Stephen Hendry

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Stephen Hendry

Hendry at the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969
South Queensferry, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport country  Scotland
Nickname The King of Crucible
The Golden Boy
The Maestro
The Ice Man[1]
The Wonder/Golden Bairn
The Great One
Professional 1985–2012
Highest ranking 1 (9 years)
Career winnings £8.97 million[2]
Highest break 147 (11 times)
Century breaks 775[3]
Tournament wins
Ranking 36
Non-ranking 38
World Champion

Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish former professional snooker player.

Hendry became the youngest professional snooker player in 1985 aged 16 and, in 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at the age of 21.[4] He won the World Championship seven times, a record in the modern era, and was snooker's world number one for eight consecutive seasons between 1990 and 1998, and again in 2006/2007. Hendry has the distinction of winning the most world ranking titles (36) and is second on the century break list behind Ronnie O'Sullivan with 775 competitive century breaks. He has made 11 competitive maximum breaks, second only to O'Sullivan with 13.[5] In May 2012 he retired from the sport to concentrate on his commercial interests, and also works as a commentator for the BBC.

Hendry is regarded by snooker's professional body, and many commentators, pundits and former players to be one of the greatest players ever.

Career

Amateur years (1981–1985)

Hendry started playing snooker in 1981, aged 12, when his father, Gordon, bought him a child-sized snooker table as a Christmas present.[6] Two years later he won the Scottish U-16 Championship. He also appeared on BBC's Junior version of Pot Black. The following year he won the Scottish Amateur Championship and also became the youngest ever entrant in the World Amateur Championship. In 1985, after retaining the Scottish Amateur Championship, he turned professional. At 16 years and three months old he was the youngest ever professional. Hendry was managed by entrepreneur Ian Doyle.[6]

Early professional years (1986–1988)

In his first season he reached the last 32 in the Mercantile Credit Classic and was the youngest ever Scottish Professional champion. He also became the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship, a record he held until 2012 when Luca Brecel qualified at the age of 17 years and one month.[7] He lost 8–10 to Willie Thorne who then applauded him out of the arena. In the next season he retained the Scottish Professional Championship title and reached the quarter-finals of both the Grand Prix and World Championship, losing 12–13 to defending champion Joe Johnson, and the semi-finals of the Mercantile Credit Classic. Hendry and Mike Hallett combined to win that year's World Doubles Championship. In 1987/88 Hendry won his first world ranking titles, the Grand Prix, beating Dennis Taylor 10–7 in the final, and the British Open. He also claimed three other tournament victories, retaining both the Scottish Professional Championship and the World Doubles Championship (with Hallett), and the Australian Masters. By the end of that season he was ranked world no. 4 and was voted the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year.

No ranking titles came his way the following season, although he did win the New Zealand Masters and also his first Masters at Wembley.

World Champion and World Number One (1989–1999)

The 1989/90 season saw the beginning of Hendry's period of dominance. That year, he won the UK Championship, Dubai Classic, Asian Open, Scottish Masters, Wembley Masters[8] and his first World Championship, beating Jimmy White 18–12 in the final,[9] elevating him to the summit of the world rankings at the age of 21. The following season, he set a record of five world ranking titles in one season and recorded a hat-trick of Masters, beating Mike Hallett 9–8 after coming back from 0–7 and 2–8 behind in the final. However, Hendry failed to retain his world title, losing to Steve James in the quarter-finals. In 1991/92, Hendry regained the World title, winning 10 frames in a row to come from 8–14 down to defeat White 18–14, adding to the victories in both the Grand Prix and the Welsh Open. He won the Masters, too, and achieved his first competitive 147 break, in the Matchroom League. A year later, he retained both his World Championship title and a fifth consecutive Masters crown. The following season, he retained the World Championship, narrowly beating Jimmy White 18–17 in the final. Also in 1997, Stephen Hendry played Ronnie O'Sullivan in the Liverpool Victoria charity challenge final. The match was best of 17 frames. Stephen raced into a 6-1 and 8-2 lead with breaks of 110, 129 and 136, whereas Ronnie made a break of 106 in one of the two frames he won. Ronnie won the next 6 frames to level the match at 8-8. In the deciding frame, Stephen potted a long red to land himself on the black. Stephen went on to make a 147 maximum break, to win the match 9-8.

In 1994/95, after being awarded a MBE [10] he won three ranking events, including the World and UK Championships, both of which he would retain the following year. In the 1994 UK final, Hendry defeated Ken Doherty 10–5, making 7 centuries in the match. This performance has been described by snooker journalist David Hendon as "possibly the best anybody has ever played". His run of successes continued in 1995/96 with three titles, including the World Championship, where an 18–12 victory in the final against Peter Ebdon saw him equal the achievement of Ray Reardon and Steve Davis by notching up a sixth World crown. In 1997, he won BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year award for a second time and added another three ranking titles to his collection, although Ken Doherty denied him a sixth consecutive World crown by defeating him 18–12 in the final.

Hendry's dominant position in snooker appeared to be on the wane, as the only ranking event he won in the 1997/98 season was the Thailand Masters. In the 1998 Masters final at Wembley, Hendry led his good friend Mark Williams 9–6, needing just one more frame for victory. However, he then wasted numerous chances to close out the match and eventually lost 10–9 after the deciding frame went to a re-spotted black. This match is regarded by many as one of the greatest in the history of the game. He also lost his World No. 1 ranking for the first time since 1990 and was eliminated in the first round of the World Championship, losing heavily to White (4–10). 1998/99 began with an embarrassing 0–9 first-round loss in the UK Championship to unseeded Marcus Campbell. However, a resurgent Hendry won the last two events in the campaign – the Scottish Open and a record seventh World title. After beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 17–13 in their semi-final, he emerged a convincing 18–11 winner over future double World Champion Mark Williams. This was Hendry's last World Championship title.

Later career (1999–2010)

Hendry at the 2002 World Snooker Championship

Hendry made a strong start to the 1999/2000 season by winning two of the first three tournaments, including the British Open, where he made the fifth 147 break of his career and the first maximum in a ranking final. However, he was surprisingly defeated in the first round of the 2000 World Championship by debutant Stuart Bingham. By Hendry's high standards the 2000/01 season was a disappointment, as he failed to win a ranking event for the first time since the 1988/1989 season and reached only one final. Still he won the European Open the next season and came close to an eighth World Championship. Having eliminated defending champion O'Sullivan in the semi-finals (17–13), he lost narrowly to Ebdon in the final (17–18).

The Welsh Open in 2002/03 and British Open in 2003/04 came Hendry's way, with his victory in the 2005 Malta Cup being his most recent ranking success. However, following O'Sullivan's decision to not enter the 2006 Malta Cup, Hendry was able to regain the world no. 1 position in 2005/06 due to consistency in reaching the latter stages of tournaments without, by his own admission, reproducing his form of old.[11] He reached the final of the 2006 UK Championship in a tournament memorable for his quarter final against Ronnie O'Sullivan, in which O'Sullivan unexpectedly forfeited the match at 4–1 down following a strong start by Hendry. The Scot then came back from 7–5 behind in his semi-final to defeat then-World Champion Graeme Dott 9–7, but lost in the final, 6–10, to Peter Ebdon. Following a disappointing season in 2007/2008 Hendry unexpectedly reached his 12th semi-final at the World Championships, a new record surpassing Steve Davis' tally of 11. In doing so aged 39 Hendry became the oldest player to reach the semi-finals of the tournament since Terry Griffiths in 1992.

Hendry started season 2008/09 with two losses in his first matches. He was beaten 1–5 by Stephen Lee in the Northern Ireland Trophy and 4–5 by Ricky Walden in the Shanghai Masters. He had more success in the Grand Prix, however, winning his first-round match with David Gilbert 5–4, before succumbing to the eventual winner, John Higgins, 2–5 in the next round. However, in the next ranking event, the Bahrain Championship, he reached the semi-final, but he lost 4–6 to Matthew Stevens. In the next 3 professional tournaments, the UK Championship, the Masters and the Welsh Open, Hendry lost in the first round to Stephen Lee, Neil Robertson and Martin Gould respectively. He found some form in the China Open, beating Robert Milkins and Ricky Walden, but lost his quarter-final match to Peter Ebdon, the eventual winner of the tournament.

At the 2009 World Championship Hendry beat Mark Williams 10–7 in first round. This win guaranteed Hendry a place in the top sixteen of the rankings for the following season. He then went on to win 13–10 against Ding Junhui. In that match Hendry reached another milestone: a 1000th frame won at the Crucible (also, in that very frame Hendry scored 140 points). On 28 April, Hendry made a 147 maximum break against Shaun Murphy.[12] He eventually lost the match 13–11 to Murphy the next day to go out of the championship.[13] At the age of 40, he became the oldest player to make a maximum in a ranking tournament and only the second player (after O'Sullivan) to make more than one 147 at the Crucible. Hendry ended up at no. 10 of the world rankings, falling outside the top eight for the first time since the 1987/1988 season.

In the 2009/2010 season Hendry won his opening matches in every ranking tournament, however didn't manage to get to a quarter-final until the China Open, where he lost 4–5 to Mark Allen, despite at one time leading the match 4–2. In the Masters Hendry lost in the first round. In the first round of the World Championship, Hendry defeated China's Anda Zhang. Hendry was 7–9 down in the best-of-19 match, but managed to win 3 frames in a row for a 10–9 victory. At the press conference he confessed, that, had he lost the match, he would have seriously considered retirement.[14] He lost in the second round 5–13 against Mark Selby. Apart from the Main Tour tournaments he won the seniors invitation tournament "Legends of Snooker" beating Ken Doherty 5–3 in the final. Another important event was the much publicised challenge match with Ding Junhui played in Beijing, which Hendry lost 6–13.

Final professional years (2010–2012)

Hendry at the Brugge Open 2010

In the 2010/2011 season Hendry could not maintain his unbeaten run in the first round of ranking events, as he lost it at the Shanghai Masters against Martin Gould by 2–5.[15] At the World Open in Glasgow, Hendry recorded 3–0 whitewashes against Bjorn Haneveer and Mark Davis, before he was beaten 1–3 by rival Ronnie O'Sullivan.[16] At the UK Championship in Telford, Hendry was drawn against another old rival, Jimmy White. Despite struggling with his game throughout the match Hendry came through 9–8, rolling back the years by compiling a match-winning break in the deciding frame. In the second round Hendry was defeated 6–9 by Mark Williams.[17] Afterwards Hendry expressed his frustration with his form and revealed that he has been suffering from "the yips" for the last ten years, leaving him unable to cue through the ball and causing him to miss the simplest of shots.[18]

Hendry lost 3–6 against reigning World Champion Neil Robertson in the 2011 Masters.[19] Hendry made his 10th 147 break at the 2011 Welsh Open in the opening frame of the last 16 round vs Stephen Maguire, but later lost the game. At the 2011 China Open Hendry whitewashed Matthew Stevens 5–0 in the first round, before losing to Ding Junhui 2–5 in the second round.[20] At the 2011 World Championship, he beat Joe Perry in the deciding frame of their first round tie before going out in the second round to Mark Selby 4–13.[21]

Hendry began the 2011/2012 season at the first event of the Players Tour Championship, and lost 3–4 against Kyren Wilson.[22] As a result of this he was ranked number 17 after the event, the first time out of the top 16 since the 1987/1988 season.[23] However, he moved back into the top 16 after reaching the second round of the Australian Goldfields Open.[24] In September he played Robert Milkins in the first round of the Shanghai Masters, but lost the match 1–5,[25] subsequently losing his position inside the top 16 after the first cut off point and was ranked number 21.[26] This meant that Hendry would not participate in the Masters for the first time in 23 years and that he would have to qualify to reach the main stages of all the ranking events in the snooker calendar.[27]

Hendry managed to qualify for the 2011 UK Championship after beating Gerard Greene 6–2 in the final qualifying round. It was his first qualifying match since 1989.[28] However, he lost 3–6 to compatriot Stephen Maguire in the first round.[29] He reached the semi-finals of the twelfth PTC event in January 2012, but narrowly lost 3–4, once again to Maguire. Hendry needed to reach the final in order to make the top 24 of the Order of Merit and secure a place in the Finals.[30] Hendry lost 1–5 in a qualifying match against James Wattana for the German Masters and therefore did not play in a ranking tournament for the first time in 15 years.[31]

Hendry qualified for the Welsh Open by whitewashing Kurt Maflin 4–0 to reach the first round, where he played reigning Masters champion Neil Robertson and recorded the result of his season so far by triumphing 4–1.[32][33] He was then whitewashed 0–4 by Mark Allen in the following round. Hendry also played the Australian in the first round of the World Open after he defeated Mike Dunn 5–2 in qualifying, however this time he lost 3–5.[34][35] Hendry won his 4th qualifying encounter out of 5 so far this season, when he defeated Yu Delu 5–1 to seal his place for the China Open.[36] There he beat Martin Gould 5–4 in the first round on the final black.[37] He played Robertson for the third consecutive time in a ranking event in the last 16 and was beaten 3–5.[38]

Retirement

Hendry was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame in 2011.

Hendry ensured he would feature in his 27th consecutive World Championship when he qualified by beating Yu again, this time by a 10–6 scoreline.[39] He made a 147 on the opening day of the tournament in a match against Stuart Bingham. This was his third maximum break at the Crucible Theatre and his 11th in total, both records which he shared with Ronnie O'Sullivan. (O'Sullivan is now on 13 maximums.) He advanced to the second round with a 10–4 win over Bingham and then crushed an out of sorts John Higgins 13–4, his first victory over his compatriot in a ranking event since 2003, to set up a last 8 meeting with Stephen Maguire. Hendry has reached 19 quarter-finals, with only eight players having played in the tournament that many times.[40] Hendry lost 2–13 to Maguire and immediately announced his retirement from the game citing dissatisfaction with his standard of play in recent years and difficulty balancing competitive, commercial and personal commitments and revealed he had made the decision three months earlier.[41]

Status

Hendry won 74 professional titles putting him second on the all-time list, behind Steve Davis. However, Hendry is the record holder for the number of ranking titles won, with 36. In addition, he won four team titles as well as several amateur titles. His other career records include: consecutive wins of a single tournament, longest consecutive winning streak (in ranking events), most century breaks compiled in one match (7), most centuries compiled in one tournament (16), most years ranked world no.1 and highest total prize money. He became only the second player to compile more than one maximum at the Crucible[42] and the oldest player to make a maximum in professional competition. He also holds the records for the longest unbroken run of appearances at the World Championship (27 times) and the longest unbroken run inside the top 16 in the world rankings (23 seasons).

Hendry's World Snooker profile states that he is "generally considered the greatest snooker player ever",[43] although experts in the game—such as six-times former world champion Ray Reardon in 2004 and former world champion and BBC commentator Dennis Taylor in 2013—suggested that he had been superseded by Ronnie O'Sullivan.[44][45] In 2005 John Higgins, a former four-times world champion who was an arch-rival to both players at their respective peaks, concurred, proclaiming O'Sullivan as "the best that's ever played the game".[46] Steve Davis—a six-times former world champion and BBC pundit—is more divided on the issue, considering O'Sullivan to be the best player but Hendry the greatest winner.[47] Six-times world championship runner-up Jimmy White also regards O'Sullivan as the best player he's ever seen, but regards Steve Davis as his toughest opponent.[48] Dell Hill—a snooker coach who has worked with some of the game's top players—also considers O'Sullivan the best player "without a shadow of a doubt", but believes that O'Sullivan has "under-achieved" next to Hendry.[49] O'Sullivan himself dismisses the suggestion that he is the greatest player and believes that a player must equal Hendry's haul of seven world titles to be regarded in this capacity.[50] Former world champion Stuart Bingham—who has defeated both Hendry and O'Sullivan in world championship matches—also takes a statistical view of the question, stating that O'Sullivan is the "best player to pick up a cue" but Hendry's seven world titles settles the debate as to who the greatest player is. Desmond Kane of Eurosport found this view to be narrow-minded and contradictory, arguing that there is no semantic difference between the "greatest" and the "best", and that if it were purely a statistical question then Joe Davis's fifteen world championship wins would settle the debate, which it does not.[51]

Playing style

Hendry tended to play at a steady pace. He introduced the now universal tactic of potting the blue with pace and bottom spin on the white ball to cannon into the pink, with the object being to hit the pink ball full ball to split open the pack of reds and develop them for break-building. Prior to Hendry, players would usually attempt to break the pack of reds from a pot on the black, due to the danger of the white going in off after striking the pink or the reds. Aside from his break-building consistency, Hendry's ability at long potting was crucial to his success, as was his knack of potting balls in the middle pocket during a break. Throughout his career he has played very aggressively, more often than not attempting quite difficult pots and trying to break open the reds early in a break rather than waiting until all open reds have been potted. In this way he has compiled more than 700 competitive century breaks.[52] However, towards the end of his career the standard of his break-building and long potting declined, his aggressive instincts gave his opponents more opportunities than in the past.

Personal life

Hendry was born in South Queensferry, Edinburgh, but brought up in Fife, where he attended Inverkeithing High School. He met his future wife Mandy Tart at a Pontins holiday camp when he was 16. The couple married in 1995 and settled in Auchterarder. They have two sons, Blaine (born 1996) and Carter (born 2004). In 2014, Hendry left his wife after 19 years of marriage and moved to England to pursue a relationship with 26-year-old children's entertainer and actress Lauren Thundow, whom he had met at a snooker event the previous year.[53][54]

Hendry has a single-figure golf handicap. He enjoys poker and has appeared in several televised tournaments. Hendry is also keenly interested in football, supporting Scottish side Hearts.[55]

When returning to Scotland from the Thailand Open in September 2003, Hendry had his cue broken. The cue, which he had owned since he was aged 14, having purchased it for £40, was the cue he had used when winning his 7 world titles. Since the 11 September 2001 attacks, snooker players have been required to put their cues in the holds of aeroplanes, where they are susceptible to damage.[56]

In August 2011, HM Revenue and Customs successfully applied to Glasgow Sheriff Court to liquidate the assets of Stephen Hendry Snooker Ltd., following its failure to pay an £85,000 tax bill.[57]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Ranking[58][nb 1] UR[nb 2] 51 23 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 6 2 3 2 1 8 6 10 11 16
Ranking tournaments
Australian Goldfields Open[nb 3] Non-Ranking NH QF Not Held NR Not Held 2R
Shanghai Masters Not Held 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R
UK Championship LQ 1R 1R F W W SF QF F W W W F 1R SF SF QF QF F 1R SF F 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R
German Masters[nb 4] Not Held SF QF QF NR Not Held 2R LQ
Welsh Open Not Held W 3R QF QF 3R W 1R F 1R QF SF W QF F 1R 2R SF 1R 2R 2R 2R
World Grand Prix[nb 5] LQ QF W 2R 3R W W 1R 2R QF W 1R 1R QF 3R 1R SF 2R 1R 3R SF RR RR 2R 2R 3R 1R
Players Championship Grand Final[nb 6] Not Held DNQ DNQ
China Open[nb 7] Not Held NR SF SF SF 2R Not Held F QF 1R 1R QF QF 2R 2R
World Championship 1R QF 2R SF W QF W W W W W F 1R W 1R QF F QF SF QF 1R 2R SF QF 2R 2R QF
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters A A A W W W W W F QF W QF F 1R QF SF QF F 1R QF 1R SF 1R 1R 1R 1R A
Championship League Not Held A RR RR RR RR
Variant format tournaments
Snooker Shoot-Out[nb 8] Not Held 1R Not Held 1R 2R
Former ranking tournaments
Canadian Masters Non-Ranking SF Not Held
Classic 2R SF QF QF 2R F F Not Held
Dubai Classic[nb 9] Not Held NR W W 1R F W SF SF 2R Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Not Held Non-Ranking Event QF NR Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 10] NR Not Held W W 2R 3R 1R 2R SF SF W QF F F QF NR Not Held NR Not Held
Scottish Open[nb 11] LQ 2R SF 3R F Not Held W QF 1R 2R W 3R W 3R 1R QF 2R QF Not Held
British Open LQ LQ W 3R 1R W QF SF SF QF 3R F F QF W QF 1R 1R W QF Not Held
Irish Masters Non-Ranking Event 2R 1R QF NH NR Not Held
Malta Cup[nb 12] Not Held 3R F 3R 3R F W W 2R QF NH QF Not Held W F 2R W QF QF NR Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Not Held NR 2R 2R 1R Not Held
Bahrain Championship Not Held SF Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
World Matchplay Not Held SF SF F SF QF Not Held
China Open[nb 7] Not Held QF Ranking Event Not Held Ranking Event
German Masters[nb 4] Not Held Ranking Event QF Not Held Ranking
Malta Grand Prix Not Held A A A A W R W Not Held
Champions Cup[nb 13] Not Held W 1R W SF QF W SF RR Not Held
Scottish Masters A QF QF NH W W QF QF QF F W QF QF SF SF F QF SF Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Not Held F Ranking Event Not Held
Irish Masters A A A F QF QF W SF QF F QF W QF W F F QF Ranking Event NH QF Not Held
Malta Cup[nb 12] Not Held Ranking Event NH R Not Held Ranking Event RR Not Held
Wuxi Classic[nb 14] Not Held A RR QF A
Brazil Masters Not Held SF
Premier League Snooker[nb 15] NH A F RR F W W A W W SF F SF RR W F A A W SF F RR SF SF RR A A
NH / Not Held event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ↑ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season.
  2. ↑ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking.
  3. ↑ The event run under different names as Australian Masters (1985/1986–1987/1988 and 1995/1996), Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and Australian Open (1994/1995)
  4. 1 2 The event run under different name as German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  5. ↑ The event run under different names as Grand Prix (1985/1986–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010), LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004), the World Open (2010/2011) and the Haikou World Open (2011/2012)
  6. ↑ The event run under different name as Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2012/2013)
  7. 1 2 The event run under different name as China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  8. ↑ The event run under different name as Shoot-Out (1990/1991)
  9. ↑ The event run under different names as Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and Asian Classic (1996/1997)
  10. ↑ The event run under different names as Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993) and Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
  11. ↑ The event run under different names as Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986), International Open (1986/1987–1989/1990 and 1992/1993–1996/1997) and Players Championship (2003/2004)
  12. 1 2 The event run under different names as European Open (1988/1989–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004) and Irish Open (1998/1999)
  13. ↑ The event run under different name as Charity Challenge (1994/1995–1998/1999)
  14. ↑ The event run under different name as Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  15. ↑ The event run under different names as Matchroom League (1986/1987–1991/1992) and European League (1992/1993–1996/1997)

Career finals

Ranking event finals: 57 (36 titles, 21 runners-up)

Legend
World Championship (7–2)
UK Championship (5–5)
Other (24–14)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1987 Grand Prix Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 10–7
Winner 2. 1988 British Open England Mike Hallett 13–2
Runner-up 1. 1988 UK Championship Wales Doug Mountjoy 12–16
Winner 3. 1989 Asian Open Thailand James Wattana 9–2
Winner 4. 1989 Dubai Classic Wales Doug Mountjoy 9–2
Winner 5. 1989 UK Championship England Steve Davis 16–12
Runner-up 2. 1989 International Open England Steve Davis 4–9
Runner-up 3. 1990 European Open England John Parrott 6–10
Winner 6. 1990 World Snooker Championship England Jimmy White 18–12
Winner 7. 1990 Grand Prix (2) England Nigel Bond 10–5
Winner 8. 1990 Asian Open (2) Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9–3
Winner 9. 1990 Dubai Classic (2) England Steve Davis 9–1
Winner 10. 1990 UK Championship (2) England Steve Davis 16–15
Runner-up 4. 1991 Classic England Jimmy White 4–10
Winner 11. 1991 British Open (2) England Gary Wilkinson 10–9
Winner 12. 1991 Grand Prix (3) England Steve Davis 10–6
Winner 13. 1992 Welsh Open Wales Darren Morgan 9–3
Runner-up 5. 1992 Classic (2) England Steve Davis 8–9
Winner 14. 1992 World Snooker Championship (2) England Jimmy White 18–14
Runner-up 6. 1992 Dubai Classic England John Parrott 8–9
Runner-up 7. 1993 European Open (2) England Steve Davis 4–10
Winner 15. 1993 International Open England Steve Davis 10–6
Winner 16. 1993 World Snooker Championship (3) England Jimmy White 18–5
Winner 17. 1993 Dubai Classic (3) England Steve Davis 9–3
Runner-up 8. 1993 UK Championship (2) England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–10
Winner 18. 1993 European Open England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–5
Winner 19. 1994 World Snooker Championship (4) England Jimmy White 18–17
Winner 20. 1994 UK Championship (3) Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 10–5
Winner 21. 1994 European Open (2) England John Parrott 9–3
Winner 22. 1995 World Snooker Championship (5) England Nigel Bond 18–9
Winner 23. 1995 Grand Prix (4) Scotland John Higgins 9–5
Winner 24. 1995 UK Championship (4) England Peter Ebdon 10–3
Winner 25. 1996 World Snooker Championship (6) England Peter Ebdon 18–12
Winner 26. 1996 UK Championship (5) Scotland John Higgins 10–9
Winner 27. 1997 Welsh Open (2) England Mark King 9–2
Winner 28. 1997 International Open (2) Malta Tony Drago 9–1
Runner-up 9. 1997 British Open Wales Mark Williams 2–9
Runner-up 10. 1997 World Snooker Championship Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 12–18
Runner-up 11. 1997 UK Championship (3) England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–10
Winner 29. 1998 Thailand Masters (3) England John Parrott 9–6
Runner-up 12. 1998 British Open (2) Scotland John Higgins 8–9
Runner-up 13. 1999 Welsh Open Wales Mark Williams 8–9
Winner 30. 1999 Scottish Open (3) Scotland Graeme Dott 9–1
Winner 31. 1999 World Snooker Championship (7) Wales Mark Williams 18–11
Winner 32. 1999 British Open (3) England Peter Ebdon 9–1
Runner-up 14. 2000 Thailand Masters Wales Mark Williams 5–9
Runner-up 15. 2001 Thailand Masters (2) Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 3–9
Winner 33. 2001 European Open (3) England Joe Perry 9–2
Runner-up 16. 2002 World Snooker Championship (2) England Peter Ebdon 17–18
Winner 34. 2003 Welsh Open (3) Wales Mark Williams 9–5
Runner-up 17. 2003 European Open (3) England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6–9
Winner 35. 2003 British Open (4) England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–6
Runner-up 18. 2003 UK Championship (4) Wales Matthew Stevens 8–10
Runner-up 19. 2005 Welsh Open (2) England Ronnie O'Sullivan 8–9
Winner 36. 2005 Malta Cup (4) Scotland Graeme Dott 9–7
Runner-up 20. 2005 China Open China Ding Junhui 5–9
Runner-up 21. 2006 UK Championship (5) England Peter Ebdon 6–10

Non-ranking event finals: 63 (38 titles, 25 runners-up)

Legend
Masters (6)
Premier League (6)
Other (26)
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1986 Scottish Professional Scotland Matt Gibson 10–5
Winner 2. 1987 Scottish Professional Scotland Jim Donnelly 10–7
Winner 3. 1987 Australian Masters England Mike Hallett 371–226 *
Runner-up 1. 1987 Hong Kong Masters England Steve Davis 3-9
Winner 4. 1988 Scottish Professional Scotland Murdo MacLeod 10–4
Winner 5. 1988 New Zealand Masters England Mike Hallett 6–1
Runner-up 2. 1988 Fosters Professional England Mike Hallett 5-8
Runner-up 3. 1989 Matchroom League England Steve Davis **
Winner 6. 1989 The Masters England John Parrott 9–6
Winner 7. 1989 Continental Airlines London Masters England John Parrott 4–2
Winner 8. 1989 Scottish Masters Wales Terry Griffiths 10–1
Runner-up 4. 1989 Irish Masters Northern Ireland Alex Higgins 8-9
Winner 9. 1990 Continental Airlines London Masters England John Parrott 4–2
Winner 10. 1990 The Masters England John Parrott 9–4
Winner 11. 1990 Pontins Professional England Mike Hallett 9–6
Winner 12. 1990 Scottish Masters Wales Terry Griffiths 10–6
Runner-up 5. 1990 Matchroom League England Steve Davis **
Runner-up 6. 1990 Norwich Union Grand Prix England Joe Johnson 4-5
Runner-up 7. 1990 World Matchplay England Jimmy White 9-18
Winner 13. 1991 The Masters England Mike Hallett 9–8
Winner 14. 1991 Hong Kong Challenge Thailand James Wattana 9–1
Winner 15. 1991 Indian Challenge England John Parrott 9–5
Winner 16. 1991 Matchroom League England Steve Davis **
Runner-up 8. 1991 Pot Black England Steve Davis 1-2
Runner-up 9. 1991 Belgian Challenge England Steve Davis 9-10
Runner-up 10. 1991 Continental Airlines London Masters England Steve Davis 0-4
Winner 17. 1992 European Challenge England Joe Johnson 4–0
Winner 18. 1992 The Masters England John Parrott 9–4
Winner 19. 1992 Irish Masters Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 9–6
Winner 20. 1992 Matchroom League England Steve Davis 9–2
Runner-up 11. 1992 Thailand Masters England Steve Davis 3-6
Runner-up 12. 1992 Kent Classic England John Parrott 5-6
Winner 21. 1993 European Challenge Malta Tony Drago 5–3
Winner 22. 1993 The Masters Thailand James Wattana 9–5
Winner 23. 1994 European League England John Parrott 10–7
Winner 24. 1994 Top Rank Classic England Jimmy White **
Runner-up 13. 1994 The Masters Scotland Alan McManus 8-9
Runner-up 14 1994 Scottish Masters Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 7-9
Winner 25. 1995 Scottish Masters England Peter Ebdon 9–5
Winner 26. 1995 Charity Challenge Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 9–1
Winner 27. 1995 European League Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 10–2
Runner-up 15. 1995 Irish Masters England Peter Ebdon 8-9
Winner 28. 1996 The Masters England Ronnie O'Sullivan 10–5
Winner 29. 1997 Irish Masters Wales Darren Morgan 9–8
Winner 30. 1997 Charity Challenge England Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8
Runner-up 16. 1997 European League England Ronnie O'Sullivan 8-10
Winner 31. 1998 Red Bull Super Challenge Scotland John Higgins **
Winner 32. 1998 Malta Grand Prix Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 7–6
Runner-up 17. 1998 The Masters Wales Mark Williams 9-10
Runner-up 18. 1998 Red Bull Super League England Steve Davis **
Winner 33. 1999 Champions Cup Wales Mark Williams 7–5
Winner 34. 1999 Irish Masters England Stephen Lee 9–8
Winner 35. 2000 Premier League Snooker Wales Mark Williams 9–5
Runner-up 19. 2000 Scottish Masters England Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-9
Runner-up 20. 2000 Irish Masters Scotland John Higgins 4-9
Winner 36. 2001 Malta Grand Prix Wales Mark Williams 7–6
Runner-up 21. 2001 Irish Masters England Ronnie O'Sullivan 8-9
Runner-up 22. 2001 Premier League Snooker England Ronnie O'Sullivan 7-9
Runner-up 23. 2003 The Masters Wales Mark Williams 4-10
Winner 37. 2004 Premier League Snooker Scotland John Higgins 9–6
Runner-up 24. 2005 Northern Ireland Trophy Wales Matthew Stevens 7-9
Runner-up 25. 2005 Premier League Snooker England Ronnie O'Sullivan 0-6
Winner 38. 2009 Legends of Snooker [59] Republic of Ireland Ken Doherty 5–3

* It was decided by aggregate score over five frames.
** No Play-off. Title decided on league table only.

Team finals

No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
1. 1987 World Doubles
(with Mike Hallett)		 Canada Cliff Thorburn
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor		 12–8
2. 1991 World Masters Men's Doubles
(with Mike Hallett)		 Canada Brady Gollan
Canada Jim Wych		 8–5
3. 1996 World Cup
(with team Scotland)		  Ireland 10–7
4. 2001 Nations Cup
(with team Scotland)		  Ireland 6–2

Amateur finals

No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
1. 1983 Scottish Under-16 Championship
2. 1984 Scottish Amateur Championship Scotland David Sneddon[60]
3. 1985 Scottish Amateur Championship Scotland Jim McNellan[60]

Maximum breaks

See also: Maximum break
No. Year Championship Opponent Ref.
1. 1992 Matchroom League England Thorne, WillieWillie Thorne
2. 1995 World Championship England White, JimmyJimmy White
3. 1995 UK Championship England Wilkinson, GaryGary Wilkinson
4. 1997 Charity Challenge England O'Sullivan, RonnieRonnie O'Sullivan
5. 1998 Premier League Republic of Ireland Doherty, KenKen Doherty
6. 1999 British Open England Ebdon, PeterPeter Ebdon
7. 1999 UK Championship England Wykes, PaulPaul Wykes
8. 2001 Malta Grand Prix Wales Williams, MarkMark Williams
9. 2009 World Championship England Murphy, ShaunShaun Murphy
10. 2011 Welsh Open Scotland Maguire, StephenStephen Maguire
11. 2012 World Championship England Bingham, StuartStuart Bingham

Awards

Award Year
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1994
BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year 1987, 1996
WPBSA Player of the Year 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
WPBSA Young Player of the Year 1988
WPBSA Performance of the Year 1995

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