Alex Higgins
Status: Amateur; First season as pro: 1971; Last season as pro: 1996; Ranking wins: 1;
1996/1997 | ||||||||||
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World Championship Qual (3 Jan - 25 Mar 1997) | ||||||||||
Q Rd 4 | Darren Limburg (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
1995/1996 | ||||||||||
World Championship Qual (1 Jan - 22 Mar 1996) | ||||||||||
Q Rd 2 | Surinder Gill (a) | 10 | - | 7 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
1994/1995 | ||||||||||
World Championship Qual (4-20 Jan 1995) | ||||||||||
Q Rd 2 | Tai Pichit (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
1993/1994 | ||||||||||
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1994) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Ken Doherty (a) | 10 | - | 6 | Alex Higgins (a) | Two-time world champion Higgins qualified for the championship for the last time. | ||||
World Championship Qual (8-19 Jan 1994) | ||||||||||
Q Rd 4 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Tony Knowles (a) | |||||
Q Rd 3 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Andrew Cairns (a) | |||||
Q Rd 2 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Colin Kelly (a) | |||||
1992/1993 | ||||||||||
World Championship Qual (20 Jun - 24 Sep 1992) | ||||||||||
Q Rd 3 | Brian Morgan (a) | 10 | - | 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Q Rd 2 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Kirk Stevens (a) | |||||
Q Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Murdo MacLeod (a) | |||||
1991/1992 | ||||||||||
World Championship Qual (21-30 Mar 1992) | ||||||||||
Q Rd 2 | Alan McManus (a) | 10 | - | 7 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Q Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 6 | Paul Gibson (a) | |||||
World Seniors Championship (18-22 Sep 1991) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Silvino Francisco (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
1989/1990 | ||||||||||
World Championship (13-29 Apr 1990) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Steve James (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Alex Higgins (a) | in frame 11, James was awarded a free ball, before any reds had been potted. In taking a baulk colour as an extra red ball and compiling a total clearance of 135 the break became so far the only 16-red clearance at the Crucible. After the match, Higgins punched an official in the stomach at the post-match press conference. This, alongside a threat to have Dennis Taylor shot at the 1990 World Cup a month earlier, led to Higgins being banned for the entire 1990/1991 season. | ||||
1987/1988 | ||||||||||
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1988) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Tony Drago (a) | 10 | - | 2 | Alex Higgins (a) | Higgins lost his place in the elite top 16 of the snooker world rankings for the first time since rankings were introduced in 1976. | ||||
Masters (24-31 Jan 1988) | ||||||||||
QF | Mike Hallett (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Tony Knowles (a) | |||||
1986/1987 | ||||||||||
World Championship (18 Apr - 4 May 1987) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 10 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 6 | Jon Wright (a) | |||||
Masters (25 Jan - 1 Feb 1987) | ||||||||||
Final | Dennis Taylor (a) | 9 | - | 8 | Alex Higgins (a) | Taylor trailed 5-8. | ||||
63-37, 16-89 (56), 49-69, 89-41, 69-33 (65), 48-74, 73-11, 60-40 (60), 22-66, 53-30, 0-113 (98), 63-77, 25-92 (88), 61-50, 118-9 (74), 50-40, 82-0 Referee: John Smyth |
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SF | Alex Higgins (a) | 6 | - | 2 | Tony Meo (a) | |||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Joe Johnson (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
1985/1986 | ||||||||||
World Championship (19 Apr - 5 May 1986) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Alex Higgins (a) | Alex Higgins missed a black ball from its spot that would have put him 6�2 ahead of Terry Griffiths at the end of their first session. | ||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 7 | John Spencer (a) | |||||
Masters (26 Jan - 2 Feb 1986) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
1984/1985 | ||||||||||
World Championship (12-28 Apr 1985) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 7 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 4 | Dean Reynolds (a) | |||||
Masters (27 Jan - 3 Feb 1985) | ||||||||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Steve Davis (a) | |||||
1983/1984 | ||||||||||
World Championship (21 Apr - 7 May 1984) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Neal Foulds (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Alex Higgins (a) | Foulds' 1st time at the Crucible | ||||
Masters (22-29 Jan 1984) | ||||||||||
QF | Tony Knowles (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Doug Mountjoy (a) | |||||
1982/1983 | ||||||||||
World Championship (16 Apr - 2 May 1983) | ||||||||||
SF | Steve Davis (a) | 16 | - | 5 | Alex Higgins (a) | At the mid-session interval, the Crucible Theatre was evacuated due to a death threat against Davis that had been telephoned to the venue, saying that he would be shot if he won a tenth frame. | ||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 11 | Bill Werbeniuk (a) | At 46 points ahead in the third frame, Higgins attempted to play a snooker behind the pink and was annoyed by referee John Williams, who awarded a foul against him as the cue ball had not touched the pink. After protestations from Higgins, Williams asked the match scorers for a second opinion, and the decision stood. Werbeniuk then made a break of 57 and won the frame. | ||||
Rd 2 | Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 8 | Willie Thorne (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 4 | Dean Reynolds (a) | |||||
Masters (23-30 Jan 1983) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Bill Werbeniuk (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
1981/1982 | ||||||||||
World Championship (30 Apr - 16 May 1982) | ||||||||||
Final | Alex Higgins (a) | 18 | - | 15 | Ray Reardon (a) | Reardon, a six-time champion, had never lost in the world championship final. It was Higgins's fourth world final following his win in 1972 and his losing appearances in the 1976 and 1980 finals. | ||||
Session 1: Referee: John Smyth. |
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SF | Alex Higgins (a) | 16 | - | 15 | Jimmy White (a) | greatest clearance of all time in penultimate frame: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Z18G0scZqQ | ||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 10 | Willie Thorne (a) | |||||
Rd 2 | Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Doug Mountjoy (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 5 | Jim Meadowcroft (a) | |||||
Masters (26-31 Jan 1982) | ||||||||||
SF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 6 | - | 4 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Eddie Charlton (a) | |||||
1980/1981 | ||||||||||
World Championship (7-20 Apr 1981) | ||||||||||
Rd 2 | Steve Davis (a) | 13 | - | 8 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Masters (2-8 Feb 1981) | ||||||||||
SF | Alex Higgins (a) | 6 | - | 5 | Cliff Thorburn (a) | |||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Doug Mountjoy (a) | |||||
Final | Alex Higgins (a) | 9 | - | 6 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
117-10 (75), 38-69, 54-64, 62-47, 99-38, 58-31, 20-69, 69-10, 77-37, 75-39, 113-5, 0-136 (136), 31-97, 51-62, 85-48 Referee: John Smyth |
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Champion of Champions Group A (2-11 Oct 1980) | ||||||||||
Grp | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Cliff Thorburn (a) | |||||
Grp | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Terry Griffiths (a) | |||||
Grp | Doug Mountjoy (a) | 7 | - | 2 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Grp | Graham Miles (a) | 5 | - | 4 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
1979/1980 | ||||||||||
World Championship (22-5 May 1980) | ||||||||||
SF | Alex Higgins (a) | 16 | - | 13 | Kirk Stevens (a) | Stevens was the youngest-ever world championship semi-finalist, aged 21. | ||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 9 | Steve Davis (a) | In the eighth frame, Higgins was on course to achieve a maximum break, when he became the first player in the history of the world championship to pot black balls after each of the fifteen red balls during a break. After running out of position on the fifteenth black, he managed to pot the yellow ball, but failed in an attempt to then double the green ball. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNst9pPfMWY | ||||
Rd 2 | Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 6 | Perrie Mans (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 10 | - | 9 | Tony Meo (a) | |||||
Final | Cliff Thorburn (a) | 18 | - | 16 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Session 1: Referee: John Street |
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Masters (6-10 Feb 1980) | ||||||||||
Final | Terry Griffiths (a) | 9 | - | 5 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
67-39, 73-30 (73), 4-81 (81), 61-68, 104-15 (77), 61-67 (TG 52), 54-55, 102-25, 63-61 (TG 53), 58-70 (AH 70, TG 58), 75-49, 117-3 (51), 67-60, 131-0 (131) Referee: John Street |
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SF | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Ray Reardon (a) | |||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Perrie Mans (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Fred Davis (a) | |||||
1978/1979 | ||||||||||
World Championship (16-28 Apr 1979) | ||||||||||
QF | Terry Griffiths (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Alex Higgins (a) | 3rd WC in a row where Higgins was defeated in a deciding frame. | ||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 13 | - | 5 | David Taylor (a) | |||||
Masters (22-26 Jan 1979) | ||||||||||
Final | Perrie Mans (a) | 8 | - | 4 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
28-97, 43-69, 75-60, 69-37, 97-38, 72-29, 71-23, 87-28, 74-67, 21-90, 36-76, 62-38 Referee: John Smyth |
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SF | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Doug Mountjoy (a) | |||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 2 | Eddie Charlton (a) | |||||
Champion of Champions (2-3 Nov 1978) | ||||||||||
Final | Ray Reardon (a) | 11 | - | 9 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Session 1: |
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SF | Alex Higgins (a) | 6 | - | 3 | Doug Mountjoy (a) | |||||
1977/1978 | ||||||||||
World Championship (17-29 Apr 1978) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Patsy Fagan (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Alex Higgins (a) | Fagan was 10�12 behind Alex Higgins but won three close frames � on a re-spotted black, then the final black ball and, in the deciding frame, on the final pink ball | ||||
Masters (6-10 Feb 1978) | ||||||||||
Final | Alex Higgins (a) | 7 | - | 5 | Cliff Thorburn (a) | |||||
107-7, 71-41, 94-6, 17-69, 16-104, 13-101 (88), 14-62, 84-29 (80), 58-70, 68-48, 61-47, 72-15 Referee: John Street |
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SF | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 1 | Ray Reardon (a) | |||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 4 | - | 3 | Dennis Taylor (a) | |||||
1976/1977 | ||||||||||
World Championship (18-30 Apr 1977) | ||||||||||
Rd 1 | Doug Mountjoy (a) | 13 | - | 12 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Masters (7-11 Feb 1977) | ||||||||||
SF | Doug Mountjoy (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
QF | Alex Higgins (a) | 4 | - | 2 | Perrie Mans (a) | |||||
1975/1976 | ||||||||||
Masters (26-30 Jan 1976) | ||||||||||
QF | Graham Miles (a) | 4 | - | 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
1974/1975 | ||||||||||
Masters (13-17 Jan 1975) | ||||||||||
QF | Rex Williams (a) | 5 | - | 3 | Alex Higgins (a) | |||||
Rd 1 | Alex Higgins (a) | 5 | - | 0 | Bill Werbeniuk (a) |