Stephen Hendry / Achievements

Stephen Hendry during the Paul Hunter Classics 2011

This list features the achievements of snooker player Stephen Hendry . The Scot Hendry reached 124 finals during his career between 1985 and 2012, won 77 of these and is one of the records with five titles in the UK Championship , six titles in the Masters and seven world championships as well as numerous other records, some of which have now been set and exceeded most successful snooker player of all time.

Hendry , who comes from near Edinburgh , began playing snooker as a child , first on a table that was given for Christmas and later in various snooker clubs. In 1983, at the age of fourteen, he won the British U16 Championship, followed by two titles in the Scottish Snooker Championship in 1984 and 1985 . Eventually he became a professional player for the 1985/86 season.

Hendry quickly rose to the top of the world and was fourth in the world rankings in his fourth season. In addition, Hendry achieved numerous titles from 1986, with the 1989 Masters being able to win one of the most important tournaments of the tour for the first time. In the 1989/90 season he was finally able to reach the finals of all three Triple Crown tournaments with the UK Championship , the Masters and the World Snooker Championship , replacing Steve Davis as both the leader of the world rankings and as the dominant player. Hendry was finally able to stay at the top of the world rankings until 1998 and then fell temporarily from the top three ranks of the world rankings until he returned to first place in the world rankings for the last time in the 2006/07 season. In the following, he gradually said goodbye to the world's best until he announced the end of his professional career as part of the 2012 World Snooker Championship .

Hendry is - especially next to Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan , who has meanwhile surpassed several of the records set by Hendry - as one of the most important snooker players of all time. With seven titles in the Snooker World Championship , he is the most successful player of the so-called " Crucible era" and with six Masters and five UK Championship titles and thus a total of eighteen Triple Crown titles , he was also the leading player in this regard for years Player. He also played a total of eleven maximum breaks and around 775 century breaks . As a result, Hendry was named Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1994 and was one of the first players to join the Snooker Hall of Fame in 2011.

Ranking positions and triple crown successes

This list shows the ranking positions of Stephen Hendry 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	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	Career S / N
World snooker ranking	oR	51	23	4th	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	5	6th	2	3	2	1	8th	6th	10	11	16
UK Championship	QR	1R	1R	F.	S.	S.	HF	VF	F.	S.	S.	S.	F.	1R	HF	HF	VF	VF	F.	1R	HF	F.	1R	1R	AF	AF	1R	UK Championship: 5/27
Masters	A.	A.	A.	S.	S.	S.	S.	S.	F.	VF	S.	VF	F.	AF	VF	HF	VF	F.	AF	VF	AF	HF	AF	AF	AF	AF	A.	Masters: 6/27
World Snooker Championship	1R	VF	AF	HF	S.	VF	S.	S.	S.	S.	S.	F.	1R	S.	1R	VF	F.	VF	HF	VF	1R	AF	HF	VF	AF	AF	VF	WM: 7/27

Overview of the finals

The Scot Hendry reached a total of 124 finals or alternatively second places during his entire career, with 77 wins he was able to win significantly more than half of these players. The Triple Crown's three tournaments accounted for a total of 28 finals , and with 18 games he was able to win significantly more than half of the games.

Ranked tournaments

During his career, Hendry reached the final of a ranking tournament 57 times. In addition to 21 defeats, he was able to win the final 36 times, which together with Ronnie O'Sullivan holds the record of most won ranking tournaments .

Color meanings : Tournament of the Triple Crown

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1987	Grand Prix	Dennis Taylor	10: 7
winner	1988	British Open	Mike Hallett	13: 2
finalist	1988	UK Championship	Doug Mountjoy	12:16
winner	1989	Asian Open	James Wattana	9: 6
finalist	1989	International Open	Steve Davis	4: 9
winner	1989	Dubai Classic	Doug Mountjoy	2: 9
winner	1989	UK Championship	Doug Mountjoy	16:12
finalist	1990	European Open	John Parrott	6:10
winner	1990	World Snooker Championship	Jimmy White	18:12
winner	1990	Grand Prix	Nigel Bond	10: 5
winner	1990	Asian Open	Dennis Taylor	9: 3
winner	1990	Dubai Classic	Steve Davis	9: 1
winner	1990	UK Championship	Steve Davis	16:15
finalist	1991	Classic	Jimmy White	4:10
winner	1991	British Open	Gary Wilkinson	10: 9
winner	1991	Grand Prix	Steve Davis	10: 6
finalist	1992	Classic	Steve Davis	8: 9
winner	1992	Welsh Open	Darren Morgan	9: 3
winner	1992	World Snooker Championship	Jimmy White	18:14
finalist	1992	Dubai Classic	John Parrott	8: 9
finalist	1993	European Open	Steve Davis	4:10
winner	1993	International Open	Steve Davis	10: 6
winner	1993	World Snooker Championship	Jimmy White	18: 5
winner	1993	Dubai Classic	Steve Davis	9: 3
finalist	1993	UK Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6:10
winner	1993	European Open	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9: 5
winner	1994	World Snooker Championship	Jimmy White	18:17
winner	1994	UK Championship	Ken Doherty	10: 5
winner	1994	European Open	John Parrott	9: 3
winner	1995	World Snooker Championship	Nigel Bond	18: 9
winner	1995	Grand Prix	John Higgins	9: 5
winner	1995	UK Championship	Peter Ebdon	10: 3
winner	1996	World Snooker Championship	Peter Ebdon	18:12
winner	1996	UK Championship	John Higgins	10: 9
winner	1997	Welsh Open	Mark King	9: 2
winner	1997	International Open	Tony Drago	9: 1
finalist	1997	British Open	Mark Williams	2: 9
finalist	1997	World Snooker Championship	Ken Doherty	12:18
finalist	1997	UK Championship	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6:10
winner	1998	Thailand Masters	John Parrott	9: 6
finalist	1998	British Open	John Higgins	8: 9
finalist	1999	Welsh Open	Mark Williams	8: 9
winner	1999	Scottish Open	Graeme Dott	9: 1
winner	1999	World Snooker Championship	Mark Williams	18:11
winner	1999	British Open	Peter Ebdon	9: 5
finalist	2000	Thailand Masters	Mark Williams	5: 9
finalist	2001	Thailand Masters	Ken Doherty	3: 9
winner	2001	European Open	Joe Perry	9: 2
finalist	2002	World Snooker Championship	Peter Ebdon	17:18
winner	2003	Welsh Open	Mark Williams	9: 5
finalist	2003	European Open	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6: 9
winner	2003	British Open	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9: 6
finalist	2003	UK Championship	Matthew Stevens	8:10
finalist	2005	Welsh Open	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8: 9
winner	2005	Malta Cup	Graeme Dott	9: 7
finalist	2005	China Open	Ding Junhui	5: 9
finalist	2006	UK Championship	Peter Ebdon	6:10

Invitation tournaments

In invitation tournaments Hendry was a total of 36 times in the final, of which he was able to win a little more than half with twenty games. Among the finals are nine games in the final of the Triple Crown Masters tournament , six of which he was able to win.
Color meanings : Tournament of the Triple Crown

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1987	Australian Masters	Mike Hallett	4: 1
finalist	1987	Hong Kong Masters	Steve Davis	3: 9
finalist	1988	Foster's professional	Mike Hallett	5: 8
winner	1989	Masters	John Parrott	9: 6
finalist	1989	Irish Masters	Alex Higgins	8: 9
winner	1989	London Masters	John Parrott	4: 2
winner	1989	Scottish Masters	Terry Griffiths	10: 1
finalist	1989	Norwich Union Grand Prix	Joe Johnson	3: 5
winner	1990	Masters	John Parrott	9: 4
winner	1990	London Masters	John Parrott	4: 2
winner	1990	Scottish Masters	Terry Griffiths	10: 6
finalist	1990	World Matchplay	Jimmy White	9:18
winner	1991	Masters	Mike Hallett	9: 8
finalist	1991	London Masters	Steve Davis	0: 4
finalist	1991	Pot Black	Steve Davis	1: 2
winner	1992	Masters	John Parrott	9: 4
winner	1992	Irish Masters	Ken Doherty	9: 6
winner	1993	Masters	James Wattana	9: 5
finalist	1994	Masters	Alan McManus	8: 9
finalist	1994	Scottish Masters	Ken Doherty	7: 9
winner	1995	Charity Challenge	Dennis Taylor	9: 1
finalist	1995	Irish Masters	Peter Ebdon	8: 9
winner	1995	Scottish Masters	Peter Ebdon	9: 5
winner	1996	Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	10: 5
winner	1997	Charity Challenge	Ronnie O'Sullivan	9: 8
winner	1997	Irish Masters	Darren Morgan	9: 8
finalist	1998	Masters	Mark Williams	9:10
winner	1998	Malta Grand Prix	Ken Doherty	6: 7
winner	1999	Irish Masters	Stephen Lee	9: 8
winner	1999	Champions Cup	Mark Williams	7: 5
finalist	2000	Irish Masters	John Higgins	4: 9
finalist	2000	Scottish Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	6: 9
winner	2001	Malta Grand Prix	Mark Williams	7: 1
finalist	2001	Irish Masters	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8: 9
finalist	2003	Masters	Mark Williams	4:10
finalist	2005	Northern Ireland Trophy	Matthew Stevens	7: 9

Non-ranking tournaments

In so-called non-ranking tournaments, i.e. tournaments similar to the invitation tournaments without any influence on the world rankings, Hendry made it into the finals twelve times and won nine of these games.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1986	Scottish Professional Championship	Matt Gibson	10: 5
winner	1987	Scottish Professional Championship	Jim Donnelly	10: 7
winner	1988	Scottish Professional Championship	Murdo MacLeod	10: 4
winner	1988	New Zealand Masters	Mike Hallett	6: 1
winner	1990	Pontins Professional	Mike Hallett	9: 6
finalist	1991	Thailand Masters	Steve Davis	3: 6
winner	1991	Hong Kong Challenge	James Wattana	9: 1
winner	1991	Indian Challenge	John Parrott	9: 5
finalist	1991	Belgian Challenge	Steve Davis	9:10
winner	1992	European Challenge	Joe Johnson	4-0
finalist	1992	Kent Classic	John Parrott	5: 6
winner	1993	European Challenge	Tony Drago	5: 3

Leagues

In league tournaments, which mostly had a final after a group stage to determine the winner, Hendry finished in one of the top two places eleven times. In six cases he was able to win the tournament.

Result	year	competition	First / second place	Final score in the final
finalist	1988	Matchroom League	Steve Davis	Group stage
finalist	1990	Matchroom League	Steve Davis	Group stage
winner	1991	Matchroom League	Steve Davis	Group stage
winner	1992	Matchroom League	Steve Davis	9: 2
winner	1994	European League	John Parrott	10: 7
winner	1995	European League	Ken Doherty	10: 2
finalist	1997	European League	Ronnie O'Sullivan	8:10
winner	2000	Premier League snooker	Mark Williams	9: 5
finalist	2001	Premier League snooker	Ronnie O'Sullivan	7: 9
winner	2004	Premier League snooker	John Higgins	9: 6
finalist	2005	Premier League snooker	Ronnie O'Sullivan	0: 6

Team competitions

In team competitions, Hendry was with one or two teammates five times in the finals, where he could win three times with his teammates.

Result	year	competition	Team partner	Opponent in the final	Final score
Second	1986	World Doubles Championship	Mike Hallett	Steve Davis Tony Meo	3:12
winner	1987	World Doubles Championship	Mike Hallett	Dennis Taylor Cliff Thorburn	12: 8
winner	1996	World cup	John Higgins Alan McManus	Ken Doherty Fergal O'Brien Stephen Murphy	10: 7
Second	1999	Nations Cup	John Higgins Alan McManus Chris Small	Darren Morgan Mark Williams Matthew Stevens Dominic Dale	4: 6
winner	2001	Nations Cup	John Higgins Alan McManus	Ken Doherty Fergal O'Brien Michael Judge	6: 2

Amateur tournaments

Even before starting his professional career, Hendry had already reached three finals as an amateur player, all of which he had won.

Result	year	competition	Opponent in the final	Final score
winner	1983	British U16 Championship	Nick Pearce	3-0
winner	1984	Scottish Snooker Championship	David Sneddon	9: 8
winner	1985	Scottish Snooker Championship	Jimmy McNellan	9: 6

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ron Florax: Ranking History For Stephen Hendry. CueTracker.net, accessed December 7, 2019 .  
2. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Stephen Hendry In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed December 7, 2019 .  
3. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Stephen Hendry In All Professional 1 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed December 7, 2019 .  
4. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Stephen Hendry In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed December 8, 2019 .  
5. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Stephen Hendry In All Professional 5 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed December 8, 2019 .  
6. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Stephen Hendry In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed December 8, 2019 .  
7. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Stephen Hendry In All Professional 3 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed December 8, 2019 .  
8. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Stephen Hendry In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed December 8, 2019 .  
9. ↑ Ron Florax: Final Finishes By Stephen Hendry In All Professional 4 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed December 8, 2019 .  
10. ↑ Chris Turner: Premier / Matchroom League / Matchroom Championship League - Invitation Events. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2009, archived from the original on February 16, 2012 ; accessed on December 8, 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 April 18, 2016 ; accessed on December 8, 2019 .  
12. ↑ Chris Turner: World Doubles Championship - Non Ranking Event. (No longer available online.) Chris Turner's Snooker Archive, 2008, archived from the original on April 18, 2016 ; accessed on December 8, 2019 .  
13. ↑ Ron Florax: Winner Finishes By Stephen Hendry In All Non-professional 9 Events. CueTracker.net, accessed December 8, 2019 .  

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