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Ken Doherty (born September 17, 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player. He is the only player ever to have been world amateur (1989) and world professional champion (1997). He was also World Under-21 champion in 1989. A successful season in 2005-06 saw him rise to no. 2 in the snooker world rankings. However, a first-round loss to Mark Allen in the 2007 World Championships ended his chances of becoming the world's no. 1 player for next season. Nonetheless, he is ranked no. 4 for 2007-08. is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... The snooker world rankings are a system of ranking professional snooker players. ... Snooker world rankings 2007/2008: The professional world rankings for the top 75 snooker players (plus 7 other players who are ranked 76-82 officially; if all players on the pro tour were ranked they would be lower) in the 2007/2008 season are listed below. ... â€œGBPâ€ redirects here. ... In snooker, a break is the total score achieved by a player in a single visit to the table. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The snooker world rankings are a system of ranking professional snooker players. ... Mark Allen of Northern Ireland is the 2005 World Amateur Snooker Champion. ... The 2007 888. ...

Career

After Horace Lindrum from Australia and Cliff Thorburn from Canada in 1980, Doherty became only the third player from outside the United Kingdom to win the World Championship when he beat Stephen Hendry 18-12 in the 1997 final. Ken also reached the World Championship final in 1998, losing to John Higgins and in 2003, losing narrowly to Mark Williams. The latter run was noted for some impressive comebacks, including final-frame wins over Graeme Dott and Shaun Murphy, a 13-8 win over John Higgins in a match where Doherty raced ahead 10-0 but Higgins fought back to 10-7, and a semi-final fightback from 9-15 to beat Paul Hunter 17-16. In that championship he played more frames than anyone before or since. In the final, Williams led 11-4 but Doherty fought back to 12-12 before Williams prevailed 18-16. This article needs cleanup. ... Clifford Charles Devlin (Cliff) Thorburn (born January 16, 1948 in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) is a retired professional snooker player. ... The tone or style of this article or section may not be appropriate for Wikipedia. ... John Higgins (born May 18, 1975, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional snooker player. ... Mark Williams MBE (born 21 March 1975, Cwm, Wales) is a Welsh professional snooker player. ... Graeme Dott (born May 12, 1977) is a professional snooker player from Larkhall in Scotland. ... Shaun Murphy (born August 10, 1982) is an English professional snooker player and the 2005 world snooker champion. ... John Higgins (born May 18, 1975, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional snooker player. ... Wikinews has news related to: Snooker player Paul Hunter dies of cancer, age 27 Paul Alan Hunter (14 October 1978 â€“ 9 October 2006) was an English professional snooker player. ...

In the 2005 World Championship, Doherty beat Barry Pinches in the first round 10-5, winning the last 8 frames, but was knocked out in the second round losing to Alan McManus 13-11. Barry Pinches (born 13 July 1970) is an English professional snooker player, instantly recognisable for his fabulously bright waistcoats, which usually feature the yellow and green colours of Norwich City F.C.. He defeated Jimmy White in the 2004 Embassy World Championship, and has lost in the first round twice... Alan McManus (born January 21, 1971) is a Scottish professional snooker player, known for his clever tactical play and safety shots, giving rise to his nickname Angles McManus. ...

Following an average start to the 2005/06 season, Doherty won the Malta Cup in February 2006, beating John Higgins in the final. Doherty had trailed 8-5 at one stage but managed a stirring comeback, winning four frames in a row. Doherty called the victory, which bridged a five-year gap, his "most important tournament win since the World Championship".^[2] In the 2006 World Championship, Ken started brightly winning his first match and defeated Barry Hawkins 10-1 and then he beat Matthew Stevens, playing superbly to win the last 5 frames. Ken was favourite in his quarter-final match against Marco Fu but lost 13-10. It was 8-8 as the final session started, but Ken struggled, although tellingly he battled to win a frame in which he required 3 snookers. Ken led 7-6, 8-7, 9-8 and 10-9 but could never quite take that two frame advantage that might have given him the momentum to win the match. Ken admitted afterwards that he "blew it"" but that he still had "a couple more years" to come back and win the title. Ken ended the 05/06 season as the world no.2, his highest ranking ever, and he made a solid start to the 06/07 snooker season by reaching the quarter final at what is the closest thing to a home tournament for him, the Northern Ireland Trophy at Belfast's Waterfront Hall. He followed this up with a last 16 defeats at the Grand Prix in Aberdeen and the UK Championship in York. He reached the quarter-finals of the next two tournaments, the Masters and the Malta Cup. He lost in the first round of the World Championship and, although clearly disappointed, the Dubliner vowed to continue.^[3] The snooker season 2005/2006 is a series of snooker tournaments played during 2005 and 2006. ... The Malta Cup is a professional snooker tournament that was introduced in the 2004/05 season. ... John Higgins (born May 18, 1975, Wishaw, North Lanarkshire) is a Scottish professional snooker player. ... Barry Hawkins is a professional snooker player from England, born on 23rd April 1979. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Marco Fu Ka-chun (Chinese name: å‚…å®¶ä¿Š; b. ... The Northern Ireland Trophy is a professional snooker tournament. ...

In October 2006, he won the Irish Professional Snooker Championships for a second time (having previously captured the title in 1993), an invitational event, beating Michael Judge 9-4 in the final. A year later he managed to successfully defend his title with a resounding 9-2 victory over Fergal O'Brien. He followed this up a week later by becoming the first Irishman to win the presitigous Pot Black tournament, beating Shaun Murphy in the final. Michael Judge is one of three professional snooker players from Ireland. ...

On 6th October 2007, Ken won his very first Pot Black title beating former World Champion Shaun Murphy, 76-31 in the famous one frame final. October 6 is the 279th day of the year (280th in Leap years). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st Century. ... Pot Black was a UK television snooker tournament that played a large part in the popularisation of the modern game. ... Shaun Murphy (born August 10, 1982) is an English professional snooker player and the 2005 world snooker champion. ...

Doherty's game is quite tactically based, with some feeling that he doesn't always score heavily enough, although he is also capable of making big breaks. This cautious approach has led to commentators calling him "Krafty Ken", and it has been suggested by the BBC commentary team that he is the best all-round player in the game today, without being the best in any one dimension of the game. Dennis Taylor has also said that Ken is the finest snooker escapologist he has ever seen. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... For the soul singer, see Dennis Taylor (singer). ...

In 2000, he narrowly failed to achieve a maximum 147 break when he missed a rudimentary final black off its spot in the 15th frame of the Benson & Hedges Masters final against Matthew Stevens, which he eventually lost 10-8. This one pot would have seen him win an £80,000 sports car. However, at 140 he did at least have the consolation of the £19,000 highest break prize. In snooker, a break is the total score achieved by a player in a single visit to the table. ... The Masters, formerly the Benson & Hedges Masters is a professional snooker tournament. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... â€œGBPâ€ redirects here. ...

Doherty's early career had begun with practice in Jason's of Ranelagh, Dublin, where he used to play handicap snooker tournaments on Saturday mornings before moving on to national tournaments. This club closed in 2006. He now practises in a well-know Dublin hotel. In his first national event, an U-16 ranking tournament, Doherty lost in the final but would come back a month later and beat the man who had beaten him in the Irish U-16 National Championships. He won the World Championship in 1997 with a cue he spotted on the rack in Jason's and purchased (after some haggling) for IRL£2. Jasons (Jason&Son) is a snooker club in Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland. ... The Irish pound (Irish: punt) was the currency unit of the Republic of Ireland until 1999. ...

Doherty has compiled 232 competitive centuries during his career. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... The following is a glossary of traditional terms used in the three main cue sport disciplines: pocket billiards (pool), which denotes a host of games played on a table with six pockets such as straight pool, eight-ball, nine-ball, one-pocket and bank pool; carom billiards referring to the...

Life outside snooker

Ken resides in Ranelagh and is married to Sarah, who is of Australian descent. He was nearly blinded in 2002 in a bathroom accident; after slipping, he struck an ornament, which narrowly missed his left eye. However, his distinctive scar on his right cheek dates back to his seventh birthday, when he fell off a shed roof on to a metal dustbin. His cousin Shane Doherty is based in London and is an up and coming player on the snooker circuit. The best player based in North-West London for his age group (under 18 champion of north-west London)^{[citation needed]}. He aspires to match the feat of his cousin in winning the snooker world championship^{[citation needed]}.

He has started working occasionally on TV studio coverage on snooker matches with the BBC snooker coverage team, along with Steve Davis and John Parrott. Doherty is a Manchester United fan and he paraded his trophy at Old Trafford in front of 55,000 spectators following his World Championship triumph^{[citation needed]}. For other uses, see BBC (disambiguation). ... Steve Davis OBE (born August 22, 1957) is an English professional snooker player who was born in London and lives in Brentwood, Essex with his wife and two sons. ... John Parrott MBE (born 11 May 1964 in Liverpool, England) is an English professional snooker player. ... Manchester United Football Club are a world-famous English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and are one of the most popular sports clubs in the world, with over 50 million supporters worldwide. ... Old Trafford (given the nickname The Theatre of Dreams by Sir. ...

In May 2007, Doherty appeared on RTE's spoof show "Anonymous", heavily disguised as a priest. Ostensibly he was learning to play snooker with help from Alex Higgins, who was initially fooled by the make-up and Doherty's hopeless play. However, as "Fr Donoghue" began to clear the table, Higgins' suspicions were aroused and Doherty was eventually rumbled. Still, Doherty's disguise was enough to fool his mother and wife.

Tournament wins

Ranking wins

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Other wins

The Scottish Masters, often known by its sponsored names, the Langs Scottish Masters or the Regal Scottish Masters, was a non-ranking professional snooker tournament held every year from 1981-2002 (except 1988). ... The Malta Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament which ran from the 1994/95 season to 2000/2001, sponsored by Rothmans. ... The Irish Masters is a professional snooker tournament. ... Pot Black was a UK television snooker tournament that played a large part in the popularisation of the modern game. ...

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References

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Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a large baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. ... A snooker table English Billiards is a form of billiards played on a 6 Ã— 12 rectangular table with pockets in the four corners and in the middle of the long sides (see Snooker for markings and a diagram). ... Russian Billiards pyramid. ... Bumper pool is a casual billiards game played on an octagonal or rectangular table with one pocket centered on each end. ... Bagatelle (from French by way of the Italian bagattella, a trifle) is a game, the object of which is to get a number of balls past pins (which act as obstacles) into holes. ... For the games with billiard balls, see Carom billiards, or Cue sport more generally. ... The introduction of this article does not provide enough context for readers unfamiliar with the subject. ... 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