Ken Doherty / Achievements

Ken Doherty at the Paul Hunter Classic 2011

This list features the achievements of snooker player Ken Doherty . The Irish Doherty has been a professional player since 1990 and reached 61 finals in this and in his amateur time, of which he was able to win 33. His greatest success is winning the World Snooker Championship in 1997 , which is also Doherty's only Triple Crown title .

Doherty was in 1969 in the Dublin district of Ranelagh born and is made as a snooker player first attracted attention when he in 1987 and 1989 Irish Snooker Championship and also in 1989, both the IBSF World Snooker Championship and the IBSF Under-21 World Snooker Championship won. After he became a professional player shortly afterwards, in the 1990/91 season , he climbed to the top of the world snooker rankings within a few years . From 1992 he regularly reached the finals of professional tournaments, from his defeat at the Grand Prix in 1992 to his victory at the Welsh Open in 1993 to his defeat in the final of the UK Championship in 1994 . During the next three years, however, Doherty was mostly only able to win smaller, insignificant tournaments - such as the Scottish Masters or the Pontins Professional several times - while he mostly lost the final in the larger tournaments.

In 1997 Doherty finally made it into the final of the World Snooker Championship for the first time , where he met Stephen Hendry , who had been unbeaten in this tournament since 1992. However, Doherty won the final. The world title catapulted him to third place in the world rankings before he reached the World Cup final again the next year and thus almost broke the so-called curse of the crucible ; however, he lost to John Higgins . In the following years Doherty could achieve some more successes; so he reached the final of the Masters in 1999 and 2000 , the UK Championship in 2001 and 2002 and the World Cup final again in 2003 , but lost each time. During the 2006/07 season, Doherty again placed second in the world rankings, but in the following years he gradually deteriorated his form and his world rankings. After he had such a bad world rankings position in 2017 and thus lost his professional status, he received a so-called invitation card from the world association and was thus able to remain active on the tour. In 2013 Doherty was inducted into the Snooker Hall of Fame .

Ranking positions and triple crown successes

This list shows the ranking positions of Ken Doherty during his career and the performance in the triple crown tournaments , with the respective editions of the tournaments and the respective world rankings being linked .

Legend
S.	winner	F.	finalist
HF	Semi-finalist	VF	Quarter finalist
AF	Round of 16	#R	Eliminated in an earlier round
QR	not qualified	A.	did not participate in the tournament
oR	without ranking	S / N	Victories / defeats

competition	1990/ 1991	1991/ 1992	1992/ 1993	1993/ 1994	1994/ 1995	1995/ 1996	1996/ 1997	1997/ 1998	1998/ 1999	1999/ 2000	2000/ 2001	2001/ 2002	2002/ 2003	2003/ 2004	2004/ 2005	2005/ 2006	2006/ 2007	2007/ 2008	2008/ 2009	2009/ 2010	2010/ 2011	2011/ 2012	2012/ 2013	2013/ 2014	2014/ 2015	2015/ 2016	2016/ 2017	2017/ 2018	2018/ 2019	2019/ 2020	Career S / N
World snooker ranking	oR	51	21st	11	7th	9	7th	3	4th	7th	7th	4th	5	6th	7th	11	2	4th	18th	44	30th	29	35	27	33	45	57	oR	65	56
UK Championship	QR	QR	2R	AF	F.	VF	HF	2R	AF	AF	2R	F.	F.	2R	2R	VF	AF	1R	1R	QR	1R	QR	QR	1R	3R	2R	1R	2R	2R	1R	UK Championship: 0/30
Masters	A.	AF	AF	VF	AF	AF	HF	HF	F.	F.	VF	AF	HF	VF	AF	AF	VF	HF	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	Masters: 0/30
World Snooker Championship	1R	QR	QR	VF	1R	AF	S.	F.	VF	AF	VF	VF	F.	1R	AF	VF	1R	1R	QR	1R	QR	1R	QR	AF	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	WM: 1/30

Overview of the finals

Both during his years as a professional snooker player and as an amateur player, Doherty was able to achieve numerous successes. Overall, he reached the finals in 61 tournaments and was able to win in 33 cases.

Ranked tournaments

During his career, Doherty reached the final of a ranking tournament 17 times, but was only able to win six times. Also six finals were accounted for in tournaments of the Triple Crown , in which Doherty could only win once. Color meanings : Tournament of the Triple Crown

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1992	Grand Prix	Jimmy White	9:10
winner	1993	Welsh Open	Alan McManus	9: 7
finalist	1993	Grand Prix	Peter Ebdon	6: 9
finalist	1994	UK Championship	Stephen Hendry	5:10
finalist	1995	German Open	John Higgins	3: 9
finalist	1996	Thailand Open	Alan McManus	8: 9
winner	1997	World Snooker Championship	Stephen Hendry	18:12
finalist	1998	World Snooker Championship	John Higgins	12:18
winner	2000	Malta Grand Prix	Mark Williams	9: 3
winner	2001	Welsh Open	Paul Hunter	9: 2
winner	2001	Thailand Masters	Stephen Hendry	9: 3
finalist	2001	Scottish Open	Peter Ebdon	7: 9
finalist	2001	UK Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan	1:10
finalist	2002	Welsh Open	Paul Hunter	7: 9
finalist	2003	UK Championship	Mark Williams	9:10
finalist	2003	World Snooker Championship	Mark Williams	16:18
winner	2006	Malta Cup	John Higgins	9: 8

Invitation tournaments

In invitation tournaments, i.e. tournaments with a limited field of participants and without influence on the world ranking list, Doherty reached the finals a total of ten times and won five of these finals. Two of the defeats are attributable to the Triple Crown Masters tournament . Color meanings : Tournament of the Triple Crown

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1992	Irish Masters	Stephen Hendry	6: 9
winner	1993	Scottish Masters	Alan McManus	9: 3
winner	1994	Scottish Masters	Stephen Hendry	9: 7
winner	1997	Malta Grand Prix	John Higgins	7: 5
winner	1998	Irish Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3: 9 1
finalist	1998	Malta Grand Prix	Stephen Hendry	6: 7
finalist	1999	Masters	John Higgins	8:10
finalist	2000	Masters	Matthew Stevens	8:10
winner	2007	Pot Black	Shaun Murphy	1: 0 2
finalist	2008	Malta Cup	Shaun Murphy	3: 9

¹ After O'Sullivan failed a drug test following the final, this was subsequently disqualified and Doherty was awarded the title.

² On points 71:36 for Doherty.

Minor ranking tournaments

In minor ranking tournaments, i.e. tournaments with a limited influence on the world rankings, Doherty reached the final once, but lost it.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1993	Strachan Challenge - Event 3	Tony Drago	7: 9

Non-ranking tournaments

In so-called non-ranking tournaments, i.e. mostly tournaments with a not very limited field of participants and yet without influence on the world rankings, Doherty was nine times in the final and was able to win seven times.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1991	Benson & Hedges Satellite Championship	Darren Morgan	9: 3
winner	1993	Irish Professional Championship	Stephen Murphy	9: 2
winner	1993	Pontins Professional	Darren Morgan	9: 3
winner	1994	Pontins Professional	Nigel Bond	9: 5
finalist	1995	Pontins Professional	Peter Ebdon	8: 9
winner	1996	Pontins Professional	Nigel Bond	9: 7
finalist	2005	Irish Professional Championship	Joe Swail	7: 9
winner	2006	Irish Professional Championship	Michael Judge	9: 4
winner	2007	Irish Professional Championship	Fergal O'Brien	9: 2

Leagues

In leagues, i.e. tournaments with a group phase and a subsequent knockout system , Doherty made it into the finals three times and won two of these games.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1995	European League	Stephen Hendry	2:10
winner	1996	European League	Steve Davis	10: 5
winner	1998	Premier League snooker	Jimmy White	10: 2

Team competitions

Together with the Irish team, Doherty reached the final in two team competitions, but had to admit defeat each time.

Result	year	competition	Team partner	Opponent in the final	Final score
Second	1996	World cup	Fergal O'Brien Stephen Murphy	Stephen Hendry John Higgins Alan McManus	7:10
Second	2001	Nations Cup	Fergal O'Brien Michael Judge	Stephen Hendry John Higgins Alan McManus	2: 6

Qualifying competitions

In qualifying competitions for obtaining professional status, Doherty reached the final once and was able to win it.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1989	WPBSA Pro Ticket Series 90/91 - Event 2	Alan Trigg	5: 3

Six red snooker

In professional tournaments in the format of Six Red Snooker , Doherty reached the final in one case, which he won.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	2009	Pro Challenge Series - Event 2	Martin Gould	6: 2

Amateur tournaments

In addition to numerous professional tournaments, Doherty also reached the final of sixteen major tournaments at the amateur level. The Irishman won ten of these finals.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1985	Irish Snooker Championship	Gay burns	6:11
winner	1987	Irish Snooker Championship	Richard Nolan	8: 7
winner	1988	Pontins Spring Open	Colin Morton	8: 5
winner	1989	Irish Snooker Championship	Anthony O'Connor	8: 5
winner	1989	All-Ireland Amateur Championship	Harry Morgan	5: 2
finalist	1989	Pontins Spring Open	Peter Ebdon	4: 7
winner	1989	IBSF U21 World Snooker Championship	Jason Ferguson	11: 5
winner	1989	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Jonathan Birch	11: 2
winner	1996	Pontins Spring Open	Darren Morgan	7: 3
winner	1997	Pontins Spring Open	Paul Bunyard	7: 6
finalist	2006	Pontins Pro-Am - Event 1	Jamie Cope	2: 4
winner	2006	Pontins Pro-Am - Grand Final	Ricky Walden	4: 2
finalist	2007	Paul Hunter Classic	Barry Pinches	0: 4
finalist	2008	World Series of Snooker 2008/09 - Warsaw	Ding Junhui	4: 6
finalist	2009	Pontins Pro-Am - Event 4	Michael White	4: 5
finalist	2009	Pontins Pro-Am - Grand Final	Stuart Bingham	1: 5
finalist	2020	World Seniors Championship	Jimmy White	4: 5

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ron Florax: Ranking History For Ken Doherty. CueTracker.net, accessed February 20, 2020 .  
2. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
3. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
4. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
5. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed February 21, 2020 .  
6. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 2 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
7. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
8. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
9. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
10. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
11. ↑ Chris Turner: World Cup / World Team Classic / Nations Cup - Team Events. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on February 21, 2020 (English).  
12. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 6 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
13. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Professional 8 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
14. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Non-professional 9 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
15. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Non-professional 9 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
16. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Non-professional 12 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
17. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
18. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Ken Doherty In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed on February 21, 2020 .  
19. ^ Rolf Kalb : Brilliant thing wins in Warsaw. (No longer available online.) Eurosport , October 27, 2008, archived from the original on November 1, 2008 ; accessed on March 12, 2020 (English).  

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