Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE (born January 13, 1969 in South Queensferry, Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07. Hendry also holds the distinction of most world ranking titles (36) and leads the field with wel...
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Stephen Gordon Hendry, MBE (born January 13, 1969 in South Queensferry, Edinburgh) is a Scottish professional snooker player. In 1990, he was the youngest-ever snooker World Champion, at 21. He has won the honour on six subsequent occasions. He was also snooker's world number one for eight consecutive years, between 1990 and 1998, and also in 2006-07. Hendry also holds the distinction of most world ranking titles (36) and leads the field with well over 700 competitive century breaks.
Hendry started playing snooker in 1981, aged 12. Two years later he won the National U-16 Championship. He also appeared on BBC's Junior version of Pot Black. The following year he won the Scottish Amateur Championship and also became the youngest ever entrant in the World Amateur Championship. In 1985, after retaining the Scottish Amateur Championship, he turned professional. At 16 years and three months old he was the youngest ever professional.
In his first season he reached the last 32 in the...
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