Euan Henderson

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Euan Henderson is a retired Scottish professional snooker player. He reached the final of the 1996 Grand Prix, although without beating any of the game's established leading players; however in his defence, his 6-3 semi-final win over Welsh veteran Mark Bennett (who had whitewashed several of the game's big names - including Peter Ebdon, Steve Davis and Tony Drago en route to the semi-final stage) did see him take out that tournament's in-form player; however, Mark Williams proved too strong for the Scot in the final, and Henderson - who took the opening frame and also led 3-2 at one point - succumbed 9-5 to the Welshman. This tournament, besides featuring two surprise semi-finalists in Henderson and Bennett, made headlines because many of the pre-tournament favourites (including reigning six-times world champion and world No.1 Stephen Hendry, and also Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, Peter Ebdon and John Parrott) were all eliminated in the first round.

Following this promising result, Henderson's career quickly fell into decline. He only qualified for the World Championship once, also in 1996, losing 10-9 to Jimmy White. After retiring from the game in 2003 he became a police officer. He was best man at fellow former player Chris Small's wedding.