Stephen Hendry

Stephen Hendry, MBE ( born January 13, 1969 in South Queensferry ) is a former Scottish professional snooker. Based on the number of victories in ranking tournaments he is the most successful player of snooker history.

Life

Hendry was born in South Queensferry in today's City of Edinburgh Council Area and grew up in neighboring Dalgety Bay, Fife. At the age of 16 he began his professional career in 1985. In 1987 he won the Grand Prix his first ranking title as the hitherto youngest ranking tournament winner ( this record age was later undercut by Ronnie O'Sullivan ).

In the 1990s, Hendry dominated the Snooker Sport and led from 1990 to 1997 without interruption, the Snooker world rankings. He is record winner at the World Championships in Sheffield, which he won (1990, 1992-1996, 1999) seven times, but four times with a final victory over Jimmy White. In his first success in 1990 with 21 years Hendry was the youngest world champion of all time. In the 1990/91 season he presented with five victories in ranking tournaments in a season set a new record.

With the emergence of younger players such as Mark Williams, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan Hendry's success in the late 1990s were rare. After his last World Cup win in 1999, he won only four ranking tournaments, the last was the Malta Cup 2005. Highlights of his later career was reaching the World Cup final in 2002, where he lost to Peter Ebdon at 17:18, and the reconquest of the world rankings guide in 2006.

The 2007/08 season was mixed for Hendry. His best results were semi-finals at the Welsh Open and the World Championship, where he however Ronnie O'Sullivan with 6:17 clearly defeated. However, Hendry moved into the world rankings prior to position six.

Stephen Hendry is one of the most successful snooker player ever. He won a total of 36 ranking tournaments (see: Overall statistics of the ranking tournaments), eight more than Steve Davis, the second best in these statistics. Hendry played the most official Century Breaks ( 775, see: List of players with at least 100 Century Breaks ) and the maximum Breaks he stands with a total of 11 second behind Ronnie O'Sullivan. In addition, he has won more than a thousand frames in the World Championships.

At the table Hendry came mostly on quiet but played relatively risky. His successes in the 1990s meant that parts of his game were standard in snooker. This includes both the long red entry ball, which was considered too risky in the time before, and the aggressive split of the row of red balls on the blue ball since 1994 Hendry Member of the order of the British Empire ( MBE). Twice he was elected to Scotland's Sportsman of the Year (1989 and 1996).

Until the beginning of the season 2009/10 Stephen Hendry won in his career prize money of 8.6 million pounds. He is also a good golfer and poker player. Since 1995, he is married to Mandy and has two sons, Blaine (* 1996) and Carter (* 2004).

In 2011 he was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame.

On May 1, 2012 immediately after his defeat to Stephen Maguire 2:13 in the quarter- finals of the World Snooker Championship 2012, Hendry announced his retirement from professional sport. He had taken his own words three months before the World Cup the decision to do so.

Achievements

World Cup victories and finals

Victories in ranking tournaments

  • World Cup 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999
  • UK Championship 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996
  • Grand Prix 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995
  • British Open 1988, 1991, 1999, 2003
  • Thailand Masters 1989, 1990, 1998
  • Dubai Duty Free Classic, 1989, 1990, 1993
  • Welsh Open 1992, 1997, 2003
  • International Open 1993, 1997
  • European Open 1994, 1995, 2001
  • Scottish Open 1999
  • Malta Cup 2005

Victories in friendly competitions

Season Overview

Legend:

  • XR = defeat in the x. round
  • AF = eighth finalist
  • VF = quarter-finalists
  • HF = semifinalist
  • F = Finalist
  • S = winner of the tournament
  • N = Not Taken

Maximum Breaks

Throughout his career, Hendry arrive at tournaments total of 11 breaks of 147 points, so-called maximum Breaks, so he is number 2 behind Ronnie O'Sullivan, who reached until today 12 maximum breaks. His last maximum break Hendry played on 21 April 2012 at the world championship in his first round match against Stuart Bingham to the registry of 6:1.

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