Positions 129 - 160

Gareth Chilcott	Jason Weston	Paul McPhillips	Simon Bedford
Joe Delaney	Philip Williams	Bjorn Haneveer	Richard King
Wayne Saidler	Matt Wilson	Jeff Cundy	Anthony Bolsover
Mike Hallett	Stuart Reardon	Mario Wehrmann	Barry Hawkins
Shailesh Jogia	Andrew Higginson	Lee Spick	Craig Roper
Stuart Mann	Jason Barton	Scott MacKenzie	Craig Butler
Graham Lee	Neil Robertson	Lasse Muenstermann	Bob Chaperon
Da Hai Lin	Farhan Mirza	Somporn Kanthawung	Charoen Phorat

GARETH CHILCOTT (Wales)

World ranking: 130
Last five seasons: 192-181-186-182-206
Date of birth: 23-02-73
Lives: Port Talbot, West Glamorgan
Turned professional: 1993
Best ranking event performance: Last 96
Last season’s prize money: £7,290
Career prize money: £15,160
Highest tournament break: 125 - International Open 1996
Qualified for Main Tour this season through his world ranking.

JASON WESTON (England)

World ranking: 131
Last five seasons: 123-101-93-123-111
Date of birth: 11-01-71
Lives: Portsmouth, Hampshire
Turned professional: 1991
Best ranking event performance: Last 64 - twice
Last season’s prize money: £3,525
Career prize money: £36,090
Highest tournament break: 135 - UK Championship 1996
Finished in 11^th place on the 1999-2000 UK Tour Order of Merit, reaching the semi-finals of Event Two before going out 5-3 to Andrew Higginson.

PAUL McPHILLIPS (Scotland)

World ranking: 135
Last five seasons: 126-102-74-65-64
Date of birth: 27-03-71
Lives: Glasgow
Turned professional: 1991
Best ranking event performance: Last 16 - British Open 1997
Last season’s prize money: £1,900
Career prize money: £75,725
Highest tournament break: 132 - Benson and Hedges Championship 1994
Finished 15^th on the UK Tour last season but was as high as No 63 on the world rankings during the 1994-95 season. Reached the last 16 of the 1997 British Open, losing 5-4 to Stephen Hendry for a place in the quarter-finals. Runner-up to Matthew Stevens in the 1995 Benson and Hedges Championship.

SIMON BEDFORD (England)

World ranking: 139
Last five seasons: 128-119-215-323-UR
Date of birth: 08-02-76
Lives: Bradford, West Yorks
Turned professional: 1995
Best ranking event performance: Last 32 - Embassy World Championship 1998
Last season’s prize money: £10,775
Career prize money: £36,230
Highest tournament break: 121 - Benson and Hedges Championship 2000
Reached the Crucible stages of the 1998 Embassy World Championship by beating Gary Wilkinson 10-9 in the final qualifying round. Lost 10-6 to Steve Davis in the first round at Sheffield.
Runner-up to Allister Carter at the 1999 Benson and Hedges Championship, beaten 9-4, and finished second on the 1999-2000 UK Tour Order of Merit after winning the third of four events.

JOE DELANEY (Rep of Ire)

World ranking: 141
Last five seasons: 131-109-137-148-166
Date of birth: 04-08-72
Lives: Dublin
Turned professional: 1991
Best ranking event performance: Last 48 - Embassy World Championship 1998
Last season’s prize money: £1,700
Career prize money: £21,905
Highest tournament break: 110 - Grand Prix 1999
Won six matches in the 1998 Embassy World Championship but was denied a place in the televised stage at Sheffield when he lost 10-6 to Dave Harold in the final qualifying round. Finished 12^th on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the quarter-finals of Event Three.

PHILIP WILLIAMS (Wales)

World ranking: 142
Last five seasons: 133-148-153-161-226
Date of birth: 21-06-67
Lives: Llanelli, Dyfed
Turned professional: 1991
Best ranking event performance: Last 96
Last season’s prize money: £3,025
Career prize money: £13,530
Highest tournament break: 112 - International Open 1997
Qualified for Main Tour by finishing seventh on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the semi-finals of Event Four before going out 5-2 to Craig Butler.

BJORN HANEVEER (Belgium)

World ranking: 145
Last five seasons: 141-159-200-229-299
Date of birth: 04-09-76
Lives: Weelde
Turned professional: 1993
Best ranking event performance: Last 96
Last season’s prize money: £2,225
Career prize money: £18,355
Highest tournament break: 136 - UK Tour (Event 2) 1999
Qualified for Main Tour by finishing tenth on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the semi-finals of Event One before going out 5-3 to Matt Wilson.

RICHARD KING (England)

World ranking: 146
Last five seasons: 216-268-290-316-362
Date of birth: 21-08-74
Lives: Bewdley, Worcs
Turned professional: 1991
Best ranking event performance: Last 96
Last season’s prize money: £5,915
Career prize money: £7,615
Highest tournament break: 134 - Embassy World Championship 1999
Won only one match on the Main Tour last season in the first world ranking tournament, the British Open.

WAYNE SAIDLER (England)
World ranking: 147
Last five seasons: 178-178-198-241-259
Date of birth: 21-03-76
Lives: Wednesbury, West Midlands
Turned professional: 1993
Best ranking event performance: Last 128
Last season’s prize money: £6,415
Career prize money: £6,415
Highest tournament break: 127 - Embassy World Championship 2000
One solitary victory on the Main Tour last season, beating Jason Barton 10-4 in the first qualifying round of the Embassy World Championship.

MATT WILSON (England)

World ranking: 148
Last five seasons: 140-142-118-96-134
Date of birth: 26-08-74
Lives: Ilkeston, Derbyshire
Turned professional: 1992
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money: £8,425
Career prize money: £32,905
Highest tournament break: 140 - Embassy World Championship 2000
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing fourth on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, winning the first of four events. Beat Barry Hawkins 6-4 in the final.

JEFF CUNDY (England)

World ranking: 149
Last five seasons: 146-141-132-103-114
Date of birth: 01-03-69
Lives: Scunthorpe, Humberside
Turned professional: 1991
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money: £2,050
Career prize money: £24,220
Highest tournament break: 138 - Thailand Classic 1995
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing 14^th on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the last 16 of Event Two.

ANTHONY BOLSOVER (England)

World ranking: 151
Last five seasons: 135-105-81-86-97
Date of birth: 03-11-72
Lives: Sheffield, South Yorks
Turned professional 1991
Best ranking event performance: Last 32 - British Open 1997
Last season’s prize money: £2,625
Career prize money: £42,350
Highest tournament break: 142 - Mercantile Credit Classic 1992
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing eighth on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the semi-finals of Event Two. Defeated John Higgins 5-4 in the first round of the 1997 British Open but was beaten 5-3 by Martin Clark for a place in the last 16.

MIKE HALLETT (England)

World ranking: 152
Last five seasons: 143-128-89-46-34
Date of birth: 06-07-59
Lives: Grimsby, Humberside
Turned professional 1979
Ranking tournament victories: 1 - 1989 Hong Kong Open
Last season’s prize money: £1,600
Career prize money: £934,734
Highest tournament break: 139 - World Matchplay 1990
Mike Hallett defeated Dene O’Kane 9-8 to win the 1989 Hong Kong Open following victories over Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White in the previous two rounds.
English Professional champion in 1989, beating John Parrott 9-7 in the final, Hallett reached the Embassy World Championship quarter-finals in 1987 and 1989 but lost to Steve Davis on both occasions.
Spent five successive seasons in the top 16 and during 1989-90 was as high as No 6. Regained his place on the Main Tour by finishing in 18^th position on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the last 16 of two of the four events.

STUART REARDON (England)

World ranking: 160
Last five seasons: 149-138-129-118-131
Date of birth: 20-06-69
Lives: Witham, Essex
Turned professional: 1991
Best ranking event performance: Last 64
Last season’s prize money: £1,400
Career prize money: £20,820
Highest tournament break: 141 - Strachan Challenge (Event 2) 1993
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing 17^th on the UK Tour of Merit last season, reaching the last 32 of three of the four events.

MARIO WEHRMANN (Holland)

World ranking: 165
Last five seasons: 169-236-264-287-330
Date of birth: 04-07-75
Lives: Den Haag
Turned professional: 1992
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money:
Career prize money: £5,193
Highest tournament break:
Qualified for the Main Tour this season by beating Fung Kwok Wai 5-0 in the Euro play-offs in Lelystad, Holland.

BARRY HAWKINS (England)

World ranking: 189
Last five seasons: 195-179-265-UR-UR
Date of birth: 23-04-79
Lives: Lower Sydenham, London
Turned professional: 1996
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money: £12,325
Career prize money: £14,375
Highest tournament break: 111 - UK Tour (Event 2) 1999
Qualified for the Main Tour this season after finishing top of the UK Tour Order of Merit in 1999-2000. Won the fourth and final event, beating Craig Butler 6-1 in the final, and also finished runner-up in Events One and Three.

SHAILESH JOGIA (England)

World ranking: 190
Last five seasons: 191-166-178-167-257
Date of birth: 13-11-75
Lives: Leicester, Leics
Turned professional: 1994
Best ranking event performance: Last 96
Last season’s prize money: £1,600
Career prize money: £6,400
Highest tournament break: 126 - Embassy World Championship 1997
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing 22^nd on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the last 16 of the fourth and final event.

ANDREW HIGGINSON (England)

World ranking: 191
Last five seasons: 190-168-334-UR-UR
Date of birth: 13-12-77
Lives: Widnes, Cheshire
Turned professional 1995
Best ranking event performance: Last 96
Last season’s prize money: £11,450
Career prize money: £19,225
Highest tournament break: 138 - UK Tour (Event 4) 2000
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing in third place on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, winning the second of the four events with a 6-3 victory over Scott MacKenzie in the final.

LEE SPICK (England)

World ranking: 194
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 25-04-80
Lives: Mansfield, Notts
Turned professional: 1997
Best ranking event performance: Last 96
Last season’s prize money: £5,475
Career prize money: £6,125
Highest tournament break: 127 - Embassy World Championship 2000
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing 21^st on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the quarter-finals of the second of four events.

CRAIG ROPER (England)

World ranking: 196
Last five seasons: 204-319-387-UR
Date of birth: 15-11-79
Lives: Bristol, Gloucs
Turned professional: 1996
Best ranking event performance: Last 96
Last season’s prize money: £1,775
Career prize money: £2,000
Highest tournament break: 109 - Embassy World Championship 2000
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing 20^th on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the semi-finals of Event Two before going out 5-3 to eventual winner Barry Hawkins.

STUART MANN (England)

World ranking: 203
Last five seasons: 210-192-253-358-220
Date of birth: 30-12-72
Lives: Stanford-le-Hope, Essex
Turned professional: 1991
Best ranking event performance: Last 96
Last season’s prize money: £1,875
Career prize money: £6,285
Highest tournament break: 111 - Grand Prix 1994
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing 16^th on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the semi-finals of the third of four events before going out 5-4 to Simon Bedford.

JASON BARTON (England)

World ranking: 218
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 02-07-80
Lives: Liverpool, Merseyside
Turned professional: 1998
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money: £1,625
Career prize money: £1,825
Highest tournament break: 107 - Embassy World Championship 2000
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing 19^th on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the last 16 of two of the four events.

SCOTT MacKENZIE (Scotland)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 21-07-80
Lives: Erskine, Renfrewshire
Turned professional: 1997
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money: £4,750
Career prize money: £4,850
Highest tournament break: No centuries
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing sixth on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, finishing runner-up to Andrew Higginson in the second of the four events. Also finished runner-up to Ian Preece in the Pontins Open at Prestatyn during the summer.

CRAIG BUTLER (England)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 30-04-74
Lives: Leeds, West Yorks
Turned professional: 1997
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money: £4,875
Career prize money: £6,175
Highest tournament break:
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing in fifth place on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season and won the 2000 European Championship held at Stirling, defeating Bjorn Haneveer of Belgium 7-3 in the final. Practices at the same Bradford club as Joe Johnson.

GRAHAM LEE (England)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 06-06-59
Lives: Durrington, Wilts
Turned professional: 1998
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money: £1,775
Career prize money: £1,775
Highest tournament break:
Qualified for the Main Tour by finishing 13^th on the UK Tour Order of Merit last season, reaching the semi-finals of the third of the four events before going out 5-0 to eventual winner Barry Hawkins.

NEIL ROBERTSON (Australia)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-179-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 11-02-82
Lives: Melbourne, Victoria
Turned professional: 1998
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money:
Career prize money:
Highest tournament break: 133 - Oceania Championship 1998
Qualified for the Main Tour this season by winning the Oceania play-off. Defeated Egypt’s Wael Talaat 6-5 in the quarter-finals, Chris McBreen of New Zealand 7-2 in the semi-finals and fellow Victorian Robby Foldvari 8-1 in the final. Australian Under-21 champion.

LASSE MUENSTERMANN (Germany)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 04-07-75
Lives: Bielefeld
Turned professional: 1992
Best ranking event performance:
Last season’s prize money:
Career prize money:
Highest tournament break:
Qualified for the Main Tour this season by beating Fung Kwok Wai 5-3 in the Euro play-offs. Mathematics student Muenstermann took up snooker at the age of 11 when his father took him to a club in Germany. 

BOB CHAPERON (Canada)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-172-UR-399-121
Date of birth: 18-05-58
Lives: Sudbury, Ontario
Turned professional: 1983
Best ranking event performance: 1 - British Open 1990
Last season’s prize money:
Career prize money: £230,346
Highest tournament break:
Qualified for the Main Tour this season by beating fellow Canadian Kirk Stevens in the Americas play-off final.
Chaperon has already tasted success on the pro circuit, winning the British Open in 1990 by defeating Alex Higgins 10-8 in the final. Won Canadian Championship in 1981.

DA HAI LIN (China)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 27-06-74
Lives: Gansu
Turned professional: 2000
Became the first Chinese man to officially qualify for the world professional tour by beating Wanchana Poomjang 5-3 in the Asian play-offs in Bangkok in July. Chinese champion for the last two years.

FARHAN MIRZA (Pakistan)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 16-02-75
Lives: Lahore
Turned professional: 1998
Qualified for the Main Tour this season by beating Marlon Manalo of the Philippines 5-4 on the final black in the Asian play-offs in Bangkok in July. Runner-up in the Pakistan national championship in 2000.

SOMPORN KANTHAWUNG (Thailand)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 07-02-66
Lives: Hua Hin
Turned professional: 2000
Qualified for the Main Tour this season through the Asian play-offs in Bangkok, recording a 4-1 victory over Marlon Manalo and then beating Wanchana Poomjang 4-2.

CHAROEN PHORAT (Thailand)

World ranking: UR
Last five seasons: UR-UR-UR-UR-UR
Date of birth: 14-02-70
Lives: Chang Mai
Turned professional: 2000
Qualified for the Main Tour this season by beating fellow Thai Somporn Kanthawung 5-3 in the Asian play-offs in Bangkok in July.

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