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. He has played a partial schedule in 2021 and 2022, never making it past the second round of a tournament. Hendry says he had an unusual feeling when. A series of records fell in his wake. Tribute to Stephen Hendry. In recognition of his excellence in the sport, Hendry was knighted, receiving a MBE recognition in 1994. Ronnie O'Sullivan's first TV appearance aged just 14 in 1990, making a break of 75. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2018 China Open - Elliot Slessor, 15. Hendry changed the way snooker was played, ushering in a more attacking era and. SUBSCRIBE for the biggest and best videos from the only official World Snooker channel on YouTubeWebsite: www.wst.tvTwitter: @WeAreWSTFacebook: /WorldSnooker. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2000 Scottish Open v Quinten Hann, 5. The result gained revenge from losing a deciding frame in that year's Charity Challenge final, in which Hendry scored an iconic maximum break. Davis was the best player of his generation but still played the percentages. 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. Stephen Hendry proceeded to defend his title for the following four years. Fellow Glaswegian Anthony McGill has won two and Edinburghs Chris Small, forced to retire in 2005 due to a chronic back condition, one. 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. 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. Fast forward to the 2012 World Championship, which he lost to Stephen Maguire, after which he announced his retirement. A ranking tournament is one that counts towards snooker's world rankings, which were introduced in the 1976-77 season. In terms of weeks spent as world number one, as of April 18, 2022, Stephen Hendry tops the list. There, the Rocket punished Mark Selby 10-4 but the Jester would of course get his revenge in the World Championship final later that season. He was employed on a lucrative contract promoting cue sports in China and enjoyed punditry and leisure time spent playing golf, but nothing can compare with the thrill of competition. 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. O'Sullivan set to pass another Hendry record "I can't see Stephen changing his mind; once he decides on something, that's it. "One thing you never stop missing as a sportsman is the buzz you get from a crowd. Then a week or so afterwards, I was like, OK, he's got the mantle now to live up to. 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. After winning his first World Championship in 1990, he became the youngest player ever to lift the title at 21. I'm enjoying the process.". Stephen Hendry believes Mark Selby to be a greater threat to his record of seven World Snooker Championship titles than Ronnie O'Sullivan, says Steve Davis. 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 maximum in an exhibition against Reanne Evans last year is also well worth a watch. "John Higgins is on four, it's very hard to see anyone reaching seven," said Davis, a six-time world champion. Finishes Tournaments played: 3 Category Winner By the end of the Millennium, the legendary Scotsman had completed his haul of 18 Triple Crowns, which were all compiled since 1989 and included five UK Championships and six Masters crowns, while hed only win a further four ranking titles so hes had over 20 years of watching his milestones being eroded away. To be fair, Hendry had done everything to lower expectations. 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. 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. 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. pic.twitter.com/K1gRIJLnz9, Mark Selby thought Ronnie O'Sullivan's cavalier approach to getting out of his snookers was disrespectful. As if to underline how disappointing the comeback has been, the man himself did not enter the event. 1996: Fifth consecutive world title comes with final victory over Peter Ebdon. Although Stephen Hendry officially retired following the 2012 World Snooker Championship, he announced he would be returning to the World Snooker Tour in 2020.Hendry has competed in a partial schedule during 2021 and 2022. To qualify for that would be incredible. "It's been an unbelievable career," Taylor told. 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. Corrections? 20 Scots have so far competed in the Crucible stage of the World Championship. 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. 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. Victories in the Scottish Open and the Irish Masters rebuilt his confidence, and at the 1999 world championship he survived an especially tough draw to reach the final, in which he defeated Mark Williams 1811. - Stunning clearance after big White miss, You have to write off the first year OSullivan on Hendry comeback, 'Youve got a long night ahead!' "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 . Eight years on from his initial retirement from the professional sport at the age of 43 at the end of the 2011/12 season . Steve Davis says he cannot imagine anyone bettering Stephen Hendry's tally of seven World Championship titles. Discovery company. Tai Chengzhe/Visual China Group via Getty Images. 2005: Wins his 36th and most recent ranking title at the Malta Cup. He remains the only player to have compiled a 147 break during the one-table stage of the semi-finals of the World Championship (1995). 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. 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. Earlier breaks of 116 and 105 had moved OSullivan onto 999 and any speculation that he would wait for the World Championship to reach a thousand was ended with a sumptuous 134. By becoming the first player since Paul Hunter in 2002 to retain it, O'Sullivan could celebrate a record seventh Masters title. Technically, the most successful player at the world championship is Joe Davis, who won 15 consecutive titles from 1927 to 1946. Hendry, 43, retired on Tuesday after a 13-2 quarter-final defeat by Stephen Maguire ended his 27th consecutive appearance at the Crucible. That year he also won the Australian Masters and successfully defended his Scottish Professional Championship and World Doubles Championship titles.. Four years later, he turned professional. Rocket Ronnie's 30 years at Crucible O'Sullivan set to pass another Hendry record, 'Crucible return is ultimate goal' Hendry ready to continue playing, Age winning first ranking title: 18 (1987 Grand Prix), Age winning first world title: 21 (1990 World Championship), Age winning last ranking title: 36 (2005 Malta Cup). Ronnie O'Sullivan 775th Century with superb fluke! 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. "It's been an unbelievable career," Taylor told BBC Radio 5 live. Walter Donaldson became the world champion in the post-war era, but for a long time, Scotland lagged behind the other UK nations. In 25 years time, maybe that record will fall too. He had never intended to be like his old rival Jimmy White and enter every event. "Hendry: "Well he can't become the youngest world champion"Davis: "But he is playing like Benjamin Button." He intends to continue playing, and his tour card has been renewed through 2024. As a seven-time World Champion, Hendry is the most successful player in the modern era of the World Snooker Championship and holds the record for the most seasons as world number one. Once it happened, it was almost kind of a relief, said Hendry. **Hendry resumed playing in 2021 after nine years out, but his future on the tour is unclear. Any excuse to dig this uppic.twitter.com/hzoGnnsx9W, 1. There were so many - 70 titles in total - that we had to settle on just a dozen. That year he won the Dubai Classic, the Asian Open, the Scottish Masters, the UK Championship, and the Masters. History repeated itself three years on from his maiden world title in the sense he'd suffered a first-round exit 12 months earlier, this time against Marco Fu despite firing in a 147 break. 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. 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. BBC commentators and presenters for 2022 World Snooker Championship. "For me - and I've said it since 1990 - he's the greatest player ever to lift a snooker cue. Earlier in the tournament he'd beaten Marcus Campbell (10-4), Ali Carter (13-8), Stuart Bingham (13-4) and Judd Trump 17-11. 2023 Eurosport, a Warner Bros. 'One from the archives' - Hendry makes fantastic brown to win frame, 'That is the Hendry we remember well!' He has played only a handful of events and found victories hard to come by. Last week, he was thrashed 5-0 by Matthew Stevens in the German Masters qualifiers. The record was previously set by Stephen Hendry back in 1999. This is a shame as the audience at the Meadowbank Centre would surely love to salute him. Bio. 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. Way back in 1993 at the age of 17 he became the youngest winner of a ranking event at the UK Championship, and 27 years on he's bagged a record-breaking 37th as the oldest Crucible champion since Reardon in 1978. Hendrys seven world titles all came during his dominant spell in the 1990s, which also included eight consecutive seasons as world No. He said: "I think it meant more to him than it does to me, to have seven world titles. A. Career. @ronnieo147 pic.twitter.com/bCUnSqT2Z0. From March 1990 to January 1991, Hendry won 5 straight titles and 36 consecutive matches to post the longest unbeaten string in the sports history. Just by being here as world number one no less the Romford man was setting a record for most consecutive Crucible appearances with 30, a tally that is level with Steve Davis overall record. All rights reserved. Evans slams 'disgusting' prize money in women's snooker as Baipat claims world title. Stephen Hendry and Ronnie O'Sullivan jointly hold the record for the most World Snooker Championship titles with seven. At 20, he captured the Masters and UK Championship, and at 21 was crowned the youngest ever world champion. Tied at 42 pints apiece, Sinclair hit the deck and Werbeniuk went to the bar for a celebratory beer. One of the most joyous scenes in all of British cinema is the opening to Trainspotting, which sees Renton and his pals careening down Princes Street and other parts of Edinburgh to Iggy Pops Lust for Life. Ronnie O'Sullivan - 2007 UK Championship - Mark Selby, 9. 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. Ronnie's reply"I'm never going to be good at getting out of snookers. At the age of 17 years and 358 days he became the youngest ever winner of a ranking event and that record still stands. At 18, he won his first ranking title, the 1987 Grand Prix. We look back at his 28. 1995: Beats Nigel Bond in the World Championship final. Graeme Dott, raised on the Easterhouse estate in Glasgow often associated with social decay, demonstrated his iron toughness by becoming world champion in 2006. Career Total Statistics Tournament Record Most Frequent Opponents Rounds Reached Century Frequency Centuries per Season Graph Ranking History Prize Money History. Prodigy then, legend now. Ranking the game's top five players in history, including World Championship stars. Who has won the most World Snooker Championship titles? 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. 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. Hendry changed the way snooker was played, ushering in a more attacking era and establishing records that took decades to be matched. Although he sat out of the 2022 World Snooker Championship qualifying, Hendry stated that he intends to continue competing. Stephen Hendry bestrode the sport in the 90s in an almost imperious way. "For me - and I've said it since 1990 - he's the greatest player ever to lift a snooker cue. Stephen Hendry with wife Mandy and son Blaine after beating Mark Williams 18-11 to win a record seventh world title. After Hendry lost the top ranking in 2007, his play began to decline, and in 2012 he retired suddenly following his loss in the quarterfinals of the snooker world championship.