Jimmy White / Achievements

Jimmy White during the 2016 Paul Hunter Classic

This list features the achievements of snooker player Jimmy White . White, who is still a professional player, was one of the world's best in the 1980s and 1990s and has won a total of 34 titles, including the UK Championship and the Masters , as well as four other titles in his 40-season professional career in other sports. Furthermore, White went down in history as the best player who was never world champion, as he reached six World Cup finals and lost six times; thus he is not a member of the Triple Crown .

After a successful amateur career , White started his professional career at the beginning of the 1980/81 season and reached his first finals in 1981. Through several finals in ranking tournaments, he quickly rose to the top of the world and in 1984 only reached the final of the Masters , which he won against Terry Griffiths , and then the final of the World Snooker Championship , which he lost to Steve Davis.

From the mid-1980s, White won ranking tournaments for the first time, and he also reached the final of the UK Championship in 1987 . At times he moved up to second place in the world rankings, which he had to give up after two seasons. Even in the early 1990s, White was successful with several ranked tournament titles. At the same time, a series of defeats began with the 1990 World Snooker Championship , which should include all World Cup finals between 1990 and 1994. Sometimes White reached the decider , but he lost all finals, mostly against Stephen Hendry . With the UK Championship in 1992 he won his last ranking tournament for the time being, because at the end of the 1990s he could no longer stay in the top 10 of the world rankings.

After reaching the final of the British Open 2000 , he won the 2004 Players Championship, his last ranking tournament to date. In the 2005/06 season he reached the top 10 again with the eighth place in the world rankings, but subsequently his results deteriorated. Although he continued to be a professional player, he was now more focused on his work as a commentator. When he lost his professional status after 37 years at the end of the 2016/17 season , the world federation gave him a so-called "Invitational Tour Card" through which he retained his professional status. This authorization was renewed in 2019.

Ranking positions and triple crown successes

This list shows the ranking positions of Jimmy White during his career and the performance in the Triple Crown tournaments , with the respective editions of the tournaments and the respective world rankings are 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	1980/ 1981	1981/ 1982	1982/ 1983	1983/ 1984	1984/ 1985	1985/ 1986	1986/ 1987	1987/ 1988	1988/ 1989	1989/ 1990	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	21st	10	11	7th	7th	5	2	2	4th	4th	3	3	3	4th	7th	13	21st	18th	16	18th	11	10	15th	11	8th	34	60	65	56	60	55	46	55	64	oR	91	oR	72	oR
UK Championship	A.	HF	VF	HF	VF	HF	AF	F.	2R	VF	VF	F.	S.	AF	2R	AF	1R	2R	WC	WC	VF	AF	2R	HF	2R	2R	QR	QR	QR	A.	1R	QR	QR	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	UK Championship: 1/40
Masters	A.	1R	VF	S.	HF	F.	AF	VF	VF	HF	HF	HF	HF	AF	HF	VF	AF	WC	WC	VF	VF	HF	VF	HF	HF	AF	WC	A.	A.	WC	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	A.	Masters: 1/40
World Snooker Championship	1R	HF	1R	F.	VF	VF	HF	HF	VF	F.	F.	F.	F.	F.	HF	AF	1R	VF	1R	VF	QR	AF	AF	1R	AF	1R	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	QR	WM: 0/40

Overview of the finals

Ranked tournaments

In total, White took part in finals of ranked tournaments 24 times, of which he won ten. In addition to the six lost World Cup finals, this also included three finals at the UK Championship, one of which he won.

Color meanings : Tournament of Triple Crown Tournament with no special status with regard to Triple Crown 

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1982	Professional Players Tournament	Ray Reardon	5:10
finalist	1984	World Snooker Championship	Steve Davis	16:18
finalist	1985	Matchroom Trophy	Cliff Thorburn	10:12
winner	1986	Classic	Cliff Thorburn	13:12
winner	1986	Grand Prix	Rex Williams	10: 6
finalist	1987	Classic	Steve Davis	12:13
winner	1987	British Open	Neal Foulds	13: 9
finalist	1987	UK Championship	Steve Davis	14:16
finalist	1988	International Open	Steve Davis	6:12
winner	1988	Canadian Masters	Steve Davis	9: 4
finalist	1990	World Snooker Championship	Stephen Hendry	12:18
winner	1991	Classic	Stephen Hendry	10: 4
finalist	1991	World Snooker Championship	John Parrott	11:18
finalist	1991	UK Championship	John Parrott	13:16
winner	1992	British Open	James Wattana	10: 7
winner	1992	European Open	Mark Johnston-Allen	9: 3
finalist	1992	World Snooker Championship	Stephen Hendry	14:18
winner	1992	Grand Prix	Ken Doherty	10: 9
winner	1992	UK Championship	John Parrott	16: 9
finalist	1993	World Snooker Championship	Stephen Hendry	5:18
finalist	1994	World Snooker Championship	Stephen Hendry	17:18
finalist	2000	British Open	Peter Ebdon	6: 9
finalist	2004	European Open	Stephen Maguire	3: 9
winner	2004	Players Championship	Paul Hunter	9: 7

Invitation tournaments

White took part in a total of 23 final games of invitation tournaments, of which he won 14 - including one time the Masters.

Color meanings : Tournament of Triple Crown Tournament with no special status with regard to Triple Crown 

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1981	Scottish Masters	Cliff Thorburn	9: 4
winner	1981	Northern Ireland Classic	Steve Davis	11: 9
winner	1984	Masters	Terry Griffiths	9: 5
winner	1984	New Zealand Masters	Kirk Stevens	5: 3
winner	1984	Carlsberg Challenge	Tony Knowles	9: 7
finalist	1984	Scottish Masters	Steve Davis	4: 9
finalist	1985	Pot Black	Doug Mountjoy	0: 2
winner	1985	Irish Masters	Alex Higgins	9: 5
winner	1985	Carlsberg Challenge	Alex Higgins	8: 3
finalist	1986	Masters	Cliff Thorburn	5: 9
winner	1986	Irish Masters	Willie Thorne	9: 5
winner	1986	Malaysian Masters	Dennis Taylor	2: 1
finalist	1986	Carlsberg Challenge	Dennis Taylor	3: 8
winner	1986	Pot Black	Kirk Stevens	2-0
finalist	1987	Kent Cup	Willie Thorne	2: 5
finalist	1987	Canadian Masters	Dennis Taylor	7: 9
winner	1988	Hong Kong Masters	Neal Foulds	6: 3
finalist	1988	Norwich Union Grand Prix	Steve Davis	4: 5
winner	1989	World Matchplay	John Parrott	9:18
winner	1990	World Matchplay	Stephen Hendry	9:18
finalist	1997	Superstar International	Ronnie O'Sullivan	3: 5
finalist	1997	China International	Steve Davis	4: 7
winner	2010	World Seniors Championship	Steve Davis	4: 1

Non-ranking tournaments

In non-ranking tournaments, i.e. tournaments without any influence on the world rankings, White made it to the final eight times, with four wins.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1983	International Masters	Ray Reardon	6: 9
winner	1984	Thailand Masters	Terry Griffiths	4: 3
finalist	1990	Hong Kong Challenge	James Wattana	3: 9
finalist	1990	Humo Masters	John Parrott	6: 9
winner	1991	World Masters - Men 'Singles	Tony Drago	10: 6
winner	1991	European Challenge	Steve Davis	4: 1
winner	1999	Pontins Professional	Matthew Stevens	9: 5
finalist	2000	Pontins Professional	Darren Morgan	2: 9

Leagues

In league tournaments White was a total of four times in the finals, but he could only win once.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1993	European League	Alan McManus	10: 7
finalist	1998	Premier League	Ken Doherty	2:10
finalist	1999	Premier League	John Parrott	4: 9
finalist	2006	Premier League	Ronnie O'Sullivan	0: 7

Team events

Overall, White reached the finals seven times at team events, four of which he was able to win.

Result	year	competition	Team partner	Opponent in the final	Final score
Runner-up	1982	World Team Classic	Tony Knowles Steve Davis	Kirk Stevens Bill Werbeniuk Cliff Thorburn	2: 4
Runner-up	1983	World Doubles Championship	Tony Knowles	Tony Meo Steve Davis	2:10
winner	1984	World Doubles Championship	Alex Higgins	Cliff Thorburn Willie Thorne	10: 2
winner	1988	World cup	Steve Davis Neal Foulds	Eddie Charlton Warren King John Campbell	9: 7
winner	1989	World cup	Steve Davis Neal Foulds	Tony Drago Dene O'Kane Silvino Francisco	9: 8
Runner-up	1991	World Masters	Caroline Walch	Steve Davis Allison Fisher	3: 6
winner	2000	Nations Cup	John Parrott Ronnie O'Sullivan Stephen Lee	Darren Morgan Mark Williams Matthew Stevens Dominic Dale	6: 4

Amateur tournaments

During his career, White took part in 14 amateur tournament finals, of which he won eleven.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1977	English U16 championship	unknown
winner	1978	Pontin's Autumn Open	Sid Hood	7: 6
finalist	1979	Pontins Spring Open	Steve Davis	3: 7
winner	1979	English Amateur Championship	Dave Martin	13:10
winner	1980	IBSF World Snooker Championship	Ron Atkins	11: 2
winner	1980	Indian Snooker Championship	unknown
finalist	2009	World Series of Snooker 2009/10 - Tournament 1	Shaun Murphy	1: 5
winner	2009	World Series of Snooker 2009/10 - Tournament 2	Graeme Dott	5: 3
winner	2017	UK Seniors Championship	Ken Doherty	4: 2
winner	2019	Seniors Irish Masters	Rodney Goggins	4: 1
winner	2019	Seniors 6-Red World Championship	Aaron Canavan	4: 2
winner	2019	World Seniors Championship	Darren Morgan	5: 3
finalist	2019	UK Seniors Championship	Michael Judge	2: 4
winner	2020	World Seniors Championship	Ken Doherty	5: 4

pool

Overall, White reached the final of three pool tournaments, of which he was able to win one.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
finalist	1994	European Pool Masters	Ralf Souquet	unknown
finalist	1994	Mosconi Cup (with Europe )	United States	12:16
winner	1995	Mosconi Cup (with Europe )	United States	16:15

poker

White took part in a poker tournament in 2003 , where he was able to prevail against Steve Davis , among others , and took first place.

Result	year	competition	Money won
winner	2003	Poker Million - The Masters	£ 150,000

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Jimmy White In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Jimmy White In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Jimmy White In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
4. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Jimmy White In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
5. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Jimmy White In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
6. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Jimmy White In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
7. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Jimmy White In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
8. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Jimmy White In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
9. ↑ Chris Turner: Mita / Sky World Masters - Invitation Event. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on June 10, 2019 .  
10. ↑ Chris Turner: World Doubles Championship - Non Ranking Event. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on January 7, 2012 ; accessed on June 10, 2019 .  
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 January 7, 2012 ; accessed on June 10, 2019 .  
12. ↑ Chris Turner: Player Profile: Jimmy White MBE. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2011, archived from the original on January 11, 2012 ; accessed on June 10, 2019 .  
13. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Jimmy White In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
14. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Jimmy White In All Non-professional 13 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
15. ^ David Caulfield: Jimmy White Wins UK Seniors Championship. SnookerHQ, October 27, 2017, accessed on August 22, 2019 .  
16. ^ White Wins at Goffs. WPBSA , January 7, 2019, accessed August 22, 2019 .  
17. ^ Whirlwind Blows in Belfast. WPBSA , March 4, 2019, accessed August 22, 2019 .  
18. ^ Match Sheet: Final - Darren Morgan vs Jimmy White. WPBSA ; CueTracker.net, August 19, 2019, accessed on August 19, 2019 .  
19. ↑ Judge Victorious at Rokit UK Seniors Snooker Championship. WPBSA , October 26, 2019, accessed October 26, 2019 .  
20. ↑ Jimmy White - 1994 Year in review. AZBilliards.com, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
21. ↑ Ron Florax: Jimmy White - 1995 Year in review. AZBilliards.com, accessed June 10, 2019 .  
22. ↑ Poker Million - The Masters 2003. Global Poker Index, accessed June 10, 2019 .  

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