[1] Terry turned professional in 1988, by defeating Maurice Parkin 10-5 in a play-offs, after finishing third in the pro-ticket series.

In the 1991–92 season, he reached the last 32 in two events - the 1991 UK Championship, where he lost 7–9 to Neal Foulds having led 5–1 and 6–3, and the 1992 European Open, where Martin Clark defeated him 5–3.

More last-32 runs followed in the next season; in the 1992 Grand Prix, Foulds again defeated him, this time 5–2, while in the 1993 British Open, Terry lost 3–5 to John Higgins.

[1] Terry qualified for the main stages of the 1996 World Championship, beating Steve Judd, Stephen Murphy and Dean Reynolds before meeting Ken Doherty in the last 32.

Those performances were sufficient, and he returned to the tour in 1998; however, he could not recover his top-64 place, and left the professional ranks once more in 2001.