Stephen Hendry
Stephen Hendry, MBE (born January 13, 1969 in South Queensferry, Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional snooker player, whose achievements make him one of the most successful players of the modern era. He spent a record eight consecutive years at no. 1 in the world rankings, has won the World Snooker Championship a record seven times, and was the youngest World Champion at the age of 21.
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About Stephen Hendry
Hendry started playing snooker when he was 12 years old. Two years later, in 1983, he won the National U-16 Championship. He also appeared on BBC's Junior version of Pot Black. The following year he won the Scottish Amateur Championship and also became the youngest ever entrant in the World Amateur Championship. In 1985, after retaining the the Scottish Amateur Championship he turned professional and, being just 16 years and three months old, was youngest player to become a professional. Stephen Hendry Videos
Early career
In his first season as a professional he reached the last 32 in the Mercantile Credit Classic and was the youngest ever Scottish Professional champion. In the next season he retained the Scottish Professional Championship and also reached the quarter finals of both the Grand Prix and World Championship and also, the semi-finals of the Mercantile Credit Classic. Hendry and Mike Hallett combined to win the World Doubles Championship this year also. Hendry won his first world ranking titles in the 1987/88 season: the Grand Prix and the British Open. He also claimed three other tournament victories this season, after retaining both the Scottish Professional Championship and, again with Mike Hallett, the World Doubles Championship, and also winning the Australian Masters. Hendry was also the 1987 BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year. By the end of this season Stephen was now ranked as number 4 in the world. The following season was slightly disappointing for him as he failed to win any ranking titles, although he did bag two other titles - the New Zealand Masters and also his first Masters at Wembley. Blogs
Glory years
The 1989/1990 season saw the beginning of Stephen Hendry's period of dominance. That year he won the UK Championship, Dubai Classic, Asian Open, Scottish Masters, Wembley Masters and also his first World Championship. This saw him rise to the summit of the World Rankings at the age of 21. The following season he set the record of winning the most world ranking titles in a season by winning five. Hendry also won a third consecutive Masters at Wembley. In 1991/92 Hendry regained the World title, adding to the victories in both the Grand Prix and the Welsh Open. He won the Masters, too, and achieved his first competitive 147 break, in the Matchroom League. A year later he celebrated retaining both his World Championship title and also another Masters title, his fifth in a row. The following season he retained the World Championship, narrowly beating Jimmy White 18-17 in the final, but he failed to make it a sixth successive Masters victory. In 1994/95, after being awarded an MBE, he won three ranking events, including another World crown and the UK Championship, both of which were retained the following year. 1995/1996 was a success, with three titles, including the World Championship, where an 18-12 victory in the final against Peter Ebdon saw him equal the achievement of Ray Reardon and Steve Davis by notching up a sixth World crown. In 1997 he won BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year award for a second time and during this season he also added another three ranking titles to his collection. Ken Doherty denied Hendry a sixth consecutive World championship, by defeating the Scot 18-12 in the final. Hendry's dominance in the sport seemed to be on the wane, as the only ranking event he won in the 1997/98 season was the Thailand Masters. He also lost his number one place for the first time since 1990 and was eliminated in the first round of the World Championship. losing heavily to White (4-10). In 1998/1999, Hendry rounded off another poor season by winning the last two events in the campaign - the 1999 Scottish Open - and a record seventh World title in the 1999 Embassy World Championship. After beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 17-14 in their semi-final, he emerged as a convincing 18-11 winner future World Champion Mark J. Williams. To date, this is Hendry's last World Championship title. Since then he has won five world ranking events and has never dropped out of the Top 16 in the rankings. Stephen Hendry Amazon
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Recent years
In 1999/2000 he again managed to win a ranking event albeit just the one - the British Open where he made his 5th 147 break of his carrer it was also the first 147 in a ranking final. The following season was a major disappointment for Hendry as he failed to win a ranking event for the first time since the 1988/89 season. The closest he got was appearances in the finals of both the Grand Prix and the Thailand Masters. He managed to win a ranking tournament, however, in the next season by being victorious in the European Open. He also came close to an eighth World Championship in 2002; after eliminating defending champion O'Sullivan in the semi-finals 17-13, but lost narrowly to Ebdon in the final (17-18). He did manage to win a ranking tournament in each of the last next two seasons - the Welsh Open in 2002/2003 and British Open in 2003/2004 but then went another season without a victory. He then went another season without a victory but in 2005/2006 he won his last ranking tournament to date with a victory in the 2005 Malta Cup. Hendry also regained the world number 1 position in 2006 due to consistency in reaching the latter stages of tournaments, even without winning them. However, he is now ranked number eight in the world.Hendry's other career records include: total ranking titles, consecutive wins of a single tournament, total tournament wins in one season, longest consecutive winning streak, most 147s compiled in competitive play, most centuries compiled in one match, most centuries compiled in one tournament, most career centuries and total prize money. Hendry has won 68 professional titles in total placing him second place overall behind Steve Davis with 73.
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Hendry was brought up in Fife, where he attended Inverkeithing High School. Stephen Hendry links
- Snooker Player Ranking - Stephen Hendry
- World Snooker Player Ranking of Stephen Hendry
- Stephen Hendry | Seven time World Champion and snooker legend
- Stephen Hendry information, photos, forums and chat
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- Britannica online encyclopedia article on Hendry, Stephen
World titles
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