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Having recently been awarded an OBE for his services to snooker, the Rocket beat Mark Williams (6-5), Mark Selby (6-3), Stuart Bingham (6-3) before annihilating Barry Hawkins 10-1 to equal Hendry's tally of six Masters titles. Ranking the game's top five players in history, including World Championship stars. 2023 Eurosport, a Warner Bros. However, he began competing again in 2021. How Stephen Hendry changed the way snooker was played and inspired a But despite trailing 16-14, he brilliantly won three frames on the trot to complete a remarkable day of semi-final snooker before wiping the floor with Kyren Wilson 18-8 in front of the returning, adoring, Crucible crowd. In 2006, however, he demonstrated that he still possessed the talent that made him such a force in the 1990s when he claimed the number one ranking once again. Tai Chengzhe/Visual China Group via Getty Images. Stream the Scottish Open and more top snooker action live on, 'Feels amazing' Higgins ends 13-month title drought by retaining Championship League crown, Zhao and Yan to miss World Championship ahead of match-fixing hearing. 'He could pot everyone off the table' - Trump on Hendry in his prime, 'Hendry is right on Jimmy' - O'Sullivan agrees White should relax with snooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan's career statistics and records as he equals Stephen After being ranked number one in the world for eight consecutive seasons, he lost the top spot with a first-round loss in the 1998 world championship. The age of professionalism in Scottish snooker came courtesy of a shy teenager who possessed a laser-like focus rarely witnessed before or since. Stephen Hendry has admitted he did not want Ronnie O'Sullivan to equal his haul of seven World Championship titles, and does not want him to surpass their now joint-record. Hendry had not even played the game before his parents bought him a half-sized table for Christmas in 1981. 'Embarrassment, anger, sadness': the decline of the great Stephen Hendry Stephen Hendry holds the record for the youngest ever to win the World Snooker Championship, as he won the 1990 tournament at 21 years and 106 days. Fellow Glaswegian Anthony McGill has won two and Edinburghs Chris Small, forced to retire in 2005 due to a chronic back condition, one. He declared the match over when missing a red in frame six despite leading 24-0 at the time and although he later apologised to Hendry and his fans, O'Sullivan was fined 20,800 for his actions. He had 24 hours to decide whether to take it and he could not resist. pic.twitter.com/jWWr6mfcAd. It was one of six tons he managed in the final - another record - and his victory at the age of 37 meant he was the oldest player since Ray Reardon in 1978 to become world champion. A year after John Higgins got his revenge in the 2006 final with a nail-biting 10-9 that went down to the black, O'Sullivan broke the heart of 19-year-old sensation Ding Junhui with a resounding 10-3 triumph featuring four Rocket centuries, including a fine clearance of 143. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan jointly hold the record for the most World Snooker Championship titles with seven. He managed it in six minutes and there was an amusing moment at the end when he removed the sponsor logo from his waistcoat! O'Sullivan returned to the sport just in time for the Masters after a near eight-month hiatus in which he decided to defend his UK Championship title in December 2015. Nobody could stop him this time as he downed former champions Peter Ebdon (10-4), Mark Williams (13-6) and Neil Robertson (13-10) before waltzing past Matthew Stevens (17-10) in the semi-finals and Ali Carter 18-11 for the title. Davis, 54, beat Hendry in the 1989 World Championship semi-finals en route to winning his last title at the Crucible, with Scotsman Hendry turning the tables at the same stage five years later. Stephen Hendry has opted out of entering the 2022 World Snooker Championship qualifiers only 12 months after returning following a nine-year absence. . Hendrys streak cooled in the 2000s, but he remained competitive, even reclaiming his No. O'Sullivan came into the Masters on the back of losing the UK Championship final to Mark Selby but bounced back with wins over Liang Wenbo (6-5), Neil Robertson (6-3) and Marco Fu (6-4) before successfully defending his crown with a 10-7 triumph over Joe Perry. He shares the record for most World Snooker Championship wins with Ronnie OSullivan: both have seven titles. Ronnie O'Sullivan had not yet turned 18 but he'd already earned his nickname 'The Rocket' after winning a best-of-nine frame encounter in a record-breaking 43 minutes during his debut professional season (1992-93), in which he'd also claimed a maiden non-ranking title and qualified for his first World Championship, where he lost 10-7 to Alan McManus. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. These days, he is playing not just against the new players but his own past, judged by the performances of his pomp and suffering in comparison. 'pic.twitter.com/7eVJQ8XH6D, If you consider the high stakes, the context, the pressure, this must be one of the greatest shots in the history of snooker from Ronnie OSullivan. BBC pundit and 1985 world champion Dennis Taylor believes Hendry's achievements mark him out as the stand-out player in the sport's history. pic.twitter.com/l31qIFsXDp, Ronnie O'Sullivan wins his match 10-1 in 108 minutes. O'Sullivan may well still be a solitary world title shy of Hendry's historic mark of seven after his 18-8 victory over Kyren Wilson drew him level with Steve Davis and Ray Reardon, but few can possibly dispute the Rocket's unofficial status as the greatest snooker player of all time. "Jimmy White would probably feel that even though he's not at the cutting edge any more, he's enjoyed the challenge of trying to stay within the game, and I've enjoyed the same challenge, but obviously Stephen didn't. Higgins showed some early promise, developed a maturity in his game beyond his years and won the junior event at the 1991 World Masters in Birmingham, beating fellow 15-year-olds Ronnie OSullivan and Mark Williams en route. Stephen Hendry - World Snooker Hendry won five consecutive Masters titles between 1989 and 1993 and five consecutive world titles between 1992 and 1996, both records in the modern era. . "It was a mixture of embarrassment, anger, frustration, sadness, everything," Stephen Hendry says as he remembers how his dominance of snooker unravelled into, in his mind . Ronnie O'Sullivan's 18-13 win over Judd Trump at the Crucible Theatre in the World Snooker Championship final in 2022 earned him the biggest prize in the sport for a record-equalling seventh time. Hendry, 43, retired on Tuesday after a 13-2 quarter-final defeat by Stephen Maguire ended his 27th consecutive appearance at the Crucible. Snooker player Stephen Hendry's professional Match results, Frame scores, centuries, prize money, statistics from season 2022-2023 . Stephen Gordon Hendry was born on January 13, 1969, in South Queensferry, Scotland. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2000 Scottish Open v Quinten Hann, 5. Hendry says he had an unusual feeling when. Ronnie O'Sullivan's sixth World Championship breaks the ranking title Stephen Hendry: "Are you saying another record of mine is going? A series of records fell in his wake. There have been as many as 20 rankings tournament in a single season in recent years. Is Stephen Hendry set to quit comeback after opting out of 2022 World After winning his first World Championship in 1990, he became the youngest player ever to lift the title at 21. It is unclear if Hendry will be offered another wild card to continue playing or if he will accept it. While Davis, the world number 39, has continued to play on the tour along with another legend, Jimmy White [ranked 44], Hendry has opted to quit 13 years after winning his last world title in 1999. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2011 Paul Hunter Classic - Adam Duffy, 12. The rate at which he's been losing his records hasnt been lost on Hendry, who was teased by Hazel Irvine and Steve Davis while on punditry duty about OSullivan potentially reaching 16 centuries at a single World Championship. It earned him 75 of the 11million+ he's now won 30 years later. Following the 1996 world championship, Hendrys play slipped. Ranking the game's top five players in history, including World Championship stars. He set a professional snooker record by scoring 556 unanswered points in a 6-0 quarter-final victory over Ricky Walden in 58 minutes and went on to reach his 10th final in the event - breaking Hendry's previous best of nine. At 19 years and 69 days, O'Sullivan became the youngest Masters champion and that record stands today. Evans slams 'disgusting' prize money in women's snooker as Baipat claims world title. I didnt want Ronnie to equal my record and I dont want him to beat my record, why would I? Hendry said on the WST Podcast. Mon Oct 15 2018 - 13:17. During this period in the early 1990s, a wave of Scottish talent flooded the professional ranks. Stephen . Who has won the most World Snooker Championship titles? Hendry, O Perhaps it had to if he was to avoid serious burnout. That's what a champion does, they don't play their best, they get to the final, and they still nearly win it. "For me - and I've said it since 1990 - he's the greatest player ever to lift a snooker cue. And just as the 2017 sequel to Trainspotting doesnt alter the majesty of the original, Hendrys stuttering comeback doesnt change any of that. He has won 36 full-ranking titles to date, including 18 Triple Crown titles bettered only by OSullivan as well as having compiled 11 maximum breaks during his career. OSullivan's magic seventh World Championship title against Judd Trump 21 years after his first finally draws him level with the 'King of the Crucible', but he stands alone at the top for all the other records that matter and many others. **Hendry resumed playing in 2021 after nine years out, but his future on the tour is unclear. At the first World Team Cup in 1979, there was not even a Scottish team. Ronnie O'Sullivan has won more ranking titles in snooker than any other player, just ahead of Stephen Hendry. Having spent most of his career doing his own thing, he suddenly became friendly with the other players and, by his own admission, lost some of his edge. His five match wins during this edition took him to 74 Crucible victories, four more than one of other Hendrys few remaining records. O'Sullivan had finished runner-up in the Masters three times since his maiden title in this tournament in 1995 - to Hendry (1996), Steve Davis (1997) and Paul Hunter (2004) - but he'd get his hands on the new crystal triangle trophy with a 10-3 demolition job of John Higgins. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Glaswegian Alan McManus had already turned professional in 1990 and made an immediate breakthrough, reaching the UK Championship semi-finals and winning the Masters qualifying event in his debut season. 'One from the archives' - Hendry makes fantastic brown to win frame, 'That is the Hendry we remember well!' Corrections? He claimed the number one ranking in 1990 and held it until White defeated him at the world championship in 1998. His tour card was subsequently renewed for another two seasons.. To be fair, Hendry had done everything to lower expectations. "The ultimate goal is to play one more match at the Crucible. He was that dominant. He capped off his incredible season by defeating Jimmy White in the final of the World Snooker Championship, winning his first world championship title,and setting a record for becoming the youngest to do so at the age of 21. Maybe not that night, because there's still a little bit of sadness that he equalled my record. He's an absolutely wonderful snooker player.. In contrast, OSullivan has won his Crucible crowns over more than two decades, with his first coming in 2001 and his latest in 2022. In recognition of his excellence in the sport, Hendry was knighted, receiving a MBE recognition in 1994. Hendry had observed Steve Davis aloofness, the way he set himself apart from his rivals. He had pushed his career earnings past 6.2 million (about $10 million) and by November had reclaimed his number one ranking. That year he won the Dubai Classic, the Asian Open, the Scottish Masters, the UK Championship, and the Masters. Article bookmarked. Technically, the most successful player at the world championship is. Ronnie's reply"I'm never going to be good at getting out of snookers. Here's a look back through time at his 20 Triple Crown titles, his 15 career maximums and the typically memorable moment he scored his 1000th century last year. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1997 World Championship v Mick Price, 2. All rights reserved. His 16 centuries in the 2002 world championship also set a record. Eight years on from his initial retirement from the professional sport at the age of 43 at the end of the 2011/12 season . He might not have been the last snooker king of Scotland but was the man who inspired a nation, and who brought it respect. After three semi-final defeats in the 1990s and a shock 10-9 defeat to David Gray in round one of the Millennium edition, O'Sullivan reached his first Crucible final by overcoming Andy Hicks (10-2), Dave Harold (13-6), Peter Ebdon (13-6) and Joe Swail (17-11) before an absorbing 18-14 victory over 1998 champion John Higgins. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan jointly hold the record for the most World Snooker Championship titles with seven. Career Total Statistics Tournament Record Most Frequent Opponents Rounds Reached Century Frequency Centuries per Season Graph Ranking History Prize Money History. Hendry won his first major junior tournament, the Scottish U-16 Championship, at age 14.Around this time, he appeared on the junior version of the BBCs Pot Black, a televised single-frame snooker competition that contributed to the games resurgence.At 15, Hendry won the Scottish Amateur Championship. He hadn't been at his fluent best earlier in the tournament but managed three century breaks and 10 above 50 when the trophy was on the line. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1999 Welsh Open v James Wattana, 3. At the moment it is about trying to get back to playing some good snooker.". Ronnie O'Sullivan's sixth World Championship broke Stephen Hendry's record for the most career ranking titles and also extended his all-time Triple Crown tally to 20. Ronnie O'Sullivan (1992-) 6x Worlds, 7x UK champ, 7x Masters, 37 ranking titles, 1061 centuries, 15 147s Stephen Hendry (1985-2012) 7x Worlds, 5x UK champ, 6x Masters, 36 ranking titles, 775 centuries, 11 147s Who is the GOAT? RT for Ronnie Like for Hendry pic.twitter.com/S4MiKoDhHG. Hendry, O'Sullivan, Davis and the players with the most trophies, Is Ronnie O'Sullivan snooker's GOAT? The 1989-90 season was the beginning of Stephen Hendrys period of dominance, both in major tournaments and atop the world rankings. ", Ronnie O'Sullivan has won seven world titles, CLICK ON THE IMAGE TO WATCH ALL THE CRUCIBLE 147s, Crucible Champions: A look at every winner, Crucible memories: White a People's Champion, Joint most World Championships (7, equal with Stephen Hendry), Oldest ever world champion (46 years, 148 days), Youngest ever ranking winner (17 years, 358 days UK Championship, 1993), Joint most Crucible appearances (30, equal with Steve Davis), Most consecutive Crucible appearances (30), Most Crucible match wins (74 from 97 matches), Joint most Crucible 147s (3, level with Stephen Hendry). He has played a partial schedule in 2021 and 2022, never making it past the second round of a tournament. Tai Chengzhe/Visual China Group via Getty Images. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan jointly hold the record for the most World Snooker Championship titles with seven. Even before his victory, O'Sullivan was already considered by many to be the greatest player of all time not least because of the number of ranking titles he has collected during his storied 30-year career. Ronnie O'Sullivan roof raising moment part 6567676: The way he scores the 100th point of his 1000th century. It capped a tumultuous tournament for O'Sullivan, who had threatened to launch a breakaway tour then required a final-frame decider to edge past veteran Ken Doherty in round two. I wouldn't say it's the wrong decision - it's just down to the individual.". 20 Scots have so far competed in the Crucible stage of the World Championship. The 43-year-old, who . pic.twitter.com/kkjnHt983m. Eight months on from cementing his status as a sporting superstar for life with his five minute and eight second maximum at the Crucible, O'Sullivan picked up his second UK crown after claiming a 9-6 victory over Hendry in the final, ending the Scotsman's three-year grip on the trophy in the process. A ranking tournament is one that counts towards snooker's world rankings, which were introduced in the 1976-77 season. Some were more successful than others but they became regular faces on the circuit. O'Sullivan's longevity at the top is almost as remarkable as his breathtaking standard of play and his mind-boggling collection of records, titles and century milestones. Until 1982, only the world championship counted as a ranking event; two others the International Open and the Professional Players Tournament were then added, as was the UK Championship in 1984. He intends to continue playing, and his tour card has been renewed through 2024. He represented his nation at the highest level of a hugely popular sport with distinction, winning 36 ranking tournaments including seven World Championships. The Scot, who dropped out of the elite top 16 earlier this season and is currently ranked 23, admitted having to qualify for this year's World Championship for the first time since 1988 "was not a nice feeling". The Rocket dominated from the start against Neil Robertson, winning 10-4, and finished in style by reaching a career milestone which may never be passed. believes Hendry's achievements mark him out as the stand-out player in the sport's history. Well worth a watch even for Ronnie fans! Despite what he says about his cue action. Hendrys father bought him a junior-sized snooker table for Christmas when he was twelve.He became obsessed with the game, quickly developing his skills, and began competing in junior amateur tournaments. All these matches are part of the process, and getting me comfortable in arenas again. Evans slams 'disgusting' prize money in women's snooker as Baipat claims world title. Omissions? A ranking tournament is one that counts towards snooker's world rankings, which were introduced in the 1976-77 season. While anarchy reigned on the big screen, another Scotsman was at the peak of his powers, monopolising TV time as he swept all before him. 'Feels amazing' Higgins ends 13-month title drought by retaining Championship League crown, Watch Robertson produce magic as Trump leads final Championship League group. Welcome to my brand new YouTube channel, Stephen Hendry's Cue Tips. "Obviously a name for the future. He's going to be winning this a few times and the other guys better get their act together. O'Sullivan stands on 69 wins from 92 matches played between 1993 and 2021. Hendry was 30 and the extraordinary intensity he had given to be the best seemed to wane. His comeback was much anticipated but has been largely underwhelming. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. A. Career. @ronnieo147 pic.twitter.com/bCUnSqT2Z0. O'Sullivan equalled the record of Stephen Hendry by winning his seventh World Championship . Once it happened, it was almost kind of a relief, said Hendry. 2014 UK Championship Final: Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Judd Trump DECIDER! WPBSA Head Office: World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, 75 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2NT, Victories in Sheffield for Hendry and Wallace, White and Doherty to Meet in World Seniors Final. His seventh and final World Snooker Championship title in 1999 set a record for most of all timea record which he held solely until Ronnie OSullivan tied the record with his 2022 championship win. It was almost like that. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2008 World Championship - Mark Williams, 10. "Steve Davis: "Have you got any left? Stephen Hendry's Crucible record unbeatable - Davis - BBC Sport O'Sullivan's fifth UK Championship is another iconic moment in his career after he followed up the 13th 147 maximum break of his career against Matthew Selt in the last 16 before edging out rising star Judd Trump 10-9 in a truly gripping final that he'd led 9-4. Read about our approach to external linking. Although they've both thrilled the Sheffield crowd with three 147s apiece at snooker's spiritual home, the Rocket's incomprehensibly brilliant maiden maximum in five minutes eight seconds will never be surpassed and it speaks volumes that the closest anyone has ever got is O'Sullivan himself when clocking six minutes and 30 seconds against Marco Fu in 2003. Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry has announced his retirement from snooker after a heavy 13-2 defeat by Stephen Maguire at the Crucible. "I can't see Stephen changing his mind; once he decides on something, that's it.

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