Education
Queen"s University Belfast.
Queen"s University Belfast.
He is an accountancy graduate from Queen"s University, Belfast (1992). Wallace was the only player to have reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship on their only appearance at the finals, before Anthony McGill managed it in 2015. He has failed to reach the Crucible stages of the world championship since then
His percentage of points scored to points conceded at the Crucible is the third-highest of all time, behind only Stephen Hendry and John Higgins, albeit based on a single year.
Wallace dropped off the Main Tour after the 2005/2006 season. He returned to the tour for 2007/2008 after winning the Northern Ireland Championship, and kept his place for the next four seasons.
Following his 10-9 defeat at the hands of Matthew Selt in the penultimate round of qualifying for the 2011 World Snooker Championship, he announced his retirement from the game. Wallace had however entered PTC1 but withdrew from the event without playing a match.
In spite of his retirement, Wallace participated in the qualifying rounds for the 2012 World Snooker Championship.
He defeated John Parrott 5-0 in the first preliminary qualifying round before beating Joe Delaney 5-2 in the second preliminary round. However, he was defeated in the second qualifying round 10-9 by Yu Delu. United Kingdom Tour, Event 4 - 1997.