But it was always in the back of my mind. He's obviously found something working with a new coach. "If my game keeps improving I can qualify for the Crucible," he said. PLUS look out for special ticket offers and information on our events around the globe. His shot selection was a bit unique and a bit unorthodox. Hendry's total of seven World Championship titles, won between 1990 and 1999, is unmatched in snooker's modern era. It'll take time and standards-wise it will improve with more and more tournaments. The game is so competitive coming up through the rankings. Hendry's total of seven World Championship titles, won between 1990 and 1999, is unmatched in snooker's modern era. Hendry's total of seven World Championship titles, won between 1990 and 1999, is unmatched in snooker's modern era. The 1990 Embassy World Snooker Championship took place at the Crucible Theatre, Sheffield between 13 and 29 April 1990. He was a fantastic snooker player, you don’t get to three world finals and win one without being that. It was an amazing World Championship win, because the season before it I’d played terribly. It would be fun to cause some upsets and play well on a match table.". accepted a two-year invitational tour card. I consent to my personal data being processed so that World Snooker and its affiliates may use it to deliver news and ticket information, as well as to improve the quality and relevance of services to me through online surveys. Watch the best moments of Arsenal striker Vivianne Miedema after she becomes the first player to reach 50 Women's Super League goals. I understand that by submitting this form, I will be providing World Snooker with my personal data/information. Did your World Championship final win over Mark Williams in 1999 feel different to the others given that it was your seventh title? He is a player you faced in two Crucible finals. If someone had said after that first one, you would win another six I would say I fancied my chances, but I wouldn’t believe it 100%. When I got to four, five and six the next step was to break the record. What are your memories of him as a competitor? "I am going to have to start practicing but not six hours a day, seven days a week like my old regime. It was us against the world when I turned professional. The last few years his game hasn’t been what it was and he has got a bit bogged down maybe because of the injury, but people forget how good he was.”. Steve always set the targets in my career that I tried to either emulate or overcome.”. No disrespect to him but I hadn’t lost to him in my whole career. "That is a long way off. The seven-time world champion, 51, retired in 2012 but has accepted a two-year invitational tour card. The World Snooker Championship is an annual ranking snooker tournament founded in 1927 and since 1977 played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.The tournament is played over seventeen days in late April and early May, and is chronologically the third of the three Triple Crown events of the season since 1977–78, when the UK Championship was first held. Fleet Street's first female football reporter, Julie Welch, tells Football Focus' Caroline de Moraes about the ups and downs of making her way in such a male-dominated industry. ", World number 48 Alan McManus on BBC Radio Scotland, I think it's been in his mind for a while. I was full of confidence going into the final. "He is a giant of the sport and I know that all eyes will be on him every time he takes to the table in the coming months. We were both playing aggressive snooker and making centuries. When he first burst onto the scene there was no doubt he rubbed people up the wrong way, including me, because he was different, he was a breath of fresh air. This Sporting Life podcast - Hendry reflects on his career. A curation of the best the new tracks for you to enjoy, The seven-time world champion, 51, retired in 2012 but has. I watched back the semi-final with Ronnie in 2002 the other day. Every press conference that was what people were asking about, so you could never forget about it as hard as you tried. Hendry led 9–7 after the first days play and won the first four frames of the second day to lead 11–7, before White reduced the gap to four frames. Hendry saw his record of 36 ranking title wins surpassed by Ronnie O'Sullivan when he won his sixth world title at the Crucible. “I think my manager and I had a plan between us. We had a great rivalry, which I enjoyed for five or six years. Jimmy White, Ken Doherty and James Wattana have also been awarded invitational tour cards. Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement. You would probably have to look at the young Chinese players to see anyone with potential. He topped the world rankings every year from 1990 to 1998, and only Ronnie O'Sullivan has won more ranking titles - with the Englishman securing his 37th at the World Championship in August. "I've always missed the buzz of competing and although I have no expectations in terms of performance, this felt like a good time to explore getting back to the table.". You don’t want it to go on for too much longer or you start trying too hard. It would have been great. The final was contested by Stephen Hendry and Jimmy White. "I am coming in at the bottom so will be drawn against some good players straight away," he said. The Scot's last professional match was at the Sheffield venue eight years ago, when he was beaten in the quarter-finals by compatriot Stephen Maguire. Last updated on 1 September 20201 September 2020.From the section Snooker. I was just so confident.”. I knew personally that winning the 1990 World Championship was only the start. I found that when I was doing my book it is easy to forget things, good and bad, and only remember them looking back afterwards.”. It was like a boxing match, punch for punch. I would say: 'Give it a season, see how you feel and if it feels good then crack on.'. We played a lot of semi-finals and big matches. Seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry will receive an invitational tour card to play on the World Snooker Tour for the next two seasons. This year marks the 30th anniversary since snooker’s most prolific World Champion, Stephen Hendry, notched up the first of his seven Crucible crowns. “It was relief and a monkey off the back. Last updated on 2 September 20202 September 2020.From the section Snooker. Match results, Frame scores, centuries, prize money, statistics from the 1995 World Championship snooker tournament. "It is going to be hard but if I get on a TV table with one of the top four or five players - I am not expecting anything - it will be a buzz. If I do choose to play in an event I will have to put the work in and prepare the best I can.