Stephen Hendry

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 He won his first World Snooker Championship in 1990 aged 21 years and 106 days making him the sports youngest world champion a record he still holds He won seven world titles between 1990 and 1999 setting a new modernera record that stood outright until Ronnie OSullivan equalled it in 2022 His nine seasons as world number one were the most by any player under the annual ranking system used until 2010