Alan McManus

Alan McManus

McManus at the 2013 German Masters
Born	(1971-01-21) 21 January 1971 (age 53) Glasgow, Scotland
Sport country	Scotland
Nickname	Angles[1]
Professional	1990–2021
Highest ranking	6 (4 years)
Century breaks	230
Tournament wins
Ranking	2

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.