Andy Hicks
Andy Hicks ( born August 10, 1973 in Tavistock ) is a professional snooker player since 1991. He lives in the county of Cornwall.
Career
He has several times reached the semi-finals of some ranking tournaments of the snooker main tour in 1995, he managed to move into the semifinals of the World Cup. In the same year Hicks was part of the Top 20 in the world rankings. He opened the way to the semi-finals players like Steve Davis and Peter Ebdon and had to Nigel Bond struck with 11:16 ultimately. Up to the 2000s, Hicks was regarded as a truly world class player, but since he is fallen in the world rankings far back. In 2003, he even threatened to drop out of the top 64, but, this could prevent the 2003 World Championships with a 10:9 win against Craig Butler in the qualification.
After several setbacks Hicks climbed a bit up in the world rankings. In the 2004 World Cup, he was getting close to beat Ronnie O'Sullivan. He lost the match with just under 11:13 and was eliminated from. He had previously Quinten Hann beaten, his last win at the same time so far at the Crucible Theatre. During this clash, it came almost to blows. Hicks had his opponent provokes, in which he told him he would soon fall out of the Top 16. He later apologized for this lack of sportsmanship.
In the snooker season 2005/ 06 he celebrated his return to the top 32 four times and reached the round of 32 at the World Cup he was beaten in the first round with Steve Davis 4:10. In an interview at this time, he admitted that he had engaged in the previous years due to its poor performance with a resignation.
In his previous career Hicks reach more than 100 Century Breaks, so he is one of the players with the most breaks with more than 100 points. In qualifying for the UK Championship in 2012 he be so far only succeeded maximum break at a Main Tour tournament.