist	1989	World Snooker Championship	Steve Davis	3:18
finalist	1990	Masters	Stephen Hendry	4: 9
winner	1991	World Snooker Championship	Jimmy White	18:11
winner	1991	UK Championship	Jimmy White	16:13
finalist	1992	Masters	Stephen Hendry	4: 9
finalist	1992	UK Championship	Jimmy White	9:16

Web links

Commons : John Parrott  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Profile of John Parrott on CueTracker
• John Parrott in the Snooker Database (English)
• Profile of John Parrott on snooker.org
• Profile of John Parrott at Eurosport
• John Parrott in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

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