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Profile of John C. Higgins
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John C. Higgins |
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28th April 1908 |
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Winnipeg, Canada |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
John Higgins |
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Personal Information |
Nickname |
Wizard of Wishaw |
Date of birth |
May 18, 1975 |
Nationality |
Scottish |
Career |
Professional |
1992–current |
2005/6 World Ranking |
6 |
Best World Ranking |
1 (2 years) |
World Championship Best |
Winner (1998) |
Highest Break |
147 (5 times) |
Ranking Tournament Wins |
World Championship |
1998 |
Grand Prix |
1994, 1999, 2005 |
Sweater Shop International Open |
1995, 1996 |
British Open |
1995, 1998, 2001, 2004 |
German Open |
1995, 1997 |
UK Championship |
1998, 2000 |
China International |
1998 |
Welsh Open |
2000 |
Other Tournament Wins |
European Open |
1997 |
Benson & Hedges Masters |
1999 |
Irish Masters |
2000, 2002 |
John Higgins (born May 18, 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player.
Higgins turned professional in 1992. He won three ranking tournaments in the 1994/95 season. He won the World Championship in 1998, and reached the number one spot in the rankings the following season.
For a while, it seemed that Higgins would dominate snooker for several years, as Stephen Hendry had done throughout the 1990s, but fierce competition from other newcomers, notably Mark Williams, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Matthew Stevens, saw him knocked off the top spot after only two seasons.
In the final of the 2005 Grand Prix, Higgins became the first player to make four consecutive century breaks in a ranking tournament, scoring 103, 104, 138 and 128 against O'Sullivan. In the process, he scored a record 494 points without reply from his opponent, winning the match nine frames to two.
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