Drew Henry (born 24 November 1968) is a Scottish former professional snooker player, who spent five consecutive seasons of his career in the top 32 of the rankings, peaking at No. 18.
Career As an amateur, Henry won the 1988 Scottish Amateur Championship and reached the Semi-Finals of the World Amateur Championship in the same year.
Turning professional in 1991, Henry won 51 of his first 62 career matches and rose to a ranking position of 39 within three seasons.
Spending 13 consecutive seasons within the World's top 48 players, Henry enjoyed his best form around the turn of the century, reaching three ranking event semi-finals, including the 2002 UK Championship, where he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 9-6 in the Quarter-Final. He was then defeated by Doherty in their sem-final match.
Henry achieved his best ranking of 18 for the 2001/2002 season, having narrowly missed a top 16 spot at the end of the season. He spent five consecutive seasons within the World's top 32 players.
Henry was also victorious in the 1991 Pontins Professional, defeating John Read in the final and won the 1995 WPBSA Minor Tour Event 6 in Beijing, defeating Mark Williams 6-5. In 2002 Henry also defeated Ali Carter 5-3 to win the Scottish Masters Qualifying Event. In 1996 Henry narrowly missed out on a place in the Masters when he lost in a deciding frame 8-9 to Brian Morgan in the Final of the Benson & Hedges Championship. He also lost to Dominic Dale in the final of the Malaysian Masters in the same year.
One of Scotland's leading players through the 1990s and 2000s, Henry also appeared at the Crucible Theatre for the World Snooker Championships on six occasions, losing a number of close matches to leading players such as Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and John Parrott. He made his debut at the crucible in 1994 losing 9-10 to John Parrott and his final appearance in 2005 losing by the same scoreline to Alan McManus, with his best runs being to the last 16 in 2000 and 2003.
After 17 seasons as a pro, Henry lost his professional status in 2008 after dropping out of the World's top 64 players following a poor run of results. Henry completely retired from the game and has since made no attempt to regain his professional status.
Performance and rankings timeline Tournaments 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 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08RankingsIt shows the ranking at the beginning of the seasonHe was an amateurNew players on the Main Tour do not have a ranking87643935404043452918222527354157Ranking tournamentsShanghai MastersTournament Not HeldLQGrand PrixThe event was called the LG Cup (2001/2002-2003/2004)ALQLQ1RLQLQLQ1R2R1R2R3R1R1R1RLQLQLQNorthern Ireland TrophyTournament Not HeldNRLQLQUK ChampionshipA2RLQ3R2R1RLQLQLQ3RQF2RSF2R1R1RLQLQWelsh OpenNHLQ1R2R1RQF1RLQ1R3R2RLQLQ2R3R2RLQ1RChina OpenThe event was called the China International (1997/1998-1998/1999)Tournament Not HeldNR1RLQSFLQNot HeldLQ1RLQLQWorld ChampionshipALQLQ1RLQ1RLQLQLQ2RLQ1R2RLQ1RLQLQLQNon-ranking tournamentsThe MastersALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQAAAAFormer ranking tournamentsClassicALQTournament Not HeldStrachan OpenThe event was called the Strachan Challenge (1992/1993-1993/1994)NH1RMRNRTournament Not HeldAsian ClassicThe event was called the Dubai Classic (1990/1991-1994/1995) and the Thailand Classic (1995/1996)ALQLQLQLQLQLQTournament Not HeldGerman OpenTournament Not HeldLQLQLQNRTournament Not HeldMalta Grand PrixTournament Not HeldNon-Ranking Event1RNRTournament Not HeldThailand MastersThe event was called the Asian Open (1990/1991-1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994-1996/1997)ALQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQLQNRNot HeldNRNHPlayers ChampionshipThe event was called the International Open (1992/1993-1996/1997) and the Scottish Open (1997/1998-2002/2003)Not Held3R1R2R2RLQ2R2R1RSF1R2R3RTournament Not HeldBritish OpenA1RLQLQ2RLQ2R1R2R2R1R2R1R1R2RNot HeldIrish MastersNon-Ranking Event1RLQLQNHNRNHMalta CupThe event was called the European Open (1990/1991-1996/1997 and 2001/2002-2003/2004) and the Irish Open (1998/1999)ALQLQLQLQLQ1RNHLQNot HeldLQLQ1R1RLQLQNRFormer non-ranking tournamentsWorld MastersLQTournament Not HeldStrachan ChallengeNHRMR2RTournament Not HeldScottish MastersAAAA1RAAAALQLQLQ1RTournament 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 means an event was not held.NR / Non-Ranking Event means an event is/was no longer a ranking event.R / Ranking Event means an event is/was a ranking event.MR / Minor-Ranking Event means an event is/was a minor-ranking event.
Career finals Non-ranking finals: 3 (1 titles) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 1995 WPBSA Minor Tour - Event 6 Mark Williams 6–5Runner-up 1. 1996 Malaysian Masters Dominic Dale 3–8Runner-up 2. 1996 Benson & Hedges Championship Brian Morgan 8–9
Pro-am finals: 2 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreRunner-up 1. 1989 Pontins Autumn Open Jonathan Birch 4–5 Winner 1. 1991 Pontins Autumn Open John Read 5–2
Amateur Finals: 1 (1 title) Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final ScoreWinner 1. 1988 Scottish Amateur Championship Jimmy Allan 9-8
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