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Andy Hicks

Last term saw something of a revival for the player now based in Cornwall. A great run at the Roewe Shanghai Masters was the perfect start to the season. Wins over Kuldesh Johal, Dave Gilbert and Michael Judge ensured Hicks would travel to the Far East. In the wild card round he had a straight forward 5-1 win against Li Yuan, before repeating the scoreline in a superb 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.
Despite a first match loss in the next event, the Royal London Watches Grand Prix, Hicks won at least his first match at each of the five remaining ranking events, including runs to the last 48 at the Bahrain Snooker Championship, the Maplin UK Championship and the Welsh Open.
The result was a rise six of places to  No 50.
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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