| Born |
September 17, 1969 |
| Lives |
Ranelagh, Dublin, Ireland |
| Nickname |
"The Darling of Dublin" |
| Turned pro |
1990 |
| Manager: |
110 Sport Ltd
Kerse Road
Sterling
Scotland
FK7 7SG
Tel 01786 462634
|
| Match stats |
1998/99 ranking events; 1999/2000 ranking events
|
| Highest pro break |
145 (2004 Players Championship) |
| Highest ranked |
2 (2006) |
| Current ranking |
4 |
| 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
|
| Career centuries |
125 (end of 1997/98 season) |
| Career earnings |
£2,153,281 (through the 2001 Thailand Masters) |
| 2000/2001 earnings |
£190,260 (through the Thailand Masters) |
| 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 16 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.
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Davis
