Deciding Frame Drama! | 2002 World Championship Final | Peter Ebdon vs Stephen Hendry

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[@supersayin4606]

It's been 20 years now that we've had a decider in the crucible final

[@markwa8400]

When I was a kid and I turned BBC2 on to watch the snooker, If I saw "Ebdon", I would turn it straight off haha.

[@Dessienewshoes]

Fair play to Peter. Once a world champion Always a world champion 🏆

[@christianchapman9420]

I personally can't stand him but he totally deserved this title. I was 16 and watched it from strart to finish and he was magic all the way through

[@stephenjwan]

Decades later and J.White is still bridesmaid and however slow Ebdon was, he was World Champ...

[@adrian.008]

@@stephenjwan I regret too, this snail has title, but great, fast, playing Jimmy not...

[@bemorebe3092]

No

[@bemorebe3092]

@@christianchapman9420 that makes no sense 😕

[@sladjanivkovic2]

This frame actually lasted 12 years, so uploader had to scale it.

[@Lexzim9098]

Nice joke lol

[@philipwong9697]

Peter may be slow but he’s consistent. No point being exciting player but can’t pot

[@dco1019]

Yes... Extreme time dilation took place at this event through applied ebdonian physics.

[@NoName-eo2mv]

James corden soaking up the crucible atmosphere 6:24

[@199019852007]

Ha ha

[@avinashbhogun]

Completely forgot about the in-off from Hendry. Great advert placement too, on the last red.

[@Michael-cz6ob]

Man this is still painful to see Stephen lose this final

[@kingflixmovies837]

He's won loads anyways

[@Michael-cz6ob]

@@kingflixmovies837 Still though, Stephen had lost so much confidence especially when his famous childhood cue broke on an aeroplane around this time. I can't help but think if he had won this he would have found the top of his game again. Not to mention he was playing Peter Ebdon and with that slow play who the heck wanted to see him become world champion

[@underneonloneliness2]

@@Michael-cz6obThe competition was too much for Hendry. It was more fierce than in the 90’s.

[@user-ge6vl1ex1s]

U cant see him smiling except this day.

[@shahg25]

I was a toddler when the frame started and when it finished I was a teenager

[@ashleywintle572]

10:35 rumour has it that girl was 3 months old when this match started

[@officekemastikhor1899]

Ebdon really deserves this

[@paulcuff8845]

Peter Ebdon is basically the more modern version of The Grinder Cliff Thorburn. He never got stick for his play style but Ebdon got grief because he was different. You have to say fair play to him. You don't win a worlds beating Stephen hendry without being bloody good

[@GiGatoQ]

I wonder how long does it take this final 🤔🤧

[@robertbrown8362]

Blink and you miss it

[@Lexzim9098]

God, Ebdon is so painful to watch tbh, the guy made a 12-break in the same time Ronnie "rocketed" with a maximum!

[@sonicdiablo8968]

Really? Never heard that before.

[@tommikoistinen2321]

@@sonicdiablo8968 That's a real story in fact. There is a youtube video that proves this.

[@alindumitrache6008]

@@tommikoistinen2321 I'm pretty sure he is sarcastisc

[@chriswilliamson7694]

Why do you Ronnie fanboy cunts have to mention him on every single video, even when it's fuck all to do with him? God you're fucking boring.

[@iansimpson27]

@@alindumitrache6008 It's true - it happened in the 2005 world quarter-final between Peter Ebdon and Ronnie O'Sullivan. Peter slowed things down and made really sure to get himself back into the match, but took it to too much of an extreme, and at 10-9 he took five and a half minutes over a break of 12. He was never that slow in the 2002 WSC though.

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Hendry was the best player at the 2002 Worlds with 16 centuries a record for one player and it was just a few misses in that final that prevented him from winning 8 Worlds

[@poollord7105]

it's Peter Ebdon Poison Dear !!

[@poollord7105]

@Run a AGREED

[@alvisedoria7782]

I rooted for Hendry but to be honest Ebdon's mental fortitude in that tournament was astonishing. Besides, even though in great shape, Hendry was trailing for most of the final. This is arguably his worst loss ( he never recovered from it - that white ball pocketing is almost as bad as Jimmy White's famous black ball miss - ) but at the same time one of the greatest underdog victories of all time.

[@iansimpson27]

Hendry said afterwards that after overcoming Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ken Doherty in very high quality matches, he took it for granted that he would beat Peter Ebdon in the final, so it was psychologically difficult when Peter turned out to be much stronger than in 1996. Ebdon could sometimes be painfully slow but in the 2002 WSC he adopted a very attacking approach and often averaged nearer 25 seconds per shot rather than 30-35. I think Ebdon was a very worthy champion that year, although at the time I was rooting primarily for Hendry, and I still feel at many levels that it's a shame he didn't win after playing so brilliantly in his earlier matches.

[@MrGloryglorymanutd18]

So because of ebdon and Selby hendry and O'Sullivan have 7 instead of 8 world titles but O'Sullivan got his revenge by beating Selby in the 2020 World Semi with Wilson waiting for the winner in the final.but poor Hendry never got the chance to play ebdon in the crusible again but let's not forget ebdon was the one getting revenge here because Hendry beat him in the 1996 final.

[@cddb5408]

I didn't forget that, it's you who's just had to look that up....lol

[@toziassmitt]

Ebdon ruined Hendrys record, and never won again. Selby didn’t ruin Ronnie’s record though, because Selby is a legit multiple time world champion. Selby has a winning record against Ronnie in tournament finals

[@thekub32]

@@toziassmittIn my opinion Selby is the greatest after Ronnie. And he’s a great lad.

[@hystericalwolf]

​@@toziassmittSelby ruined Ronnie's win streak. 2/3 wins in 3 finals....

[@toziassmitt]

@@hystericalwolf I disagree. Selby didnt “ruin” Ronnie’s record because he rightfully took it off him and won fair and square. That was never Ronnie’s record to begin with- whereas Ebdon clearly ruined hendry’s because Ebdon never really deserved that. Maybe 1/10 matches Ebdon beats Hendry, and that’s generous. He never deserved to have that off Hendry, that’s why he “ruined” it

[@sadiquemunian3105]

Was this when he said come on !

[@rwachwater4408]

No That was 95 or 96

[@cddb5408]

No, it was the previous year 2001. Last 16 vs Stephen Lee when Ebdon won 13-12.

[@rwachwater4408]

@@cddb5408 he definitely did it at the crucible in 96 I think but I can’t find the evidence, but here’s one from 94 that shows he was always doing it kzbin.info/www/bejne/p4bNoZmihMx2Y6s

[@JGray1066]

15 behind and playing for the World Championship, why concede?

[@Rubbafingaz1]

58 ahead - 43 remaining with 2 reds needing blacks to stand a chance..... Are you one of those players that bore everyone to death even though everyone else knows the possibility of you winning would be approx 1000/1?

[@mbucd]

I thought he should have carried on as well, at least a little longer.

[@konepe1653]

@@Rubbafingaz1 It's not that bad, there have been a lot of cases where people have won frames even needing 4 snooker. All you really need is free ball and you're pretty much back in the game

[@chriswilliamson7694]

​​@@konepe1653 , what are these 'lots of cases' of players winning frames when needing four snookers? From memory, I can count on one hand the times I've seen that in any snooker match over the past 40 years. Hendry never tended to play on if he needed more than a couple of snookers in any case, but looking at the reds and the rest of the table here, it was never going to happen if he'd lumbered on for a little longer.

[@Philiopantheon82]

Hendry eventually fed up with slow turtle Ebdon but fair play to the lad, his tactical idea to regularly play on pink and not play on black has killed the game earlier

[@cocktail7426]

Once peter was chalking his cue and Ronnie clear the table 🤣

[@Just-For-Fun303]

Where is the drama🤣

[@lgood5122]

great question.

[@georgetd8623]

I don't like it when people keep accusing Peter for being the slowest - yes he wants to make sure but believe me, his mind works just as fast as other quick players!

[@underneonloneliness2]

The last world title Hendry could’ve won.

[@kurmanova-vx3iq]

should've won - how he didn't is still a mystery

[@nikhilc8681]

Torturous from Peter 😅

[@wirotphomsi6462]

วันวานยังหวานอยู่

[@raskolnjikov1]

Ebdon bored everyone to victory.

[@AlonsoRules]

This is snooker's version of Abu Dhabi 2021

[@CANALL8975]

what about people coughing in these games... agonizing

[@beirutleb1376]

😁

[@DormerStone]

K I N O

[@Axispaw1]

Credit due where it's due but the history books won't remember this win and I so wanted Hendry to get his 8th here.

[@sonicdiablo8968]

Lol, you literally watching it 20 years later. Clueless.

[@13Mitten99]

@@sonicdiablo8968Watching 20 years later or not , Ebdon beat Hendry. Hendry fanboys never give credit to the player that beat Hendry. Hendry WAS good then,Its different gravy now. Q School boy giving a sympathy card from Barry. Standard is too high for Hendry now, Why he cant get past the first round.

[@13Mitten99]

@@cone78omdiaco21 Standard now to high for Hendry

[@cone78omdiaco21]

@@13Mitten99 Despite losing this final 2002. Hendry was miles better than Ebdon. how he never won that I'll never know.

[@cone78omdiaco21]

@@13Mitten99 55 years old & retired yeah I should think so too.🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@PeterMc141]

Fluke that was

[@w00llee14]

If you lot in the comments can’t stand a slower style of play, go watch pool instead, snooker isn’t for you.

[@tim9037]

Nothing wrong with ebdons play you bunch of moaners, everyone has a different style

[@Teeb2023]

Just the trolls out on their nightly patrol.

[@christianchapman9420]

Tbf at times he was pulled up by most commentators

[@Mainlyeverything]

There was when he was doing it to annoy the opponent Slow play is fine but doing it to frustrate the oppositions is not good sportsmanship and the refs should actually give them a telling off

[@mbucd]

When it becomes a deliberate tactic instead of your natural style then I don't agree with that.

[@levrac68]

Can't stand Ebdon. Paint dries faster.

[@alexanderthompson6334]

Don’t particularly care about his play, but a world champion shouldn’t be peddling conspiracy theories. Him and carter 🤮

[@kingflixmovies837]

Why not? The official narrative should always be questioned.

[@CK-dd7eq]

Painfully boring

[@priyanshushukla3231]

This was a fluke. Worst world champion

[@user-el7ys6tx1h]

Ebdon the goat.

[@chriswilliamson7694]

Nowhere near being the 'worst' world champion. Ranks much higher than guys like Dott, Johnson, Griffiths, Taylor etc. I'd have him greater than Doherty and Thorburn too.

[@mbucd]

If you can beat an atg like Hendry not too far off his prime over 35 frames then you are nowhere near being the worst World Champion.

[@bemorebe3092]

Yawn

[@mr_sher1749]

Imagine ebdon v prick selby - march wouldn’t finish!