Ken Doherty (Ireland)

See also Doherty's profile in the Score Centre

Basic facts: Personal data, achievements, etc.
Results in ranking events: Performance in ranking events since the start of the 1994/95 season
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Basic Facts

Born	September 17, 1969
Lives	Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland
Nickname	"The Darling of Dublin"
Turned pro	1990
Highest pro break	147 (2012 Paul Hunter Classic (EPTC 1))
Highest ranked	2 (2006)
Current ranking (end of 2021/2022)	85
World Championship best	Winner (1997)
Best ranking event performance	Winner of six tournaments: Regal Welsh 1993 2001; Embassy World Championship 1997; Rothmans Malta Grand Prix 2000; Thailand Masters 2001; Malta Cup 2006
Major invitation tournament victories:	Benson & Hedges Irish Masters 1998; Regal Scottish Masters 1993, 1994
Speciality	Escaping from snookers
Achievements	Became the first man to have won both the Amateur World Championship and the Professional World Championship, when he lifted the Crucible trophy in 1997 after ending Stephen Hendry's five-year spell in the competition. (He has also won the World Under-21 Championship!) The following year he was runner-up to John Higgins. Ken Doherty's other ranking wins came in the 1993 and 2001 Welsh Open, the 2000 Rothmans Malta Grand Prix and the 2006 Malta Cup. Among his 21 titles are also the 1996 European League, the 1997 Rothmans Grand Prix and the 1998 Doc Martens Premier League.
Miscellaneous	Doherty was originally beaten by Ronnie O'Sullivan in the final of the 1998 Benson & Hedges Irish Masters, but was awarded the title after Ronnie failed a drug test.