Stephen Hendry

Quick Facts

Full Name	Stephen Hendry
Occupation	Snooker Player
Date Of Birth	Jan 13, 1969(1969-01-13)
Age	55
Birthplace	Queensferry
Country	United Kingdom
Horoscope	Capricorn

Stephen Hendry Biography

Stephen Hendry is one of the most popular and richest Snooker Player who was born on January 13, 1969 in Queensferry, United Kingdom. Scottish master of billiards and snooker and pool.

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Hendry started playing snooker in 1981, aged 12, when his father, Gordon, bought him a child-sized snooker table as a Christmas present. Two years later he won the Scottish U-16 Championship. He also appeared on BBC’s Junior version of Pot Black. The following year he won the Scottish Amateur Championship and also became the youngest ever entrant in the World Amateur Championship. In 1985, after retaining the Scottish Amateur Championship, he turned professional. At 16 years and three months old he was the youngest ever professional. Hendry was managed by entrepreneur Ian Doyle.

In his first season, he reached the last 32 in the Classic and was the youngest ever Scottish Professional champion, winning the 1986 edition. He also became the youngest player ever to qualify for the World Championship, a record he held until 2012 when Luca Brecel qualified at the age of 17 years and one month. He lost 8–10 to Willie Thorne who then applauded him out of the arena. In the next season he retained the Scottish Professional Championship title and reached the quarter-finals of both the Grand Prix and World Championship, losing 12–13 to defending champion Joe Johnson, and the semi- finals of the Classic. Hendry and Mike Hallett combined to win that year’s World Doubles Championship. In the 1987–88 season, Hendry won his first world ranking titles, the Grand Prix, beating Dennis Taylor 10–7 in the final, and the 1988 British Open. He also claimed three other tournament victories, retaining both the Scottish Professional Championship and the World Doubles Championship (with Hallett), and the Australian Masters. By the end of that season he was ranked world no. 4 and was voted the BBC Scotland Sports Personality of the Year.

He was married to Mandy in 1995, and they have two children: Blaine and Carter who were born in 1996 and 2004.

Stephen Hendry Net Worth

Stephen Hendry is one of the richest Snooker Player from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Stephen Hendry 's net worth $16.5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the midst of two decades playing Snooker He won a local championship at the age 18.

At age 21 at the time, he became the youngest to be a snooker World Champion.

Stephen Gordon Hendry MBE (born 13 January 1969) is a Scottish former professional snooker player and current commentator for the BBC and ITV. One of the most successful players in the history of snooker, he has won snooker’s most prestigious tournament, the World Snooker Championship, a record seven times in the modern-era and holds the record for most seasons as world number one (9). His first world title in 1990, at the age of 21, made him the youngest-ever World Champion, a record that he still holds.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Stephen Hendry height 6 ft 1 in Stephen weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Stephen Hendry Dating?

According to our records, Stephen Hendry married to Mandy Hendry. As of December 1, 2023, Stephen Hendry’s is not dating anyone.

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Hendry was born in South Queensferry, West Lothian, brought up in Gorgie, Edinburgh, and then Dalgety Bay, Fife, where he attended Inverkeithing High School. He later returned to Kirkliston, attending nearby Queensferry High School from the age of fourteen, and lived in a flat in South Queensferry during the early part of his professional career. He met his future wife Mandy Tart at a Pontins holiday camp when he was 16. The couple married in 1995 and settled in Auchterarder. They have two sons, Blaine (born 1996) and Carter (born 2004). In 2014, Hendry left his wife after 19 years of marriage and moved to England to pursue a relationship with 26-year-old children’s entertainer and actress Lauren Thundow, whom he had met at a snooker event the previous year.

Facts & Trivia

Stephen Ranked on the list of most popular Snooker Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Stephen Hendry celebrates birthday on January 13 of every year.

Hendry made a strong start to the 1999–00 season by winning two of the first three tournaments, including the British Open, where he made the fifth 147 break of his career and the first maximum in a ranking final. However, he was surprisingly defeated in the first round of the 2000 World Championship by debutant Stuart Bingham. By Hendry’s high standards, the 2000–01 season was a disappointment, as he failed to win a ranking event for the first time since the 1988–89 season and reached only one final. Still he won the European Open the next season and came close to an eighth World Championship. Having eliminated defending champion O’Sullivan in the semi-finals (17–13), he lost narrowly to Ebdon in the final (17–18). This was Hendry’s ninth and last appearance in a World Championship Final.

Why did Stephen Hendry stop playing snooker?

He retired as a player following a 13-2 loss to fellow Scot Stephen Maguire in the World Championship last eight a decade ago disillusioned with the standard of his play , but the old problems have clearly not gone away as he toils to replicate the consistency of his peak years.

Who's the greatest snooker player of all time?

1. Ronnie O’Sullivan. There is little doubt among the snooker community that Ronnie O’Sullivan is one of the greatest players ever to have graced the sport. Becoming one of the youngest champions ever at age 17, O’Sullivan’s career in snooker is defined by milestone after milestone.

Is Stephen Hendry rich?

Stephen Hendry net worth: Stephen Hendry is a Scottish retired snooker player who has a net worth of $16.5 million.

Is Stephen Hendry better than Ronnie O Sullivan?

O’Sullivan, 46, surpassed Ray Reardon as the oldest player to triumph at the Crucible, clinching a seventh world crown some 21 years after winning his first. By contrast, Hendry won all seven of his titles over the course of a decade (1990-99) and made only 27 tournament appearances compared to O’Sullivan’s 30.

Who has the most 147s in snooker?

Ronnie O’Sullivan (UK) has achieved 15 competitive 147 breaks during his career, between 21 April 1997 and 17 October 2018. “The Rocket”’s first 147 was pocketed in the first round of the 1997 World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, UK, against Mick Price.