Mark Johnston-Allen (born 28 December 1968) is an English former professional snooker player.
Early life From Bristol, the son of David and older brother of Craig who was also a junior snooker player.
Career He won three consecutive Avon County Championships and won the English junior and senior champion prior to turning professional ahead of the 1988-1989 snooker season. He reached the last-16 at the 1989 British Open, recording credible wins over Terry Griffiths and Eugene Hughes, before his run was ended by former world champion Joe Johnson. After his first season as a professional he had risen to number 52 in the world rankings. Over the next couple of seasons his ranking moved down to number 59 and then back to number 52 in the world.
Johnston-Allen reached the final of the 1991 European Open while ranked #59 in the world, a run which included a 5–0 win over Stephen Hendry, but lost 7–9 to Tony Jones in the final. He reached the final of the same event again a year later, this time losing 9–3 to Jimmy White. He qualified for the main stage of the World Championship in 1992, but lost 4–10 to Tony Knowles in the first round.
At the International Open in 1995, he knocked out Hendry, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan before losing 5–0 to White in the quarter-finals. He defeated White en route to the semi-finals of the 1995 Thailand Open, where he lost to James Wattana. His world ranking peaked at number 31, in the 1992/1993 season, During his career, he won each of his three matches against Stephen Hendry.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournament 1988/89 1989/90 1990/91 1991/92 1992/93 1993/94 1994/95 1995/96 1996/97 1997/98 1998/99 1999/00RankingIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonNew players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking5259523131444944He was an amateur139Ranking tournamentsBritish Open3R1RLQ3R1R1R1R3RLQALQAGrand Prix1R1R1RLQ1R1RLQLQLQA1RAUK ChampionshipLQ1RLQ1R1R1RLQ1RLQALQAChina OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)Tournament Not HeldNRLQAWelsh OpenTournament Not HeldLQ1R1R1R1R1RALQAThailand MastersThe event was called the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)NH1RLQ1R2RLQSFLQLQALQAScottish OpenThe event was called the International Open (1988/1989–1989/1990 and 1992/1993–1996/1997)1R2RNot Held1R1RQFLQ1RALQAWorld ChampionshipLQLQLQ1RLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQNon-ranking tournamentsThe MastersAALQLQLQLQLQALQALQAFormer ranking tournamentsCanadian MastersLQTournament Not HeldHong Kong OpenThe event was called the Australian Open (1994/1995–1995/1996 and the Australian Masters (1995/1996)NHLQTournament Not HeldNon-RankingTournament Not HeldClassicLQ1RLQ1RTournament Not HeldStrachan OpenThe event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993–1993/1994)Tournament Not HeldLQMRNRTournament Not HeldAsian ClassicThe event was called the Dubai Classic (1989/1990-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)NRLQ1RWD1RLQLQ2RLQTournament Not HeldGerman OpenThe event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)Tournament Not HeldLQLQANRNHIrish OpenThe event was called the European Open (1988/1989–1996/1997)2R1RFFQFLQLQLQLQNHLQNHFormer non-ranking tournamentsEnglish Professional ChampionshipLQTournament Not HeldShoot OutNot Held2RTournament Not HeldWorld MastersNot Held1RTournament Not Held Performance Table LegendLQ 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-finalsSF lost in the semi–finalsF lost in the finalW won the tournamentDNQ did not qualify for the tournamentA did not participate in the tournamentWD withdrew from the tournament NH / Not Held event was not held.NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.PA / Pro–am Event means an event is/was a pro–am event.
Career finals Ranking finals: 2 OutcomeYearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreRunner-up 1991 European Open Tony Jones 7–9Runner-up 1992 European Open (2) Jimmy White 3–9
Pro-am finals: 2 OutcomeYearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreRunner-up 1985 Pontins Autumn Open Gary Bray 5–7Runner-up 1987 Pontins Autumn Open (2) Nick Terry 4–5
Amateur finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome YearChampionshipOpponent in the finalScoreWinner 1987 British Under-19 Championship Drew Henry 3–2
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