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The latter run was noted for some outstanding comebacks, including final-frame wins over Graeme Dott and Shaun Murphy, a 13–8 win over John Higgins in a match where Doherty raced ahead 10–0 but Higgins fought back to 10–7, and a semi-final fightback from 9–15 to beat Paul Hunter 17–16. Ken also reached the World Championship final in 1998 (losing to John Higgins) and in 2003, losing narrowly to Mark Williams. ĭoherty 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 Championship when he beat Stephen Hendry 18–12 in the 1997 final. In the 1994 World Championship he reached the quarter-finals, his only run past the second round before 1997. 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 2007–08 season. In the same event a year later, he lost 6–9 to Peter Ebdon. Since 2009, he has combined his playing career with commentating and punditry work.Īfter two semi-finals in the 1991–92 season (his second as a professional), Doherty reached the final of the 1992 Grand Prix, narrowly losing 10–9 to Jimmy White.
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In other triple crown events, he has been runner-up three times in the UK Championship and twice in the Masters.Īn intelligent tactician, Doherty has compiled more than 350 century breaks in professional competition. He reached a third final in 2003, in which he was defeated by Mark Williams. He came very close to breaking the Crucible curse, reaching the 1998 final where he lost out to John Higgins. This victory made him the first and only player to be world U-21, world amateur and world professional champion. Since turning professional in 1990, Doherty has won six ranking tournaments, including the 1997 World Snooker Championship in which he defeated Stephen Hendry, inflicting Hendry's first loss in a world final. Ken Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter.Īs an amateur, Doherty won the Irish Amateur Championship twice, the World Under-21 Amateur Championship and the World Amateur Championship.