Indeed OSullivans time span of winning major titles which now stands at 29 years is testament to the astounding longevity of his greatness compared to anyone whos ever picked up a cue, Hendry included. Omissions? A ranking tournament is one that counts towards snooker's world rankings, which were introduced in the 1976-77 season. Hendry changed the way snooker was played, ushering in a more attacking era and. Evans slams 'disgusting' prize money in women's snooker as Baipat claims world title. Hendry had observed Steve Davis aloofness, the way he set himself apart from his rivals. Snooker player Stephen Hendry's professional Match results, Frame scores, centuries, prize money, statistics from season 2022-2023 . The record was previously set by Stephen Hendry back in 1999. Career Total Statistics Tournament Record Most Frequent Opponents Rounds Reached Century Frequency Centuries per Season Graph Ranking History Prize Money History. Now in the world's top 16 for the first time, Ronnie O'Sullivan booked his place in the Masters tournament automatically, having made his debut the previous year after coming through the qualifying event ranked 57 in the world. From 1992 until his defeat by Ken Doherty in the 1997 World Championship final, he won 29 consecutive matches at the Crucible, a modern-era record. However, this latest unforgettable run at an empty Crucible began with an astonishing 10-1 triumph over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in just 108 minutes - the quickest best-of-19 frame match ever by 41 minutes - but he had to battle much harder to see off Ding Junhui and Mark Williams 13-10. Three months later he successfully defended the World Championship title for the first time in his career. Ranking the game's top five players in history, including World Championship stars. To qualify for that would be incredible. Can't stop smiling watching this againpic.twitter.com/vPxSMZhCEo, 1000 x ! Ronnie O'Sullivan's legendary career reaches a new unprecedented milestone, making his 1000th century - 27 years after his first - to win his 35th ranking title! What. No player since Hendry in 1996 had retained the trophy while his 128th Crucible century during the 18-12 triumph over Barry Hawkins saw him move past the Scotsman's all-time record. I'm sure you're as excited watching at home as we are here." The 53-year-old Scotsman won 70 matches from 90 played at the Crucible between 1986 and 2012 when he appeared 27 times and lifted the world trophy on seven occasions in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999. Following the 1996 world championship, Hendrys play slipped. 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. He also talks about whether it was extra motivation pic.twitter.com/n58nxPeGaK. 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. Although he remained a fixture in the sports top 10 rankings, he was unable to equal the heights he had reached in the previous decade. In typical fashion, the 100th point of his 1000th century was secured left-handed, and O'Sullivan - to continued, rapturous applause - went on to clear the table fully, even the white finding its way to the pocket to deny what would've been a 141. 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. Hendry has always known that sole ownership of the sports most prestigious record was on borrowed time and recently insisted it would be an honour to share it with the player who stunned him as a 17-year-old in the 1993 UK Championship final. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). BBC commentators and presenters for 2022 World Snooker Championship. 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 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. Ronnie O'Sullivan has won more ranking titles in snooker than any other player, just ahead of Stephen Hendry. Hendry had not even played the game before his parents bought him a half-sized table for Christmas in 1981. Updates? Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1999 Welsh Open v James Wattana, 3. He said: "I think it meant more to him than it does to me, to have seven world titles. Discovery company. At 46 years and 146 days, the oldest ever world champion has most ranking titles (39), most Triple Crowns (21), most UK Championships (7), most Masters titles (7), most career centuries (1,170) and most maximum breaks (15), including the fastest ever made. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Ronnie's reply"I'm never going to be good at getting out of snookers. One of snooker's all-time greats Scotland's Stephen Hendry remains the player with the most World Championship titles to his name in the modern era following his record seven Crucible crowns won from 1990-1999. However, given the varying format changes in the tournament's early life, most records in the sport are now taken from the period beginning 1969, when the knockout format at the world championship was reintroduced. "For me - and I've said it since 1990 - he's the greatest player ever to lift a snooker cue. However, he began competing again in 2021. We share it, its alright to share that, Hendrys a legend of the game, an absolute legend of the game. What is the prize money at the 2022 World Snooker Championship? What TV channel is 2022 World Snooker Championship final? Tied at 42 pints apiece, Sinclair hit the deck and Werbeniuk went to the bar for a celebratory beer. Stephen Hendry proceeded to defend his title for the following four years. The winning moment The post-match interview The trophy lift Ronnie O'Sullivan is world champion for a sixth time pic.twitter.com/JfO90m22ak, Ronnie O'Sullivan wasn't mincing his words tonight! 'The players coming through are so bad I'd probably have to lose an arm and a leg to fall out of the top 50. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2007 Northern Ireland Trophy - Ali Carter, 8. Once it happened, it was almost kind of a relief, said Hendry. 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. 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. Even Neil Robertson is laughing by the end of the title-winning break. He's an absolutely wonderful snooker player.. "Obviously a name for the future. After the 1999 world championship, Hendrys fortunes faded once more. His triumph, which came a quarter of a century after he won his first United Kingdom crown as a 17-year-old, also saw O'Sullivan nudge ahead of Stephen Hendry with 19 Triple Crown titles - comprising the World and UK Championships and the Masters. '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. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Scot finished as the year-end rankings leader for eight seasons in a row from 1989/90 to 1996/97. He became the first player to score the maximum of 147 three times in tournament play, recording his first 147 in 1992 and two more in 1995 (he scored additional maximums in 1997 and 1998, two in 1999, and others in 2001 and 2009). Unlike White or even Davis, he did not play for the pure love of snooker but because of an obsession with being the best. "I will try to keep expectations lowthe animal that I am, if I start to get form, then the expectations will rise. All 12 of the Crucible 147 breaks in multiscreen ranked by speed.Ronnie O'Sullivan's unbreakable record is only challenged by his second maximum while @nr147 is the new entry at number eight. 2014 UK Championship Final: Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Judd Trump DECIDER! 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". 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. Hed sacrificed much to get to the top and had no regrets. Hendry says he had an unusual feeling when. Discovery company. Hendry jokes with ref, The seven-time world champion accepted a two-year wild card from former World Snooker Tour chairman Barry Hearn at the outset of the 2020/21 season and played his first match since the 2012 World Championship when he lost 4-1 to. There were a handful of Scottish professionals in the early years of TV snooker but they did not seriously challenge for titles, although one hard man, Eddie Sinclair, did take on the notoriously thirsty Canadian Bill Werbeniuk in a legendary drinking contest. All these matches are part of the process, and getting me comfortable in arenas again. Tribute to Stephen Hendry. O'Sullivan's inactivity in the previous season had saw him slump down to 19 in the rankings but his status as world champion earned him a spot in the Masters field. It was the eighth maximum of his career and he followed it up by thrashing Stephen Maguire 10-2 for his fourth UK title. While his comments about needing to lose one arm to drop out of the world's top 50 were still going viral, it looked as though he'd bow out when supposedly playing recklessly against Mark Selby in the semi-final. 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. Walter Donaldson became the world champion in the post-war era, but for a long time, Scotland lagged behind the other UK nations. The result gained revenge from losing a deciding frame in that year's Charity Challenge final, in which Hendry scored an iconic maximum break. While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. At the first World Team Cup in 1979, there was not even a Scottish team. By now, those he had inspired had become good in their own right, and so a decline began which ended in his retirement in 2012 at the age of 43. With Judd, we all knew he wasn't playing his best. Mark Allen, Mark Selby and John Higgins had all thwarted his attempts to lift the Crucible trophy for a fourth time as he failed to get past the quarter-final in any of the previous three seasons. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. After winning his first World Championship in 1990, he became the youngest player ever to lift the title at 21. 6x World champion 7x UK champion 7x Masters champion 20 Triple Crowns A record 37th ranking title 1,061 century breaks 15 147s Legendary brilliance on the table Legendary entertainment off it Ronnie O'Sullivan, the GOAT pic.twitter.com/jeDAixy07w. "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. 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. Davis, who lost the 1989 and 1990 UK Championship finals to Hendry, continued: "In a way I feel that it's quite a sad day for me. Copyright 2023 Sporting News Holdings Limited. Read about our approach to external linking. There are some young prospects in Scotland, but not in the numbers of 30 years ago. However, one big difference was how he approached the game itself. For good measure Hendry also spent a recordbreaking nine years as world No 1, ahead of. Ronnie O'Sullivan roof raising moment part 6567676: The way he scores the 100th point of his 1000th century. Eight years on from his initial retirement from the professional sport at the age of 43 at the end of the 2011/12 season . At 20, he captured the Masters and UK Championship, and at 21 was crowned the youngest ever world champion. 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. The circuit currently boasts only eight Scottish professionals. 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. Wishaws John Higgins was taken with one of his brothers to a snooker club as a boy by their father, who could have a social drink with his friends while his sons were happily occupied. O'Sullivan's sixth world title came on his 28th appearance in a row here, and during the final he played his 1,847th Crucible frame to creep past the record previously set by Hendry of 1,846. pic.twitter.com/l31qIFsXDp, Ronnie O'Sullivan wins his match 10-1 in 108 minutes. He retired as a player following a 13-2 loss to fellow Scot, He last played a competitive match on the main tour in November, losing 6-1 to. "But records are there to be broken. 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. "I can't really envisage it happening, there's just going to be more and more players knocking each other out.". His five match wins during this edition took him to 74 Crucible victories, four more than one of other Hendrys few remaining records. After losing to Stephen Maguire in the quarterfinal of the 2012 World Snooker Championship, Hendry announced his retirement, stating that he was dissatisfied with his ability to maintain an acceptably high level of competition. "Its just a number at the end of the day, I dont get too caught up with it to be honest with you.". Once he decided he'd be the greatest player in the world, he achieved that.". 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. There have been as many as 20 rankings tournament in a single season in recent years. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 1999 Grand Prix v Graeme Dott, 4. 1996: Fifth consecutive world title comes with final victory over Peter Ebdon. He was that dominant. 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. #snooker #bbcsnooker pic.twitter.com/dgKOL1QXhs, Ronnie O'Sullivan doing this to trail Mark Selby 16-14 in a World Championship semi-final but still ends up winning 17-16 in a match of the ages. It earned him 75 of the 11million+ he's now won 30 years later. There were so many - 70 titles in total - that we had to settle on just a dozen. He intends to continue playing, and his tour card has been renewed through 2024. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2014 Welsh Open - Ding Junhui, 13. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan jointly hold the record for the most World Snooker Championship titles with seven. 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. "Hopefully, if I can keep getting better and keep improving, my technique becomes reliable and I can get to a better pace, then next year will be the goal to get back to the Crucible," he said after his win over old foe White last year. There's obviously a lot more to consider than just stone cold statistics and tallies when debating greatest players of all time, but there can be no doubt the genius manner in which O'Sullivan's numbers escalated - not to mention the entertainment factor away from the baize - has helped him transcend his sport and popular culture like no other. It almost took the pressure off me kind of thing, not that I'm under pressure to do anything. 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. On that occasion he was thrashed 5-1 by Dennis Taylor in the wildcard round but this was a completely different story, overcoming John Parrott, Terry Griffiths and Peter Ebdon prior to a 9-3 triumph over fellow teenage sensation John Higgins. Some were more successful than others but they became regular faces on the circuit. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2010 World Open - Mark King, 11. This is generally known as the start of the 'modern era'. 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. His top break of 141 was the highest in a World Championship final, beating O'Sullivan's previous best mark of 139 in 2001. He reeled off six consecutive frames to establish a four-frame advantage at the interval and despite a brief rally by his opponent he wrapped up victory with a break of 78. Hendry has the longest unbeaten streak in ranking tournament play, winning 36 consecutive matches in 1990 and 1991. Hendry, 43, retired on Tuesday after a 13-2 quarter-final defeat by Stephen Maguire . That year he won the Dubai Classic, the Asian Open, the Scottish Masters, the UK Championship, and the Masters. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2018 China Open - Elliot Slessor, 15. 20 Scots have so far competed in the Crucible stage of the World Championship. The prodigious talent underlined his rich potential in emphatic fashion at just his second UK Championship by beating Ken Doherty, Steve Davis and Darren Morgan before defeating Stephen Hendry, who'd already won three world titles, two UK crowns and five successive Masters by this time, 106 in the final. During this period in the early 1990s, a wave of Scottish talent flooded the professional ranks. At the end of the 198990 season, Hendry, at 21 years 106 days, topped Jimmy White 1812 to become the youngest world champion ever. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2001 LG Cup - Drew Hendry, 6. Stephen Hendry, (born January 13, 1969, Edinburgh, Scotland), Scottish snooker player who won a record seven world titles and dominated the game throughout the 1990s. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan jointly hold the record for the most World Snooker Championship titles with seven. https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Hendry, Electric Scotland - Biography of Stephen Hendry. "You could still have business interests and still play, but he's chosen not to. At the moment it is about trying to get back to playing some good snooker.". Technically, the most successful player at the world championship is Joe Davis, who won 15 consecutive titles from 1927 to 1946. "For me - and I've said it since 1990 - he's the greatest player ever to lift a snooker cue. 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. His seventh and final World Snooker Championship title in 1999 set a record for most of all time -a record which he held solely until Ronnie O'Sullivan tied the record with his 2022 championship win. We look back at his 28. believes Hendry's achievements mark him out as the stand-out player in the sport's history. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2007 UK Championship - Mark Selby, 9. "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 . "It's been an unbelievable career," Taylor told BBC Radio 5 live. Hendry, 43, retired on Tuesday after a 13-2 quarter-final defeat by Stephen Maguire ended his 27th consecutive appearance at the Crucible. But in 2014,. It's was the heaviest scoreline since the event's final became best of 19 frames back in 1993 and it's only been matched once since when Stephen Maguire thrashed David Gray in 2004. O'Sullivan was riding on a crest of a wave by the end of the year and after edging out Peter Ebdon 9-8 in the quarter-finals and Mark Williams 9-6 in the semis, the Rocket destroyed Ken Doherty 10-1 to land his third UK title. Just 16 when he joined the circuit, he was completely driven from the start. As if to underline how disappointing the comeback has been, the man himself did not enter the event. 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. 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. Why Do Snooker Players Use Their Chins When Shooting. ", 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). Rookie Road may earn a commission when you buy through links on our site. What TV channel is 2022 World Snooker Championship final? He has the record for most century breaks during a tournament, scoring 16 centuries during the 2002 World Snooker Championship. His tour card was subsequently renewed for another two seasons.. You put all that work in to get the record but if he does then fair play because he's taken the game to another level. What is the prize money at the 2022 World Snooker Championship? **Hendry resumed playing in 2021 after nine years out, but his future on the tour is unclear. All rights reserved. Ronnie O'Sullivan 775th Century with superb fluke! Hendry changed the way snooker was played, ushering in a more attacking era and establishing records that took decades to be matched. Rocket's 30 years at Crucible - Ronnie O'Sullivan set to pass another Stephen Hendry record at 46th World Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan holds almost all of the key records in snooker, but. This year he made the back pages for making amends in majestic fashion by compiling a breathtaking 147 break in the deciding frame of his semi-final with Mark Selby.

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