Alan McManus
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 Alan McManus at the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic |
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| Born | 21 January 1971 |
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| Sport country |  Scotland |
| Nickname | Angles |
| Professional | 1990– |
| Highest ranking | 6 (4 years) |
| Current ranking | 46 |
| Career winnings | GB£2,212,520[1] |
| Highest break | 143 (World Championship 1994[1]) |
| Century breaks | 156 |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 2 |
| Non-ranking | 2 |
Alan McManus (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish professional snooker player, known for his tactical play and safety shots, giving rise to his nickname "Angles" McManus.
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[edit] Career
McManus has long been a considered a consistently good player as his record of sixteen consecutive seasons in the Top 16 testifies, but never managed to achieve the success of his contemporaries such as Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, Ronnie O'Sullivan and John Higgins. 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). He has reached twenty-one professional semi-finals, but won only four events. He has reached the semi-finals of the World Championship twice, but has 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. He has also compiled 141 competitive centuries during his career.
The highlight of his career to date was claiming the Masters title at Wembley in 1994, defeating Stephen Hendry 9–8 in the final to end Hendry's unbeaten run in the tournament, which dated back to 1989.
A series of poor results in the 2005–2006 season saw him drop out of the top 16 for the first time since 1991. He reached the semi finals of the 2006 Snooker Grand Prix, losing to Neil Robertson. However, he lost a World Championship qualifier 10–9 to journeyman Joe Delaney.
[edit] Television work
McManus worked as a commentator for Eurosport on the 2007 and 2011 World Snooker Championships.
[edit] Tournament wins
[edit] Ranking tournaments
- Dubai Classic (1994)
- Thailand Open (1996)
[edit] Non-ranking tournaments
- Benson & Hedges Championship – 1991
- Masters (1994)
[edit] Team tournaments
- World Cup with team Scotland – 1996
- Nations Cup with team Scotland – 2001
[edit] References
- ^ a b Yahoo! Sport. 2009. Alan McManus. [Online] Yahoo! UK (Updated 2010) Available at: http://uk.yahoo.eurosport.com/snooker/person_prs28966.shtml [Accessed 19 February 2010].
[edit] External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Alan McManus |
- Profile on Pro Snooker Blog
- Alan McManus – results & statistics at CueTracker.net
