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Nigel Bond Basic facts Born: November 15, 1965, England Turned pro: 1989 Match stats: 1999/2000 Highest pro break: 140 (Qualifying, 2004 Grand Prix) Highest ranked: 5 (1996) Current ranking: 20 World Championship best: Runner-up (1995) Nickname: "Basildon"
Steve Davis Basic facts Born: August 22, 1957, England Turned pro: 1978 Manager: Matchroom 10 Western Road Romford Essex RM1 3JT Tel 01708 782200 Match stats: 1999/2000 Highest pro break: 147 Highest ranked: 1 (1981-89) Current ranking: 11 World Championship best: Winner 6 times (1981, 1983-84, 1987-89) Nickname: "The Nugget" Speciality: Tactics
Peter Ebdon Basic facts Born: August 27, 1970, England Turned pro: 1991 Manager: Keith Warren 1 Hatton Gardens Wellingborough Northants NN8 3AR Tel 07770 222147 Match stats: 1999/2000 Highest pro break: 147 (two times, 1992 Strachan Professional, 1992 UK Championship) Highest ranked: 3 (1996, 2002) Current ranking: 7 World Championship best: Winner (2002) Nickname: "Ebbo" (?)
Stephen Hendry Basic Facts Born January 13, 1969 Lives Auchterarder, Tayside, Scotland Nickname "The Golden Boy", "The Great One", "The Maestro" Turned pro 1985 Manager: 110 Sport Ltd Kerse Road Sterling Scotland FK7 7SG Tel 01786 462634 Match stats 1998/99 ranking events; 1999/2000 ranking events Highest pro break 147 (eight times: 1992 Matchroom League, 1995 Embassy World Championship, 1995 Royal Liver Assurance UK Championship, 1997 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge, 1998 Dr Martens Premier League, 1999 British Open (autumn), 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship and 2001 Rothmans Grand Prix) Highest ranked 1 (1990-97, 2006) Current ranking 1 World Championship best Winner seven times (1990, 1992-94, 1995, 1996, 1999) Best ranking event performance Winner of 36 tournaments: Grand Prix 1987, 1990, 1991, 1995; British Open 1988, 1991, 1999 (autumn), 2003; Asian Open 1989, 1990; Dubai Duty Free Classic 1989, 1990, 1993; Embassy World Championship 1990, 1992-94, 1995, 1996, 1999; UK Championship 1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 1996; Regal Welsh 1992, 1997, 2003; Scottish Open 1993 (International), 1997 (International), 1999; European Open 1993 (Dec), 1994, 2001; Thailand Masters 1998; Malta Cup 2005 Major invitation tournament victories: Benson & Hedges Masters 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996; Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1992, 1997, 1999; Regal Scottish Masters 1995; Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1995, 1997; Liverpool Victoria Champions Cup 1999 Career centuries 422 (end of 1997/98 season) Career centuries 54 (end of 1997/98 season) Career earnings £6,863,186 (through the 2001 Thailand Masters) 2000/2001 earnings £195,950 (through the Thailand Masters) Speciality Break-building, centre pocket pots Achievements Stephen has won 36 ranking (record) and 79 titles in all (from 115 finals). He has won a record seven World championships, six Masters and five UK championships. After surpassing Steve Davis in 1990 he was the No. 1 player in the rankings until 1998. In 2006 he regained the top spot. He became the youngest World Professional Champion, at 21 yr 106 days on 29 Apr 1990. Hendry became the first player to make more than two tournament 147s. His first was made in the 1992 Matchroom League and his second in the 1995 World Championship. The record-breaking third maximum came on 25 Nov 1995 in the UK Championship. Not content with this he made his fourth maximum on 5 Jan 1997 in the 1997 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge, his fifth on 23 May 1998 in the 1998 Dr Martens Premier League, his sixth on 19 Sep 1999 in the final of the 1999 British Open (the first maximum in a ranking final), his seventh on (21-23) November in 1999 in the 1999 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship and his eighth on 25 Feb 2001 in the final of the 2001 Rothmans Grand Prix! Stephen made seven centuries in the final of the 1994 UK Championship, which is a record in a professional match. He also became the first player ever to make five centuries in seven frames. From 17 Mar 1990 to his defeat by Jimmy White on 13 Jan 1991, the Scot won five sucessive titles and 36 consecutive matches in ranking tournaments. That's the longest unbeaten run ever. Hendry is one of only five players to win both the World Championship and the UK Championship in the same year. Steve Davis, John Parrott, John Higgins and Ronnie O'Sullivan are the others. Together with Steve Davis and John Higgins he is also the only one to hold the World, UK and Masters titles at the same time. Hendry holds the record for most tons by one player in a tournament. He made 16 centuries during the 2002 World Championship. He was voted WPBSA Young Player of the Year in 1988 and Player of the Year in 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1996. He was a member of Scottish teams that won the 1996 Castrol-Honda World Cup and the 2001 Coalite Nations Cup. Miscellaneous He has defeated Jimmy White in four World Championship finals (1990, 1992-94). His career record against the "Whirlwind" is 27-13 (?). Hendry had won their last 14 encounters before he was dumped 10-4 in the first round of the 1998 World Championship. In the 1998 UK Championship he suffered a career-worst 9-0 loss to Marcus Campbell in the first round. Stephen had won all his 12 matches with Tony Drago before he was beaten thrice in a row, in the quarter-finals of the 1998 German Masters, the quarter-finals of the 1998 Irish Open and the second round of the 1999 Benson & Hedges Masters
Ronnie O'Sullivan (England) Basic Facts Born December 5, 1975 Lives Chigwell, Essex, England Nickname "The Rocket" Turned pro 1992 Manager: World Snooker Ground Floor, Albert House 111-117 Victoria Street Bristol BS1 6AX Tel 0117 317 8200 Match stats 1998/99 ranking events; 1999/2000 ranking events Highest pro break 147 (six times: 1997 Embassy World Championship, 1999 Welsh Open, 1999 Grand Prix 2000 Regal Scottish Open, 2001 LG Cup, and 2003 Embassy World Championship (video)) Highest ranked 1 (2002, 2004, , 2005) Current ranking 3 World Championship best Winner two times (2001 and 2004) Best ranking event performance Winner of 18 tournaments: UK Championship 1993, 1997, 2001; British Open 1994; Asian Classic 1996; German Open 1996; Scottish Open 1998, 2000; China International/Open 1999 (December), 2000; World Championship 2001, 2004; European Open 2003; Irish Masters 2003, 2005; Welsh Open 2004, 2005; totesport Grand Prix 2004 Major invitation tournament victories: Masters 1995, 2005, 2007; Regal Scottish Masters 1998, 2000;, 2002; Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge 1996; Champions Cup 2000; Irish Masters 2001 Career centuries 154 (end of 1997/98 season) Career earnings £2,409,780 (through the 2001 Thailand Masters) Speciality Wrong-handed play Achievements Ronnie made his first century when he was 10 years old. At 15 yr 98 days he became the youngest player ever to make a maximum in tournament play, during the English Amateur Championship (Southern Area) at Aldershot, Hants on 13 Mar 1991. Seven years later he made a maximum in just 5 min 20 seconds in the 1997 Embassy World Championship. He has won 36 titles in all (from 50 finals), his most important being the 2001 Embassy World Championship and the 2004 Embassy World Championship. The 1993 UK win made him the youngest ever winner of a ranking event, at 17 yr 11 mn. O'Sullivan is one of only five players to win both the World Championship and the UK Championship in the same year. Steve Davis, Stephen Hendry, John Parrott and John Higgins are the others. In 1993 he won the WBSA Young Player of the Year award and the following year he was named Player of the Year. He beat Ken Doherty in the final of the 1998 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters, but he was later stripped of the title after failing a drug test. During the summer of 1992, Ronnie won 38 consecutive matches in qualifying competition. Miscellaneous Famous for playing with his left hand. Claims to have made a century while practicing that way.