Stephen Hendry

Stephen Hendry
MBE
Hendry in 2011
Born (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969
St Leonard's, Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport country Scotland
Nickname
  • The King of the Crucible[1]
  • the Golden Bairn[2]
Professional1985–2012, 2020–2024
Highest ranking1 (April 1990 – May 1998, May 2006 – May 2007)
Maximum breaks11
Century breaks777
Tournament wins
Ranking36
World Champion

Stephen Gordon Hendry (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish former professional snooker player and a current commentator and pundit. One of the most successful players in snooker history, he turned professional in 1985, aged 16, and rose rapidly through the snooker world rankings, reaching number four in the world by the end of his third professional season. He won his first World Snooker Championship in 1990, aged 21 years and 106 days, making him the sport's youngest world champion, a record he still holds. He won seven world titles between 1990 and 1999, setting a new modern-era record that stood outright until Ronnie O'Sullivan equalled it in 2022. He also won the Masters six times and the UK Championship five times for a career total of 18 Triple Crown tournament wins, a total exceeded only by O'Sullivan's 23. His total of 36 ranking titles is second only to O'Sullivan's 41, while his nine seasons as world number one were the most by any player under the annual ranking system used until 2010.

Hendry's five consecutive Masters titles between 1989 and 1993 and five consecutive world titles between 1992 and 1996 remain records in the modern era. His 36 consecutive victories in ranking events between March 1990 and January 1991 and his 29 consecutive wins at the Crucible between 1992 and 1997 also remain modern-era records. One of three players to have won all three Triple Crown events in a single season, he is the only player to have achieved the feat twice, in the 1989–90 and 1995–96 seasons. His 777 career century breaks include 11 maximum breaks, putting him in third place behind O'Sullivan (17) and John Higgins (13) for the most officially recognised maximums in professional competition. Awarded an MBE in 1994, he was twice named the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year, in 1987 and 1996.

Hendry's form became less consistent after his sixth world title in 1996 and his career declined in the 2000s, his play increasingly affected by the condition called the yips. He reached the last of his nine world finals at the 2002 World Championship but lost in a deciding frame to Peter Ebdon. He won his last ranking title at the 2005 Malta Cup and reached his last ranking final at the 2006 UK Championship, where he was again defeated by Ebdon. During the 2011–12 season, he fell out of the top 16 in the world rankings for the first time in 23 years. He qualified for the 2012 World Championship, where he made his 27th consecutive Crucible appearance, but he announced his retirement from professional snooker at age 43 following a 2–13 defeat to Stephen Maguire in the quarter-finals. After almost nine years in retirement, he returned to professional competition during the 2020–21 season under an invitational tour card. He played sporadically on the professional tour over four seasons but secured only three wins in 20 professional matches and retired again after the 2023–24 season.

Early life

Stephen Gordon Hendry's parents, Gordon Hendry and Irene Rixson, met as teenagers in the late 1960s while working at a woollen merchant in Edinburgh.[3][4] Irene, who worked as a secretary, became pregnant, and she and Gordon moved into a bedroom of his grandmother's flat in St Leonard's, Edinburgh.[4] Irene was 18 years old when she gave birth to Hendry on 13 January 1969.[4][5] The family subsequently moved to Gorgie.[4] Hendry's younger brother Keith was born in 1972, and the family moved to Baberton Mains. His father was then working in the fruit and vegetable wholesale business.[4]

By the late 1970s, Hendry's father and a business partner were running three greengrocer's shops, located in Inverkeithing, Dalgety Bay, and Dunfermline.[4] The family moved to a bungalow in Dalgety Bay when Hendry was nine and lived there for the next six years.[6] He attended Inverkeithing High School.[7] He started playing snooker when his parents bought him a miniature snooker table for Christmas in 1981.[8] He subsequently began playing on full-sized tables at Maloco's Snooker Hall and the Classic Snooker Centre in Dunfermline.[9][6] He made his first century break, a 102, at the Classic Snooker Centre several months after his 13th birthday in 1982.[4] At this time his snooker hero was Jimmy White, and he later wrote that when he saw White at an exhibition match, he felt that "The charm and skill of the man is undeniable and yet, for all my attacking play and determination to clear the table quickly, I'm beginning to realise that I don't share Jimmy’s colourful personality."[10]

When Hendry was 15, his parents separated. Due to financial difficulties caused by his father's problem gambling, they had to sell their house and business interests.[4] Hendry's mother moved with her two sons to a council house in her hometown of Kirkliston, and Hendry began attending Queensferry High School. His father moved to a small flat in nearby Broxburn but travelled frequently with Hendry to snooker tournaments around the country.[6][4]

Career

Amateur years (1982–1985)

Hendry's first tournament win was an under-16 "Stars of the Future" event at a Pontins holiday camp in Prestatyn, Wales when he was 14.[11] After winning both the Scottish and British Under-16 Championships,[12][13] he made his first televised appearance in 1983 on Junior Pot Black, where he defeated Nick Pearce but then lost to Steve Ventham in the semi-finals.[14][15][16] In 1984, he became the youngest ever winner of the Scottish Amateur Championship.[17] At the 1984 World Amateur Snooker Championship he became the youngest player ever to participate in that championship.[18] He finished sixth-placed in his qualifying group of nine participants, and did not qualify for the final stages.[19] He discussed his snooker career with his father and they agreed that he would seek to turn professional as they felt, according to Hendry, that he "couldn't learn anything as an amateur ... If I wanted to learn I had to be in with the big boys."[20]

In February 1985, his application for professional status was accepted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.[21] Two months later, he retained the Scottish Amateur Championship.[22] Aged 16 years, he was then the sport's youngest professional.[8] From the age of 14 he was managed by Ron Clover, who also managed darts player Jocky Wilson, but when he was 16 Ian Doyle and Jim Marley took over his management after paying Clover £2,000.[8][23][24] Doyle, who was influenced by Barry Hearn's style of management, arranged a series of money matches against leading players for Hendry, mirroring the way that Hearn had arranged matches for Steve Davis before he turned professional.[25]

Early professional years (1985–1989)

Stephen Hendry holding up a trophy
Hendry won his first world ranking title at the 1987 Grand Prix.

In his debut season as a professional, Hendry earnt his first ranking point at the 1986 Classic, eliminating Dessie Sheehan, Graham Miles and Silvino Francisco before losing 4–5 to Neal Foulds.[26][27] He also won the 1986 Scottish Professional Championship, becoming the youngest player to win any national professional title.[13][28] He won four qualifying matches to reach the main stage of the 1986 World Snooker Championship, losing 8–10 to Willie Thorne in the first round.[29][30] Aged 17 years and 3 months, he was then the youngest player to compete at the final stages of a world championship, a record he held for 26 years until Luca Brecel made his Crucible debut in 2012 aged two months younger.[31]

In his 2025 book Pots of Gold, snooker journalist David Hendon wrote that from the start of Hendry's professional career, it was evident that he was unlike most other professionals: "The percentage game long favoured by established professionals and taken to new levels by [Steve] Davis was jettisoned in favour of all-out attack."[32] Davis had won the World Snooker Championship in 1981, 1983 and 1984,[33] and had held the top position in the world rankings since the 1983–84 list.[34] Hendry studied Davis's detachment fom other players, and his professional attitude to preparation.[32] Hendon quoted Hendry as saying "I looked at Steve Davis and thought, 'That's where I want to be. Nothing less would be good enough.'"[32]

After turning professional, Hendry felt that his technique would benefit from some "tweaking", and Doyle arranged for him to meet coach Frank Callan who had previously worked with Steve Davis, Terry Griffiths and John Parrott; this was originally envisaged as a short term engagement, but extended over several years.[35] Callan noticed that Hendry had a "pumping" cue action and suggested that he should have a brief pause before striking the cue ball.[35] This helped Hendry focus, which led to improvements in his long potting.[35] Callan also persuaded Hendry to consider more safety play; before this, Hendry's attitude, as he later described it, was "safety shots ... get in the way of what I want to do, which is pot balls."[35]

In the 1986–87 season, Hendry and Mike Hallett reached the final of the 1986 World Doubles Championship, which they lost 3–10 to Davis and Tony Meo.[36] Hendry reached his first ranking semi-final at the Classic but lost 3–9 to Davis.[37][38] He then retained his Scottish Professional Championship title.[39] Having won three qualifying matches to reach the main stage of the 1987 World Championship, he then eliminated Thorne and Steve Longworth to progress to the quarter-finals.[40] He lost 12–13 to defending champion Joe Johnson, despite coming from 1–8 and 8–12 behind to force a deciding frame.[41]

Hendry defeated Hallett to win the invitational 1987 Australian Masters,[42] and was runner-up to Davis at the 1987 Hong Kong Masters.[43][44] At the 1987 Fidelity International Open he reached the semi-finals, where he lost 1–9 to Cliff Thorburn, later describing that match as "a pasting which barely sees me out of my chair."[45] He won his first ranking title, the 1987 Grand Prix, beating Taylor 10–7 in the final;[46] at the time, he was the youngest winner of a ranking title.[47] He defeated three members of the top 16 to reach the final, including Davis.[48] In 2018, Hendry wrote that he had been analysing videos of his past matches against Davis, and realised that he would benefit from playing more safety shots, and did this during his defeat of Davis.[45] Following the final he commented that "I learned a lot from the match against Thorburn in the Fidelity and from various matches against [Steve] Davis".[49] Taylor remarked that Hendry was "just what the game needs."[49]

Hendry and Hallett won the 1987 World Doubles Championship, defeating Taylor and Thorburn 12–6 in the final.[50] Hendry captured his second ranking title at the British Open with a 13–2 victory against Hallett in the final.[51] He also won his third consecutive Scottish Professional Championship, after which Doyle said that he would not be defending that title because "Stephen's fellow Scottish professionals are not good enough to test him."[52] At the 1988 World Snooker Championship Hendry lost 12–13 to White in the second round after leading 10–7.[53] He was named the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year for 1987,[54] and reached number four in the 1988–89 snooker world rankings.[55]

Although he failed to win a ranking title during the 1988–89 season,[56] he was runner-up to Doug Mountjoy at the 1988 UK Championship and won the 1989 Masters on his debut appearance, defeating John Parrott 9–6 in the final.[57][5] In the 1989 Irish Masters final he led Alex Higgins 4–0 and was later two frames ahead with three to play, but lost 8–9.[58] He reached his first world championship semi-final in 1989 but lost 9–16 to the eventual champion Davis.[59] He moved up a place to third in the 1989–90 rankings, behind Davis and Parrott.[56]

World Champion and world number one (1989–1999)

The 1989–90 season saw Hendry defeat James Wattana in the final of the ranking 1989 Asian Open and beat Terry Griffiths to win the invitational 1989 Scottish Masters.[57][60] He took another ranking title at the 1989 Dubai Classic.[57][60] He won his first UK Championship, defeating Davis 16–12 in the final of the 1989 edition, having won the first four frames but then seen Davis close to a single frame behind at 10–11.[61][62] Hendry remarked after the match that this was "The highest point in my career ... I had to prove I could beat Steve over a long distance."[62] He added that he felt he still had a lot to learn about snooker, and in particular from playing Davis.[62] In retaining the Masters title, defeating Parrott 9–4 in the final,[63] he became only the second player to win the tournament in consecutive years.[64]

Jimmy White holding his cue
Jimmy White (pictured in 2016) lost four World Snooker Championship finals to Hendry

He won his first world championship at the 1990 tournament, beating Jimmy White 18–12 in the final.[65] He became the second player to win all three Triple Crown events in the same season, after Davis had first achieved the feat two seasons earlier. Aged 21 years and 106 days, he superseded Alex Higgins as the sport's youngest world champion, a record he still holds as of 2025.[66] In the first round of the championship he was level at 7–7 with Alain Robidoux before winning 10–7, then beat Tony Meo in the second round and Darren Morgan in the quarters-finals.[57] He was 0–4 and 9–11 behind against John Parrott in the semi-finals, but prevailed 16–11.[57] He became world number one for the first time at the end of the season.[67] After this, he gained the Pontins Professional and 1990 London Masters titles.[68][69]

Hendry became the first player to win five ranking titles in a single season in 1990–91.[70] He won his second UK Championship, defeating Davis 16–15 in the final.[71] Hendry took a 6–1 lead, but Davis was a frame from victory and 49–0 ahead in the 30th frame when Hendry took that frame with a break of 57 and then added the deciding frame.[71] He won his third Masters, defeating Hallett 9–8 in the final after trailing 0–7 and 2–8.[63] However, he failed to retain his world title at the 1991 World Championship; he lost 11–13 to Steve James in the quarter-finals, despite having led 11–9, falling victim to the Crucible curse.[72] In the 1991–92 season, he won his fourth Masters, defeating Parrott 9–4 in the final.[63] He won his second world title at the 1992 World Championship, where he came from 8–14 behind against White in the final to win ten consecutive frames for an 18–14 victory.[73] He achieved his first maximum break in professional competition while playing Thorne in the Matchroom League.[74]

In the 1992–93 season, Hendry won his fifth consecutive Masters, beating Wattana 9–5 in the final.[63] He won his third world title at the 1993 World Championship, defeating White 18–5 in the final with a session to spare, having lost just 25 frames in the tournament.[75] In the 1993–94 season, he reached the final of the UK Championship but lost 6–10 to 17-year-old Ronnie O'Sullivan, who won his maiden ranking title at the event.[76] Hendry reached a sixth consecutive Masters final but lost 8–9 to his compatriot Alan McManus, his first defeat at the Masters.[77] He won his fourth world title at the 1994 World Championship, despite fracturing his left arm just below the elbow the evening before his second-round match and keeping the arm in a sling when he was not playing.[78] He clinched an 18–17 victory in the deciding frame of the final after White missed a black off the spot. It was the last time White featured in a World Championship final, having lost all six finals he contested, four of them to Hendry.[79]

In 1994, Hendry was awarded an MBE.[80][81] In the 1994–95 season, he won his third UK Championship, defeating Ken Doherty 10–5 in the final and setting a new record for the most century breaks in a professional match, with seven. This still holds the record for the most centuries in a 19-frame match as well as jointly holding the record (with Judd Trump and Ding Junhui) for the most centuries in any professional contest. Hendry ended the season by winning the 1995 World Championship, defeating O'Sullivan 13–8 in the quarter-finals, White 16–12 in the semi-finals, and Nigel Bond 18–9 in the final to claim his fifth world title.[82] His break of 147 in the semi-final against White was only the third in the history of the championship.[83]

Hendry again won all three Triple Crown events in the 1995–96 season: He defeated Peter Ebdon 10–3 to win his fourth UK Championship, defeated O'Sullivan 10–5 to win his sixth Masters,[63] and defeated Ebdon 18–12 in the 1996 World Championship final to win his sixth world title, equalling the modern-era record held by Ray Reardon and Steve Davis. Hendry remains the only player to win all three Triple Crown events in two different seasons.[84][85] He was named the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year for a second time in 1996.[86][87] In the 1996–97 season, Hendry won his fifth UK Championship, coming from 4–8 behind to defeat John Higgins 10–9 in the final. In the best-of-17 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge final, he led O'Sullivan 8–2 but O'Sullivan won six consecutive frames to take the match to a deciding frame. However, Hendry won the decider with a maximum break for a 9–8 victory, making him the only player to make a maximum break in the deciding frame of a final.[88] At the 1997 World Championship, Hendry reached a sixth consecutive world final but lost 12–18 to Doherty, his first defeat in a world final and his first loss at the Crucible since 1991. His 29 consecutive victories at the Crucible over that period remains a record as of 2022.[89][90]

He lost the UK Championship final 6–10 to O'Sullivan.[91] In the 1998 Masters final, he led Williams 9–6, needing just one frame for victory. However, Williams took the match to a deciding frame and went on to win on a re-spotted black.[92] Hendry won his only ranking title of the 1997–98 season, the 1998 Thailand Masters, with a 9-6 victory over Parrott.[93][94] It was his 29th ranking title, a new record, and one more than Davis.[94] At the 1998 World Championship, Hendry lost 4–10 to White in the first round.[95] After eight consecutive seasons as world number one, he fell to second place in the rankings behind the new world champion John Higgins.[96] At the end of the season, he ended his working relationship with Callan cordially.[97]

In the 1998–99 season, he experienced a 0–9 whitewash to world number 73 Marcus Campbell in the first round of the UK Championship. It was then the heaviest professional defeat of Hendry's career, surpassing his 1–9 loss to Thorburn in the semi-finals of the 1987 International Open.[98] Afterwards, Hendry stated that his confidence had "drained and drained" and that he would have to go "back to the drawing board" to recover his form.[98] A couple of weeks later, he won the Malta Grand Prix, but then had consecutive quarter-final defeats by Tony Drago, a player who had never beaten him in 12 previous encounters, at the German Masters and Irish Open.[99] He had a session with Del Hill, coach of Ronnie O'Sullivan but did not find it helpful.[100] John Carroll, Hendry's driver and "road manager",[101] arranged for Callan to watch Hendry in a match, after which Hendry and Callan started working together again.[102] Callan pointed out that Hendry was unintentionally putting side on the cue ball when striking it, which Hendry then rectified, and encouraged Hendry to practice more.[102] In his next match Hendry lost to Drago again, at the 1999 Masters, the first time that Hendry had ost in his opening match at the event.[103][104] Soon afterwards, he won the Scottish Open and later that season he won the Irish Masters.[97]

At the 1999 World Championship, he started with a 10–8 defeat of Paul Hunter, which Hendry descibed as a "tough match",[103] then progressed past James Wattana and Matthew Stevens.[105] He defeated O'Sullivan 17–13 in the semi-finals and Williams 18–11 in the final to win his seventh and last world title at age 30. Hendry held the modern-era record of seven world titles outright for the next 23 years, until O'Sullivan equalled it in 2022.[106][107] After the match, Hendry said that the win was "worth more to me than the other six championships put together" and acknowledged Callan's help.[108]

Later career and retirement (1999–2012)

In the 1999–2000 season, Hendry won the British Open, where he made the fifth 147 break of his career, which was also the first maximum made in a ranking final.[109] He also reached the final of the 2000 Thailand Masters.[110] However, he suffered a surprise 7–10 defeat to debutant Stuart Bingham in the first round of the 2000 World Championship.[111] He ended the season ranked third, his lowest placing since 1989.[112]

In 2000–01, Hendry failed to win any ranking titles for the first time since the 1988–89 season, although he was runner-up at the 2001 Thailand Masters.[113][114] He dropped to fifth in the rankings.[113] In the following season, he won the European Open and came close to an eighth world title at the 2002 World Championship, where he defeated the defending champion O'Sullivan 17–13 in the semi-finals but lost 17–18 to Ebdon in the final.[115] This was Hendry's last appearance in a World Championship final, after featuring in nine of the thirteen finals held between 1990 and 2002.[116] He made 16 centuries during the 2002 event, a record that stood outright for the next 20 years until Mark Williams equalled it in 2022.[117][118]

Hendry won the Welsh Open in the 2002–03 season and the British Open in the 2003–04 season. Returning from the Euro-Asia Masters Challenge in September 2003, he had his cue broken in the luggage hold of his international flight,[119] where players had been required to stow their cues since the 11 September 2001 attacks.[120] Hendry had used the Rex Williams-branded Powerglide cue since he was 14.[119][121] He reached the semi-finals of the 2004 World Championship but lost 4–17 to O'Sullivan with a session to spare.[122] In the 2004–05 season, he was runner-up at the Welsh Open, losing 8–9 to O'Sullivan.[123] The following month, he defeated Graeme Dott 9–7 to win the Malta Cup, his 36th and last ranking title.[124][125]

Hendry regained the world number one ranking for the 2005–06 season due to his consistency in reaching the latter stages of tournaments without, by his own admission, reproducing his form of old.[126] He commented that, "It's not the way I would have liked to get back to number one but the facts and figures don't lie."[127] He added that he had been "in the doldrums" three years previously, but credited his coach Terry Griffiths with helping his revival.[127] It was his ninth season as world number one, which was a record.[127] The following season, Hendry took a 4–1 lead over O'Sullivan in the 2006 UK Championship quarter-finals, only for O'Sullivan to concede the best-of-17-frame match during the sixth frame.[128] After O'Sullivan walked out of the arena, Hendry was awarded a 9–1 win.[128] He came from 5–7 down in the semi-finals to defeat Dott 9–7 but lost the final 6–10 to Ebdon.[129][130] It was the last time Hendry reached a ranking final. Following a disappointing 2007–08 season, he reached his 12th world semi-final at the 2008 World Championship, surpassing Davis's previous record of 11 semi-finals. Aged 39, he was the oldest player to reach the semi-finals since Griffiths in 1992, but he lost 6–17 to O'Sullivan with a session to spare. He lost all eight frames in the second session of the match, his first session whitewash at the Crucible.[131]

Hendry also had a poor 2008–09 season, although his 10–7 win over Williams in the first round of the 2009 World Championship guaranteed that he would remain in the top sixteen of the rankings for the following season. He defeated Ding 13–10 in the second round, winning his 1,000th frame at the Crucible. In the quarter-finals, he made a maximum break against Shaun Murphy,[132] but lost the match 11–13.[133] Aged 40, he was at the time the oldest player to make a maximum in a ranking tournament and the second player after O'Sullivan to make more than one 147 at the Crucible. Hendry ended the season ranked 10th, the first time he had been outside the top eight since the 1987–88 season.

Hendry at the Brugge Open 2010

In the 2010–11 season, Hendry defeated White 9–8 in the first round of the 2010 UK Championship but lost 6–9 in the second round to Williams.[134] Afterward, he expressed his frustration with his form and revealed that he has been suffering from "the yips" for ten years, leaving him unable to cue through the ball and causing him to miss routine shots.[135][136] He lost 3–6 to reigning world champion Neil Robertson in the Masters.[137] He made his tenth professional maximum break at the Welsh Open against Stephen Maguire but lost the match.[138] At the 2011 World Championship, he beat Joe Perry in a first-round decider but again lost in the second round to Selby, this time by a score of 4–13.[139] Hendry was becoming frustrated with his lack of success at tournaments, and agreed with his wife Mandy that he would try playing for another season, and then retire if he did not achieve success.[140] He later wrote, "Having only just turned forty it seems somewhat premature, but I don't think I can spend much longer putting up with such humiliation, match after match, tournament after tournament, season after season."[140]

In the 2011–12 season, after losing to Robert Milkins in the first round of the Shanghai Masters, Hendry fell to 21st in the world rankings, ending his 23 years in the top 16.[141][142]

After losing to Stephen Maguire in the last-32 round of the 2011 UK Championship, Hendry was invited by IMG, producers of the BBC TV coverage, to commentate on the semi-finals and final.[143]During a visit to China to play an exhibition match, he discussed the possibility of working with Chinese billard table manufactuers Joy to promote Chinese eight-ball.[144] Hendry was still very unhappy with his tournament results, and on his return to the UK he agreed with Mandy that he would accept the company's offer, and retire from competition after the 2012 World Championship.[145]

He missed the Masters for the first time since his 1989 debut and had to qualify to reach the main stages of subsequent ranking events.[146] He lost 1–5 to Wattana in the German Masters qualifiers, failing to reach the final stages of a ranking tournament for the first time in 15 years.[147] He qualified for the Welsh Open by whitewashing Kurt Maflin 4–0 and then defeated reigning Masters champion Robertson 4–1 in the first round.[148][149] However, he lost 0–4 to Mark Allen in the second round. Hendry played Robertson again in the first round of the World Open but lost 3–5.[150][151] Hendry defeated Yu Delu 5–1 to qualify for the China Open,[152] where he defeated Martin Gould 5–4 in the first round, winning on the final black.[153] He played Robertson for the third consecutive time in a ranking event but lost 3–5.[154]

Hendry ensured he would make his 27th consecutive appearance at the main stage of the 2012 World Championship when he defeated Yu 10–6 in the qualifiers.[155] He made a 147 in his 10–4 first-round defeat of Bingham, his third maximum break at the Crucible and the 11th of his career.[156] He defeated the defending champion Higgins 13–4 in the second round, his first victory over Higgins in a ranking event since 2003, to reach his 19th world quarter-final.[157] However, after losing 2–13 to Maguire in the quarter-finals, Hendry announced his retirement from professional snooker at the age of 43, citing dissatisfaction with his standard of play and difficulty balancing competitive, commercial, and personal commitments. He stated that he had decided three months earlier to retire at the end of the season.[158] He accepted IMG's invitation to commentate on the final.[159]

Return to the professional tour and second retirement (2020–2024)

In August 2020, Hendry reached the semi-finals of the World Seniors Championship. The following month, citing improvements in his form and confidence, he accepted a two-year invitational tour card to the main World Snooker Tour for the 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons.[160] After delaying his return to competition several times during the 2020–21 season,[161][162] he played his first professional match in almost nine years at the 2021 Gibraltar Open, losing 1–4 to Matthew Selt in the first round.[163] At the 2021 World Championship, he won his first-round qualifier 6–3 against Jimmy White,[164] but he lost 1–6 to Xu Si in the second qualifying round.[165]

Hendry in 2024

During the 2021–22 season, Hendry competed in six ranking events between August and November but did not progress beyond the last 64 in any of them. He defeated Chris Wakelin 3–2 in the first round of the 2021 British Open,[166] but Gary Wilson whitewashed him 3–0 in the second round.[167] He defeated Michael White 4–1 to qualify for the 2021 English Open[168] but was whitewashed 0–4 in the first round by Wakelin, scoring just 18 points in the match.[169] He lost 0–4 to Allan Taylor in the 2021 Scottish Open qualifiers,[170] 3–5 to Li Hang in the January 2022 European Masters qualifiers,[171] and 2–5 to Gao Yang in the 2022 German Masters qualifiers.[172] After a 1–6 defeat to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the first round of the 2021 UK Championship,[173] he did not compete in any further professional events for the remainder of the season. He opted not to enter the 2022 World Championship qualifiers, stating that he had not been practising enough to be competitive, but confirmed that he intended to continue on the tour.[174][175]

In April 2022, Hendry's invitational tour card was renewed for a further two seasons,[176] despite complaints from some players and concerns from snooker's governing body about his limited participation on the tour.[177] His 2022–23 season began with a 0–5 whitewash by Mark Joyce in qualifying for the 2022 European Masters and a 1–4 defeat to Zhang Anda in qualifying for the 2022 British Open.[178][179] He withdrew from the 2022 Northern Ireland Open and also withdrew from the 2022 UK Championship when the qualifying schedule conflicted with his broadcasting work for ITV at the 2022 Champion of Champions.[180][181][182] He played his third professional match of the season in the 2023 German Masters qualifiers, where he was whitewashed 0–5 by Stevens.[183] At the 2023 World Championship, he lost 4–10 in the first qualifying round to his ex-wife's nephew James Cahill, after which he said he still had "a very distant dream" that he would one day compete at the Crucible again.[184]

Hendry's 2023–24 season began with a 2–4 defeat to Muhammad Asif in qualifying for the 2023 British Open.[185] After losing 0–4 to Fergal O'Brien in qualifying for the 2023 English Open,[186] Hendry stated in a podcast interview that he was considering retiring again, calling his performances "embarrassing" and acknowledging that he had not been practicing for events.[187] He led Tien Pengfei 2–0 in the 2023 International Championship qualifiers but lost the match 3–6.[188] He opted not to enter the 2024 World Snooker Championship qualifiers, and finished a second consecutive season without a professional win.[189] In June 2024, he declined the World Snooker Tour's offer to renew his invitational tour card for a further two seasons. This marked his second retirement from professional snooker. "I know the game inside out, I still know all the shots, but unfortunately the body is not performing like my brain wants it to," he stated. He had lost 17 of the 20 professional matches he played since returning to the tour, including 14 consecutive defeats.[190][191]

Legacy

Steve Davis was a big influence on Hendry, in terms of technique but also in the way that he behaved like a winner and did not associate with other players.[192] Hendry, according to author Brendan Cooper, "developed his own ethos too, taking things beyond the Davisian paradigm and managing, somehow, to become a more lethal assassin."[192] While Davis balanced break-building with safety play, Hendry disliked safety play and favoured attack; Cooper commented that Hendry "tore to pieces the old wisdom that all-out attack was too risky by demomstrating that, if you pot everything, nothing is risky."[192] Hendry's brave, aggressive, playing style and his focus were highly influential.[11][193][194] His favourite shot was to play off the blue to break the pack of reds; while he was not the first to play this shot, he did play it earlier in a frame than others at the time did.[195] In his own assessment, he "brought an aggression to the game and a style of going for everything, no matter how risky."[196]

In their 2005 book Masters of the Baize, Luke Williams and Paul Gadsby rated Hendry as the greatest player of all time, writing that a significant factor in this was "playing to his maximum potential under the highest amounts of pressure".[197] At the time of his initial retirement in 2012, Hendry was the most successful player in professional snooker history.[198] He had earned almost £9 million in prize money, more than any other player. He held records for the most world titles in the modern era (7), the most ranking titles (36), the most Triple Crown titles (18), the most centuries in professional competition (775), and (jointly with Ronnie O'Sullivan) the most maximum breaks (11).[198][199][200] Following his 2012 retirement, The Times snooker correspondent Hector Nunns wrote that Hendry was "widely acknowledged to be the best snooker player to lift a cue".[201] the same year, snooker historian Clive Everton argued that the test of greatness was tournament wins, and that Hendry led Steve Davis and Ronnie O'Sullivan in terms of triple crown titles, although O'Sullivan was, at his best, the only player who could make snooker look "preposterously easy".[202]

As of 2026, Ronnie O'Sullivan has equalled Hendry's record of 7 world titles, won 41 ranking titles and 23 Triple Crown titles, and made over 1,300 century breakss in professional competition. Several other players have also surpassed Hendry in terms of career century breaks.[203] O'Sullivan now holds the record for the most maximum breaks, with 17, while Higgins is second with 13.[204] Sean Ingle, chief sports journalist for The Guardian, continued to make the case for Hendry as the sport's greatest player as of 2022.[205] Hendon wrote in 2025 that "Hendry [was] for so long considered the greatest of all time, until O'Sullivan took one record after another".[206] The snooker journalist Phil Yates regards Hendry as "the greatest pressure player of all time". Shaun Murphy admired Hendry's discipline and sought to emulate his approach; he referred to Hendry as "the ultimate pro".[207][208]

After O'Sullivan equalled Hendry's seven world titles in 2022, each player paid tribute to the other, with O'Sullivan saying: "[Hendry] used to play six hours a day and didn't miss a ball. There is no one dominating the sport like he did, like Tiger Woods did". Hendry said of O'Sullivan during the 2022 World Championship: "You cannot play better snooker than that. He is just supreme in all departments".[205] More recently, Hendry said that he was content to admit that O'Sullivan was "the greatest ... He's taken the game, in terms of winning, of dominating opponents, scoring, to a level which is incredible."[206] He also remarked that "it's not easy seeing the records go. You've dedicated your whole life to breaking someone else's records, and all of a sudden you see someone doing it to you. Steve Davis has handled that a lot better than I have. I still get pangs of jealousy".[206]

Personal life

Hendry lived in a flat in South Queensferry during the early part of his professional snooker career.[209] In 1984, Hendry began dating Mandy Tart, who he met at the 1984 Pontins Open.[210] Despite strong disapproval from his then-manager Doyle, who feared that a girlfriend would distract him from snooker, the two continued to see each other.[211][212] They married on 30 June 1995,[213][214] Their son was born the following year.[215] The couple wanted to have more children and underwent multiple IVF procedures.[215] In 2003, they had a stillborn son.[215] They subsequently had another son, born in 2004.[215] Mandy's sister Maria, a leading female snooker player in the 1980s and 1990s, married Patrick Cahill; their son James Cahill has also played snooker professionally.[216][217]

In August 2011, HM Revenue and Customs successfully applied to Glasgow Sheriff Court to liquidate the assets of Stephen Hendry Snooker Ltd, the company set up to manage his sponsorships and promotion, following its failure to pay an £85,000 tax bill.[218] In 2014, two years after his initial retirement, Hendry—then aged 45—left his wife to pursue a relationship with children's entertainer and actress Lauren Thundow, whom he met while she was selling merchandise at Snooker Legends exhibition events.[219][220][221] He began living with Thundow in the south of England.[222] Mandy Hendry subsequently accused him of cheating on her with a woman half his age, of leaving her "destitute", and of rarely visiting his children.[223] During divorce proceedings, accountants failed to uncover significant wealth held by Hendry; his wife said she did not know what had happened to his tournament winnings, commenting "we never spent any of it".[223] In 2021, she sold the couple's former home in Auchterarder, which she had received as part of their divorce settlement, for around £875,000.[224]

Hendry's father Gordon died from cancer in 2017 at age 68.[225] Hendry published his autobiography, Me and the Table, in 2018.[14] In 2022, he launched a YouTube channel, Stephen Hendry's Cue Tips, which presents instructional content, player interviews, and challenges.[226] He has a single-figure golf handicap.[125]

Performance and rankings timeline

Tournament 1985/
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88 		1988/
89 		1989/
90 		1990/
91 		1991/
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02 		2002/
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06 		2006/
07 		2007/
08 		2008/
09 		2009/
10 		2010/
11 		2011/
12 		2020/
21 		2021/
22 		2022/
23 		2023/
24 		Ref.
Ranking[a] –[b] 51 23 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 5 6 2 3 2 1 8 6 10 11 16 – 88 – 102 [227]
Ranking tournaments. A dagger (†) denotes a non-ranking edition.
World Open[c] LQ QF W 2R 3R W W 1R 2R QF W 1R 1R QF 3R 2R SF 3R 2R 3R SF RR RR 2R 2R 3R 1R Not Held WD [230][231]
UK Championship LQ 1R 1R F W W SF QF F W W W F 1R SF SF QF QF F 1R SF F 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R A 1R WD A
Scottish Open[d] LQ 2R SF 3R F Not Held W QF 1R 2R W 3R W 3R 2R QF 3R QF Not Held A LQ A A
Classic 2R SF QF QF 2R F F Not Held
British Open LQ LQ W 3R 1R W QF SF SF QF 3R F F QF W QF 2R 2R W QF Not Held 2R LQ LQ
Australian Goldfields Open[e] A† A† W† NH QF Not Held A† A† Not Held 2R Not Held
European Masters[f] Not Held 3R F 3R 3R F W W 2R QF NH QF Not Held W F 2R W QF QF RR† Not Held A LQ LQ A
Dubai Classic[g] Not Held A† W W 1R F W SF SF 2R Not Held
Canadian Masters A† SF Not Held
Thailand Masters[h] A† A† Not Held W W F† 2R 3R 1R 2R SF SF W QF F F QF A† Not Held A† Not Held
Welsh Open Not Held W 3R QF QF 3R W 1R F 1R QF SF W QF F 1R 2R SF 1R 2R 2R 2R A A A LQ
Malta Grand Prix Not Held W† QF W† Not Held
German Masters[i] Not Held SF QF QF QF† Not Held 2R LQ A LQ LQ A
China Open[j] Not Held QF† SF SF SF 2R Not Held F QF 1R 1R QF QF 2R 2R Not Held
Irish Masters A A A F† QF† QF† W† SF† QF† F† QF† W† QF† W† F† F† QF† 2R 1R QF NH QF† Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Not Held F† 2R 2R 1R Not Held
Bahrain Championship Not Held SF Not Held
Shanghai Masters Not Held 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R NH A† A†
Shoot Out Not Held 1R† Not Held 1R† 2R† A A A A
Gibraltar Open Not Held 1R A Not Held
English Open Not Held A 1R A LQ
Northern Ireland Open Not Held A A WD LQ
International Championship Not Held LQ
World Championship 1R QF 2R SF W QF W W W W W F 1R W 1R QF F QF SF QF 1R 2R SF QF 2R 2R QF LQ A LQ A
Non-ranking tournaments
The Masters DNQ W W W W W F QF W QF F 1R QF SF QF F 1R QF 1R SF 1R 1R 1R 1R DNQ [230][231]
Championship League Not Held A RR RR RR RR A A A A [239]
Fosters Professional[k] A A SF F Not Held [230]
New Zealand Masters Not Held W SF Not Held [230]
Norwich Union Grand Prix Not Held A F SF Not Held
London Masters Not Held W W F Not Held
Kent Classic NH A A A A A NH F Not Held
World Matchplay Not Held SF SF F SF QF Not Held
European Challenge Not Held W W Not Held
Belgian Masters Not Held SF A SF Not Held A Not Held
Pontins Professional SF QF SF A W A A QF A A A A A A Not Held
Champions Cup[l] Not Held W 1R W SF QF W SF RR Not Held
Scottish Masters A QF QF NH W W QF QF QF F W QF QF SF SF F QF SF Not Held
Euro-Asia Masters Challenge Not Held SF RR Not Held RR Not Held [242]
Pot Black A Not Held F A SF Not Held QF QF SF Not Held [243][244]
Beijing International Challenge Not Held SF RR Not Held [245][246]
Scottish Professional Championship W W W A Not Held SF Not Held [247][248]
Wuxi Classic[m] Not Held A RR QF A Not Held [250][251]
Premier League[n]


NH A F RR F W W A W W SF F SF RR W F A A W SF F RR SF SF RR A A Not Held [253][254]
Hong Kong Masters[o] A A F A NH SF W Not Held A NH [230][231]
Performance table legend
LQ lost in the qualifying draw #R lost in the early rounds of the tournament
(WR = Wildcard round, RR = Round robin) 		QF lost in the quarter-finals
SF lost in the semi–finals F lost in the final W won the tournament
DNQ did not qualify for the tournament A did not participate in the tournament WD withdrew from the tournament
NH / Not Held event was not held.
NR / Non-Ranking Event event is/was no longer a ranking event.
R / Ranking Event event is/was a ranking event.

The following table lists performances in non-ranking tournaments that Hendry participated in, which were only held once in his professional career:

One-off tournaments
Tournament Season Held Performance Comments Ref.
1987 Tokyo Masters 1987–88 snooker season Quarter-finals [256]
1990 Centenary Challenge 1990–91 snooker season Winner Series of matches against Steve Davis [257]
1991 World Masters 1990–91 snooker season 2nd round [258]
1991 Indian Challenge 1991–92 snooker season Winner [259]
1991 Belgian Challenge 1991–92 snooker season Runner-up [260]
1994 Top Rank Classic 1994–95 snooker season Winner Five-player round-robin [261]
1998 Super Challenge 1998–99 snooker season Runner-up Six-player round-robin [262]
1998 Champions Super League 1998–99 snooker season Winner Six-player round-robin [263]
1999 Millennium Cup 1999–2000 snooker season Semi-finals [264]
2004 World Champions v Asia Stars Challenge 2004–05 snooker season Round-robin [265]
2008 Huangshan Cup 2007–08 snooker season Quarter-finals [266]
2009 Legends of Snooker 2009–10 snooker season Winner [267]
2011 Hainan Classic 2010–11 snooker season Round-robin [268]
2011 Brazil Masters 2011–12 snooker season Semi-finals [269]

Career finals

Ranking finals: 57 (36 titles)

Legend
World Championship (7–2)
UK Championship (5–5)
Other (24–14)
Ranking finals contested by Stephen Hendry
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 1987 Grand Prix  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 10–7 [39]
Winner 2. 1988 British Open  Mike Hallett (ENG) 13–2
Runner-up 1. 1988 UK Championship  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 12–16
Winner 3. 1989 Asian Open  James Wattana (THA) 9–2
Runner-up 2. 1989 International Open  Steve Davis (ENG) 4–9
Winner 4. 1989 Dubai Classic  Doug Mountjoy (WAL) 9–2
Winner 5. 1989 UK Championship  Steve Davis (ENG) 16–12
Runner-up 3. 1990 European Open  John Parrott (ENG) 6–10
Winner 6. 1990 World Championship  Jimmy White (ENG) 18–12
Winner 7. 1990 Grand Prix (2)  Nigel Bond (ENG) 10–5
Winner 8. 1990 Asian Open (2)  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 9–3
Winner 9. 1990 Dubai Classic (2)  Steve Davis (ENG) 9–1
Winner 10. 1990 UK Championship (2)  Steve Davis (ENG) 16–15
Runner-up 4. 1991 The Classic  Jimmy White (ENG) 4–10
Winner 11. 1991 British Open (2)  Gary Wilkinson (ENG) 10–9
Winner 12. 1991 Grand Prix (3)  Steve Davis (ENG) 10–6
Runner-up 5. 1992 The Classic (2)  Steve Davis (ENG) 8–9
Winner 13. 1992 Welsh Open  Darren Morgan (WAL) 9–3
Winner 14. 1992 World Championship (2)  Jimmy White (ENG) 18–14
Runner-up 6. 1992 Dubai Classic  John Parrott (ENG) 8–9
Runner-up 7. 1993 European Open (2)  Steve Davis (ENG) 4–10
Winner 15. 1993 International Open  Steve Davis (ENG) 10–6
Winner 16. 1993 World Championship (3)  Jimmy White (ENG) 18–5
Winner 17. 1993 Dubai Classic (3)  Steve Davis (ENG) 9–3
Runner-up 8. 1993 UK Championship (2)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6–10
Winner 18. 1993 European Open  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 9–5
Winner 19. 1994 World Championship (4)  Jimmy White (ENG) 18–17
Winner 20. 1994 UK Championship (3)  Ken Doherty (IRL) 10–5
Winner 21. 1994 European Open (2)  John Parrott (ENG) 9–3
Winner 22. 1995 World Championship (5)  Nigel Bond (ENG) 18–9
Winner 23. 1995 Grand Prix (4)  John Higgins (SCO) 9–5
Winner 24. 1995 UK Championship (4)  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 10–3
Winner 25. 1996 World Championship (6)  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 18–12
Winner 26. 1996 UK Championship (5)  John Higgins (SCO) 10–9
Winner 27. 1997 Welsh Open (2)  Mark King (ENG) 9–2
Winner 28. 1997 International Open (2)  Tony Drago (MLT) 9–1
Runner-up 9. 1997 British Open  Mark Williams (WAL) 2–9
Runner-up 10. 1997 World Championship  Ken Doherty (IRL) 12–18
Runner-up 11. 1997 UK Championship (3)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6–10
Winner 29. 1998 Thailand Masters (3)  John Parrott (ENG) 9–6
Runner-up 12. 1998 British Open (2)  John Higgins (SCO) 8–9
Runner-up 13. 1999 Welsh Open  Mark Williams (WAL) 8–9
Winner 30. 1999 Scottish Open (3)  Graeme Dott (SCO) 9–1
Winner 31. 1999 World Championship (7)  Mark Williams (WAL) 18–11
Winner 32. 1999 (Sep) British Open (3)  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 9–5
Runner-up 14. 2000 Thailand Masters  Mark Williams (WAL) 5–9
Runner-up 15. 2001 Thailand Masters (2)  Ken Doherty (IRL) 3–9
Winner 33. 2001 European Open (3)  Joe Perry (ENG) 9–2
Runner-up 16. 2002 World Championship (2)  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 17–18
Winner 34. 2003 Welsh Open (3)  Mark Williams (WAL) 9–5
Runner-up 17. 2003 European Open (3)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6–9
Winner 35. 2003 British Open (4)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 9–6
Runner-up 18. 2003 UK Championship (4)  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 8–10
Runner-up 19. 2005 Welsh Open (2)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 8–9 [270]
Winner 36. 2005 Malta Cup (4)  Graeme Dott (SCO) 9–7 [271]
Runner-up 20. 2005 China Open  Ding Junhui (CHN) 5–9 [272]
Runner-up 21. 2006 UK Championship (5)  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 6–10 [273]

Non-ranking finals: 65 (40 titles)

Legend
Legend
The Masters (6–3)
Other
Non-ranking finals contested by Stephen Hendry
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 1986 Scottish Professional Championship  Matt Gibson (SCO) 10–5 [39]
Winner 2. 1987 Scottish Professional Championship (2)  Jim Donnelly (SCO) 10–7
Winner 3. 1987 Australian Masters  Mike Hallett (ENG) 371–226 points
Runner-up 1. 1987 Hong Kong Masters  Steve Davis (ENG) 3–9
Winner 4. 1988 Scottish Professional Championship (3)  Murdo MacLeod (SCO) 10–4
Runner-up 2. 1988 Matchroom League  Steve Davis (ENG) Round-Robin [274]
Winner 5. 1988 New Zealand Masters  Mike Hallett (ENG) 6–1 [39]
Runner-up 3. 1988 Fosters Professional  Mike Hallett (ENG) 5–8
Winner 6. 1989 The Masters  John Parrott (ENG) 9–6
Runner-up 4. 1989 Irish Masters  Alex Higgins (NIR) 8–9
Winner 7. 1989 London Masters  John Parrott (ENG) 4–2
Winner 8. 1989 Scottish Masters  Terry Griffiths (WAL) 10–1
Runner-up 5. 1989 Norwich Union Grand Prix  Joe Johnson (ENG) 3–5
Winner 9. 1990 The Masters (2)  John Parrott (ENG) 9–4
Winner 10. 1990 Pontins Professional  Mike Hallett (ENG) 9–6
Winner 11. 1990 London Masters (2)  John Parrott (ENG) 4–2
Runner-up 6. 1990 Matchroom League (2)  Steve Davis (ENG) Round-Robin [275]
Winner 12. 1990 Scottish Masters (2)  Terry Griffiths (WAL) 10–6 [39]
Runner-up 7. 1990 World Matchplay  Jimmy White (ENG) 9–18
Winner 13. 1990 Centenary Challenge  Steve Davis (ENG) 19–11 aggregate score
Winner 14. 1991 The Masters (3)  Mike Hallett (ENG) 9–8
Winner 15. 1991 Matchroom League  Steve Davis (ENG) Round-Robin [276]
Runner-up 8. 1991 Pot Black  Steve Davis (ENG) 1–2 [243]
Runner-up 9. 1991 Thailand Masters  Steve Davis (ENG) 3–6 [231]
Winner 16. 1991 Hong Kong Challenge  James Wattana (THA) 9–1
Winner 17. 1991 Indian Challenge  John Parrott (ENG) 9–5
Runner-up 10. 1991 Belgian Challenge  Steve Davis (ENG) 9–10
Runner-up 11. 1991 London Masters  Steve Davis (ENG) 0–4
Winner 18. 1992 The Masters (4)  John Parrott (ENG) 9–4
Winner 19. 1992 European Challenge  Joe Johnson (ENG) 4–0
Winner 20. 1992 Irish Masters  Ken Doherty (IRL) 9–6
Winner 21. 1992 Matchroom League (2)  Steve Davis (ENG) 9–2 [277]
Runner-up 12. 1992 Kent Classic  John Parrott (ENG) 5–6 [39]
Winner 22. 1993 European Challenge (2)  Tony Drago (MLT) 5–3
Winner 23. 1993 The Masters (5)  James Wattana (THA) 9–5
Runner-up 13. 1994 The Masters  Alan McManus (SCO) 8–9
Winner 24. 1994 European League (3)  John Parrott (ENG) 10–7 [278]
Winner 25. 1994 Top Rank Classic  Alan McManus (SCO) Round-Robin [39]
Runner-up 14. 1994 Scottish Masters  Ken Doherty (IRL) 7–9
Winner 26. 1995 Charity Challenge  Dennis Taylor (NIR) 9–1
Winner 27. 1995 European League (4)  Ken Doherty (IRL) 10–2 [278]
Runner-up 15. 1995 Irish Masters (2)  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 8–9 [39]
Winner 28. 1995 Scottish Masters (3)  Peter Ebdon (ENG) 9–5
Winner 29. 1996 The Masters (6)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 10–5
Winner 30. 1997 Charity Challenge  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 9–8
Winner 31. 1997 Irish Masters (2)  Darren Morgan (WAL) 9–8
Runner-up 16. 1997 European League (3)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 8–10 [278]
Runner-up 17. 1998 The Masters (2)  Mark Williams (WAL) 9–10 [39]
Runner-up 18. 1998 Red Bull Super Challenge  Steve Davis (ENG) Round-Robin [262]
Winner 32. 1998 Champions Super League  John Higgins (SCO) Round-Robin [263]
Winner 33. 1998 Malta Grand Prix  Ken Doherty (IRL) 7–6 [39]
Winner 34. 1999 Irish Masters (3)  Stephen Lee (ENG) 9–8
Winner 35. 1999 Champions Cup  Mark Williams (WAL) 7–5
Winner 36. 2000 Premier League (5)  Mark Williams (WAL) 9–5
Runner-up 19. 2000 Irish Masters (3)  John Higgins (SCO) 4–9 [231]
Runner-up 20. 2000 Scottish Masters (2)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 6–9
Winner 37. 2001 Malta Grand Prix  Mark Williams (WAL) 7–1
Runner-up 21. 2001 Irish Masters (4)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 8–9
Runner-up 22. 2001 Premier League (4)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 7–9 [279]
Runner-up 23. 2003 The Masters (3)  Mark Williams (WAL) 4–10 [231]
Winner 38. 2004 Premier League (6)  John Higgins (SCO) 9–6 [280]
Runner-up 24. 2005 Northern Ireland Trophy  Matthew Stevens (WAL) 7–9 [231]
Runner-up 25. 2005 (Dec) Premier League (5)  Ronnie O'Sullivan (ENG) 0–6 [281]
Winner 39. 2009 Legends of Snooker  Ken Doherty (IRL) 5–3 [282]
Winner 40. 2023 World Seniors Snooker 900  Jimmy White (ENG) 1–0 [283][284][285]

* It was decided by aggregate score over five frames.
** There was no play-off. Title decided on league table only.

Team finals: 8 (5 titles)

Team finals contested by Stephen Hendry
Outcome No. Year Championship Team/partner Opponent(s) in the final Score Ref.
Runner-up 1. 1986 World Doubles Championship  Mike Hallett (ENG)  Steve Davis (ENG)
 Tony Meo (ENG) 		3–12 [36]
Winner 1. 1987 World Doubles Championship  Mike Hallett (ENG)  Cliff Thorburn (CAN)
 Dennis Taylor (NIR) 		12–8 [286]
Winner 2. 1991 World Masters Men's Doubles  Mike Hallett (ENG)  Brady Gollan (CAN)
 Jim Wych (CAN) 		8–5 [287]
Runner-up 2. 1991 World Mixed Doubles Championship  Stacey Hillyard (ENG)  Steve Davis (ENG)
 Allison Fisher (ENG) 		4–5 [288]
Winner 3. 1996 World Cup  Scotland  Ireland 10–7 [289]
Runner-up 3. 1999 Nations Cup  Scotland  Wales 4–6 [290]
Winner 4. 2001 Nations Cup  Scotland  Ireland 6–2 [291]
Winner 5. 2007 Euro-Asia Team Challenge Team Europe Team Asia 5–3 [292]

Amateur finals: 5 (5 titles)

Amateur finals contested by Stephen Hendry
Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score Ref.
Winner 1. 1982 Pontins Star of the Future  Paul Hefford (ENG) 2–0 [293]
Winner 1. 1983 Scottish Under-16 Championship unknown unknown [294]
Winner 2. 1983 British Junior Championship  Nick Pearce (ENG) 3–0 [295]
Winner 3. 1984 Scottish Amateur Championship  David Sneddon (SCO) 9–8 [296]
Winner 4. 1985 Scottish Amateur Championship (2)  Jim McNellan (SCO) 9–6 [296]

Awards

Awards received by Stephen Hendry
Award Year Ref.
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1993 [297]
BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year 1987, 1996 [54][86]
WPBSA Young Player of the Year 1985, 1987, 1988 [298][299][300]
WPBSA Player of the Year 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999 [301]
WPBSA Performance of the Year[p] 1995 [302][303]
World Snooker Hall of Fame 2011 [304]

Notes

  1. ^ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season[227]
  2. ^ New professionals do not have a world ranking.[228]
  3. ^ The event was also called the Professional Players Tournament (1982–83 to 1983–84).[229]
  4. ^ The event was called the Matchroom Trophy (1985–86), the International Open (1986–87 to 1989–90 and 1993–93 and 1996–97) and the Players Championship (2003–04)[232]
  5. ^ The event was called the Australian Masters (1985–86 to 198–88 and 1995–96), the Hong Kong Open (1989–90) and the Australian Open (1994–95-1995–96).[233]
  6. ^ The event also ran under the name Irish Open (1998–99) and the Malta Cup (2004–05 to 2007–08)[234]
  7. ^ The event was also called the Dubai Masters (1988‍–‍89), the Dubai Classic (1989‍–‍90 to 1994‍–‍95), and the Thailand Classic (1995‍–‍96).[235]
  8. ^ The event was called the Asian Open (1989–90 to 1992–93) and the Thailand Open (1993–94 to 1996–97)[236]
  9. ^ The event was called the German Open (1995–96 to 1997–98)[237]
  10. ^ The event also ran under the name China International (1997–98 and 1998–99).[238]
  11. ^ The event was also called the Carlsberg Challenge (1984–85 to 1986–87).[240]
  12. ^ The event was called the Charity Challenge (1994–95 to 1998–99)[241]
  13. ^ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008–09 to 2009–10)[249]
  14. ^ The event was called the Matchroom League (1986–87 to 1991–92) and the European League (1992–93 to 1996–97).[252]
  15. ^ The event was also called the Hong Kong Challenge (1990–91 to 1991–92)[255]
  16. ^ Compiling seven century breaks in the 1995 World Snooker Championship final.[302]

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Books

  • Burn, Gordon (2008) [1986]. Pocket Money. London: Faber & Faber. ISBN 978-0-571-23683-1.
  • Cooper, Brendan (2023). Deep Pockets: Snooker and the Meaning of Life. London: Constable. ISBN 978-1-4087-1777-6.
  • Docherty, John (1990). Remember My Name: the Authorised Biography of Stephen Hendry. London: Pelham. ISBN 978-0-7207-1884-3.
  • Everton, Clive (2012). Black Farce and Cue Ball Wizards. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-78057-568-1.
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  • Hendon, David (2025). Pots of Gold: a History of Snooker (Kindle ed.). London: Swift Press. ISBN 978-1-80075-353-2.
  • Hendry, Stephen (2018). Me and the Table: My Autobiography. London: John Blake Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78606-904-7. OCLC 1051003500.
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  • Morrison, Ian (1988). Hamlyn Who's Who in Snooker. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 978-0-600-55713-5.
  • Williams, Luke; Gadsby, Paul (2005). Masters of the Baize. Edinburgh: Mainstream. ISBN 978-1-84018-872-1.
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