Euan Henderson
Born (1967-06-30) 30 June 1967
Melbourne, Australia
Sport country Scotland
Professional1991–2003
Highest ranking38 (1997–98)
Best ranking finishRunner-up (x1)

Euan Henderson (born 30 June 1967) is a retired Scottish professional snooker player.

Career

In his twelve-year professional career he reached only one ranking final, in the 1996 Grand Prix, albeit without beating any of the game's established leading players. His 6–3 semi-final win over the Welsh veteran Mark Bennett (who had knocked out several of the game's big names – including Chris Small, Peter Ebdon, Steve Davis and Tony Drago en route to the semi-final stage) did see him take out that tournament's in-form player. However, Mark Williams proved too strong for Henderson in the final. Henderson took the opening frame and also led 3–2 at one point, but lost 9–5 to Williams. This tournament, besides having two surprise semi-finalists in Henderson and Bennett, made headlines because many of the pre-tournament favourites (including the reigning world champion and world No.1 Stephen Hendry, Alan McManus, Peter Ebdon and Nigel Bond) were all knocked out in the first round.[1]

In the 1994 Grand Prix competition he had his first high-profile victory, beating Jimmy White to reach the last 16.[2]

After retiring from snooker in 2003, Henderson became a police officer.[3]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1990/
91		 1991/
92		 1992/
93		 1993/
94		 1994/
95		 1995/
96		 1996/
97		 1997/
98		 1998/
99		 1999/
00		 2000/
01		 2001/
02		 2002/
03
Ranking [nb 1] [nb 2] 128 107 119 90 62 44 38 43 48 75 67
Ranking tournaments
LG Cup[nb 3] A LQ LQ LQ 3R LQ F 1R 2R 1R LQ LQ LQ
British Open A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R
UK Championship A LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ 1R
Welsh Open NH 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ
European Open[nb 4] A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R NH LQ Not Held LQ LQ
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event A
Scottish Open[nb 5] Not Held LQ LQ QF LQ 1R QF 1R LQ 1R LQ WD
World Championship A LQ LQ LQ LQ 1R LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ WD
Non-ranking tournaments
Scottish Masters A A A A A A A A A LQ A A A
Benson and Hedges Championship A 1R 4R 2R 2R 3R LQ 2R 2R 2R A A A
The Masters A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ A A A
Former ranking tournaments
Classic A LQ Tournament Not Held
Strachan Open NH LQ MR NR Tournament Not Held
Asian Classic[nb 6] A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
German Open Tournament Not Held LQ LQ LQ Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Event LQ NR Not Held
China Open[nb 7] Tournament Not Held NR LQ LQ LQ LQ NH
Thailand Masters[nb 8] A LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ LQ 2R LQ LQ LQ NR
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Masters 2R Tournament Not Held
Performance Table Legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin)		 QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi-finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Heldmeans an event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a ranking event.
  1. ↑ He was an amateur.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking.
  3. ↑ The event was also called the Grand Prix (1990/1991–2000/2001)
  4. ↑ The event was also called the Irish Open (1998/1999)
  5. ↑ The event was also called the International Open (1992/1993–1996/1997)
  6. ↑ The event was also called the Dubai Classic (1989/90–1994/1995) and Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
  7. ↑ The event was also called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  8. ↑ The event was also called the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)

Career finals

Ranking finals: 1

Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 1996 Grand Prix Wales Mark Williams 5–9

References

  1. ↑ "Grand Prix 1996". snooker.org. Retrieved 11 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Snooker: Henderson pockets the cash: Little-known Scot records his biggest pay-day after knocking out world No 4 White". The Independent. 14 October 1994.
  3. ↑ "Big break helps Euan bring home British title". Central Fife Times. 8 June 2011.


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