John Higgins
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Title
Four-time World Champion -
Nationality
Scottish -
Turned Pro
1992 -
Highest Tournament Break
147 - ten times -
Location
Wishaw, Lanarkshire -
D.O.B
18 May 1975 -
Money List Earnings
£508,500 -
Nickname
The Wizard of Wishaw
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Frames Played
173 -
Frames Won
108 -
Frames Lost
65 -
Frames Won Percentage
62.43% -
Shots Played
4112 -
Shots Per Frame
23.77 -
Breaks Over 50
75 -
50 Break Rate
2.31 -
Breaks Over 100
13 -
100 Break Rate
13.31
Ranking titles: 30
Triple Crown wins: Nine (four World Championship, three UK Championships, one Masters)
Career highlights
1995: Becomes the first teenager to win three ranking titles in a season, and climbs into the world’s top 16
1998: Wins his first World Championship title, beating Ken Doherty 18-12 in the final and becomes world number one
2006: Wins the Masters for the second time, beating Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-9 in one of the all-time great finals
2007: Claims his second Crucible crown with 18-13 victory over Mark Selby
2009: A comfortable 18-9 defeat of Shaun Murphy secures Higgins’ third world title
2011 The Scot becomes World Champion for a fourth time, defeating Judd Trump 18-15
2015: Wins the Welsh Open, Australian Open, and International Championship to take his career tally of ranking titles to 28
2016: Claims back to back wins at the China Championship and Champion of Champions
2017: Reaches the World Championship final for a sixth time and wins the Indian Open
2018: Secures a record-breaking fifth Welsh Open title. Reaches his seventh world final but loses a classic 18-16 against Mark Williams. Makes his ninth 147 on home turf at the Scottish Open.
2019: Reaches an eighth Crucible final but loses it for the third time in a row, beaten 18-9 by Judd Trump. Wins the World Cup alongside Stephen Maguire, beating China B in the final.
2020: Makes tenth 147 of his career and first at the Crucible during a second round defeat to Kurt Maflin.
2021: Reaches the final of the Masters but misses out on a first Triple Crown triumph since 2011 as he loses 10-8 to Yan Bingtao.