Mark Johnston-Allen
Mark Johnston-Allen is an English former professional snooker player.
Early life
From Bristol, the son of David and older brother of Craig who was also a junior snooker player.Career
He won three consecutive Avon County Championships and won the English junior and senior champion prior to turning professional ahead of the 1988-1989 snooker season. He reached the last-16 at the 1989 British Open, recording credible wins over Terry Griffiths and Eugene Hughes, before his run was ended by former world champion Joe Johnson. After his first season as a professional he had risen to number 52 in the world rankings. Over the next couple of seasons his ranking moved down to number 59 and then back to number 52 in the world.Johnston-Allen reached the final of the 1991 European Open while ranked #59 in the world, a run which included a 5–0 win over Stephen Hendry, but lost 7–9 to Tony Jones in the final. He reached the final of the same event again a year later, this time losing 9–3 to Jimmy White. He qualified for the main stage of the World Championship in 1992, but lost 4–10 to Tony Knowles in the first round.
At the International Open in 1995, he knocked out Hendry, Mark Williams and Ronnie O'Sullivan before losing 5–0 to White in the quarter-finals. He defeated White en route to the semi-finals of the 1995 Thailand Open, where he lost to James Wattana. His world ranking peaked at number 31, in the 1992/1993 season, During his career, he won each of his three matches against Stephen Hendry.