Alan McManus

Alan McManus
McManus at the 2013 German Masters
Born (1971-01-21) 21 January 1971 (age 53)
Glasgow, Scotland
Sport country Scotland
NicknameAngles[1]
Professional1990–2021
Highest ranking6 (4 years)
Century breaks230
Tournament wins
Ranking2

Alan McManus (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player, and a current commentator and pundit for ITV and Eurosport on snooker coverage. A mainstay of the world's top sixteen during the 1990s and 2000s, he has won two ranking events, the 1994 Dubai Classic and the 1996 Thailand Open, and competed in the World Championship semi-finals in 1992, 1993 and 2016. He also won the 1994 Masters, ending Stephen Hendry's five-year, 23-match unbeaten streak at the tournament with a 9–8 victory in the final. McManus announced his retirement on 9 April 2021 after losing 6–3 to Bai Langning in the second qualifying round of the 2021 World Snooker Championship.

  1. ^ "Alan McManus". World Snooker Tour. Archived from the original on 28 November 2023. Retrieved 13 February 2024.