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Stephen Hendry
MBE
Hendry at the 2011 Paul Hunter Classic
Born (1969-01-13) 13 January 1969 (age 55)
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 MBE (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish retired 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 (15) 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 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. Hendry has also competed on the World Seniors Tour and has twice been a semi-finalist at the World Seniors Championship.

Early life

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Hendry's parents, Gordon Hendry and Irene Rixson, met as teenagers in the late 1960s while working at a woollen merchant in Edinburgh.[3] 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.[3] Irene was 18 years old when she gave birth to Hendry on 13 January 1969.[3][4] The family subsequently moved to Gorgie.[3] 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.[3]

By the late 1970s, Hendry's father and a business partner were running three greengrocer's shops, located in Inverkeithing, Dalgety Bay, and Dunfermline.[3] The family moved to a bungalow in Dalgety Bay when Hendry was nine and lived there for the next six years.[5] He attended Inverkeithing High School.[6] He started playing snooker when his parents bought him a miniature snooker table for Christmas in 1981.[7] He subsequently began playing on full-sized tables at Maloco's Snooker Hall and the Classic Snooker Centre in Dunfermline.[3][5] He made his first century break, a 102, at the Classic Snooker Centre several months after his 13th birthday in 1982.[3]

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.[3] 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.[5][3] Hendry lived in a flat in South Queensferry during the early part of his professional snooker career.[3]

Career

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Amateur years (1982–1985)

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Hendry's first tournament win was an under-16 "Stars of the Future" event at a Pontins holiday camp in Prestatyn, Wales.[3] After winning both the Scottish and British Under-16 Championships,[3][8] he made his first televised appearance in 1983 on Junior Pot Black, where he defeated Nick Pearce.[9][10][3] In 1984, he became the youngest ever winner of the Scottish Amateur Championship.[11] At the 1984 World Amateur Snooker Championship he became the youngest player ever to participate in the championship.[12] He finished sixth-placed in his qualifying group of nine participants, and did not qualify for the final stages.[13]

In February 1985, his application for professional status was accepted by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.[14] Two months later, he retained the Scottish Amateur Championship.[15] Turning professional aged 16 years, he was then the sport's youngest professional.[7] He was managed by entrepreneur Ian Doyle.[7]

Early professional years (1985–1989)

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In the 1985–86 season, Hendry won the Scottish Professional Championship, becoming the youngest player to do so.[8] He qualified for the main stage of the 1986 World Snooker Championship, losing 8–10 to Willie Thorne in the first round.[16] 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.[17]

In the 1986–87 season, Hendry retained his Scottish Professional Championship title.[18]</ref> He and Mike Hallett won the 1987 World Doubles Championship, defeating Dennis Taylor and Cliff Thorburn 12–6 in the final.[19] Hendry reached his first ranking semi-final[citation needed] at the Classic but lost 3–9 to Steve Davis.[20] He reached the quarter-finals of the 1987 World Championship but lost 12–13 to defending champion Joe Johnson, despite coming from 1–8 and 8–12 behind to force a deciding frame.[3]

In the 1987–88 season, Hendry won his first ranking title, beating Taylor 10–7 in the final of the Grand Prix.[21] He captured his second ranking title at the British Open, defeating Hallett 13–2 in the final.[22] He also won his third consecutive Scottish Professional Championship.[23] By the end of his third professional season, he had reached number four in the world rankings and was named the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year for 1987.[24] Although he failed to win a ranking title during the 1988–89 season, he won the Masters on his debut, defeating John Parrott 9–6 in the final.[4] He reached his first world semi-final at the 1989 World Championship but lost 9–16 to the eventual champion Davis.[25]

World Champion and World Number One (1989–1999)

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The 1989–90 season marked the beginning of Hendry's period of dominance. He won his first UK Championship, defeating Davis 16–12 in the final;[26] won his second Masters, defeating Parrott 9–4 in the final;[27] and won his first world title at the 1990 World Championship, beating Jimmy White 18–12 in the final.[28] 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 held as of 2020.[29] He also won ranking titles at the Dubai Classic and Asian Open and became world number one for the first time at the end of the season.[30]

In the 1990–91 season, Hendry became the first player to win five ranking titles in a single season.[31] He won his second UK Championship, defeating Davis 16–15 in the final,[32] and his third Masters, defeating Hallett 9–8 in the final after trailing 0–7 and 2–8.[27] 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.[33] In the 1991–92 season, he won his fourth Masters, defeating Parrott 9–4 in the final.[27] 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.[34] He achieved his first maximum break in professional competition while playing Thorne in the Matchroom League.[35]

In the 1992–93 season, Hendry won his fifth consecutive Masters, beating James Wattana 9–5 in the final.[27] 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.[36] 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.[37] Hendry reached a sixth consecutive Masters final but lost 8–9 to his compatriot Alan McManus, his first defeat at the Masters.[38] He won his fourth world title at the 1994 World Championship, clinching 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.[39]

In 1994, Hendry was awarded an MBE.[40][41] 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 centuries 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. Snooker journalist Dave Hendon described Hendry's performance in the 1994 UK final as "possibly the best anybody has ever played". 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.[citation needed]

In the 1995–96 season, Hendry again won all three Triple Crown events: He defeated Peter Ebdon 10–3 to win his fourth UK Championship, defeated O'Sullivan 10–5 to win his sixth Masters,[27] 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.[42][43] He was named the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year for a second time in 1996.[44][45] 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.[46] 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.[47][48]

Hendry won only one ranking title in the 1997–98 season, despite reaching two of the three Triple Crown finals. He lost the UK Championship final 6–10 to O'Sullivan. 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. At the 1998 World Championship, Hendry lost 4–10 to White in the first round. After eight consecutive seasons as world number one, he fell to second place in the rankings behind the new world champion John Higgins. In the 1998–99 season, he suffered a shock 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. 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.[49] However, at the 1999 World Championship, 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.

Later career and retirement (1999–2012)

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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. However, he suffered a surprise 7–10 defeat to debutant Stuart Bingham in the first round of the 2000 World Championship. In the 2000–01 season, Hendry failed to win any ranking titles for the first time since the 1988–89 season, reaching only one final. In the 2001–02 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. This was Hendry's last appearance in a World Championship final, after featuring in nine of the 13 finals held between 1990 and 2002. He made 16 centuries during the 2002 event, a record that stood outright for the next 20 years until Williams equalled it in 2022.[citation needed]

Hendry won the Welsh Open in the 2002–03 season and won 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,[50] where players had been required to stow their cues since the 11 September 2001 attacks.[51] Hendry had received the cue as a gift from his parents when he was 14 and had used it when winning all seven of his world titles. Hendry reached the semi-finals of the 2004 World Championship but lost 4–17 to O’Sullivan with a session to spare, his heaviest defeat in a world semi-final. In the 2004–05 season, he was runner-up at the Welsh Open, losing 8–9 to O'Sullivan. The following month, he defeated fellow Scot Graeme Dott 9–7 to win the Malta Cup, his 36th and last ranking title.[citation needed]

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.[52] It was his ninth season as world number one, which holds the record under the annual ranking system used until 2010. The following season, Hendry took a 4–1 lead over O'Sullivan in the 2006 UK Championship quarter-finals, only for O'Sullivan to unexpectedly concede the best-of-17-frame match during the sixth frame. After O'Sullivan walked out of the arena, Hendry was awarded a 9–1 win. He came from 5–7 down in the semi-finals to defeat Dott 9–7 but lost the final 6–10 to Ebdon. 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 Terry 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.[citation needed]

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 1000th frame at the Crucible. In the quarter-finals, he made a maximum break against Shaun Murphy,[53] but lost the match 11–13.[54] 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.[citation needed]

In the 2009–10 season, Hendry reached the quarter-finals of the China Open but lost 4–5 to Mark Allen, despite having led 4–2. In the Masters, he lost 4–6 to Murphy in the first round. In the 2010 World Championship, he lost 5–13 to Mark Selby in the second round. He participated in a challenge match against Ding in Beijing but lost 6–13.

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.[55] 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.[56][57] He lost 3–6 to reigning world champion Neil Robertson in the Masters.[58] He made his tenth professional maximum break at the Welsh Open against Stephen Maguire but lost the match. At the China Open he whitewashed Matthew Stevens 5–0 in the first round, before losing 2–5 to Ding in the second round.[59] 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.[60]

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.[61][62] 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.[63] He qualified for the UK Championship but lost 3–6 to Maguire in the first round.[64] He lost 1–5 to James Wattana in the German Masters qualifiers, failing to reach the final stages of a ranking tournament for the first time in 15 years.[65] He qualified for the Welsh Open by whitewashing Kurt Maflin 4–0 and then defeated reigning Masters champion Neil Robertson 4–1 in the first round.[66][67] However, he lost 0–4 to Mark Allen in the second round. After defeating Mike Dunn 5–2 in qualifying, Hendry played Robertson again in the first round of the World Open but lost 3–5.[68][69] Hendry defeated Yu Delu 5–1 to qualify for the China Open,[70] where he defeated Martin Gould 5–4 in the first round, winning on the final black.[71] He played Robertson for the third consecutive time in a ranking event but lost 3–5.[72]

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.[73] 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. 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.[74] 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.[75]

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

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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 for the main World Snooker Tour.[76] After delaying his return to competition several times during the 2020–21 season,[77][78] 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.[79] At the 2021 World Championship, he won his first-round qualifier 6–3 against Jimmy White,[80] but he lost 1–6 to Xu Si in the second qualifying round.[81]

During the 2021–22 season, Hendry competed in six ranking events between August and November 2021 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,[82] but Gary Wilson whitewashed him 3–0 in the second round.[83] He defeated Michael White 4–1 to qualify for the 2021 English Open[84] but was whitewashed 0–4 in the first round by Wakelin, scoring just 18 points in the match.[85] He lost 0–4 to Allan Taylor in the 2021 Scottish Open qualifiers,[86] 3–5 to Li Hang in the January 2022 European Masters qualifiers,[87] and 2–5 to Gao Yang in the 2022 German Masters qualifiers.[88] After a 1–6 defeat to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the first round of the 2021 UK Championship,[89] 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.[90][91]

In April 2022, Hendry's invitational tour card was renewed for a further two seasons,[92] despite complaints from some players and concerns from snooker's governing body about his limited participation on the tour.[93] 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.[94][95] 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.[96][97][98] He played his third professional match of the season in the 2023 German Masters qualifiers, where he was whitewashed 0–5 by Matthew Stevens.[99] 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.[100]

Hendry's 2023–24 season began with a 2–4 defeat to Muhammad Asif in qualifying for the 2023 British Open.[101] After losing 0–4 to Fergal O'Brien in qualifying for the 2023 English Open,[102] 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.[103] He led Tien Pengfei 2–0 in the 2023 International Championship qualifiers but lost the match 3–6.[104] He lost 2–4 to Matthew Stevens in qualifying for the 2023 Northern Ireland Open[105] and lost by the same score to Ross Muir in qualifying for the 2024 Welsh Open.[106] He opted not to enter the 2024 World Snooker Championship qualifiers, meaning that he finished a second consecutive season without a professional win.[107] 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 won just three of the 20 professional matches he played since returning to the tour.[108][109]

Status

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At the time of his initial retirement in 2012, Hendry was the most successful player in professional snooker history. 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 O'Sullivan) the most maximum breaks (11).[110][111][112] However, O'Sullivan, as of 2024, has equalled Hendry's record of 7 world titles, won 41 ranking titles and 23 Triple Crown titles, and made over 1,200 centuries in professional competition. John Higgins, Neil Robertson, Mark Selby, and Judd Trump have also surpassed Hendry in terms of career century breaks.[113] O'Sullivan now holds the record for the most maximum breaks, with 15, while Higgins is second with 13.[114]

Dennis Taylor and Ray Reardon have argued that O'Sullivan has superseded Hendry as the sport's greatest player.[115][116] In 2005, John Higgins, who competed with both players at their respective peaks, proclaimed O'Sullivan as "the best that's ever played the game".[117] Steve Davis considers O'Sullivan to be the best player but Hendry the greatest winner.[118] White also regards O'Sullivan as the best player but considers Davis his toughest opponent.[119] Dell Hill, a snooker coach who has worked with some of the game's top players, considers O'Sullivan the best player "without a shadow of a doubt" but as of 2015 believed that O'Sullivan had "under-achieved" next to Hendry.[120] Sean Ingle, chief sports journalist for The Guardian, has continued to make the case for Hendry as the sport's greatest player.[121]

O’Sullivan has dismissed the suggestion that he is the greatest player and has identified Hendry as the greatest due to his having dominated the sport in the 1990s.[122] Hendry himself has identified O’Sullivan as the greatest player he has played against but considers he would triumph in a match if both players played at their peak.[123] 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".[124]

Personal life

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At age 16, Hendry began dating 17-year-old Amanda Tart from Blackpool, whom he met at a snooker event at a Pontins holiday camp in Prestatyn, Wales. Amanda's family was accompanying her sister Maria, once ranked number 2 on the women's snooker tour, who was also competing at the venue.[125][126] Despite strong disapproval from Hendry's then-manager Ian Doyle, who feared that a girlfriend would distract Hendry from snooker, the two continued to see each other.[3] They married on 30 June 1995, shortly after Hendry's fifth world title win, and settled in Auchterarder.[127] Their son Blaine was born the following year. The couple struggled to have more children and underwent multiple IVF procedures. In 2003, they had a stillborn son. They subsequently had another son, Carter, born in 2004.[128] Amanda's sister Maria married Patrick Cahill; their son James Cahill has also played snooker professionally.[129][130]

In the 2010s, Hendry underwent financial struggles and divorce. 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.[131] In 2014, two years after his initial retirement, Hendry—then aged 45—left his wife to pursue a relationship with 26-year-old children's entertainer and actress Lauren Thundow, whom he had met while she was working at Snooker Legends exhibition events.[126][132][133] Hendry and Thundow began living together in the south of England.[134] Amanda Hendry subsequently accused him of cheating on her with a woman half his age, of leaving her "destitute", and of rarely visiting his children.[135] During divorce proceedings, accountants failed to uncover significant wealth held by Hendry; his wife said she did not know what happened to his tournament winnings, commenting "we never spent any of it".[135] 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.[136]

Hendry's father Gordon died from cancer in 2017 at age 68.[137] In 2018, Hendry published his autobiography, Me and the Table.[9] In 2022, he launched a YouTube channel, Stephen Hendry's Cue Tips, which presents instructional content as well as conversations over frames of snooker with players and other personalities.[138] Hendry has a single-figure golf handicap and enjoys poker and football; he supports Scottish team Hearts of Midlothian.[139]

Performance and rankings timeline

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Bahrain Championship Tournament Not Held SF Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open[nb 11] Non-Ranking Event NH QF Tournament Not Held Non-Ranking Tournament Not Held 2R Tournament Not Held
Shanghai Masters Tournament Not Held 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R Not Held NR
China Open[nb 12] Tournament Not Held NR SF SF SF 2R Not Held F QF 1R 1R QF QF 2R 2R Tournament Not Held
Gibraltar Open Tournament Not Held 1R A Not Held
Former non-ranking tournaments
Tokyo Masters Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Fosters Professional[nb 13] A A SF F Tournament Not Held
New Zealand Masters Not Held W SF Tournament Not Held
Norwich Union Grand Prix Not Held A F SF Tournament Not Held
Centenary Challenge Tournament Not Held W Tournament Not Held
World Masters Tournament Not Held 2R Tournament Not Held
London Masters Not Held W W F Tournament Not Held
Thailand Masters[nb 10] A A Not Held Ranking F Ranking Event NR Tournament Not Held NR Tournament Not Held
Indian Challenge Tournament Not Held W Tournament Not Held
Belgian Challenge Tournament Not Held F Tournament Not Held
Kent Classic NH A A A A A NH F Tournament Not Held
World Matchplay Not Held SF SF F SF QF Tournament Not Held
European Challenge Tournament Not Held W W Tournament Not Held
Top Rank Classic Tournament Not Held W Tournament Not Held
Tenball Tournament Not Held SF Tournament Not Held
Australian Goldfields Open[nb 11] A A W NH R Tournament Not Held A A Tournament Not Held R Tournament Not Held
Belgian Masters Tournament Not Held SF A SF Not Held A Tournament Not Held
China International[nb 12] Tournament Not Held QF Ranking Event Not Held Ranking Event Tournament Not Held
Super Challenge Tournament Not Held F Tournament Not Held
Champions Super League Tournament Not Held W Tournament Not Held
German Masters[nb 6] Tournament Not Held Ranking Event QF Tournament Not Held Ranking Event
Pontins Professional SF QF SF A W A A QF A A A A A A Tournament Not Held
Millennium Cup Tournament Not Held SF Tournament Not Held
Malta Grand Prix Tournament Not Held A A A A W R W Tournament Not Held
Champions Cup[nb 14] Tournament Not Held W 1R W SF QF W SF RR Tournament Not Held
Scottish Masters A QF QF NH W W QF QF QF F W QF QF SF SF F QF SF Tournament Not Held
World Champions v Asia Stars Tournament Not Held RR Tournament Not Held
Northern Ireland Trophy Tournament Not Held F Ranking Event Tournament Not Held
Irish Masters A A A F QF QF W SF QF F QF W QF W F F QF Ranking Event NH QF Tournament Not Held
Euro-Asia Masters Challenge Tournament Not Held SF RR Not Held RR Tournament Not Held
Pot Black A Tournament Not Held F A SF Tournament Not Held QF QF SF Tournament Not Held
Malta Cup[nb 4] Not Held Ranking Event NH R Not Held Ranking Event RR Tournament Not Held Ranking Event
Huangshan Cup Tournament Not Held QF Tournament Not Held
Legends of Snooker Tournament Not Held W Tournament Not Held
Beijing International Challenge Tournament Not Held SF RR Tournament Not Held
Hainan Classic Tournament Not Held RR Tournament Not Held
Scottish Professional Championship W W W A Tournament Not Held SF Tournament Not Held
Wuxi Classic[nb 15] Tournament Not Held A RR QF A Tournament Not Held
Brazil Masters Tournament Not Held SF Tournament Not Held
Premier League[nb 16] 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 Tournament Not Held
Shoot Out Tournament Not Held 1R Tournament Not Held 1R 2R Ranking Event
Hong Kong Masters[nb 17] A A F A NH SF W Tournament Not Held A NH
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.
MR / Minor-Ranking Event event is/was a minor-ranking event.
  1. ^ From the 2010/2011 season it shows the ranking at the beginning of the season
  2. ^ New players on the Main Tour don't have a ranking
  3. ^ a b Players issued an invitational tour card began the season without ranking points
  4. ^ a b The event was called the European Open (1988/1989–1996/1997 and 2001/2002–2003/2004), the Irish Open (1998/1999) and the Malta Cup (2004/2005–2007/2008)
  5. ^ The event was called the Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986), the International Open (1986/1987–1989/1990 and 1992/1993–1996/1997) and the Players Championship (2003/2004)
  6. ^ a b The event was called the German Open (1995/1996–1997/1998)
  7. ^ The event was called the Players Tour Championship Grand Finals (2010/2011–2011/2012)
  8. ^ The event was called the Grand Prix (1985/1986–2000/2001 and 2004/2005–2009/2010) and the LG Cup (2001/2002–2003/2004)
  9. ^ The event was called the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), the Thailand Classic (1995/1996) and the Asian Classic (1996/1997)
  10. ^ a b The event was called the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993) and the Thailand Open (1993/1994–1996/1997)
  11. ^ a b The event was called the Australian Masters (1985/1986–1987/1988 and 1995/1996), the Hong Kong Open (1989/1990) and the Australian Open (1994/1995-1995/1996)
  12. ^ a b The event was called the China International (1997/1998–1998/1999)
  13. ^ The event was called the Carling Challenge (1987/1988)
  14. ^ The event was called the Charity Challenge (1994/1995–1998/1999)
  15. ^ The event was called the Jiangsu Classic (2008/2009–2009/2010)
  16. ^ The event was called the Matchroom League (1986/1987–1991/1992) and the European League (1992/1993–1996/1997)
  17. ^ The event was also called the Hong Kong Challenge (1990/1991–1991/1992)

Career finals

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Ranking finals: 57 (36 titles)

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

Non-ranking finals: 65 (40 titles)

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

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

Team finals: 7 (4 titles)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Team/partner Opponent(s) in the final Score
Runner-up 1. 1986 World Doubles Championship England Mike Hallett England Steve Davis
England Tony Meo 		3–12
Winner 1. 1987 World Doubles Championship England Mike Hallett Canada Cliff Thorburn
Northern Ireland Dennis Taylor 		12–8
Winner 2. 1991 World Masters Men's Doubles England Mike Hallett Canada Brady Gollan
Canada Jim Wych 		8–5
Runner-up 2. 1991 World Mixed Doubles Championship England Stacey Hillyard England Steve Davis
England Allison Fisher 		4–5
Winner 3. 1996 World Cup  Scotland  Ireland 10–7
Runner-up 3. 1999 Nations Cup  Scotland  Wales 4–6
Winner 4. 2001 Nations Cup  Scotland  Ireland 6–2

Amateur finals: 3 (3 titles)

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Outcome No. Year Championship Opponent in the final Score
Winner 1. 1983 Scottish Under-16 Championship
Winner 2. 1984 Scottish Amateur Championship Scotland David Sneddon[141] 9–8
Winner 3. 1985 Scottish Amateur Championship (2) Scotland Jim McNellan[141] 9–6

Awards

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Award Year
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) 1993[142]
BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year 1987, 1996
WPBSA Player of the Year 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996
WPBSA Young Player of the Year 1988
WPBSA Performance of the Year 1995

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