Andrew Higginson
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Andrew Higginson
 Higginson at the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic |
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| Born | December 13, 1977 Cheshire |
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| Sport country |  England |
| Nickname | Widnes Warrior |
| Professional | 1995– |
| Highest ranking | 18 (May 2012) |
| Current ranking | 18 |
| Career winnings | £206,952[1] |
| Highest break | 147 (2007 Welsh Open) |
| Best ranking finish | Runner-Up (2007 Welsh Open) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Minor-ranking | 1 |
Andrew Higginson (born 13 December 1977, Cheshire, England) is an English professional snooker player, currently living in Widnes. He is best known for reaching the final of the 2007 Welsh Open as a virtual unknown. His career earnings are just over £200,000.[1]
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Early years
After some success in amateur tournaments, he turned professional for the 2000/2001 season after finishing third on the Challenge Tour. He remained there for five seasons before dropping off, after encountering limited success. He won a place back on the tour for 2006/2007 after finishing second on the Pontins' International Open Series.
Breakthrough
He reached the last 16 at the 2007 Malta Cup where he beat Steve Davis 5–4 before losing 2–5 to Ken Doherty. At the very next tournament, the 2007 Welsh Open, Higginson hit an extraordinary run of form, making his first professional 147 break[2] on his way to beating Ali Carter 5–1. He also beat John Higgins 5–3 (despite being 0–3 down), Michael Judge 5–1, and Stephen Maguire 6–3 to reach the final. As he had spent the 2005/2006 season on the secondary Challenge Tour, he was the first unranked player to reach a ranking final since Terry Griffiths won the World title in 1979. At the end of the first session of the final, he trailed 2–6 to Neil Robertson. In the second session, Higginson managed to take the lead and change the score to 8–6, but Robertson recovered to level the scores at 8–8 and force a deciding frame, which Robertson won.[3] Higginson earned £20,000 for his 147 break, £2000 for the highest break and £17,500 for being the runner-up.
Subsequent career
Despite his good season, Higginson failed to qualify for the 2007 World Championship, losing 9–10 to Ricky Walden in the third qualifying round. His performance in the Welsh Open and Malta Cup brought him to 44th in the 2007/2008 rankings, and 24th on the one-year list.
The following season proved tougher, with Higginson only qualifying for one event – the 2008 Welsh Open again.[4]
However, he qualified for the 2008 Grand Prix, losing 0–5 to Mark Selby in the last 32.[5] He then beat Jamie Jones and Michael Judge to make his Crucible debut in the 2009 World Championship,[6] giving eventual finalist Shaun Murphy a test, leading 7–6 [7] before losing 8–10[8]
Higginson won his first professional title during the 2011/2012 season at the minor-ranking Players Tour Championship Event 5, where he beat reigning world champion John Higgins 4–1 in the final.[9] He played in all 12 of the PTC events and finished 6th on the Order of Merit, comfortably inside the top 24 who qualified for the Finals.[10] At the Finals he beat Jamie Jones and Xiao Guodong, before losing to Stephen Lee 2–4 in the semi-finals.[11]
He qualified for all but three of the other ranking events during the season.[11] In the German Masters he led Ronnie O'Sullivan 4–0 in their best-of-nine frames first round match, before being defeated 5–4 having missed a pot in the sixth frame that would have left O'Sullivan requiring snookers to stay in the tournament.[12] He finished the season by reaching the last 16 of the World Championship after defeating Stephen Lee 10–6 in the first round.[11] There he trailed Jamie Jones 6–10 after two sessions, but rallied to level at 10–10, before Jones won three successive frames to take the match 13–10.[13] Higginson finished the season ranked world number 18, meaning he had climbed 7 places during the year.[14]
Career finals
Ranking event finals: 1 (1 runner-up)
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