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　　Personal profile　

　　Chinese name: Stephen Hendry

　　English name: Stephen Hendry

　　Description: He is an active professional snooker player.

　　Native place: Edinburgh, Scotland

　　Date of birth: January 13th, 1969.

　　Nickname: Golden Boy, Prince in the Pocket.

　　Nationality: Scotland

　　World ranking in 2004/5 season: 3

　　Best world ranking: 1 (8 years)

　　Best result of the world championship: champion (7 times)

　　Maximum score of single shot: 147 (8 times)

　　Stephen Hendry-Personal Overview

　　Stephen Hendry (January 13th, 1969-), born in Edinburgh, Scotland, is an active professional snooker player. 　

　　career

　　Hendry showed his talent for playing snooker when he was a teenager. He won the Scottish Amateur Championship at the age of 15, and officially turned professional in the following year. Thus becoming the youngest professional player in the history of snooker.

　　Hendry won the world championship for the first time in 1990, when he was only 21 years old. After that, it got out of hand and dominated the snooker world in the 1990s. The last time he won the World Championship was in 1999, thus becoming the player who won the most World Championships after Joe Davis and Fred Davis with a record of seven championships. Compared with Davis Brothers’ outshining performance when there were not many professional players at that time and their level was generally low, it is even more commendable that Hendry can achieve such results in today’s snooker world where the top players gather.

　　In addition to his brilliant record in the World Championships, Hendry also holds some other snooker records: he won the most prize money (more than 7.5 million pounds). Played the maximum score of 147 points in official competitions (8 times); Played a perfect score in the finals of major competitions such as the World Championships (3 times); The record of single shot exceeding 100 for the most times (659 times); Won the championship title of the most ranked events (36 times). Longest unbeaten record: from March 17, 1990 to January 13, 1991, he lost to jimmy white, during which he won five ranking events and was unbeaten in 36 consecutive ranking events. [1]

　　Stephen Hendry-Career Story

　　The snooker legend has defeated Dave Harold and Mark Williams. In the match with Ronnie O ‘Sullivan, he also led 4-1 before the opponent retired, which showed that he was recovering to his peak. The 9-7 victory over Graeme Dortmund in the semi-final was impressive, and it also made him enter the final against Peter Ai Bodun. Although he led 3-1 at the beginning of the game, he lost 6-10 in the end, thus missing the opportunity to win the UK championship for the sixth time.

　　At the beginning of this race, Hendry strongly refuted a reporter’s suggestion that his career would decline sharply in the second half of his 30 s. Although he lost in the final, he remained optimistic about his future: "I am very satisfied with the present situation, and I am 100% sure that this season is much better than the previous one." He said, "My game will only get better and better. I felt comfortable and confident all week before, but I feel nothing tonight. I just feel a little weak and can’t enter the state at all. I missed too many long balls. "

　　In the end, it turned out that it was his only final last season, although he also reached the semi-final of the Masters.

　　In the World Championships, Hendry almost slipped on a banana peel in the match with David Gilbert, but he finally survived, but then he lost to Ali Carter with a score of 6-13.

　　"This is actually a problem for the whole season." He said, "It seems that I can’t always bring my training state into play in the competition. I always control the ball well in training, and then I can’t play naturally in the game. I have lost my confidence, and I have to win the game to get it back.

　　Hendry therefore lost the first place in the world and fell to the eighth place.

　　Last season, Hendry really crossed a milestone-he scored 127 points in the third game between the Maltese Cup and Robert Milkins, which made his career’s percentage break through the 700 mark.

　　The last ranking champion he won so far was in the Malta Cup in 2005, and he defeated Graeme Dortmund 9-7 in the final.

　　Hendry is recognized as the best snooker player in history. He dominated the snooker arena in the 1990s. [2]

　　Stephen Hendry-brilliant record

　　73 champions, including 32 scoring champions, 7 world championships, 6 Masters and 5 British championships, ranking first in the world from 1990 to 1997.

　　The youngest player who won the world billiards championship was 21 years old and 106 days (April 29, 1990).

　　The first player to score 147 points in the scoring ranking competition with the highest score of more than two times.

　　The only player who can hit seven Baidu shots in the same event in the professional tournament (1994 British Championship). And he was the first player to hit five Baidu shots in seven consecutive games.

　　Longest unbeaten record: from March 17, 1990 to January 13, 1991, he lost to White, won 5 ranking championships and 36 consecutive ranking competitions.

　　One of the players who have won both the World Championship and the British Championship in the same season, the other players are Davis and Higgins.

　　personal glory

　　From 1990 to 1999, he won seven World Championship titles and ranked first in the world for eight consecutive years. These records continue again and again: 36 ranking champions, total career prize of more than 8 million pounds, 700 single shots over 100, and 147 in 8 official competitions. In 1994, he was awarded the Sir MBE by the Queen and twice elected as the best athlete in Scotland by the BBC.

　　Hendry won the reputation of "Golden Boy" with his superb skills and brilliant record, and many people even regarded him as the greatest player in snooker history. Hendry was awarded the MBE in 1994.

　　Marital status

　　In June 1995, Stephen Hendry married Mandy. At present, they have two sons named Blaine (1996) and Carter (2004).

　　Win the championship

　　World Championships 1990, 1992-1996, 1999

　　Rothmans Grand Prix 1987, 1990, 1991

　　Skoda Grand Prix 1995

　　British Open in 1988, 1991, 1999 and 2003.

　　Asian Open in 1989, 1990

　　Dubai Duty Free Classic 1989, 1990, 1993

　　British Championship in 1989, 1990, 1994-1996.

　　Royal Welsh Open in 1992, 1997 and 2003.

　　Sky Sports International Open 1993

　　International Open 1997

　　Scottish Royal Open 1999

　　European Open in 1994, 1995 and 2001

　　Thailand Masters 1998

　　Malta Cup 2005

　　Winning in other events

　　Benson &Hedges Masters 1989-1993, 1996

　　Irish Masters 1992, 1997, 1999

　　Malta Grand Prix 1998, 2001