Stephen Hendry's seven century breaks - 1994 UK Championship Final

[@johnmccaughey2722]

This is the greatest standard ever on a snooker table. 7 centuries in a best of 19 is insane. The fact that nobody has surpassed 7 centuries even in a best of 33 or 35 matches shows how insane hendry played that day.

[@dvidclapperton]

Hendry by 1996 maxed out in terms of how much he could improve and still remain as much ahead of the rest of the field as before which was also improving fast. Hendry still improved after 1996 (he won a 7th world title in 1999 as proof that he did indeed improve back end of the 1990's he wouldn't have won a 7th in 1999 had he played at his level of 1990 and 1992 while winning st the Crucible (his 2nd half of the 1990's was still the 4th greatest hslf decade statistically in terms of triple crown success despte beibg clnless successful but the fied 2nd half of the 1990's was one of the best ever assembled it was too difficult for the same person to continue to win every single one) but was not quite so far superior to the rest of the field at the tail end of the 1990's the way he was earlier in the decade, he was just not invincible any longer. Invincibiliry is not something that lasts forver. Being greater younger doesn't automatically equate to being even greater older.

[@paulramsay1481]

This is the best anyone has ever played in the history of snooker. Not up for debate just a fact.

[@paulramsay1481]

Wayne Holnes - get your facts straight before you comment.nobody has ever made 5 centuries in a row Except for stephen maguire but that was over 2 matches. The record is 6 in 8 frames by stephen hendry. So as i said this is the best anyone has played its just a fact. Nobody in 25 years since has made 7 centuries in a match so how you can say anybody can do it is laughable..

[@wayneholnes7414]

This is not the best anyone has ever played in a match consistently. He lost 5 frames

[@wayneholnes7414]

Wrong. Ronnie made a 147 plus 4 other centuries in 6 frames of snooker. Next time put your stupid brain into gear before you type such ridiculous comments on social networking

[@wayneholnes7414]

Was the best at the time but no more.

[@mizofan]

Best over 8 frames, and for 7 centuries out of 10 frames won, yes, but not for a match as a whole, when he lost 5 frames. Another superb match performance was by John Higgins, who beat 0'Sullivan 9-2 with 4 consecutive centuries

[@johnnyeboy33]

Thanks for uploading this. Stephen was an amazing player,

[@JJSnookerChannel]

That theme tune music at the intro took me back 30 years 😂😂

[@albertragnargsson]

In the 1994 UK final, Hendry defeated Ken Doherty 10-5, making 7 centuries in the match. This performance has been described by snooker journalist David Hendon as "possibly the best anybody has ever played".

[@craigfowler7098]

Ken did well to put 5 on the board

[@dvidclapperton]

@@craigfowler7098 Doherty helped to make this a memorable final. Doherty managed to win all 3 frames in he afternoon session where he was well in the frame, and in the evening after taking another Hendry century in the opening frame of it won the next 2 frames he was in the hunt to tale it to 6-5. Don't forget (or at least some on here don't even realise) in the same tournament that Hendry was taken to 9-8 twice including Ebdon in the semi final, Doherty beat O'Sullivan in the quarter finals. So this was a memorable tournament, Hendry never got it all his own way.

[@amarsbarr]

It's a shame people still forget how good Hendry was and probably hendry himself lol if only he didn't decline and kept up his form!!!!!

[@mizofan]

I think most snooker fans rate him as either one of the 2 greatest, or the greatest, ever

[@dvidclapperton]

It's far too demanding at the elite professional level for the same person to maintain such high octane snooker and continue to top snd top it again it for 2 or 3 full decades and to remsin the permanent world number one for the whole of the rest of their csreer (nobody in the professionsl era ever has such as winning 7 world titles, 5 or 6 UK's and 5 or 6 masters in the same decade for 2 or 3 decades running) Other players were getting in earlier in frames scoring and winning frsmes in one visit consistently by 1996 not just Hendry any more meaning thst Hendry wasn't automatically guaranteed to be first in in every frame of every match of every tournament any longer from 1996 on, and less opponent missing of frame ball to allow Hendry to make s successful counter attsck from 55 to 65 points down in a frame to pinch it if an opponent had a rare chsnce of winning more than 1 or 2 frsmes of a whole 8 frame multisession vs Hendry. Post 1995 opponents taking just 1 frame off Hendry was no longer a remarkable achievement. Doherty proved better thsn just winning 1 frame off Hendry in the 1994 UK Chsmpionship final. Doherty had a win win over Hendry in 1997 world championship final as much as Taylor and Johnson win wins over Davis in 1985 and 1986 st the venue. 18 frames won is 18 frsmes won snd it's not like Doherty didn't genuinely win any frames proper in the 1997 world chsmpionship final, he got to 18 first vs peak Hendry. When Taylor and Johnson best Davis in 1985 and 1986 world championship finals the focus was on Taylor and Johnson thst thrh both produced great win the camera was all on Taylor and Johnson. But when Doherty won, Doherty didn't receive all the focus of attention that Taylor and Johnson.

[@charlesscottkelly]

Hendry had the best bottle in the game including Ronnie. argree or disagree

[@hippopotomonstro3713]

I agree but I would add Mark Williams and Luca Brecel to them.

[@paulramsay1481]

NOBODY has ever made 6 centuries in 8 frames and NOBODY has made 7 centuries in a match therefore this is the greatest performance ever in pro snooker. which part of that cant you get into your thick skull ?

[@mizofan]

he is a fool who gets his facts wrong, has to admit his error ("deleted after I realised my mistake"), persists in other errors but says you are clutching at straws and being bitchy- while he is rude ("Paul Ramsay is an idiot").

[@fireblood280]

Agree with you 100 per cent

[@dvidclapperton]

The same person producing 8 total clearances in all 8 frames of a multisession with the opponent getting only their initial visit very early in each frame will never be achieved as real total perfection (the only perfect there is) is impossible for a human.

[@dvidclapperton]

@@mizofan It is also true that 6 centuries in a full 8 frame multisession has never been produced before.

[@dvidclapperton]

In 8 frames means in the same session, not split between 2 sessions even if it's the same match and/or 2 matches.

[@rv3316]

Fuck Carter fuck Ronnie Fuck Selby fuck Maguire.....Stephen Hendry was the KING of Snooker ....He is the Greatest of All times ...amazing Hendry

[@dvidclapperton]

While Hendry''s tied with 7 world titles Hendry still remains the greatesr. But if someone else wins an extra world title to Hendry and if Hendry doesn't win another world title, they take over as greatest. Hendry still greatest, but only on a tie breaker now compaed to before 2022 where before then he was the clear greatest. Anybody who manages to win 8 world titles vs Hendry's 7 if that actually happens doesn't have to make 5 or 6 centuries in a session in a Crucible final and 10+ centuries in total in the same final, plus win 4 more world in a row in addition to the one they just won to overtake Hendry as the greateet. Just winning one more world title than Hendry, they takes over, but certainly don't have to do something ridiculous like win 12 or 13 world titles by 2029 or 2031 combined with a certain composition. Twkk about expecting other players to go through hoope Hendry only won 5 world titles in a row (nobody else has, that is what is keeping Hendry ahead while tied on 7 world titles ) not 15 world titles in a row (though nobody else has either.) yet you'd think he did going by the tone of some of the comments on here.

[@JamesRichardTaylor]

Laughable drivel from the usual band of Ronnie fanatics and Barry Hearns Year Zero merchants. I wasn't a Hendry fan during this time because I was a Jimmy White admirer and was still hurting from his World Final losses. But you can't ignore the fact that nobody has made 7 centuries in a first to ten match, let alone in the final of one of snookers big three. I'd also add its even more impressive when you view it in the context of the time he made it in relation to the number of centuries the rest of the tour was making. This would be like a player making 30 tournament centuries in today's game with its fast cloths and generous pockets. In 1994 this was revolutionary stuff in terms of its brutal efficiency.

[@johnmccaughey2722]

Its a good point to make that nobody had ever seen anything like this level of scoring before. It was revolutionary for a player to play this kind of snooker in 1994.

[@dvidclapperton]

@@johnmccaughey2722 But 7 centuries (best of 19), 6 or 7 centuries (best of 17), including 5 centuries in a whole session of the same match was not produced by Hendry all 1994 UK championships, let alone again and again since. Thst is more like Hendry peaked at the right time in one of the 3 big tournaments not doing it every round against all opponents in the UK Chanpionships, the Masters and the World Championships every single year. It's impossible for the same person to peak to that extent even in all of the big tournaments the whole time yesr in year out, and nobody has achieved it before, then or since. People say Hendry made 5 or 6 centuries per session time after time but I recall James beat Hendry at the Crucible in 1991, White, McManus and O'Sullivan beat Hendry in 3 successive years 1991 to 1993, and McManus beat Hendry at the Mastera in 1994 at a time when Hendry was seen as being invincible but I don't recall him making 5 or 6 centuries per session like it was the norm back then either.

[@paulramsay1481]

Selby made 6 actually. Maybe you will post a comment that is factually correct . Hendry and osullivan are the 2 best ever if you want to put ronnie first thats great. However this isnt the debate. Im saying nobody since hendry in 1994 has made 7 centuries in a match . Osullivan once beat ali carter NOT ryan day 5-2 with 5 tons including a 147. Thats 5 in 7 frames not 5 in a row.

[@wayneholnes7414]

This is true. You are an idiot if you honestly believe this is the best anyone has ever played in professional snooker when Ronnie made a 147 including 4 centuries in 6 frames against Mark Selby.

[@DavidDavid-yz2sh]

@@wayneholnes7414, I guess u really hv understanding issue. What a moron.

[@josephahiggins5920]

​@@wayneholnes7414 6 years later and you're still a fud! Albeit with a new handle

[@MASAo7]

I always thought Doherty did well to win as many frames as he did in that match. It would have been no shame to lose 10-0 back when Hendry was playing that well.

[@TrixieDevani]

The standard is unreal, I've never trusted a player to pot everything more than Hendo at his peak. ❤

[@MASAo7]

@@TrixieDevani Back then it just felt like you needed him to have a whole load of bad luck for the other guy to have a chance. Even when he broke his arm he was still good enough to win the world championship. There's nobody scary like that these days. Nobody who looks unbeatable like he did.

[@johnmccaughey2722]

​@@MASAo7he was unbelievable at his best. I still think he's the goat.

[@MASAo7]

@@johnmccaughey2722 Agreed. Ronnie's right up there too of course (and wins on longevity) but prime Hendry beats prime Ronnie. His long game was sick and when he was in close every shot went in the middle of the pocket. True snooker of the gods. Don't know if it was hype but Hendry used to claim he liked his practice table to have tighter than regulation pockets.

[@alexanderhall4281]

Even as good as Ronnie is even he couldn't do what Hendry did back then.

[@robovac3557]

There's a rule - Ref always walks to the outside of the player when they approach eachother. That's why you never see that awkward shuffle we all do when passing people in the street.

[@brianreilly8661]

in his prime he was the greatest a potting machine

[@gopo85]

@2:58 the referee doesn't put the black even close to its own spot. ?????

[@SnookerHeroes]

Yes, that was a big mistake.

[@reacey]

Well spotted

[@da_great_mogul]

​@@reaceyhaha good one

[@reacey]

@@da_great_mogul well spotted

[@reacey]

I'm here all week

[@DavidDavid-yz2sh]

A ronnie fan in here could not accept the truth that hendry was better than his idol ronnie. Lol.

[@aloisberger8891]

A record he still holds. Nobody came close until today.... Shows what a machine hendry was back then. Doherty lost that match before it started

[@chrislaw4189]

Ding also hit 7 centuries in a match... albeit a much longer match

[@dvidclapperton]

Such fest of 7 centuries in a match has only been achieved once per player who has actuslly done it. Not even peak Hendry has done 7 centuries in a match on a regular basis whether best of 19, best of 25, beet of 31, best of 33 or best of 35. Even peak Hendry has not produced 5 centuries regular sutomatic clockwork in an 8 frame multisession either and even when Hendry made 5 centuries vs Doherty in best of 35 in 1997 world championship final it still wasn't enough to keep his Crucible winning streak going. A standard too far for the same person to achieve 7 centuries every best of 19 match and above.

[@dvidclapperton]

@@chrislaw4189 Ding holds the world record for making 7 centuriss in a best of 33. Indeed it is. Still an amazing achievement from Ding despite the people eho have rubbished. Those who have rubbished Ding because he "only did it in a longer match than this" don't realise that Hendry hasn't repeated it again and again since in s best of 19, nor achieved 7 centuries in a best of 25 or longer even once.

[@paulramsay1481]

Against ali carter not ryan day another comment you screwed up. Think before you post

[@wayneholnes7414]

Deleted after I realised my mistake. Now you are merely clutching at straws and being bitchy. Nice

[@wayneholnes7414]

Anyone in the professional ranks now a days can do this and I still regard Ronnie as the greatest when he made 5 centuries in a row which is still a world record and he done Hendry 16-4 in the world championships and done him in the final of this UK as a 17 year old which is still another record Ronnie holds.

[@mizofan]

when did he make 5 centuries in a row? Not against Carter, he lost 2 frames in between.

[@seanslevin7056]

Then why hasn't any professional snooker player these days done it? Hendry lost 16-6 actually and that's when Hendry was at the end of his career. I remember 2002 very well though

[@DavidDavid-yz2sh]

Wayne, u really think hendry will bothered? U has won 7 TIME WORLD SNOOKER CHAMPIONSHIP, I am waiting for ur ronnie to do it, yeah btw he could not even get pass ALI CARTER this year.

[@dvidclapperton]

Hendry not the only plsyer to prioduce 4+ centuries in an 8 frame multisession. Even Mountjoy made 3 centuries in successive frames in the 1988 UK final and those were in the days when it was very rare to see more than a single century in a session, and the vast majority of sessions way back then didn't usually see one century. 6 centuries by the same person in a whole of a single 8 frame multisession end to end has never been achieved before. But when 2 players at peak performance are well matched by trading centuries and winning frames in one visit in first visit of the frame you can conceivably make one it will be hard to see the same person do any better than match Hendry's 5 centuries in same session. But in the 1994 UK championship, the final was the only time Hendry made 5 centuries same session the entire tournament that yewr he didn't exactly achieve it in every round he peaked for the final, so it was a rare achievement, so there aint many chances for one player to make 5 or more in same session because they cancel each other out.

[@charlesscottkelly]

7 world titles still to be beat

[@flawlessmsc]

This still remains to be the greatest final performance even after 25 years It is a shame that kids today only know sucking Ronnie's dick and disrespecting all other players

[@johnmccaughey2722]

Yeh i think if kids today were to watch this final or other hendry matches they would understand why many of us still consider him the greatest player ever. He was insanely good during the 90s and changed how snooker was played.

[@wayneholnes7414]

This is one of the best performances of the modern game but not the most consistent. Ronnie has out played this display on multiple occasions over the past few years alone. I remember him destroying Hendry in the world championships semi finals with centuries and at least 20 breaks of 50 or more when he won 16-4

[@seanslevin7056]

Wayne Holnes your facts are wrong again

[@DavidDavid-yz2sh]

Wayne Holnes, hendry and ronnie is the same generation. Why can't he do it back then?

[@AmericanCarioca]

Great snooker moment, awful video that just removes 80% of each break to show the final balls. Ugh.

[@johnmccaughey2722]

The full match is on youtube

[@hippopotomonstro3713]

This record of 7 centuries by a player in a best of 19 looks almost unbeatable, almost as unbeatable as the quickest 147 of Ronnie in 5 minutes 8 seconds. Is this the best performance ever ? Well, in terms of density of centuries, for sure. From a global approach, I would hesitate with Trump in the final of the World Championship 2019, and Ronnie in the English Open 2017 final won with a tremendous 98% pot success !

[@dvidclapperton]

Nobody has a 100% pot success rate and 1.00 visits to the table per frame which equates to 8 total clearances in an 8 frame multisession. Never been achieved even once by anybody on a match table let alone again and again.

[@wayneholnes7414]

Paul Ramsay is an idiot on the topic of snooker and clearly got carried away with Hendry and his obsession over him.

[@mizofan]

to quote one Paul Ramsay reply to you: "Hendry and osullivan are the 2 best ever if you want to put ronnie first thats great". You seem the one with the obsession, for O'Sullivan

[@isaacprice5417]

On days like this Hendry was unplayable and a match for anyone in any era of the game. He set the standard and way of playing the game that the current players have built their game around as well. But it has evolved further since then, they’re even more ruthless at clearing up (this is prime Hendry, he wasn’t like this all the time during that season never mind the whole of the 90s) Also, Hendry’s tactical game was far below today’s game because his opponents were nowhere near as ruthless at taking their opportunities back then as they would be today. You can possibly even see that here in fact, because even here at his best he lost 5 frames. Prime vs Prime, Ronnie would beat Hendry. But that’s normal in any sport, you learn from your previous era and improve on it...

[@josephahiggins5920]

Pish

[@paulramsay1481]

Anyone these days can do this 🤣🤣🤣. Nobody’s had 7 centuries in a match since this. 25 years ago.

[@wayneholnes7414]

I am almost positive Mark Selby made 7 centuries in a match at the world championships a few years ago. That's another comment or reply you got wrong buddy

[@wayneholnes7414]

In practice

[@johnmccaughey2722]

@@wayneholnes7414 in a best of 19 match?

[@chrislaw4189]

​@wayneholnes7414 No actually your comment is wrong. Selby got 6 centuries.

[@dvidclapperton]

No none of those other 7 centuries in a match since were done in a best of 19. But anybody making m 7 in a best of 25 or a best of 33 are still great performances. They're records for those lengths of matches at the Crucible, not exactly rubbish. Let's face it if Hendry had done it in a best of 25 or best 33 the same people rubbishing anybody else doing 7 centuries in a match would have lauded Hendry for doing likewise. Yes indeed rightly so but rubbishing others also doing 7 in a best of 25 or 33 albeit st a slower rate thsn Hendry's 7 in a best of 19 is ridiculous. Best of 19 and best of 33 are different type of mstched require a different approach, not very often does somebody on peak form all 3 sessions to totallly romp all 3 of them in a best of 33 let alone also sustain the 7 centuries from a best of 19 from Hendry at the same rate the 12+ centuries scored by the same person in a best of 33. Maybe the 7 cnturies scored at slower rate rhan tte 1994 UK final in the best of 33 a player who make 3 or 4 centuries in the first session knows they've got much to do to get to 17 frames, but in a best of 19 after making 3 or 4 in the first session making just 1 more could almost win the whole match in first session. But even Hendry even at peak did not make 7 centuries in every best of 17 anf best of 19 he played, let alone match or exceed 7 centuries in every best of 25, best of 31, best of 33 and best of 35 he played. Even for him he didn't do 7 centuries in a multisession match very often, not nearly as often as people thought he did back in the day.

[@wayneholnes7414]

I hope Hendry doesn't read this lol

[@seanslevin7056]

Wayne Holnes he wouldn't care about uneducated Ronnie fanboys biased comments

[@Bart_Depestele]

Ronnie will always be the best

[@hensmithers9687]

Ronnie could do all this left handed...he beat a far better Ken Doherty 10-1 in the final

[@mizofan]

when has he ever managed 7 centuries out of 10 winning frames?

[@seanslevin7056]

Another stupid ignorant Ronnie fan

[@wayneholnes7414]

The pockets were clearly bigger compared to now back in the 80's and 90's. Facts and further proof that Ronnie 5 centuries including a 147 in 6 frames was and will always be a better performance than this.

[@seanslevin7056]

Wayne Holnes wrong that's actually not true. Unless you can show me some evidence stating that the pocket templates were changed between 1990 and 2000 go ahead and good luck because there isn't, because they haven't changed. Greatest performance to date

[@DavidDavid-yz2sh]

Wayne Holnes, had u play in the 80s to 90s snooker table before? Don't forget, the table now is much faster than the 90s.

[@wayneholnes7414]

This can't be the greatest performance ever when there was no 147 included

[@seanslevin7056]

Wayne Holnes a 147 would have been the cherry on the cake, just like the 147 Hendry made in the deciding frame against Ronnie

[@reacey]

Get your tongue out his arse

[@wayneholnes7414]

Paul Ramsay you got to be a special type of stupid if you think this is the best anyone has ever played in the history of the game. Ronnie O'Sullivan made 5 centuries which included a magnificent 147 in 6 frames. Next time think before typing such a stupid statement on KZbin

[@mizofan]

please link to his 5 centuries in 6 frames- I only found 5 centuries in 7 frames Carter

[@seanslevin7056]

Wayne Holnes yeah I'm afraid you'll have to do some more research because your facts are wrong, very wrong

[@wayneholnes7414]

Flukes

[@mizofan]

your bias is showing- I am neutral

[@matthewmaguire71]

😂😂😂

[@seanslevin7056]

Yeah I just hate when you fluke 7 centuries in a final of a major raking event.....

[@wayneholnes7414]

Ronnie is clearly the better player with nearly 1.000 centuries so far with Hendry well retired long ago back on 775 who retired his career when he couldnt play to a high standard at the age of 43 or so unlike Ronnie who has been at the top of his game and improving for more than 25 years.

[@matthewmaguire71]

Wayne Holnes Tbf there were a lot less tournaments compared to nowadays so Hendry could have made near 1000 centuries

[@michaeltrumph121]

There have only been more tourneys for a few years, in the mid to late 00's there were less than in the 90's. Anyway, Ronnie has a far better century per frame ratio than Hendry. Ronnie makes a ton once every 11 frames, Hendry made one once every 15. Ronnie has played less matches and frames, yet he's almost 200 tons in front of Hendry.

[@DavidDavid-yz2sh]

Michael Trumph, ronnie against Ali Carter this year remember?

[@michaeltrumph121]

What has that got to do with anything ?!?

[@DavidDavid-yz2sh]

@@michaeltrumph121, having more centuries dose not mean anything, and hendry hv retire 6 yrs! How can u still compare in these department? Did u know HENDRY is suffering from YIPS? That's why his game has decline since 2000 the desease that force him to retire in 2012. Not taking anything away from ronnie he is really a very gd player too. Hendry than ronnie. Anyway ronnie lost to ali this year. If u know wat I mean.