Ken Doherty
Doherty playing at the 2012 Paul Hunter Classic
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| Born |
17 September 1969 Ranelagh, Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
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| Sport country |
 Ireland
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| Nickname | "The Darlin' of Dublin", "Crafty Ken", "Ken-do" |
| Professional | 1990– |
| Highest ranking | 2 (2006/07) |
| Current ranking | 62 (as of 18 December 2016) |
| Career winnings | £3,557,943 |
| Highest break | 147 (2012 Paul Hunter Classic) |
| Century breaks | 333 |
| Tournament wins | |
| Ranking | 6 |
| Non-ranking | 16 |
| World Champion | 1997 |
Ken Doherty (born 17 September 1969) is an Irish professional snooker player, commentator and radio presenter.
As an amateur, Doherty won the Irish Amateur Championship twice, the World Under-21 Amateur Championship and the World Amateur Championship. Turning professional in 1990, Doherty has won a total of 6 ranking tournaments including the 1997 World Snooker Championship where he defeated Stephen Hendry to inflict Hendry's first loss in a world final. This made him the first, and so far one of only two players to have been world amateur and professional champion (along with Stuart Bingham). The following year, he came very close to breaking the crucible curse, reaching the 1998 final where he lost out to John Higgins. In 2003 he reached a third final, where he was defeated by Mark Williams. In other triple crown events, he is a three-time UK Championship runner-up and a two-time Masters runner-up.
An intelligent tactician and prolific break-builder, Doherty has compiled more than 300 century breaks in professional competition. From 2009 onwards he has combined his playing career with commentating and punditry work.
After two semi-finals in the 1991/92 season (his second as a professional), Doherty reached the final of the 1992 Grand Prix, narrowly losing 10–9 to Jimmy White. In the same event a year later, he lost 6–9 to Peter Ebdon. His first ranking title was the 1993 Welsh Open, enough to take him into the top 16 in the world, where he remained until the 2007/08 season. In the 1994 World Championship he reached the quarter-finals, his only run past the first round before 1997.
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