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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1949|3|18}} |
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1949|3|18}} |
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| birth_place = [[Belfast]], [[ |
| birth_place = [[Belfast]], [[Northren Ireland]] |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|7|24|1949|3|18}} |
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2010|7|24|1949|3|18}} |
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| death_place = Belfast, |
| death_place = Belfast, Northren Ireland |
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| Sport country = {{flagcountry|Northern Ireland}} |
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| Nickname = Hurricane,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/24/1042911547955.html|title=These days Hurricane Higgins is running out of wind|last=Hughes|first=Simon|date=25 January 2003|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Digital|accessdate=28 April 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080330210039/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/24/1042911547955.html| archivedate= 30 March 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> The Irish Hurricane |
| Nickname = Hurricane,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/24/1042911547955.html|title=These days Hurricane Higgins is running out of wind|last=Hughes|first=Simon|date=25 January 2003|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Digital|accessdate=28 April 2008| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080330210039/http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/01/24/1042911547955.html| archivedate= 30 March 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> The Irish Hurricane |
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| Professional = 1971–1997<ref name="Yahoo"/> |
| Professional = 1971–1997<ref name="Yahoo"/> |
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| High rankin = 2 <small>([[Snooker warld rankins 1976/1977|1976/77]] |
| High rankin = 2 <small>([[Snooker warld rankins 1976/1977|1976/77]] an [[Snooker warld rankins 1982/1983|1982/83]])</small><ref name="Turner"/> |
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| Prize money =£711,999 |
| Prize money =£711,999 |
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| High break = '''142''': <small>[[British Open (snooker)|1985 British Open]]</small><ref name="Turner"/> |
| High break = '''142''': <small>[[British Open (snooker)|1985 British Open]]</small><ref name="Turner"/> |
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| Warld champ = {{Hlist|[[1972 Warld Snooker Championship|1972]] | [[1982 Warld Snooker Championship|1982]]}} |
| Warld champ = {{Hlist|[[1972 Warld Snooker Championship|1972]] | [[1982 Warld Snooker Championship|1982]]}} |
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'''Alexander Gordon Higgins''' (18 Mairch 1949 – 24 Julie 2010)<ref name="Tel death">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908601/Alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html|title=Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies, aged 61|last=Boyle|first=Simon|date=24 July 2010|accessdate=24 July 2010|publisher=The Telegraph | location=London| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100727042335/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908601/Alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html| archivedate= 27 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> wis a Northern Irish professional [[snooker]] player. Nicknamed '''Hurricane Higgins''' acause of his fast play,<ref name="addiction"/> he wis [[List of warld snooker champions|Warld Champion]] in 1972 |
'''Alexander Gordon Higgins''' (18 Mairch 1949 – 24 Julie 2010)<ref name="Tel death">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908601/Alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html|title=Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies, aged 61|last=Boyle|first=Simon|date=24 July 2010|accessdate=24 July 2010|publisher=The Telegraph | location=London| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100727042335/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908601/Alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html| archivedate= 27 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> wis a Northern Irish professional [[snooker]] player. Nicknamed '''Hurricane Higgins''' acause of his fast play,<ref name="addiction"/> he wis [[List of warld snooker champions|Warld Champion]] in 1972 an 1982, an rinner-up in 1976 an 1980. He wan the UK Championship in 1983 an the Masters in 1978 an 1981, makkin him ane o eleiven players tae hae completit snooker's [[Triple Crown (snooker)|Triple Crown]]. Forby he wis Warld Doubles champion wi Jimmy White in 1984, an wan the Warld Cup three times wi the [[Ireland|Aw-Ireland]] team. |
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Higgins cam tae be kent as the "People's Champion" acause o his popularity,<ref name="Nickname">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/sports/01higgins.html|title=Alex Higgins, the Bombastic 'People's Champion' of Pro Snooker, Dies at 61|date=31 July 2010|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=3 August 2010 | first=Bruce | last=Weber| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141019082126/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/sports/01higgins.html| archivedate=19 October 2014| url-status= live}}</ref> |
Higgins cam tae be kent as the "People's Champion" acause o his popularity,<ref name="Nickname">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/sports/01higgins.html|title=Alex Higgins, the Bombastic 'People's Champion' of Pro Snooker, Dies at 61|date=31 July 2010|publisher=New York Times|accessdate=3 August 2010 | first=Bruce | last=Weber| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20141019082126/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/01/sports/01higgins.html| archivedate=19 October 2014| url-status= live}}</ref> an is aften credited wi haein brocht the gemm o [[snooker]] tae a wider audience, contributin tae its peak in popularity in the 1980s.<ref name="inspiration">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/25/alex-higgins-funeral|title=Snooker's elite pay tribute to the inspiration of Alex Higgins|date=24 July 2010|publisher=[[guardian.co.uk]]|accessdate=24 July 2010 | location=London | first=Bill | last=Neenan| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100729005216/http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/jul/25/alex-higgins-funeral| archivedate= 29 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> He haed a reputation as a unpredictable an difficult character.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Marsden |first1=Jean |title=Hurricane Higgins used to live in Cuffley |url=http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/hurricane-higgins-used-live-cuffley/story-21983821-detail/story.html |work=[[Hertfordshire Mercury]] |date=30 July 2010 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20170502221155/http://www.hertfordshiremercury.co.uk/hurricane-higgins-used-live-cuffley/story-21983821-detail/story.html |archivedate=2017-05-02 |language=en |url-status=dead |access-date=2020-05-21 }}</ref> He smokit a lot,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/benson_and_hedges_masters_2002/1764513.stm|title=Where are they now?|date=24 July 2010|publisher=[[BBC Sport]]|accessdate=31 January 2002}}</ref> struggled wi the drink an gamblin,<ref name="inspiration"/><ref name="warning"/> an admitted tae uisin cocaine an marijuana.<ref name="addiction">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852042.stm|title=Obituary: Alex Higgins|date=24 July 2010|accessdate=24 July 2010|publisher=BBC| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100726133930/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852042.stm| archivedate= 26 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> First diagnosed wi cancer o the thrapple in 1998,<ref name="TS">{{cite web|url=http://www.talksnooker.co.uk/guides/snooker_legends_alex_higgins.html|title=Alex Higgins|date=24 July 2010|publisher=Talk Snooker|accessdate=24 July 2010|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717203945/http://www.talksnooker.co.uk/guides/snooker_legends_alex_higgins.html|archivedate=17 July 2010|url-status=dead}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717203945/http://www.talksnooker.co.uk/guides/snooker_legends_alex_higgins.html |date=2010-07-17 }}</ref> Higgins dee'd frae a wheen things in his Belfast hame on the 24 Julie 2010. Higgins aye hauds the hiechest break tae win a Warld Championship, bein 135 in the 1982 final agin Ray Reardon.{{Citation needed}} |
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==Life |
==Life an career== |
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===Early life=== |
===Early life=== |
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[[Image:Alexhiggins1968.jpg|thumb|left| Higgins (richt) wi David Taylor at a exhibietion at Queen's University Belfast, 1968]] |
[[Image:Alexhiggins1968.jpg|thumb|left| Higgins (richt) wi David Taylor at a exhibietion at Queen's University Belfast, 1968]] |
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⚫ | Higgins wis raised in the Kirk o Ireland.<ref name="TS"/> He stairtit playin snooker whan he wis 11,<ref name="WS profile">{{cite web |url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/past_players-10028.htm |title=World Snooker Profile |publisher=[[WPBSA]] |accessdate=7 August 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090224091833/http://www.worldsnooker.com/past_players-10028.htm |archivedate=24 February 2009 }}</ref> aften in the Jampot club in his native Sandy Row area o sooth Belfast an later in the YMCA in the heid o the toun. He flittit til England for a career as a jockey whan he wis 14. Houaniver, he niver made the grade cause he wis ower hivy tae ride in a competitive settin. He gaed back tae Belfast an bi 1965, aged 16, he haed compiled his first maximum break.<ref name="WS profile"/> In 1968 he won the Aw-Ireland an Northern Ireland Amateur Snooker Championships.{{Citation needed}} |
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Higgins wis raised in the Kirk o Ireland.<ref name="TS"/> He stairtit playin snooker whan he wis 11,<ref name="WS profile">{{cite web |
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===Warld titles=== |
===Warld titles=== |
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Higgins turned professional whan he wis 22, winnin the [[Warld Snooker Championship|Warld Championship]] at his first attempt in 1972, agin John Spencer winnin 37–32.<ref name="Where are they now? - Alex Higgins">{{cite web |
Higgins turned professional whan he wis 22, winnin the [[Warld Snooker Championship|Warld Championship]] at his first attempt in 1972, agin John Spencer winnin 37–32.<ref name="Where are they now? - Alex Higgins">{{cite web |url = http://www.johnvirgo.com/higgins.asp |title = Where are they now? – Alex Higgins |publisher = johnvirgo.com |accessdate = 2008-04-09 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080417102123/http://www.johnvirgo.com/higgins.asp |archivedate = 17 April 2008 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all |
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⚫ | }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417102123/http://www.johnvirgo.com/higgins.asp |date=2008-04-17 }}</ref> Higgins wis the yungest iver winner o the title in the time, a record that wis keepit until [[Stephen Hendry]]'s 1990 win at the age o 21.<ref>{{cite news | title = 1990 – Cue Stephen Hendry | date = 12 April 2002 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/world_champs_2002/1921463.stm | work = BBC Sport | accessdate = 24 September 2010 }}</ref> In Apryle 1976, Higgins reached the final again an faced [[Ray Reardon]].{{Citation needed}} Higgins led 11–9, but Reardon made fower centuries an seiven breaks ower 60 tae pull awa an win the title for the fift time wi the score o 27–16. Higgins wis the rinner-up tae Cliff Thorburn in 1980, lossin 18–16, efter bein 9–5 up. Higgins wan the warld title for a seicont time in 1982 efter baetin Reardon 18–15 (wi a 135 tot clearance in the final frame); it wis a emotional an professional win for him. Higgins wad hae been ranked No. 1 in the warld rankins for the 1982/83 season haed he nae forfeited rankin pynts follaein disciplinary action.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Osley |first1=Richard |last2=Gray |first2=Sadie |title=Snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins is dead |publisher=[[The Independent]] |date= 25 July 2010 |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/snooker-legend-alex-hurricane-higgins-is-dead-2034992.html |accessdate=1 December 2010 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=[[The Belfast Telegraph]] |title=Alex Higgins: The genius |publisher=[[Independent News & Media]] |date=26 July 2010 |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/alex-higgins/alex-higgins-the-genius-14888599.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120720194930/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/alex-higgins/alex-higgins-the-genius-14888599.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 July 2012 |accessdate=1 December 2010 }}</ref> |
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|url = http://www.johnvirgo.com/higgins.asp |
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|title = Where are they now? – Alex Higgins |
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⚫ | }} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080417102123/http://www.johnvirgo.com/higgins.asp |date=2008-04-17 }}</ref> Higgins wis the yungest iver winner o the title in the time, a record that wis keepit until [[Stephen Hendry]]'s 1990 win at the age o 21.<ref>{{cite news | title = 1990 – Cue Stephen Hendry | date = 12 April 2002 | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/ |
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===Ither wins=== |
===Ither wins=== |
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Ootthrou his career, Higgins wan 20 ither titles, ane o the maist notable anes bein the 1983 UK Championship. In the final he trailed [[Steve Davis]] 0–7 afore producin a famous comeback tae win 16–15.<ref name="UK Championship history">{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/4485494.stm| title = UK Championship history| publisher = [[BBC Sport]]| date = 2 December 2005| accessdate = 4 August 2010 | location=}}</ref> He wan the [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]] twice, in 1978 an in 1981, baetin Cliff Thorburn (a man that, at ae pynt, caaed doun Higgins wi ae swift punch <ref name="TOP 5 SNOOKER BUST-UPS">{{cite web|title=TOP 5 SNOOKER BUST-UPS|url=http://www.worldsnooker.com/top-5-snooker-bust-ups/|publisher=World Snooker}}</ref>) an Terry Griffiths in the finals respectively.<ref name="Masters history ">{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/4599754.stm| title = Masters history| publisher = [[BBC Sport]]| date = 12 January 2006| accessdate = 4 August 2010 | first=Mike| last=Burnett}}</ref> Anither kenspeckle win wis his last professional win in the 1989 Irish Masters at the age o 40 whan he baet a yung [[Stephen Hendry]]. This wis the last professional tournament he wan, an is aften cryed "The Hurricane's Last Hurrah".{{Citation needed}} |
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Ootthrou his career, Higgins wan 20 ither titles, ane o the maist notable anes bein the 1983 UK Championship. In the final he trailed [[Steve Davis]] 0–7 afore producin a famous comeback tae win 16–15.<ref name="UK Championship history">{{cite news |
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| location=}}</ref> He wan the [[Masters (snooker)|Masters]] twice, in 1978 an in 1981, baetin Cliff Thorburn (a man that, at ae pynt, caaed doun Higgins wi ae swift punch <ref name="TOP 5 SNOOKER BUST-UPS">{{cite web|title=TOP 5 SNOOKER BUST-UPS|url=http://www.warldsnooker.com/top-5-snooker-bust-ups/|publisher=Warld Snooker}}{{Dead link|date=January 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>) and Terry Griffiths in the finals respectively.<ref name="Masters history ">{{cite news |
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| title = Masters history |
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| date = 12 January 2006 |
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| last=Burnett}}</ref> Anither kenspeckle win wis his last professional win in the 1989 Irish Masters at the age o 40 whan he baet a yung [[Stephen Hendry]]. This wis the last professional tournament he wan, an is aften cryed "The Hurricane's Last Hurrah". |
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===Efter retirement=== |
===Efter retirement=== |
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Efter his retirement frae the professional gemm, Higgins spent time playin for smaw sums o siller in |
Efter his retirement frae the professional gemm, Higgins spent time playin for smaw sums o siller in an aboot Northern Ireland. He made appearances in the 2005 an 2006 Irish Professional Championship, thir comebacks endin in first-roond defeats bi Garry Hardiman an Joe Delaney respectively. |
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⚫ | On the 12 Juin 2007, it wis reportit that Higgins haed battert a referee at a charity match in the north-east o England.<ref name="assault">{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6744831.stm| title = Higgins 'hits ref' at fund-raiser| publisher = [[BBC Sport]]| date = 12 June 2007| accessdate = 12 June 2007| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070630074356/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6744831.stm| archivedate= 30 June 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> Higgins returned tae competitive action in September 2007 at the Irish Professional Championship in Dublin but wis whitewashed 0–5 bi umwhile British Open champion Fergal O'Brien in the first roond at the Spawell Club, Templeogue.<ref name="Higgins back in action">{{cite web|url=http://eurosport.yahoo.com/04092007/58/higgins-action.html |title=News |publisher=[[Eurosport]] |date=4 September 2007 |accessdate=4 September 2007 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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On the 12 Juin 2007, it wis reportit that Higgins haed battert a referee at a charity match in the north-east o England.<ref name="assault">{{cite news |
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| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6744831.stm |
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| title = Higgins 'hits ref' at fund-raiser |
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⚫ | | archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070630074356/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/other_sports/snooker/6744831.stm| archivedate= 30 June 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> Higgins returned tae competitive action in September 2007 at the Irish Professional Championship in Dublin but wis whitewashed 0–5 bi umwhile British Open champion Fergal O'Brien in the first roond at the Spawell Club, Templeogue.<ref name="Higgins back in action">{{cite web|url=http://eurosport.yahoo.com/04092007/58/higgins-action.html |title=News |publisher=[[Eurosport]] |date=4 September 2007 |accessdate=4 September 2007 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> |
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Higgins wad keep playin aften an enjoyed "hustling" aw comers for smaw-time stakes in clubs in Northern Ireland |
Higgins wad keep playin aften an enjoyed "hustling" aw comers for smaw-time stakes in clubs in Northern Ireland an ithergates; in May 2009 he entered the Northern Ireland Amateur Championship, "for tae gie it a crack",<ref name="N. Ireland Amateurs 2009">{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8042229.stm| title = Higgins goes back to his roots| publisher = [[BBC Sport]]| date = 9 May 2009| accessdate = 12 May 2009}}</ref> but failed tae appear for his match. |
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On 8 Apryle 2010, Higgins wis pairt o the first ''Snooker Legends Tour'' event in Sheffield, at the Crucible. Appearin alang wi ither professionals that retired or wad retire suin, the likes o John Parrott, Jimmy White, John Virgo |
On 8 Apryle 2010, Higgins wis pairt o the first ''Snooker Legends Tour'' event in Sheffield, at the Crucible. Appearin alang wi ither professionals that retired or wad retire suin, the likes o John Parrott, Jimmy White, John Virgo an Cliff Thorburn, he faced Thorburn in his match, but lost 2–0.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.snookerlegends.co.uk/crucible2010.html| title = Crucible 2010| publisher = Snooker Legends Tour| accessdate = 24 July 2010}}</ref> |
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It is estimatit that Higgins earnt an spent £3–4 million in his career as a snooker player.<ref name="fortune">{{cite web |url = http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/05/10/fhead.htm |title = Cancer-stricken Higgins urged by friends to dodge cameras at funeral |publisher = The Examiner |date = 10 October 1997 |accessdate = 2007-04-20 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070503051127/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/05/10/fhead.htm |archivedate = 3 May 2007 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070503051127/http://archives.tcm.ie/irishexaminer/1999/05/10/fhead.htm |date=2007-05-03 }}</ref><ref name="Tel death 2"/> |
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It is estimatit that Higgins earned and spent £3–4 million in his career as a snooker player.<ref name="fortune">{{cite web |
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==Wey o playin== |
==Wey o playin== |
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Higgins's speed aroond the table, his ability tae pot baas at howdy heest |
Higgins's speed aroond the table, his ability tae pot baas at howdy heest an flamboyant style got him the tae-name "Hurricane Higgins" an made him a hiech-profile player. His rael byordinar cuein technique whiles haed a body swerve, as weel as a stance that wis fairly hie-er nor that o maist professional players.{{Citation needed}} |
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The byordinar play o Higgins wis encapsulated in his break of 69, made unner byordinar pressure, agin Jimmy White in the penultimate frame o thair Warld Professional Snooker Championship semi-final in 1982. Higgins wis 0–59 doun in that frame, but managed tae compile a rael challengin clearance whaur he wis haurdly in poseetion until the colours. In partiecular, umwhile warld champion [[Dennis Taylor]] considers a three-quarter-baa pot on a blue intae the green pocket partiecular memorable, nae anly for it bein awfu haurd, but for lattin Higgins continue the break |
The byordinar play o Higgins wis encapsulated in his break of 69, made unner byordinar pressure, agin Jimmy White in the penultimate frame o thair Warld Professional Snooker Championship semi-final in 1982. Higgins wis 0–59 doun in that frame, but managed tae compile a rael challengin clearance whaur he wis haurdly in poseetion until the colours. In partiecular, umwhile warld champion [[Dennis Taylor]] considers a three-quarter-baa pot on a blue intae the green pocket partiecular memorable, nae anly for it bein awfu haurd, but for lattin Higgins continue the break an keep White aff o the table an unable tae clinch veectory at that moment. In pottin the blue, Higgins screwed the cue-baa ontae the side cushion tae bring it back tae the black/pink bit wi extreme left-haund sidespin, a shot Taylor trews coud be played 100 times wioot comin near the poseetion Higgins reached wi cue-baa. He gaed a tait ower faur for ideal poseetion on his niest reid but the match-savin break wis alive yet.<ref name="clearance">{{YouTube|id=dViH2UERKBst=2m42s}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=May 2011}}<!--YouTube isn't reliable, other textual source needed--> |
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===Professionalism |
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Higgins drank alcohol |
Higgins drank alcohol an smokit whan tournaments wis gaun on, as did a wheen o his contemporaries. A volatile personality got him intae a lot o fechts an airguments, baith on an aff o the snooker table. Ane o the maist serious clashes wis whan he pat the heid on a tournament offiecial at the UK championship in 1986 efter a airgument. This incident saw Higgins bein fined £12,000 an baured frae five tournaments,<ref name="BBC (2003)">{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/2889881.stm| title = Bad Boys: Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins| publisher = [[BBC Sport]]| date = 11 April 2003| accessdate = 1 May 2009}}</ref> while he wis convicted o assault an criminal damage frae the incident, an wis fined £250 bi a coort.<ref name="Tel turbulent"/> |
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Anither incident cam at the 1990 Warld Championship; efter lossin his first-roond match tae Steve James, he punched tournament offiecial Colin Randle in the wame afore the stairt o a press conference whaur he annunced his retirement, an abused the media as he left. This follaed anither incident at the Warld Cup, whaur he repeatedly argued wi fellae player |
Anither incident cam at the 1990 Warld Championship; efter lossin his first-roond match tae Steve James, he punched tournament offiecial Colin Randle in the wame afore the stairt o a press conference whaur he annunced his retirement, an abused the media as he left. This follaed anither incident at the Warld Cup, whaur he repeatedly argued wi fellae player an compatriot Dennis Taylor, an threatened tae hae him shot. For his conduct, Higgins wis banned for the rest o the season an aw o the niest ane.<ref name="Times online">{{cite news |
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Durin the Warld Trickshot Championship in 1991, Higgins demonstrated whit leukit like his iegnorance o hou a professional snooker player shoud behave, whan he descrived the black baa as "Muhammad Ali" in his performance afore a live audience |
Durin the Warld Trickshot Championship in 1991, Higgins demonstrated whit leukit like his iegnorance o hou a professional snooker player shoud behave, whan he descrived the black baa as "Muhammad Ali" in his performance afore a live audience an TV cameras,<ref>Matchroom Snooker VHS MIS 10002 World Trickshot Championship by Mistrial Publishing</ref> which caused a visibly pained expression frae Barry Hearn an an exclamation frae judge Steve Davis that his score wis aaready laich afore the shot wis even played. |
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==Ootwi snooker== |
==Ootwi snooker== |
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At the time of his 1972 triumph at the Warld Championship, Higgins haed nae permanent hame |
At the time of his 1972 triumph at the Warld Championship, Higgins haed nae permanent hame an bi his ain accoont haed bidden in a raw o abandoned hooses in [[Blackburn]] no lang syne, that wis waitin tae be caaed doun. In ae ouk he haed flittit intae five different hooses on the same street, flittin doun ane ilka time his current hoose wis caaed doun.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Byrne's Advanced Technique in Pool an Billiards|year=1990|url=https://archive.org/details/byrnesadvancedte0000byrn|last=Byrne|first=Robert}}</ref> |
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In 1975, Higgins's son wis born. Higgins wis first mairit on Cara Hasler in Apryle 1975 in Sydney. Thay haed a dochter Christel<ref name="warning">{{Cite news| url = http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/hurricane-warning-289867.html| title = Hurricane warning| work = [[Irish Independent]] | date=19 October 2002}}</ref> |
In 1975, Higgins's son wis born. Higgins wis first mairit on Cara Hasler in Apryle 1975 in Sydney. Thay haed a dochter Christel<ref name="warning">{{Cite news| url = http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/hurricane-warning-289867.html| title = Hurricane warning| work = [[Irish Independent]] | date=19 October 2002}}</ref> an divorced. His seicont mairiage wis tae Lynn Avison in 1980. Thay haed a dochter Lauren (born late 1980)<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/25/alex-higgins-dies-aged-61| title = Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61| work = [[guardian.co.uk]]| location=London| date=25 July 2010| first=Clive| last=Everton}}</ref> an son Jordan (born Mairch 1983).<ref name="TS"/><ref name="BBC death"/> Thay split in 1985<ref name="Tel turbulent">{{cite news| url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/7908754/The-turbulent-life-and-times-of-Alex-Higgins.html| title = The turbulent life and times of Alex Higgins| work = [[The Daily Telegraph]]| location=London| date=24 July 2010}}</ref> an divorced. In the same year, Higgins began a relationship wi Siobhan Kidd, endin in 1989 efter he allegedly hat her wi a hairdryer.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/alex-higgins/exclusive-alex-hurricane-higgins--last-interview-14888494.html#| title = Alex Hurricane Higgins' last interview| work = [[The Belfast Telegraph]]}}</ref> |
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He wis freends wi Oliver Reed for a lang time.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,803087,00.html| title = Eye of the hurricane |
He wis freends wi Oliver Reed for a lang time.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://observer.guardian.co.uk/osm/story/0,,803087,00.html| title = Eye of the hurricane| publisher = The Observer| date = 6 October 2002| accessdate = 7 August 2009| location=London}}</ref> |
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He wis the subject o ''This Is Your Life'' in 1981 when he wis surprised bi Eamonn Andrews. |
He wis the subject o ''This Is Your Life'' in 1981 when he wis surprised bi Eamonn Andrews.{{Citation needed}} |
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In 1983 Higgins helped a yung boy frae Manchester, a fan o his that haed been in a coma for twa month. His paurents wis growin desperate |
In 1983 Higgins helped a yung boy frae Manchester, a fan o his that haed been in a coma for twa month. His paurents wis growin desperate an wrat tae Higgins. He recordit messages on tape an sent thaim tae the boy wi his best wishes. He later visited the boy in hospital an played a snooker match he promised tae hae wi him whan he got better.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies, aged 61|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908867/Alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html|website = Telegraph.co.uk|access-date = 23 January 2016|archive-date = 2016-01-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160105180015/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908867/Alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html|url-status = dead}}</ref> |
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In 1996, Higgins wis convicted o settin aboot a 14-year-auld boy,<ref name="Tel death 2">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908867/alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html| title=Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies, aged 61| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| location=London| first=Olga| last=Craig| date=25 July 2010| access-date=2020-05-21| archive-date=2016-01-05| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105180015/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908867/Alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> while in 1997 than-girlfriend Holly Haise stabbit him three times in a domestic airgument.<ref name="Tel turbulent"/> He published his autobiography, ''From the Eye of the Hurricane: My Story'', in 2007.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/jun/16/snooker.features| title = The people's grouch| publisher = The Guardian| date = 16 June 2007| accessdate = 7 August 2009| location=London| first=Simon| last=Hattenstone}}</ref> Higgins appeared in the Sporting Stars edition o the British telly quiz ''The Weakest Link'' on the 25 Julie 2009.<ref name="link">{{cite web| url = http://www.global-snooker.com/GS-news-Alex-Higgins-220709.asp| title = Is Higgins the Weakest Link?| publisher = Global Snooker| accessdate = 7 August 2009| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090724184343/http://www.global-snooker.com/GS-news-Alex-Higgins-220709.asp| archivedate = 24 July 2009| df = dmy-all}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724184343/http://www.global-snooker.com/GS-news-Alex-Higgins-220709.asp |date=2009-07-24 }}</ref> |
In 1996, Higgins wis convicted o settin aboot a 14-year-auld boy,<ref name="Tel death 2">{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908867/alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html| title=Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies, aged 61| work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]| location=London| first=Olga| last=Craig| date=25 July 2010| access-date=2020-05-21| archive-date=2016-01-05| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105180015/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/snooker/7908867/Alex-Hurricane-Higgins-dies-aged-61.html| url-status=dead}}</ref> while in 1997 than-girlfriend Holly Haise stabbit him three times in a domestic airgument.<ref name="Tel turbulent"/> He published his autobiography, ''From the Eye of the Hurricane: My Story'', in 2007.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2007/jun/16/snooker.features| title = The people's grouch| publisher = The Guardian| date = 16 June 2007| accessdate = 7 August 2009| location=London| first=Simon| last=Hattenstone}}</ref> Higgins appeared in the Sporting Stars edition o the British telly quiz ''The Weakest Link'' on the 25 Julie 2009.<ref name="link">{{cite web| url = http://www.global-snooker.com/GS-news-Alex-Higgins-220709.asp| title = Is Higgins the Weakest Link?| publisher = Global Snooker| accessdate = 7 August 2009| url-status = dead| archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20090724184343/http://www.global-snooker.com/GS-news-Alex-Higgins-220709.asp| archivedate = 24 July 2009| df = dmy-all}} {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724184343/http://www.global-snooker.com/GS-news-Alex-Higgins-220709.asp |date=2009-07-24 }}</ref> |
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==Illness |
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For a lot o years, Higgins smokit a lot. He reportedly smokit 80 cigarettes a day.<ref>https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/alex-higgins/alex-higgins-lovehate-affair-with-tobacco-28548778.html</ref> He haed cancerous growths remuved frae his mooth in 1994 |
For a lot o years, Higgins smokit a lot. He reportedly smokit 80 cigarettes a day.<ref>https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/alex-higgins/alex-higgins-lovehate-affair-with-tobacco-28548778.html</ref> He haed cancerous growths remuved frae his mooth in 1994 an 1996.<ref name="Express">{{cite web|url=http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/189051/Snooker-star-alex-Higgins-found-dead-at-Belfast-home |title=Snooker star Alex Higgins found dead at Belfast home|date=26 July 2010|accessdate=26 July 2010|publisher=[[Daily Express]]}}</ref> In Juin 1998, he wis fund tae hae cancer o the thrapple;<ref name="TS"/> on the 13 October that year, he haed major surgery.<ref>{{cite news |
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}}</ref> He coud anly speak in a whisper in his last years.<ref name="belfasttelegraph.co.uk">https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/alex-higgins/alex-higgins-sad-lonely-demise-of-the-peoples-champion-28548785.html</ref> |
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In early 2010 he suffered frae [[pneumonia]] |
In early 2010 he suffered frae [[pneumonia]] an breithin problems,<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852042.stm</ref> an on the 31 Mairch he wis taen tae the hospital.<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/apr/01/alex-higgins-admitted-to-hospital</ref> In Apryle 2010 Higgins' friends annunced that thay haed setten up a campaign tae help raise the £20,000 he needit for teeth implants, tae lat him eat richt again an pit on wecht. Higgins haed lost his teeth efter intensive radiotherapy uised tae treat his thrapple cancer. It wis reportit that syne losin thaim he haed been livin on liquid maet, an haed become aye mair depressed, even thinkin aboot makkin wey o hissel.<ref name=belf-tele-suicide>{{cite web |
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}}</ref> Maugre o his illness, Higgins wad keep smokin cigarettes |
}}</ref> Maugre o his illness, Higgins wad keep smokin cigarettes an drinkin a lot until the end o his life.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/snooker/2010/04/02/cancer-stricken-snooker-legend-alex-hurricane-higgins-fighting-for-life-after-contracting-pneumonia-86908-22156622/| title = Cancer-stricken snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins fighting for life after contracting pneumonia | publisher = [[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]| accessdate = 2 January 2011}}</ref> He wis taen til the hospital again in Mey.<ref name="belfasttelegraph.co.uk"/> |
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Bi the simmer o 2010, Higgins' wecht haed faaen doun tae {{convert|6|st|kg|lk=on|abbr=off}}.<ref name="Tel death 2"/> Aatho he haed ance been wirth £4 million, he wis bankrupt |
Bi the simmer o 2010, Higgins' wecht haed faaen doun tae {{convert|6|st|kg|lk=on|abbr=off}}.<ref name="Tel death 2"/> Aatho he haed ance been wirth £4 million, he wis bankrupt an leeved on a £200-a-week disability allouance.<ref name=belf-tele-suicide/> He wis fund deid in bed in his flat on the 24 Julie 2010.<ref name="Tel death"/><ref name="BBC death">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852020.stm |title=Snooker legend Alex 'Hurricane' Higgins dies at 61 |accessdate=24 July 2010 |publisher=BBC |date=July 2010| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100724192234/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8852020.stm| archivedate= 24 July 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> The cause o daith wis malnutrition, pneumonia, teeth decay, an a bronchial condeetion, awtho his dochter Lauren sayed that he wis clear frae cancer o the thrapple whan he dee'd.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tinney|first=Aaron|title=Video: Last footage of Alex Higgins shows cupboards stacked with food... but he couldn’t eat a bite |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/video-last-footage-of-alex-higgins-shows-cupboards-stacked-with-foodbut-he-couldnrsquot-eat-a-bite-14920839.html|publisher=[[Belfast Telegraph]]|accessdate=2 January 2011}}</ref> |
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Higgins' funeral service wis hauden at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast on the 2 August 2010. He wis buirit in Carnmoney Cemetery in Newtownabbey, Coonty Antrim. Amang the snooker professionals that wis thare wis Jimmy White, Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, Joe Swail,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/aug/02/alex-higgins-funeral-snooker-belfast</ref> [[Shaun Murphy]] |
Higgins' funeral service wis hauden at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast on the 2 August 2010. He wis buirit in Carnmoney Cemetery in Newtownabbey, Coonty Antrim. Amang the snooker professionals that wis thare wis Jimmy White, Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, Joe Swail,<ref>https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2010/aug/02/alex-higgins-funeral-snooker-belfast</ref> [[Shaun Murphy]] an John Virgo.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-10841145</ref> Doherty an White wis pall bearers. |
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==Legacy== |
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Alex Higgins wis a inspiration tae a lot o professional snooker players, the likes o Ken Doherty, Jimmy White |
Alex Higgins wis a inspiration tae a lot o professional snooker players, the likes o Ken Doherty, Jimmy White an [[Ronnie O'Sullivan]]. In Clive Everton's TV documentary ''The Story of Snooker'' (2002), [[Steve Davis]] descrived Higgins as the "ae true genius that snooker haes gien us",<ref name="The Story of Snooker">{{cite news |
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}}</ref> awtho the autobiography o a contemporary leadin professional Willie Thorne characterised Higgins as "no a great player".<ref name="Thorne">{{Cite book|title=Double or Quits: The Willie Thorne Story|last=Thorne|first=Willie|authorlink=Willie Thorne|location=Liverpool|year=2004|pages=140–41}}</ref> Higgins arguably fulfilled his potential anly intermittently in his career peak in the 1970s |
}}</ref> awtho the autobiography o a contemporary leadin professional Willie Thorne characterised Higgins as "no a great player".<ref name="Thorne">{{Cite book|title=Double or Quits: The Willie Thorne Story|last=Thorne|first=Willie|authorlink=Willie Thorne|location=Liverpool|year=2004|pages=140–41}}</ref> Higgins arguably fulfilled his potential anly intermittently in his career peak in the 1970s an 80s; Everton pits this doun tae Davis an Ray Reardon maistly bein ower consistent for him.<ref name="Clive Everton assessment">{{Cite news| url = https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/25/alex-higgins-dies-aged-61| title = Alex Higgins, snooker's anti-hero, dies aged 61| publisher = [[guardian.co.uk]]| accessdate = 2 January 2011| location=London| first=Clive| last=Everton| date=25 July 2010}}</ref> |
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Regairdless, Higgins' excitin style |
Regairdless, Higgins' excitin style an explosive persona helpit mak snooker a growin telly sport in the 1970s an 1980s. Higgins made the first 16-reid clearance (in a challenge match in 1976); it wis a break of 146 (wi the broun as the first "reid", an 16 colours: 1 green, 5 pinks an 10 blacks).<ref name="clearances">{{cite web |
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In 2011, Event 8 o the Players Tour Championship wis renamed as the Alex Higgins International Trophy.<ref>http://www.trophyroom.co.uk/alexhigginstrophy.html</ref> In 2016, WPBSA preses Barry Hearn annunced that the trophy for the new Northern Ireland Open tournament wad be caaed efter Higgins.<ref>http://www. |
In 2011, Event 8 o the Players Tour Championship wis renamed as the Alex Higgins International Trophy.<ref>http://www.trophyroom.co.uk/alexhigginstrophy.html</ref> In 2016, WPBSA preses Barry Hearn annunced that the trophy for the new Northern Ireland Open tournament wad be caaed efter Higgins.<ref>http://www.worldsnooker.com/northern-ireland-open-trophy-to-be-named-after-alex-higgins/</ref><ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/37487430</ref> |
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Higgins' professional rivalry wi [[Steve Davis]] wis portrayed in a 2016 BBC featur film caaed ''The Rack Pack'', whaur he wis played bi Luke Treadaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/12103606/the-rack-pack.html|title=The Rack Pack: How Britain fell in love with snooker|date=January 17, 2016|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> |
Higgins' professional rivalry wi [[Steve Davis]] wis portrayed in a 2016 BBC featur film caaed ''The Rack Pack'', whaur he wis played bi Luke Treadaway.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/12103606/the-rack-pack.html|title=The Rack Pack: How Britain fell in love with snooker|date=January 17, 2016|website=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> |
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|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Scottish Open (snooker)|International Open]]<ref group="nb">The event |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Scottish Open (snooker)|International Open]]<ref group="nb">The event wis also cried the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="11"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="11"|Tournament Not Held |
||
| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|NR |
| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|NR |
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| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|LQ |
| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|LQ |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Thailand Masters|Thailand Open]]<ref group="nb">The event |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Thailand Masters|Thailand Open]]<ref group="nb">The event wis also cried the Thailand Masters (1983/1984–1986/1987 & 1991/1992) an the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993)</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="13"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="13"|Tournament Not Held |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|Non-rankin Event |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="4"|Non-rankin Event |
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| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|WD |
| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|WD |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[British Open (snooker)|British Open]]<ref group="nb">The event |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[British Open (snooker)|British Open]]<ref group="nb">The event wis also cried the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) an International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Tournament Not Held |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="5"|Non-rankin Event |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="5"|Non-rankin Event |
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| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|A |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Irish Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Irish Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event wis also cried the Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (1974/1975–1976/1977)</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="3"|Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="3"|Not Held |
||
| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F |
| style="text-align:center; background:thistle;"|F |
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| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |
| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Premier League Snooker|European League]]<ref group="nb">The event |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Premier League Snooker|European League]]<ref group="nb">The event wis also cried the Professional Snooker League (1983/1984), Matchroom League (1986/1987 til 1991/1992)</ref> |
||
| colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held |
| colspan="13" style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;"|Tournament Not Held |
||
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1984 Professional Snooker League|RR]] |
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|[[1984 Professional Snooker League|RR]] |
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| colspan="50" | '''Former rankin tournaments''' |
| colspan="50" | '''Former rankin tournaments''' |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Canadian Masters (snooker)|Canadian Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Canadian Masters (snooker)|Canadian Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event wis also cried the Canadian Open (1974/1975–1980/1981)</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="3"|Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="3"|Not Held |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="8"|Non-rankin |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="8"|Non-rankin |
||
Line 542: | Line 477: | ||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="8"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="8"|Tournament Not Held |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Australian Goldfields Open|Hong Kong Open]]<ref group="nb">The event ran |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Australian Goldfields Open|Hong Kong Open]]<ref group="nb">The event ran unner sindry names siclik the Australian Masters (1983/1984 til 1987/1988 an 1995/1996) an Australian Open (1994/1995).</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Tournament Not Held |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Non-rankin Event |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Non-rankin Event |
||
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| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="16"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="16"|Tournament Not Held |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Scottish Open (snooker)|International Open]]<ref group="nb">The event |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Scottish Open (snooker)|International Open]]<ref group="nb">The event wis also cried the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="11"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="11"|Tournament Not Held |
||
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|[[1981 International Open|SF]] |
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|[[1981 International Open|SF]] |
||
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| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="13"|rankin Event |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="13"|rankin Event |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[British Open (snooker)|British Open]]<ref group="nb">The event |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[British Open (snooker)|British Open]]<ref group="nb">The event wis also cried the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) an International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Tournament Not Held |
||
| style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|[[1980 British Gold Cup|'''W''']] |
| style="text-align:center; background:#0f0;"|[[1980 British Gold Cup|'''W''']] |
||
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| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="30"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="30"|Tournament Not Held |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Canadian Masters (snooker)|Canadian Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Canadian Masters (snooker)|Canadian Masters]]<ref group="nb">The event wis also cried the Canadian Open (1974/1975–1980/1981)</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="3"|Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="3"|Not Held |
||
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|[[1974 Canadian Open|SF]] |
| style="text-align:center; background:yellow;"|[[1974 Canadian Open|SF]] |
||
Line 750: | Line 685: | ||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="8"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="8"|Tournament Not Held |
||
|- |
|- |
||
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Australian Goldfields Open|Hong Kong Open]]<ref group="nb">The event ran |
|style="background:#EFEFEF;" | [[Australian Goldfields Open|Hong Kong Open]]<ref group="nb">The event ran unner sindry names siclik the Australian Masters (1983/1984 til 1987/1988 an 1995/1996) an Australian Open (1994/1995).</ref> |
||
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Tournament Not Held |
| style="text-align:center; color:#ccc;" colspan="9"|Tournament Not Held |
||
| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |
| align="center" style="color:#cccccc;"|A |
||
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|style="text-align:center; width:50px;"|'''Score''' |
|style="text-align:center; width:50px;"|'''Score''' |
||
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" |
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 1. |
| 1. |
||
| [[1976 Warld Snooker Championship|1976]] |
| [[1976 Warld Snooker Championship|1976]] |
||
Line 879: | Line 814: | ||
| align="center"|16–27 |
| align="center"|16–27 |
||
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" |
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 2. |
| 2. |
||
| [[1980 Warld Snooker Championship|1980]] |
| [[1980 Warld Snooker Championship|1980]] |
||
Line 893: | Line 828: | ||
| align="center"|18–15 |
| align="center"|18–15 |
||
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9" |
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9" |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 3. |
| 3. |
||
| [[1984 UK Championship (snooker)|1984]] |
| [[1984 UK Championship (snooker)|1984]] |
||
Line 900: | Line 835: | ||
| align="center"|8–16 |
| align="center"|8–16 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 4. |
| 4. |
||
| [[1988 Grand Prix (snooker)|1988]] |
| [[1988 Grand Prix (snooker)|1988]] |
||
Line 907: | Line 842: | ||
| align="center"|6–10 |
| align="center"|6–10 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 5. |
| 5. |
||
| [[1990 British Open|1990]] |
| [[1990 British Open|1990]] |
||
Line 915: | Line 850: | ||
|} |
|} |
||
===Non-rankin finals: 50 (23 titles, 27 |
===Non-rankin finals: 50 (23 titles, 27 rinner-ups)=== |
||
{| |
{| |
||
| valign=top width=40% align=left | |
| valign=top width=40% align=left | |
||
Line 922: | Line 857: | ||
|'''Legend''' |
|'''Legend''' |
||
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" |
|- bgcolor="#e5d1cb" |
||
| Warld Championship (1–0) <ref group="nb">The Warld Championship |
| Warld Championship (1–0) <ref group="nb">The Warld Championship didnae become a rankin event until 1974</ref> |
||
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9" |
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9" |
||
| UK Championship (1–2) <ref group="nb">The UK Championship |
| UK Championship (1–2) <ref group="nb">The UK Championship didnae become a rankin event until 1984</ref> |
||
|- bgcolor="ffffcc" |
|- bgcolor="ffffcc" |
||
| The Masters (2–3) |
| The Masters (2–3) |
||
Line 930: | Line 865: | ||
| Ither (19–22) |
| Ither (19–22) |
||
|} |
|} |
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<ref name="Misc 1">{{cite web|url=http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216160510/http://www.cajt.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/misc1.html|archivedate=16 February 2012|title=Other Non-ranking and Invition Events: First held before 1980|publisher=Chris Turners Snooker Archive|accessdate=30 June 2013|first=Turner|last=Chris}}</ref> |
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<ref name="PSB profile">{{cite web|url=http://prosnookerblog.com/legends/alex-higgins/|title=Pro Snooker Blog Profile| accessdate = 7 August 2009}}</ref> |
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{| class="wikitable" |
{| class="wikitable" |
||
Line 964: | Line 899: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|37–32|37–32}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|37–32|37–32}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 1. |
| 1. |
||
| 1972 |
| 1972 |
||
Line 971: | Line 906: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|03–04|3–4}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|03–04|3–4}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 2. |
| 2. |
||
| 1972 |
| 1972 |
||
Line 992: | Line 927: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|17–11|17–11}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|17–11|17–11}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 3. |
| 3. |
||
| 1974 |
| 1974 |
||
Line 999: | Line 934: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|00–05|0–5}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|00–05|0–5}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 4. |
| 4. |
||
| 1975 |
| 1975 |
||
Line 1,013: | Line 948: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|15–07|15–7}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|15–07|15–7}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;|Rinner-up |
||
| 5. |
| 5. |
||
| 1975 |
| 1975 |
||
Line 1,027: | Line 962: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|06–04|6–4}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|06–04|6–4}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 6. |
| 6. |
||
| [[1976 Canadian Open|1976]] |
| [[1976 Canadian Open|1976]] |
||
Line 1,034: | Line 969: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|09–17|9–17}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|09–17|9–17}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 7. |
| 7. |
||
| 1976 |
| 1976 |
||
Line 1,048: | Line 983: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|17–14|17–14}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|17–14|17–14}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 8. |
| 8. |
||
| 1977 |
| 1977 |
||
Line 1,076: | Line 1,011: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|07–05|7–5}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|07–05|7–5}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 9. |
| 9. |
||
| 1978 |
| 1978 |
||
Line 1,090: | Line 1,025: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|21–13|21–13}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|21–13|21–13}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 10. |
| 10. |
||
| [[1978 Champion of Champions|1978]] |
| [[1978 Champion of Champions|1978]] |
||
Line 1,097: | Line 1,032: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|09–11|9–11}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|09–11|9–11}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a"|Rinner-up |
||
| 11. |
| 11. |
||
| 1978 |
| 1978 |
||
Line 1,105: | Line 1,040: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
|- bgcolor="ffffcc" |
|- bgcolor="ffffcc" |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 12. |
| 12. |
||
| [[1979 Masters (snooker)|1979]] |
| [[1979 Masters (snooker)|1979]] |
||
Line 1,133: | Line 1,068: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|04–02|4–2}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|04–02|4–2}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 13. |
| 13. |
||
| [[1980 Classic (1979/1980)|1980]] |
| [[1980 Classic (1979/1980)|1980]] |
||
Line 1,147: | Line 1,082: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|05–04|5–4}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|05–04|5–4}} |
||
|- bgcolor="ffffcc" |
|- bgcolor="ffffcc" |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 14. |
| 14. |
||
| [[1980 Masters (snooker)|1980]] |
| [[1980 Masters (snooker)|1980]] |
||
Line 1,161: | Line 1,096: | ||
| align="center"|{{sort|05–01|5–1}} |
| align="center"|{{sort|05–01|5–1}} |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 15. |
| 15. |
||
| 1980 |
| 1980 |
||
Line 1,175: | Line 1,110: | ||
| align="center"|9–7 |
| align="center"|9–7 |
||
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9" |
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9" |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 16. |
| 16. |
||
| [[1980 UK Championship (snooker)|1980]] |
| [[1980 UK Championship (snooker)|1980]] |
||
Line 1,189: | Line 1,124: | ||
| align="center"|9–6 |
| align="center"|9–6 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 17. |
| 17. |
||
| [[1982 Irish Professional Championship|1982]] |
| [[1982 Irish Professional Championship|1982]] |
||
Line 1,196: | Line 1,131: | ||
| align="center"|13–16 |
| align="center"|13–16 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 18. |
| 18. |
||
| [[1982 Scottish Masters|1982]] |
| [[1982 Scottish Masters|1982]] |
||
Line 1,203: | Line 1,138: | ||
| align="center"|4–9 |
| align="center"|4–9 |
||
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9" |
|- bgcolor="dfe2e9" |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 19. |
| 19. |
||
| [[1982 UK Championship (snooker)|1982]] |
| [[1982 UK Championship (snooker)|1982]] |
||
Line 1,224: | Line 1,159: | ||
| align="center"|16–15 |
| align="center"|16–15 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 20. |
| 20. |
||
| [[1985 Irish Masters|1985]] |
| [[1985 Irish Masters|1985]] |
||
Line 1,231: | Line 1,166: | ||
| align="center"|5–9 |
| align="center"|5–9 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 21. |
| 21. |
||
| [[1985 Irish Professional Championship|1985]] |
| [[1985 Irish Professional Championship|1985]] |
||
Line 1,238: | Line 1,173: | ||
| align="center"|5–10 |
| align="center"|5–10 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 22. |
| 22. |
||
| [[1985 Carlsberg Challenge|1985]] |
| [[1985 Carlsberg Challenge|1985]] |
||
Line 1,245: | Line 1,180: | ||
| align="center"|3–8 |
| align="center"|3–8 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 23. |
| 23. |
||
| [[1986 Irish Professional Championship|1986]] |
| [[1986 Irish Professional Championship|1986]] |
||
Line 1,252: | Line 1,187: | ||
| align="center"|7–10 |
| align="center"|7–10 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 24. |
| 24. |
||
| [[1986 Scottish Masters|1986]] |
| [[1986 Scottish Masters|1986]] |
||
Line 1,259: | Line 1,194: | ||
| align="center"|8–9 |
| align="center"|8–9 |
||
|- bgcolor="ffffcc" |
|- bgcolor="ffffcc" |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 25. |
| 25. |
||
| [[1987 Masters (snooker)|1987]] |
| [[1987 Masters (snooker)|1987]] |
||
Line 1,266: | Line 1,201: | ||
| align="center"|8–9 |
| align="center"|8–9 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 26. |
| 26. |
||
| 1988 |
| 1988 |
||
Line 1,280: | Line 1,215: | ||
| align="center"|9–7 |
| align="center"|9–7 |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| style="background:#ffa07a;"| |
| style="background:#ffa07a;"|Rinner-up |
||
| 27. |
| 27. |
||
| [[1989 Hong Kong Gold Cup|1989]] |
| [[1989 Hong Kong Gold Cup|1989]] |
||
Line 1,295: | Line 1,230: | ||
|} |
|} |
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*{{cite book |last= Higgins |first= Alex |last2= Francis|first2= Tony |title= Alex Through the Looking Glass |publisher= Pelham Books |location= London |year= 1986 |isbn= 0-7207-1672-1 }} |
*{{cite book |last= Higgins |first= Alex |last2= Francis|first2= Tony |title= Alex Through the Looking Glass |publisher= Pelham Books |location= London |year= 1986 |isbn= 0-7207-1672-1 }} |
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*{{cite book |last= Hennessey |first= John |title= Eye of the Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story |publisher= Mainstream |year= 2000 |location= Edinburgh |isbn= 1-84018-385-3 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/eyeofhurricaneal0000henn }} |
*{{cite book |last= Hennessey |first= John |title= Eye of the Hurricane: The Alex Higgins Story |publisher= Mainstream |year= 2000 |location= Edinburgh |isbn= 1-84018-385-3 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/eyeofhurricaneal0000henn }} |
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*{{cite book |last= Borrows |first= Bill |title= The Hurricane: The Turbulent Life & Times of Alex Higgins |publisher= Atlantic Books |year= 2002 |isbn= 1-903809-91-6 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/hurricaneturbule0000borr }} |
*{{cite book |last= Borrows |first= Bill |title= The Hurricane: The Turbulent Life & Times of Alex Higgins |publisher= Atlantic Books |year= 2002 |isbn= 1-903809-91-6 |url-access= registration |url= https://archive.org/details/hurricaneturbule0000borr }} |
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* [http://www.worldsnooker.com/players/Alex-Higgins/ Official player profile] on ''worldsnooker.com'' wabsteid |
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* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tmzfb/Alex_Higgins_The_Peoples_Champion/ Alex Higgins: The People's Champion] BBC iPlayer. 1 September 2010. |
* [https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00tmzfb/Alex_Higgins_The_Peoples_Champion/ Alex Higgins: The People's Champion] BBC iPlayer. 1 September 2010. |
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090616081913/http://www.global-snooker.com/global-snooker-legends-player-information-alex-higgins.asp Profile on Global Snooker] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090616081913/http://www.global-snooker.com/global-snooker-legends-player-information-alex-higgins.asp Profile on Global Snooker] |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPeeDeAuOFI Alex Higgins 69 Break: Crucible, Sheffield 1982] YouTube. 14 Apryle 20019. |
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPeeDeAuOFI Alex Higgins 69 Break: Crucible, Sheffield 1982] YouTube. 14 Apryle 20019. |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaDU4olQ46k Higgins and White win the |
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaDU4olQ46k Higgins and White win the World Doubles Championship 1984] YouTube. 1 September 2009. |
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk-gMKqA4U8 Higgins wins the Canadian Club Masters 1976] YouTube. 26 August 2009. |
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk-gMKqA4U8 Higgins wins the Canadian Club Masters 1976] YouTube. 26 August 2009. |
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* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8944534.stm Ronnie O'Sullivan reminisces about Alex Higgins] BBC Sport. 25 August 2010. |
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/8944534.stm Ronnie O'Sullivan reminisces about Alex Higgins] BBC Sport. 25 August 2010. |
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Higgins in 2008. | |
Born | 18 Mairch 1949 Belfast, Northren Ireland |
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Dee'd | 24 Julie 2010 Belfast, Northren Ireland | (aged 61)
Sport kintra | |
Nickname | Hurricane,[1] The Irish Hurricane |
Professional | 1971–1997[2] |
Heichest rankin | 2 (1976/77 an 1982/83)[3] |
Career winnins | £711,999 |
Heichest break | 142: 1985 British Open[3] |
Century braks | 82 |
Toornament wins | |
Rankin | 1 |
Non-rankin | 23 |
Warld Champion |
Alexander Gordon Higgins (18 Mairch 1949 – 24 Julie 2010)[4] wis a Northern Irish professional snooker player. Nicknamed Hurricane Higgins acause of his fast play,[5] he wis Warld Champion in 1972 an 1982, an rinner-up in 1976 an 1980. He wan the UK Championship in 1983 an the Masters in 1978 an 1981, makkin him ane o eleiven players tae hae completit snooker's Triple Crown. Forby he wis Warld Doubles champion wi Jimmy White in 1984, an wan the Warld Cup three times wi the Aw-Ireland team.
Higgins cam tae be kent as the "People's Champion" acause o his popularity,[6] an is aften credited wi haein brocht the gemm o snooker tae a wider audience, contributin tae its peak in popularity in the 1980s.[7] He haed a reputation as a unpredictable an difficult character.[8] He smokit a lot,[9] struggled wi the drink an gamblin,[7][10] an admitted tae uisin cocaine an marijuana.[5] First diagnosed wi cancer o the thrapple in 1998,[11] Higgins dee'd frae a wheen things in his Belfast hame on the 24 Julie 2010. Higgins aye hauds the hiechest break tae win a Warld Championship, bein 135 in the 1982 final agin Ray Reardon.[citation needit]
Life an career[eedit | eedit soorce]
Early life[eedit | eedit soorce]
Higgins wis raised in the Kirk o Ireland.[11] He stairtit playin snooker whan he wis 11,[12] aften in the Jampot club in his native Sandy Row area o sooth Belfast an later in the YMCA in the heid o the toun. He flittit til England for a career as a jockey whan he wis 14. Houaniver, he niver made the grade cause he wis ower hivy tae ride in a competitive settin. He gaed back tae Belfast an bi 1965, aged 16, he haed compiled his first maximum break.[12] In 1968 he won the Aw-Ireland an Northern Ireland Amateur Snooker Championships.[citation needit]
Warld titles[eedit | eedit soorce]
Higgins turned professional whan he wis 22, winnin the Warld Championship at his first attempt in 1972, agin John Spencer winnin 37–32.[13] Higgins wis the yungest iver winner o the title in the time, a record that wis keepit until Stephen Hendry's 1990 win at the age o 21.[14] In Apryle 1976, Higgins reached the final again an faced Ray Reardon.[citation needit] Higgins led 11–9, but Reardon made fower centuries an seiven breaks ower 60 tae pull awa an win the title for the fift time wi the score o 27–16. Higgins wis the rinner-up tae Cliff Thorburn in 1980, lossin 18–16, efter bein 9–5 up. Higgins wan the warld title for a seicont time in 1982 efter baetin Reardon 18–15 (wi a 135 tot clearance in the final frame); it wis a emotional an professional win for him. Higgins wad hae been ranked No. 1 in the warld rankins for the 1982/83 season haed he nae forfeited rankin pynts follaein disciplinary action.[15][16]
Ither wins[eedit | eedit soorce]
Ootthrou his career, Higgins wan 20 ither titles, ane o the maist notable anes bein the 1983 UK Championship. In the final he trailed Steve Davis 0–7 afore producin a famous comeback tae win 16–15.[17] He wan the Masters twice, in 1978 an in 1981, baetin Cliff Thorburn (a man that, at ae pynt, caaed doun Higgins wi ae swift punch [18]) an Terry Griffiths in the finals respectively.[19] Anither kenspeckle win wis his last professional win in the 1989 Irish Masters at the age o 40 whan he baet a yung Stephen Hendry. This wis the last professional tournament he wan, an is aften cryed "The Hurricane's Last Hurrah".[citation needit]
Efter retirement[eedit | eedit soorce]
Efter his retirement frae the professional gemm, Higgins spent time playin for smaw sums o siller in an aboot Northern Ireland. He made appearances in the 2005 an 2006 Irish Professional Championship, thir comebacks endin in first-roond defeats bi Garry Hardiman an Joe Delaney respectively.
On the 12 Juin 2007, it wis reportit that Higgins haed battert a referee at a charity match in the north-east o England.[20] Higgins returned tae competitive action in September 2007 at the Irish Professional Championship in Dublin but wis whitewashed 0–5 bi umwhile British Open champion Fergal O'Brien in the first roond at the Spawell Club, Templeogue.[21]
Higgins wad keep playin aften an enjoyed "hustling" aw comers for smaw-time stakes in clubs in Northern Ireland an ithergates; in May 2009 he entered the Northern Ireland Amateur Championship, "for tae gie it a crack",[22] but failed tae appear for his match.
On 8 Apryle 2010, Higgins wis pairt o the first Snooker Legends Tour event in Sheffield, at the Crucible. Appearin alang wi ither professionals that retired or wad retire suin, the likes o John Parrott, Jimmy White, John Virgo an Cliff Thorburn, he faced Thorburn in his match, but lost 2–0.[23]
It is estimatit that Higgins earnt an spent £3–4 million in his career as a snooker player.[24][25]
Wey o playin[eedit | eedit soorce]
Higgins's speed aroond the table, his ability tae pot baas at howdy heest an flamboyant style got him the tae-name "Hurricane Higgins" an made him a hiech-profile player. His rael byordinar cuein technique whiles haed a body swerve, as weel as a stance that wis fairly hie-er nor that o maist professional players.[citation needit]
The byordinar play o Higgins wis encapsulated in his break of 69, made unner byordinar pressure, agin Jimmy White in the penultimate frame o thair Warld Professional Snooker Championship semi-final in 1982. Higgins wis 0–59 doun in that frame, but managed tae compile a rael challengin clearance whaur he wis haurdly in poseetion until the colours. In partiecular, umwhile warld champion Dennis Taylor considers a three-quarter-baa pot on a blue intae the green pocket partiecular memorable, nae anly for it bein awfu haurd, but for lattin Higgins continue the break an keep White aff o the table an unable tae clinch veectory at that moment. In pottin the blue, Higgins screwed the cue-baa ontae the side cushion tae bring it back tae the black/pink bit wi extreme left-haund sidespin, a shot Taylor trews coud be played 100 times wioot comin near the poseetion Higgins reached wi cue-baa. He gaed a tait ower faur for ideal poseetion on his niest reid but the match-savin break wis alive yet.[26][citation needit]
Professionalism an behaviour[eedit | eedit soorce]
Higgins drank alcohol an smokit whan tournaments wis gaun on, as did a wheen o his contemporaries. A volatile personality got him intae a lot o fechts an airguments, baith on an aff o the snooker table. Ane o the maist serious clashes wis whan he pat the heid on a tournament offiecial at the UK championship in 1986 efter a airgument. This incident saw Higgins bein fined £12,000 an baured frae five tournaments,[27] while he wis convicted o assault an criminal damage frae the incident, an wis fined £250 bi a coort.[28]
Anither incident cam at the 1990 Warld Championship; efter lossin his first-roond match tae Steve James, he punched tournament offiecial Colin Randle in the wame afore the stairt o a press conference whaur he annunced his retirement, an abused the media as he left. This follaed anither incident at the Warld Cup, whaur he repeatedly argued wi fellae player an compatriot Dennis Taylor, an threatened tae hae him shot. For his conduct, Higgins wis banned for the rest o the season an aw o the niest ane.[29]
Durin the Warld Trickshot Championship in 1991, Higgins demonstrated whit leukit like his iegnorance o hou a professional snooker player shoud behave, whan he descrived the black baa as "Muhammad Ali" in his performance afore a live audience an TV cameras,[30] which caused a visibly pained expression frae Barry Hearn an an exclamation frae judge Steve Davis that his score wis aaready laich afore the shot wis even played.
Ootwi snooker[eedit | eedit soorce]
At the time of his 1972 triumph at the Warld Championship, Higgins haed nae permanent hame an bi his ain accoont haed bidden in a raw o abandoned hooses in Blackburn no lang syne, that wis waitin tae be caaed doun. In ae ouk he haed flittit intae five different hooses on the same street, flittin doun ane ilka time his current hoose wis caaed doun.[31]
In 1975, Higgins's son wis born. Higgins wis first mairit on Cara Hasler in Apryle 1975 in Sydney. Thay haed a dochter Christel[10] an divorced. His seicont mairiage wis tae Lynn Avison in 1980. Thay haed a dochter Lauren (born late 1980)[32] an son Jordan (born Mairch 1983).[11][33] Thay split in 1985[28] an divorced. In the same year, Higgins began a relationship wi Siobhan Kidd, endin in 1989 efter he allegedly hat her wi a hairdryer.[34]
He wis freends wi Oliver Reed for a lang time.[35]
He wis the subject o This Is Your Life in 1981 when he wis surprised bi Eamonn Andrews.[citation needit]
In 1983 Higgins helped a yung boy frae Manchester, a fan o his that haed been in a coma for twa month. His paurents wis growin desperate an wrat tae Higgins. He recordit messages on tape an sent thaim tae the boy wi his best wishes. He later visited the boy in hospital an played a snooker match he promised tae hae wi him whan he got better.[36]
In 1996, Higgins wis convicted o settin aboot a 14-year-auld boy,[25] while in 1997 than-girlfriend Holly Haise stabbit him three times in a domestic airgument.[28] He published his autobiography, From the Eye of the Hurricane: My Story, in 2007.[37] Higgins appeared in the Sporting Stars edition o the British telly quiz The Weakest Link on the 25 Julie 2009.[38]
Illness an daith[eedit | eedit soorce]
For a lot o years, Higgins smokit a lot. He reportedly smokit 80 cigarettes a day.[39] He haed cancerous growths remuved frae his mooth in 1994 an 1996.[40] In Juin 1998, he wis fund tae hae cancer o the thrapple;[11] on the 13 October that year, he haed major surgery.[41] He coud anly speak in a whisper in his last years.[42]
In early 2010 he suffered frae pneumonia an breithin problems,[43] an on the 31 Mairch he wis taen tae the hospital.[44] In Apryle 2010 Higgins' friends annunced that thay haed setten up a campaign tae help raise the £20,000 he needit for teeth implants, tae lat him eat richt again an pit on wecht. Higgins haed lost his teeth efter intensive radiotherapy uised tae treat his thrapple cancer. It wis reportit that syne losin thaim he haed been livin on liquid maet, an haed become aye mair depressed, even thinkin aboot makkin wey o hissel.[45] He wis ower seek an frail tae hae the implants fittit.[46] Maugre o his illness, Higgins wad keep smokin cigarettes an drinkin a lot until the end o his life.[47] He wis taen til the hospital again in Mey.[42]
Bi the simmer o 2010, Higgins' wecht haed faaen doun tae 6 stone (38 kilogram).[25] Aatho he haed ance been wirth £4 million, he wis bankrupt an leeved on a £200-a-week disability allouance.[45] He wis fund deid in bed in his flat on the 24 Julie 2010.[4][33] The cause o daith wis malnutrition, pneumonia, teeth decay, an a bronchial condeetion, awtho his dochter Lauren sayed that he wis clear frae cancer o the thrapple whan he dee'd.[48]
Higgins' funeral service wis hauden at St Anne's Cathedral, Belfast on the 2 August 2010. He wis buirit in Carnmoney Cemetery in Newtownabbey, Coonty Antrim. Amang the snooker professionals that wis thare wis Jimmy White, Stephen Hendry, Ken Doherty, Joe Swail,[49] Shaun Murphy an John Virgo.[50] Doherty an White wis pall bearers.
Legacy[eedit | eedit soorce]
Alex Higgins wis a inspiration tae a lot o professional snooker players, the likes o Ken Doherty, Jimmy White an Ronnie O'Sullivan. In Clive Everton's TV documentary The Story of Snooker (2002), Steve Davis descrived Higgins as the "ae true genius that snooker haes gien us",[51] awtho the autobiography o a contemporary leadin professional Willie Thorne characterised Higgins as "no a great player".[52] Higgins arguably fulfilled his potential anly intermittently in his career peak in the 1970s an 80s; Everton pits this doun tae Davis an Ray Reardon maistly bein ower consistent for him.[53]
Regairdless, Higgins' excitin style an explosive persona helpit mak snooker a growin telly sport in the 1970s an 1980s. Higgins made the first 16-reid clearance (in a challenge match in 1976); it wis a break of 146 (wi the broun as the first "reid", an 16 colours: 1 green, 5 pinks an 10 blacks).[54]
In 2011, Event 8 o the Players Tour Championship wis renamed as the Alex Higgins International Trophy.[55] In 2016, WPBSA preses Barry Hearn annunced that the trophy for the new Northern Ireland Open tournament wad be caaed efter Higgins.[56][57]
Higgins' professional rivalry wi Steve Davis wis portrayed in a 2016 BBC featur film caaed The Rack Pack, whaur he wis played bi Luke Treadaway.[58]
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rankin[59] | No rankin seestem | 2 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 24 | 97 | 120 | 72 | 61 | 48 | 51 | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Asian Classic[nb 1] | Tournament Not Held | NR | QF | WD | 3R | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Prix | Tournament Not Held | 2R | 1R | 2R | 3R | 3R | A | F | 2R | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | Non-rankin Event | F | 3R | SF | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | 3R | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | WD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Welsh Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Open[nb 2] | Tournament Not Held | NR | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 2R | A | 1R | 1R | Not Held | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Open | Tournament Not Held | 2R | 2R | WD | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thailand Open[nb 3] | Tournament Not Held | Non-rankin Event | Not Held | 2R | WD | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | LQ | WD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
British Open[nb 4] | Tournament Not Held | Non-rankin Event | SF | SF | 1R | 1R | 2R | F | A | LQ | 1R | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warld Championship | W | SF | QF | SF | F | 1R | 1R | QF | F | 2R | W | SF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | LQ | 1R | A | LQ | LQ | 1R | LQ | LQ | LQ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scottish Masters | Tournament Not Held | SF | F | SF | SF | QF | F | QF | NH | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Masters | Not Held | QF | QF | SF | W | F | F | W | SF | 1R | QF | QF | 1R | F | QF | A | WR | A | LQ | LQ | LQ | A | LQ | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish Masters[nb 5] | Not Held | F | F | W | SF | SF | SF | SF | SF | SF | SF | F | 1R | 1R | SF | W | QF | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European League[nb 6] | Tournament Not Held | RR | Not Held | A | A | RR | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pontins Professional | Not Held | A | A | A | A | RR | A | A | A | QF | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Canadian Masters[nb 7] | Not Held | Non-rankin | Tournament Not Held | Non-rankin | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong Open[nb 8] | Tournament Not Held | Non-rankin Event | NH | 3R | Tournament Not Held | NR | NR | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic | Tournament Not Held | Non-rankin Event | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | A | LQ | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strachan Open | Tournament Not Held | LQ | MR | NR | Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Park Drive 2000 (Spring) | F | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Park Drive 2000 (Autumn) | A | F | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Men Of The Midlands | W | W | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwich Union Open | Not Held | SF | SF | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Watney Open | Not Held | W | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canadian Club Masters | Tournament Not Held | W | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warld Matchplay Championship | Tournament Not Held | QF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dry Blackthorn Cup | Tournament Not Held | F | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holsten Lager International | Tournament Not Held | SF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forward Chemicals Tournament | Tournament Not Held | RR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Padmore Super Crystalate | Tournament Not Held | W | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pontins Camber Sands | Tournament Not Held | W | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Champion of Champions | Tournament Not Held | F | NH | RR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International Open[nb 9] | Tournament Not Held | SF | rankin Event | Not Held | rankin Event | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Ireland Classic | Tournament Not Held | QF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Highland Masters | Tournament Not Held | SF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classic | Tournament Not Held | F | QF | SF | 1R | rankin Event | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tolly Cobbold Classic | Tournament Not Held | W | W | SF | A | QF | A | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UK Championship | Tournament Not Held | SF | SF | QF | F | QF | F | W | rankin Event | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
British Open[nb 10] | Tournament Not Held | W | RR | RR | RR | RR | rankin Event | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
KitKat Break for Warld Champions | Tournament Not Held | SF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pot Black | A | RR | A | A | A | A | RR | A | A | RR | RR | RR | 1R | A | 1R | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carlsberg Challenge | Tournament Not Held | SF | F | SF | A | A | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canadian Masters[nb 11] | Not Held | SF | W | F | W | SF | SF | SF | Tournament Not Held | A | SF | A | R | Tournament Not Held | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong Open[nb 12] | Tournament Not Held | A | A | A | RR | QF | A | 1R | A | SF | NH | R | Tournament Not Held | A | A | NH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hong Kong Gold Cup | Tournament Not Held | F | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
International League | Tournament Not Held | RR | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Warld Seniors Championship | Tournament Not Held | 1R | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Irish Professional Championship | W | Tournament Not Held | W | W | W | F | A | F | W | NH | F | F | WD | QF | W | Not Held | A | QF | Tournament Not Held | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tenball | Tournament Not Held | QF | Not Held |
Performance Table Legend | |||||
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LQ | lost in the qualifying draw | #R | lost in the early roonds o the tournament (WR = Wildcard roond, RR = Roond robin) |
QF | lost in the quarter-finals |
SF | lost in the semi-finals | F | lost in the final | W | won the tournament |
DNQ | did nae qualify for the tournament | A | did nae participate in the tournament | WD | withdrew frae the tournament |
NH / Not Held | means an event wis nae held. | |||
NR / Non-rankin Event | means an event is/wis no langer a rankin event. | |||
R / rankin Event | means an event is/wis a rankin event. |
- ↑ The event wis also cried the Dubai Masters (1988/1989), Dubai Classic (1989/90–1994/1995) an Thailand Classic (1995/1996)
- ↑ The event wis also cried the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
- ↑ The event wis also cried the Thailand Masters (1983/1984–1986/1987 & 1991/1992) an the Asian Open (1989/1990–1992/1993)
- ↑ The event wis also cried the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) an International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)
- ↑ The event wis also cried the Benson & Hedges Ireland Tournament (1974/1975–1976/1977)
- ↑ The event wis also cried the Professional Snooker League (1983/1984), Matchroom League (1986/1987 til 1991/1992)
- ↑ The event wis also cried the Canadian Open (1974/1975–1980/1981)
- ↑ The event ran unner sindry names siclik the Australian Masters (1983/1984 til 1987/1988 an 1995/1996) an Australian Open (1994/1995).
- ↑ The event wis also cried the Goya Matchroom Trophy (1985/1986)
- ↑ The event wis also cried the British Gold Cup (1979/1980), Yamaha Organs Trophy (1980/1981) an International Masters (1981/1982–1983/1984)
- ↑ The event wis also cried the Canadian Open (1974/1975–1980/1981)
- ↑ The event ran unner sindry names siclik the Australian Masters (1983/1984 til 1987/1988 an 1995/1996) an Australian Open (1994/1995).
Career finals[eedit | eedit soorce]
Rankin finals: 6 (1 title, 5 rinner-ups)[eedit | eedit soorce]
Non-rankin finals: 50 (23 titles, 27 rinner-ups)[eedit | eedit soorce]
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