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Ben Hancorn

Male; England (England); Born: 24 May 1982 (42 years)
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 2020; Last season as pro: 2021;

Other sources: CueTracker; World Snooker

2022/2023
World Seniors Championship (3-7 May 2023)
SF England Alfie Burden 4-1 England Ben Hancorn (a)   Details 

86-19 (86), 72-15 (72), 80-4 (56), 0-85 (85)
101-9 (101)

QF England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-3 Northern Ireland Gerard Greene   Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) 3-2 England Peter Lines Head to head Details 
Q Tour 5 (9-11 Dec 2022)
Rd 2 England Bradley Jones (a) 3-2 England Ben Hancorn (a) [70]   Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) [70] 3-1 England Labeeb Ahmed (a) [73]   Details 
Q Tour 2 (16-18 Sep 2022)
Rd 1 England Sean Maddocks (a) [64] 3-1 England Ben Hancorn (a) [63] Head to head Details 
Q Tour 1 (2-4 Sep 2022)
Rd 1 England Liam Pullen (a) [70] 3-0 England Ben Hancorn (a) [14]   Details 
Championship League Stage One Group 13 (28 Jun 2022)
Grp Ireland Aaron Hill [97] 2-2 England Ben Hancorn (a)  
Grp England Craig Steadman [73] 2-2 England Ben Hancorn (a) Head to head
Grp England David Grace [48] 2-2 England Ben Hancorn (a) Head to head

Hancorn replaced Yan Bingtao who withdrew

2021/2022
Q School 3 (28 May - 2 Jun 2022)
Rd 2 Scotland Keith Keldie (a) 4-3 England Ben Hancorn   Details 
Q School 2 (22-27 May 2022)
Rd 4 Norway Kurt Maflin 4-2 England Ben Hancorn   Details 
Rd 3 England Ben Hancorn 4-0 England John Astley (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn 4-3 Scotland Liam Graham (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (16-21 May 2022)
Rd 4 Jamaica Rory McLeod 4-2 England Ben Hancorn   Details 
Rd 3 England Ben Hancorn 4-3 England Peter Devlin Head to head Details 
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn 4-2 England Jordan Shepherd (a)   Details 
World Championship Qual (4-13 Apr 2022)
Q Rd 1 Scotland Dean Young [118] 6-3 England Ben Hancorn [84]   Details 
Gibraltar Open (24-26 Mar 2022)
QF England Robert Milkins [40] 4-2 England Ben Hancorn [81]   Details 

This was Hancorn's first quarterfinal in a ranking event. Before this event his best result was last 32.

Rd 4 England Ben Hancorn [81] 4-3 England Ben Woollaston [41]   Details 
Rd 3 England Ben Hancorn [81] 4-2 Wales Michael White (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn [81] 4-0 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [50] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn [81] 4-1 England James Cahill (a) Head to head Details 
Welsh Open (28 Feb - 6 Mar 2022)
Rd 1 England Mitchell Mann [90] 4-1 England Ben Hancorn [86] Head to head Details 
Welsh Open Qual (15-20 Feb 2022)
Q Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn [86] 4-1 England David Lilley (a) Head to head Details 
Turkish Masters Qual (2-6 Feb 2022)
Q Rd 1 England Ali Carter [27] 5-4 England Ben Hancorn [87] Head to head Details 
Shoot Out (20-23 Jan 2022)
Rd 1 Wales Jamie Clarke [58] 38-10 England Ben Hancorn [76]   Details 
Scottish Open (6-12 Dec 2021)
Rd 2 Scotland Scott Donaldson [35] 4-2 England Ben Hancorn [81] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn [81] 4-1 China Si Jiahui (a)   Details 
Scottish Open Qual (24-29 Sep 2021)
Q Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn [81] 4-2 China Bai Langning (a)   Details 
Bai replaced Neil Robertson who withdrew due to medical reasons
UK Championship (23 Nov - 5 Dec 2021)
Rd 1 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [44] 6-5 England Ben Hancorn [84] Head to head Details 
European Masters Qual (27-31 Oct 2021)
Q Rd 1 England Ian Burns [107] 5-1 England Ben Hancorn [82]   Details 
German Masters Qual (18-26 Oct 2021)
Q Rd 2 China Liang Wenbo [30] 5-2 England Ben Hancorn [81]   Details 
Q Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn [81] 5-3 Ireland Fergal O'Brien [77]   Details 
Northern Ireland Open Qual (23-27 Aug 2021)
Q Rd 1 England Stuart Bingham [12] 4-1 England Ben Hancorn [82] Head to head Details 
English Open Qual (17-22 Sep 2021)
Q Rd 1 Switzerland Alexander Ursenbacher [42] 4-2 England Ben Hancorn [81] Head to head Details 
British Open (16-22 Aug 2021)
Rd 3 China Lu Ning [32] 3-1 England Ben Hancorn [81]   Details 
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn [81] 3-2 Scotland Scott Donaldson [31] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn [81] 3-2 England Joe Perry [17]   Details 
Championship League Stage One Group 16 (29 Jul 2021)
Grp England Ben Hancorn [74] 2-2 Wales Dylan Emery (a) Head to head
Grp England Kyren Wilson [4] 3-1 England Ben Hancorn [74]   Details 

Wilson needed 2 snookers in frame 2, Hancorn eventually lost it by fouling on the last black.

Grp England Sam Craigie [42] 3-0 England Ben Hancorn [74] Head to head Details 
2020/2021
World Championship Qual (5-14 Apr 2021)
Q Rd 1 Austria Florian Nüßle (a) 6-2 England Ben Hancorn [111] Head to head Details 
WST Pro Series Second Phase Group 1 (17 Mar 2021)
Grp England Martin O'Donnell [44] 2-0 England Ben Hancorn [110]   Details 
Grp Wales Mark J Williams [11] 2-0 England Ben Hancorn [110] Head to head Details 
Grp England Ali Carter [18] 2-0 England Ben Hancorn [110] Head to head Details 
Grp England Louis Heathcote [63] 2-1 England Ben Hancorn [110]   Details 
Grp China Lyu Haotian [35] 2-0 England Ben Hancorn [110] Head to head Details 
Grp England Ben Hancorn [110] 2-0 England James Cahill [79] Head to head Details 
Grp Thailand Sunny Akani [50] 2-1 England Ben Hancorn [110]   Details 
WST Pro Series First Phase Group I (15 Mar 2021)
Grp England Ben Hancorn [110] 2-0 China Lyu Haotian [35] Head to head Details 
Grp England Ben Hancorn [110] 2-0 England Mark Joyce [54]   Details 
Grp England Ben Hancorn [110] 2-1 China Chen Zifan [71]   Details 
Grp England Ben Hancorn [110] 2-0 England David Lilley [90] Head to head Details 
Grp England Ben Hancorn [110] 2-1 England Jamie Wilson [117]   Details 
Grp England Ben Hancorn [110] 2-1 England Ronnie O'Sullivan [1]   Details 
Grp England Tom Ford [25] 2-1 England Ben Hancorn [110]   Details 
Gibraltar Open (1-7 Mar 2021)
Rd 1 Wales Dylan Emery (a) 4-0 England Ben Hancorn [113] Head to head Details 
Emery replaced Graeme Dott who withdrew
Welsh Open (15-21 Feb 2021)
Rd 1 England Anthony Hamilton [48] 4-3 England Ben Hancorn [116]   Details 
Shoot Out (4-7 Feb 2021)
Rd 3 Wales Ryan Day [33] 75-0 England Ben Hancorn [90]   Details 

Break 71

Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn [90] 31-15 England Saqib Nasir (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn [90] 42-11 Wales Jak Jones [58] Head to head Details 
Scottish Open (7-13 Dec 2020)
Rd 1 England Stuart Bingham [11] 4-2 England Ben Hancorn [116] Head to head Details 
UK Championship (23 Nov - 6 Dec 2020)
Rd 1 Wales Mark J Williams [14] 6-0 England Ben Hancorn [115] Head to head Details 
Northern Ireland Open (16-22 Nov 2020)
Rd 1 England Ali Carter [20] 4-1 England Ben Hancorn [115] Head to head Details 
German Masters Qual (10-14 Nov 2020)
Q Rd 1 England Mark Davis [43] 5-3 England Ben Hancorn [114]   Details 
English Open (12-18 Oct 2020)
Rd 3 Wales Jak Jones [103] 4-2 England Ben Hancorn [120] Head to head Details 
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn [120] 4-2 Thailand Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [18] Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn [120] 4-2 England Sean Maddocks [121] Head to head Details 
European Masters (21-27 Sep 2020)
Rd 1 China Pang Junxu [113] 5-2 England Ben Hancorn [109]   Details 
Championship League Stage One Group 4 (14 Sep 2020)
Grp Wales Jackson Page [69] 2-2 England Ben Hancorn [107] Head to head
Grp England Sam Craigie [55] 2-2 England Ben Hancorn [107] Head to head
Grp England Barry Hawkins [16] 3-0 England Ben Hancorn [107]   Details 
2019/2020
WSF Open (10-17 Jan 2020)
Rd 2 England George Pragnell (a) 3-1 England Ben Hancorn (a)  
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) 3-0 Russia Ivan Kakovskii (a)  
Q School 3 (5-9 Aug 2020)
Rd 3 England Jenson Kendrick (a) w/o England Ben Hancorn (a)  

Hancorn Qualified from the second event

Q School 2 (4-8 Aug 2020)
QF England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-0 England Kuldesh Johal (a) Head to head

Hancorn earns a spot on the World Snooker Tour for 2020/2021 and 2021/2022.

Rd 5 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-0 China Chen Feilong  
Rd 4 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-1 England Hayden Staniland (a)  
Rd 3 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-2 Austria Florian Nüßle (a) Head to head
Q School 1 (3-7 Aug 2020)
Rd 3 France Brian Ochoiski (a) 4-2 England Ben Hancorn (a) Head to head
Q School 3 (5-9 Aug 2020)
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn (a) 3-0 Pakistan Haider Ali (a) Head to head
Q School 2 (4-8 Aug 2020)
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn (a) 3-0 England Dean Reynolds (a)  
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) w/o China Luo Honghao  
Q School 1 (3-7 Aug 2020)
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn (a) 3-0 Pakistan Haider Ali (a) Head to head
Challenge Tour 5 (28-29 Feb 2020)
Rd 3 England Zak Surety (a) [4] 3-2 England Ben Hancorn (a) [57]  

Ben Hancorn made a break of 100

Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn (a) [57] 3-1 England David Finbow (a) [60]  

113 by Hancorn

Challenge Tour 9 (15-16 Feb 2020)
Rd 2 England Kuldesh Johal (a) [44] 3-1 England Ben Hancorn (a) [50] Head to head
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) [50] 3-1 Germany Lukas Kleckers (a) [2]  
Challenge Tour 5 (28-29 Feb 2020)
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) [57] 3-0 England Kuldesh Johal (a) [51] Head to head
Challenge Tour 2 (21-22 Sep 2019)
Rd 1 England Sanderson Lam (a) [32] 3-0 England Ben Hancorn (a)  
2018/2019
Q School 3 (30 May - 4 Jun 2019)
Rd 2 Germany Felix Frede (a) 4-2 England Ben Hancorn (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-0 England Tam Mustafa (a)   Details 
Q School 2 (24-29 May 2019)
Rd 1 England Chae Ross (a) 4-2 England Ben Hancorn (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (18-23 May 2019)
Rd 4 Pakistan Hamza Akbar 4-1 England Ben Hancorn (a)   Details 
Rd 3 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-3 Ukraine Iulian Boiko (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-0 England Steven Evans (a)   Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-1 England John Welsh (a)   Details 
Challenge Tour 10 (6-7 Mar 2019)
Rd 1 England Barry Pinches (a) [5] 3-0 England Ben Hancorn (a) [10]  
Shoot-Out (21-24 Feb 2019)
Rd 1 England Peter Lines [57] 67-21 England Ben Hancorn (a) Head to head Details 
Break 57
Challenge Tour 9 (26-27 Jan 2019)
Rd 1 Wales Jackson Page (a) 3-2 England Ben Hancorn (a) Head to head
Challenge Tour 8 (24-25 Nov 2018)
Rd 2 Austria Andreas Ploner (a) [23] 3-0 England Ben Hancorn (a) [8]  
Challenge Tour 7 (13-14 Oct 2018)
Rd 1 Wales Jackson Page (a) [11] 3-1 England Ben Hancorn (a) [7] Head to head
Challenge Tour 6 (4-5 Oct 2018)
Final England David Grace (a) [3] 3-0 England Ben Hancorn (a) [15] Head to head

This was Grace's second win of the season and he now tops the rankings

SF England Ben Hancorn (a) [15] 3-0 England Peter Devlin (a) [23] Head to head
QF England Ben Hancorn (a) [15] 3-2 England Steven Hallworth (a) [6]  
Rd 3 England Ben Hancorn (a) [15] 3-0 France Brian Ochoiski (a) [36] Head to head
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn (a) [15] 3-2 England Jamie O'Neill (a) [16]  
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) [15] 3-2 Belgium Kevin Van Hove (a) [13]  
Challenge Tour 5 (18-19 Sep 2018)
Rd 2 England Daniel Womersley (a) [18] 3-2 England Ben Hancorn (a) [13]  
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) [13] 3-1 Northern Ireland Jamie McArdle (a) [40]  
Challenge Tour 4 (27-28 Aug 2018)
SF England Mitchell Mann (a) [3] 3-0 England Ben Hancorn (a) [33] Head to head
QF England Ben Hancorn (a) [33] 3-2 England James Cahill (a) [8] Head to head
Rd 3 England Ben Hancorn (a) [33] 3-1 England Saqib Nasir (a) [17] Head to head
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn (a) [33] 3-1 England Matthew Glasby (a)  
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) [33] w/o England Phil O'Kane (a) [27]  
Indian Open Qual (15-16 Aug 2018)
Q Rd 1 Cyprus Michael Georgiou [35] 4-1 England Ben Hancorn (a)   Details 
Challenge Tour 2 (10-11 Jul 2018)
Rd 1 England Peter Devlin (a) 3-1 England Ben Hancorn (a) Head to head
Challenge Tour 1 (2-3 Jun 2018)
Rd 2 England Joel Walker (a) 3-2 England Ben Hancorn (a) Head to head
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) 3-0 South Korea Lee Daegyu (a)  
2017/2018
Q School 3 (26-31 May 2018)
Rd 3 England Kuldesh Johal (a) 4-2 England Ben Hancorn (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-1 England David Grace Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-1 Saudi Arabia Omar Alajlani (a)   Details 
Q School 2 (20-25 May 2018)
Rd 2 England Craig Steadman 4-1 England Ben Hancorn (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 1 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-1 England Wayne Townsend (a)   Details 
Q School 1 (14-19 May 2018)
Rd 5 England Hammad Miah 4-2 England Ben Hancorn (a)   Details 
Rd 4 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-3 England Joel Walker (a) Head to head Details 
Rd 3 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-0 England Sam Thistlewhite (a)   Details 
Rd 2 England Ben Hancorn (a) 4-3 Wales Jackson Page (a) Head to head Details