Ken Doherty (born 17 September 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.
Doherty has stated it was watching fellow Irish man Alex Higgins become World Champion that inspired him to become a snooker player. After two semi-finals in the 1991/1992 season (his second as a professional), Doherty reached...
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Ken Doherty (born 17 September 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.
Doherty has stated it was watching fellow Irish man Alex Higgins become World Champion that inspired him to become a snooker player. After two semi-finals in the 1991/1992 season (his second as a professional), Doherty reached the final of the 1992 Grand Prix, narrowly losing 10-9 to Jimmy White. In the same event a year later, he lost 6-9 to Peter Ebdon. His first ranking title was the 1993 Welsh Open, enough to take him into the top 16 in the world, where he remained until the 2007/2008 season. In the 1994 World Championship he reached the quarter-finals, his only run past the first round before 1997.
Doherty became only the third player from outside the United Kingdom (After Australian Horace Lindrum in 1952 and Canadian Cliff Thorburn in 1980) to win the World...
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