Ken Doherty - Snooker.org (original) (raw)

Born

September 17, 1969

Lives

Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland

Nickname

"The Darling of Dublin"

Turned pro

1990

Highest pro break

147 (2012 Paul Hunter Classic (EPTC 1))

Highest ranked

2 (2006)

Current ranking (end of 2021/2022)

85

World Championship best

Winner (1997)

Best ranking event performance

Winner of six tournaments: Regal Welsh 1993 2001; Embassy World Championship 1997; Rothmans Malta Grand Prix 2000; Thailand Masters 2001; Malta Cup 2006

Major invitation tournament victories:

Benson & Hedges Irish Masters1998; Regal Scottish Masters 1993, 1994

Speciality

Escaping from snookers

Achievements

Became the first man to have won both the Amateur World Championship and the Professional World Championship, when he lifted the Crucible trophy in1997 after ending Stephen Hendry's five-year spell in the competition. (He has also won the World Under-21 Championship!)

The following year he was runner-up toJohn Higgins. Ken Doherty's other ranking wins came in the 1993 and 2001 Welsh Open, the 2000 Rothmans Malta Grand Prix and the 2006 Malta Cup.

Among his 21 titles are also the1996 European League, the 1997 Rothmans Grand Prix and the1998 Doc Martens Premier League.

Miscellaneous

Doherty was originally beaten byRonnie O'Sullivan in the final of the 1998 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters, but was awarded the title after Ronnie failed a drug test.