 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna 1996, Bingham akakunda zvose zviri zviviri English Amateur Championship uye World Amateur Championship. Mwaka wakatevera, akazosvika kumagumo e1997 World Amateur Championship, asi akarasikirwa mu a kuna Marco Fu. Muna 1999, akatamba semutambi paWorld Snooker Tour uye akasvika kumaquarter-fainari eWelsh Open, achikunda shasha yenyika John Higgins munzira, uye gare gare mumwaka wakakurira mukwikwidzi anodzivirira Stephen Hendry 107 mumutambo wekutanga we2000 World Championship, achirongedzwa 97th munyika. Akabva akundwa naJimmy White mumutambo wechipiri. Makore maviri gare gare akakwanisa kupinda mumutambo zvakare muna 2002nokukunda Nigel Bond mumutambo wokupedzisira wokugadzirira. Bingham akatamba naKen Doherty mumutambo wokutanga, uye akaedza kuputsa zvakanyanya, asi akakundikana kusvika kumagumo. Kuputsika kwacho kungadai kwakanga kuchikosha 167,000. Akaenderera mberi achirasikirwa nomutambo wacho 8 ku10. 