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This is a list of professional snooker players ordered by the number of "ranking titles" they have won. A ranking title is a tournament that counts towards the snooker world rankings. World rankings were introduced in the 1976–77 season, initially based on the results from the previous three World Championships.
The tournament restarted in 1980. In 1981 six Scottish players turned professional, and the event was held as an eight-man knock-out tournament, with Ian Black defeating Matt Gibson 11–7 in the final. The 1982 event was sponsored by Tartan Bitter and Daily Record. The event had no sponsor in the next year and was not held in 1984.
Craig MacGillivray (snooker player) Scott MacKenzie (snooker player) Murdo MacLeod (snooker player) Stephen Maguire; James McBain (snooker player) Anthony McGill; David McLellan (snooker player) Alan McManus; Paul McPhillips; Ross Muir
Stephen Gordon Hendry MBE (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish retired professional snooker player and a current commentator and pundit.One of the most successful players in snooker history, he turned professional in 1985, aged 16, and rose rapidly through the snooker world rankings, reaching number four in the world by the end of his third professional season.
John Higgins MBE (born 18 May 1975) is a Scottish professional snooker player from Wishaw in North Lanarkshire.Since turning professional in 1992, he has won 31 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (41) and Stephen Hendry (36).
Stokes was Scottish Professional Snooker Champion in 1940, 1949, 1952, 1953 and 1954 and was the losing finalist in 1951. He is still the only player to win the Championship five times. His first Championship win was in Glasgow in February and March 1940, when Stokes beat A.Chapman 11–4 in the final. [5]
Drew Henry (born 24 November 1968) [1] is a Scottish former professional snooker player, who spent five consecutive seasons of his career in the top 32 of the rankings, peaking at No. 18. Career [ edit ]
He was accepted as a professional by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association in 1981. [5] He reached the final of his first event as a professional, the 1981 Scottish Professional Championship by defeating Bert Demarco 5–3 and Jim Donnelly 6–4. He lost the final 7–11 to Ian Black. [1]