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Stephen Gordon Hendry MBE (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player and a current commentator and pundit.One of the most successful players in snooker history, he turned professional in 1985, aged 16, and rose rapidly through the snooker world rankings, reaching number four in the world by the end of his third professional season.
Stephen Hendry ended the season ranked at number one on nine occasions; more season finishes in the top spot than any other player.. The sport of professional snooker first adopted a ranking system for the 1975–76 season, which saw Ray Reardon ranked in the top position.
This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships.
Stephen Hendry's title-winning days at the top of world snooker are not over yet, warns six-time world champion and former rival Ronnie O’Sullivan.
Snooker legends Dennis Taylor, Stephen Hendry and Mark Williams were among more than 200 mourners at the funeral of former world champion Terry Griffiths. ... "Dad indeed was a great player, good ...
The most successful player at the World Snooker Championship is Joe Davis, who won fifteen consecutive titles between 1927 and 1946. The record in the modern era, usually dated from the reintroduction in 1969 of a knock-out tournament format, rather than a challenge format, is shared by Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan , both having won the ...
1990 World Snooker Championship winner Stephen Hendry took first place in the 1990–91 ranking list, followed by Steve Davis. [6] Davis, who had held the number one ranking since the 1983–84 list, [ 1 ] withdrew from three ranking events held outside of the UK in the 1989–90 season . [ 7 ]
Snooker Scene magazine commented that Hendry's lead was larger than the equivalent of four ranking tournament wins. [8] Gary Wilkinson and Tony Jones were in the top 16, regarded as the elite of the game, for the first time. [ 8 ]