Ben Hancorn

Ben Hancorn (born 24 May, 1982, Bristol), is an English professional snooker player.[1]

Ben Hancorn
Born (1982-05-24) 24 May 1982
Bristol, England
Sport country England
Professional2020–
Career winnings£220
Highest break130:
2019 Q School - Event 1
Century breaks3

Career

In 2008, Hancorn was the runner up in the English Amateur Championship, losing the final to David Grace.[2] Following this defeat Hancorn stopped playing snooker for a near 10 year hiatus before taking part again in the Challenge Tour.[3]

In February 2020, Hancorn overcame Rory McLeod 5-3 in the final of the English Amateur Championship at the Centaur Arena in Cheltenham.[4]

At the 2020 Q School Event Two at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Hancorn beat the likes of Dean Reynolds and Chen Feilong, before seeing off Kuldesh Johal in the final round. With these wins Hancorn clinched a two-year Tour Card for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 snooker seasons.[5]

Performance and rankings timeline
Tournament 2002/
03		 2003/
04		 2004/
05		 2018/
19		 2020/
21
Ranking[6][nb 1] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 2] [nb 3]
Ranking tournaments
Shoot-Out Not Held 1R
Indian Open Not Held LQ
World Championship LQ LQ LQ A
Former non-ranking tournaments
Merseyside Professional Championship A 1R 1R NH
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.
MR / Minor-Ranking Eventmeans an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
VF / Variant Format Eventmeans an event is/was a variant format event.
  1. It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. He was an amateur.
  3. New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
gollark: Indeed.
gollark: Anyway, it is *not* biased for yes/no questions, so you can safely use that.
gollark: I *have* been known to do this.
gollark: Okay, FINE, that's statistically significant.
gollark: p = 0.125

References
  1. "Ben Hancorn - Player Profile - Snooker". Eurosport UK.
  2. "Hancorn Wins 100th English Amateur Snooker Championship". February 8, 2020.
  3. Bickell, Dave. "Tournament success for Ben". North Somerset Times.
  4. "Hancorn pots way to 100th English Amateur Championship crown". North Somerset Times.
  5. "Q School 2 (2020) - snooker.org". www.snooker.org.
  6. "Ranking History". Snooker.org. Retrieved 6 February 2011.


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