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Ben Hancorn
Born	24 May 1982 (age 42); Bristol, England
Sport country	England
Professional	2020–2022
Highest ranking	84 (August 2021)
Best ranking finish	Quarter-finals (2022 Gibraltar Open)

Ben Hancorn (born 24 May 1982) is an English former professional snooker player.^[1]

Career

In 2008, Hancorn was the runner up in the English Amateur Championship, losing the final to David Grace.^[2] Following this defeat Hancorn stopped playing snooker for a near 10-year hiatus before taking part again in the Challenge Tour.^[3]

In February 2020, Hancorn overcame Rory McLeod 5–3 in the final of the English Amateur Championship at the Centaur Arena in Cheltenham.^[4]

At the second event of the 2020 Q School at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, Hancorn beat the likes of Dean Reynolds and Chen Feilong, before seeing off Kuldesh Johal in the final round. With these wins Hancorn clinched a two-year Tour Card for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 snooker seasons.^[5]

In October 2020 Hancorn beat both Sean Maddocks and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh at the English Open to clinch his first 2 professional victories, before losing against Welshman Jak Jones in the round of 32.^[6] Hancorn was a surprise package at the 2021 WST Pro Series round robin first round with 6 consecutive victories, including a win against Ronnie O'Sullivan.^[7]

In May 2023 Hancorn beat Peter Lines and Gerard Greene to reach the semi-final of the World Seniors Snooker Championship held at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield. He was beaten at the semi-final stage by Alfie Burden.^[8]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament	2002/ 03	2003/ 04	2004/ 05	2018/ 19	2020/ 21	2021/ 22	2022/ 23
Ranking^[9]^{[nb 1]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 2]}	^{[nb 3]}	84	^{[nb 2]}
Ranking tournaments
Championship League	Tournament Not Held			NR	RR	RR	RR
European Masters^{[nb 4]}	A	A	A	A	1R	LQ	A
British Open	A	A	A	Not Held		3R	A
Northern Ireland Open	Tournament Not Held			A	1R	LQ	A
UK Championship	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A
Scottish Open^{[nb 5]}	A	A	NH	A	1R	3R	A
English Open	Tournament Not Held			A	3R	LQ	A
World Grand Prix	Tournament Not Held			A	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Shoot Out	Tournament Not Held			1R	3R	1R	A
German Masters	Tournament Not Held			A	LQ	LQ	A
Welsh Open	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	A
Players Championship	Tournament Not Held			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
Tour Championship	Tournament Not Held			DNQ	DNQ	DNQ	DNQ
World Championship	LQ	LQ	LQ	A	LQ	LQ	A
Former ranking tournaments
Indian Open	Tournament Not Held			LQ	Tournament Not Held
WST Pro Series	Tournament Not Held				2R	Not Held
Turkish Masters	Tournament Not Held					LQ	NH
Gibraltar Open	Tournament Not Held			A	1R	QF	NH
Former non-ranking tournaments
Merseyside Professional Championship	A	1R	1R	Tournament Not Held

Performance Table Legend
LQ	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-finals
SF	lost in the semi-finals	F	lost in the final	W	won the tournament
DNQ	did not qualify for the tournament	A	did not participate in the tournament	WD	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.

^ It shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e He was an amateur
^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
^ The event was called the European Open (2002/2003-2003/2004) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005)
^ The event was called the Players Championship (2003/2004)

Career finals

Amateur finals: 3 (1 title)

Outcome	No.	Year	Championship	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	2008	English Amateur Championship	David Grace	7–9
Runner-up	2.	2018	Challenge Tour – Event 6	David Grace	0–3
Winner	1.	2020	English Amateur Championship	Rory McLeod	5–3