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 Stephen Hendry
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| Born | January 13, 1969 , South Queensferry, Edinburgh |
| Nationality |  Scottish |
| Nickname(s) | The Golden Boy, The Maestro, The Ice Man |
| Professional | 1985– |
| Highest ranking | #1 (9 years) |
| 2008/09 ranking | #6 |
| Career winnings | GB£8,257,210 |
| Highest break | 147 (8 times) |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 36 |
| Non-ranking | 32 |
| World Champion | 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999 |
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Hendry is one of the most successful players in the history of the sport—his World Snooker Association official profile states that he is "generally considered the greatest snooker player ever". The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association ( WPBSA, also known as the World Snooker Association or simply World Snooker for short is the governing [2]
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Snooker career
Amateur years (1981-1985)
Hendry started playing snooker in 1981, aged 12. Two years later he won the National U-16 Championship. He also appeared on BBC's Junior version of Pot Black. Pot Black was a UK televised Snooker tournament that played a large part in the popularisation of the modern game 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 youngest ever professional.
Professional career (1986-1988)
In his first season he reached the last 32 in the Mercantile Credit Classic and was the youngest ever Scottish Professional champion. The Classic was a professional Snooker tournament The tournament started life as the Wilsons Classic in 1980. In the next season he retained that title and reached the quarter-finals of both the Grand Prix and World Championship, and the semi-finals of the Mercantile Credit Classic. The World Snooker Championship, currently held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of Snooker 's annual calendar and Hendry and Mike Hallett combined to win that year's World Doubles Championship. Mike Hallett (born July 2, 1959) is an English professional Snooker player and Television Sports commentator. In 1987/88 Hendry won his first world ranking titles, the Grand Prix and the British Open. The British Open was a professional Snooker tournament It was a ranking tournament from 1985 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. The Masters (known formally as the Saga Insurance Masters, for sponsorship purposes and for many years the Benson and Hedges Masters) is a professional
Glory years (1989-1999)
The 1989/1990 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 and his first World Championship. The UK Championship is a professional Snooker tournament generally regarded as the second most prestigious tournament after the World Championship. The Dubai Duty Free Classic was a professional Snooker tournament The Thailand Masters was a professional Snooker tournament Previously known as Thailand Open and Asian Open, it was a ranking tournament The Scottish Masters, often known by its sponsored names the Lang's Scottish Masters or the Regal Scottish Masters, was a non- ranking professional The Masters (known formally as the Saga Insurance Masters, for sponsorship purposes and for many years the Benson and Hedges Masters) is a professional The World Snooker Championship, currently held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of Snooker 's annual calendar and This saw him rise to the summit of the World Rankings at the age of 21. The snooker world rankings are the official system of ranking professional Snooker players to determine automatic qualification and seeding for tournaments The following season he set a record of five world ranking titles in a season and recorded a hat-trick of Masters. In 1991/92 Hendry regained the World title, adding to the victories in both the Grand Prix and the Welsh Open. Welsh Open may refer to Welsh Open (darts Welsh Open (snooker 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.
In 1994/95, after being awarded an MBE, he won three ranking events, including another World crown and the UK Championship, both of which were retained the following year. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. 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. Peter Ebdon (born August 27, 1970 in Kettering, England) is an English professional Snooker player and former Ray Reardon MBE ( 8 October 1932) is a retired Welsh Snooker player Steve Davis, OBE, (born Steven Davis August 22, 1957, Plumstead, London) is an English professional Snooker 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 championship by defeating the Scot 18-12 in the final. Ken Doherty (born 17 September
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. The Thailand Masters was a professional Snooker tournament Previously known as Thailand Open and Asian Open, it was a ranking tournament He also lost his World no. 1 place 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. Marcus Campbell (born 22 September 1972 is a Scottish professional snooker player. However, a resurgent Hendry won the last two events in the campaign - the Scottish Open and a record seventh World title. The Players Championship was a professional Snooker tournament After beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 17-14 in their semi-final, he emerged as a convincing 18-11 winner over future double World Champion Mark J. Williams. Ronald Antonio "Ronnie" O'Sullivan (born 5 December 1975 in Wordsley, West Midlands) nicknamed "The Mark James Williams MBE (born 21 March, 1975, Cwm, Ebbw Vale, Wales) is a Welsh professional Snooker This is Hendry's last World Championship title. Since then he has won only five titles but has never dropped out of the Top 16 in the rankings.
Recent years (1999-present)
In 1999/2000 he lifted one ranking title, the British Open, where he made the fifth 147 break of his career and the second maximum in a ranking final. The British Open was a professional Snooker tournament It was a ranking tournament from 1985 By Hendry's high standards the 2000/2001 season was a disappointment, as he failed to win a ranking event for the first time since 1988 season and reached only one final. Still he won the European Open the next season and came close to an eighth World Championship. The European Open was a professional Snooker tournament It was one of the eight ranking tournaments until the 2003/04 season. The World Snooker Championship, currently held at the Crucible Theatre in the English city of Sheffield, is the climax of Snooker 's annual calendar and Having eliminated defending champion O'Sullivan in the semi-finals (17-13), he lost narrowly to Peter Ebdon in the final (17-18). Peter Ebdon (born August 27, 1970 in Kettering, England) is an English professional Snooker player and former The Welsh Open in 2002/2003 and British Open in 2003/2004 came his way, with his victory in the Malta Cup of 2005 being his most recent ranking success. Welsh Open may refer to Welsh Open (darts Welsh Open (snooker The Malta Cup is a professional Snooker tournament that has been on the World Snooker calendar since the 2004/05 season. However, Hendry regained the world no. 1 position in 2005/2006 due to consistency in reaching the latter stages of tournaments without, by his own admission, reproducing his form of old. [3] He is now ranked World number eight. Following a disappointing season in 2007/2008 Hendry unexpectedly reached his 12th semi-final at the World Championships, a new record surpassing Steve Davis' 11. In doing so aged 39 he became the oldest player to reach the semi-finals of the tournament since Terry Griffiths in 1992.
Records
Hendry's other career records include: total ranking titles, consecutive wins of a single tournament, longest consecutive winning streak (in ranking events), most centuries compiled in one match (7), most centuries compiled in one tournament (16), most centuries in one season (53), most years in the top-16 elite of players, most years ranked world no. 1, most career centuries and highest total prize money. Until 2007 he held the record for most 147s compiled in competitive play (8), as well as most televised maximums (7), until O'Sullivan equalled the former and broke the latter in late 2007 and took both records from him during the 2008 world championships[4]. He currently jointly holds with Davis the record for the longest unbroken streak as a top-16 player (20 seasons), a record which will be broken on the 6th of May 2007 when Hendry begins his 21st consecutive season as a top 16 player. The record is more remarkable since the lowest Hendry has ranked upon entry to the top 16 is 8th (the top 8 in snooker are considered the best players in the top 16). Hendry has won 65 professional titles (not including his three Scottish Professional titles). This puts him second on the all-time list of professional championships won behind Steve Davis' 73. [5] However Stephen is the all time record holder for ranking titles won, 36, as opposed to Steve Davis' 28. In all, Hendry has won 79 titles (68 professional and 11 amateur).
Playing style
Hendry tends to play at a steady pace. He often uses the now universal tactic of potting the blue with pace and heavy backspin on the white ball to cannon into the pack of reds and develop them for break-building. 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. [6] However, as the standard of his break-building and long potting have declined a little, his aggressive instincts have given his opponents more opportunities than used to be the case. Recently however, since working with Chris Henry, the man who coached Peter Ebdon to the 2002 World Championship, Hendry has placed a greater emphasis on his safety game which has been described by Clive Everton during commentary as being better than at any stage during his career.
Personal life
Hendry was brought up in Fife, where he attended Inverkeithing High School. Fife ( Gaelic: Fìobha) is a Council area of Scotland, situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland Inverkeithing High School is a secondary school located in Inverkeithing, a town in West Fife, Scotland, on the North side of the Forth Road Bridge He now lives in the small town of Auchterarder with his wife Mandy, whom he married in 1995, and sons Blaine (born 1996) and Carter (born 2004). Auchterarder ( Scottish Gaelic: Uachdar Ardair) is a small town located north of the Ochil Hills in Perth and Kinross, Scotland, and He lives close to the Gleneagles and has a single-figure golf handicap. The Gleneagles Hotel is a luxury Hotel near Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross, Scotland. He enjoys poker and has appeared in more than one televised tournament. Hendry is also keenly interested in football, supporting Scottish side Hearts. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Heart of Midlothian FC (most commonly referred to as Hearts) is a football club from Edinburgh, Scotland who play in the Scottish
When returning to Scotland from the Thailand Open in September 2003, Hendry had his cue broken. A cue stick (or simply cue, or more specifically pool cue, snooker cue, or billiards cue) is an item of sporting equipment essential to the The cue, which he had owned since he was aged 14 and had cost him £40, had been used when winning his 7 world titles. [7] 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. [8]
Stephen Hendry was also rated as the greatest player of all time in a book by Luke Williams and Paul Gadsby titled "Master of the Baize". He finished above Joe Davis, Steve Davis, Alex Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan who were the others in the author's top five. [9]
Tournament wins
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