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Pages in category "Scottish snooker players" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Hugh Abernethy; B.
This is a list of notable amateur and professional snooker players, past and present.
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.
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).
John Higgins (born 1975), professional snooker player, three-time world champion; Chris Hoy (born 1976), world, Olympic and Commonwealth champion track cyclist; Gerry Hughes (born 1958), sailor, first single-handed Atlantic crossing by a deaf person; Gary Jacobs, Scottish, British, Commonwealth, and European (EBU) welterweight champion boxer [7]
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.
The sport of snooker has utilised a world rankings system since 1975, used to seed players on the World Snooker Tour for tournaments. Originally, rankings were published once a year at the conclusion of a season: this had the effect of ensuring the World Champion would be the top seed for the entirety of the subsequent season.
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