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Andy Hicks

The 2009/10 season produced little cheer for Hicks as he won just three matches in six ranking events, and fell three places down the world list to No 53.

The previous season had seen him enjoy a run to the last 16 of the Roewe Shanghai Masters, including a superb 5-1 victory over against Shaun Murphy. He was unable to reach his first quarter-final in four years after losing to 5-2 to Marco Fu.

The left-hander has appeared in five ranking event semi-finals as well as the last four of the Masters.

He made his debut in the televised stages of the World Championship in 1995 and made an immediate impact with wins over Steve Davis, Willie Thorne and Peter Ebdon before he lost 16-11 to Nigel Bond with a place in the final at stake. He also won the Masters qualifier in 1997.

Hicks subsequently suffered a sharp decline in form and came within one frame of dropping out of the top 64 – he only retained that status by coming from 9-8 down to beat Craig Butler 10-9 in the 2003 world qualifiers.

Originally from Tavistock, Hicks is nicknamed the Cream of Devon, though he now lives across the border in Cornwall, near Launceston.

Hicks married Rachel, whom he met when she started work in his local snooker club, in 2005. Their first child was born the following year and their second in 2009. He is a keen golfer and plays in a regular society group named in his honour.

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