HENDRY vs O'SULLIVAN | 1996 MASTERS Final!

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[@danceworld8360]

25yrs ago and I still remember it well

[@darthforexvader7201]

When the video quality is so good that you think the brown ball is a red ball

[@Cmd294]

When the video quality is so good that you think the brown audience is a red audience

[@navindavid4535]

@@Cmd294 9⁹⁹⁹

[@saiboyeung6058]

Hi Jim

[@saiboyeung6058]

O0

[@reubination]

Being colour blind that is a regular occurrence.

[@jon-paultallentire7504]

Remember when Ronnie didn’t play a competitive match all season then turned up at Sheffield and won the World Title. He’s a genius, like Hendry was, snooker along with golf are the 2 hardest sports in the world. O’Sullivan made his 1st century aged 10. Hendry has 7 World Titles its not like he’s playing someone down the club. Just enjoy the man while he’s still playing. I hope he plays until he’s 60 because it’s proof he’s a once in a lifetime type of player. The Tiger Woods of snooker. Another thing he’s grown up in the era of Hendry, John Higgins, Williams, Selby, Trump, Robertson. And he’s been winning titles for 26 years. Just appreciate the guy he’s my tip for Sports Personality of the year

[@buddhikandel2841]

Uiiji

[@kittookuriosity7692]

Undoubtedly Ronnie best of all time

[@technojoe4079]

Ronnie is the best. It would be boring without him for me.

[@user-hx7xl1il8h]

I disagree with the golf statement but I appreciate your remarks haha

[@mrmartin2237]

He's not woke enough for the BBC, they gave it to Lewis Hamilton again. Tyson Fury has no chance.

[@Aditi27]

Please any full length of Paul Hunter matches with commentary

[@johndennis7764]

Hendry was a ruthless awesome player. so so sharp in his prime. Lost that sharpness and long term concentration in his latter years unfortunately

[@willcomrie2853]

O'Sullivan is clearly the most talented player of all time. If he had Hendry's early 90's temperament he'd have about 12 world titles. He'd be virtually unbeatable.

[@81Mace81]

Totally agreed. Happily, along with being the most talented, he's also now the most successful too, with the most Triple Crown majors and most ranking tournaments (also most century breaks and maximums) 😊

[@ianfortean7808]

@@Geena-tn1pt I think Ronnie will keep his UK and Masters records. but if anyone is going to equal or beat 7 worlds then it'll be Selby.

[@dr.feelgood.1330]

Hendry would be 60 ahead and wouldn’t have tracking and instead of going for a trick shot he’d snooker the player his the reason snooker lost its glory. Snooker is slowly coming back but hendry fucked it up with his pansy play.

[@81Mace81]

@@Geena-tn1pt Slightly obscure records there, neither of them compare to Triple Crowns or Ranking tournaments, however, I think Trump will take over Ronnie's ranking tournament total. Obviously there's just way more events occurring each year now in Trump's prime.

[@nickycotton6137]

'Judd Trump'! Would ❤ to see him make the fastest 147 of all time in a Tournament! Doubt it though.

[@user-fy1xn4rj3p]

Ах,какие молоденькие,красивые Стивен и Ронни,такие милые юноши!!!И так хорошо играют!!!!Красавчики!!!Ронни такой толстячок,а Стивен стройняшка...

[@user-kb3pc9tj6l]

👍🤗

[@MrMadreko]

16:27.....could please somebody get back in time, sit behind Ronnie and whisper him "don't worry lad. One day you will make the fastes 147, you will make a fortune by playing snooker, you will be the best player EVER and a living legend as well". My respect Mr. Ronnie O'Sullivan. 👏👏👏👍

[@HomeShowTV]

No need. Watch the early tapes and look at how confident he was even at 12 and younger against ranked players. He wasn't expecting to put on a show of how good he was "for his age". He expected to win. He already knew how good he was and what he would be capable of I suspect.

[@MrMadreko]

@@HomeShowTV No doubt about that you are right. But the way he was looking especially in this game made me feel writing my comment. Of course he knew that he was good. 👍

[@DanceySteveYNWA]

Learning how to lose is part of becoming a true champion. No need for time travel nonsense.

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

No, if someone had done that, it might have changed the future (our present). Don't change anything!

[@EannaButler]

Great vid, thanks very much for uploading. The standard really has improved in the last 25 years. Most anyone in the top 16 today would have been a worthy opponent in this match. Ronnie really did "grow up" as a player too. None of the loose shots, unless he gets bored! Still top of his game all these years later! Legend... As others have said here, the table is definitely slower. But also, damn I love 4:3 aspect ratio! And the high angle of viewing of the table! Probably facilitated by the aspect ratio? Real pleasure to watch. Also, great to see Alan Chamberlain ref'ing. For me, he always represented the transition from old-skool no-nonsense refs, like John Williams, to the modern-day 'facilitator' refs, like Jan Verhaas and Michaela Tabb and the current crop.

[@EannaButler]

1:49:18 - :-) Impetuous young fella... Was always so frustrating to experience. To think he was at that at the Masters Final! And God knows, it happened for another good 10+ years after this match, with Ronnie. A disinteresting first round match, could happen still!

[@EannaButler]

2:05:29 - no feathering at all? Point the cue and shoot? Mad!

[@EannaButler]

2:37:08 - True, but Ronnie today would make that opportunity count, for sure..

[@garycooper3363]

Pish

[@helderalmeida3417]

Hendry was my favourite those times only 20 years ago that I started to like Ronnie o'Sullivan

[@dvddale111]

I miss seeing the commentator John Spencer playing and giving his opinions of the game, a brilliant man for giving eye watering snookers, one after another.

[@jeschinstad]

This game should've been filmed. What were they thinking?

[@mrmartin2237]

Ronnie's had more centuries and 147s in competition than anyone else. He edges Hendry and John Higgens overall and he's not finished yet. If he wasn't so moody he would have won more world titles. I used to get tired of Hendry winning all the time, he had such a consistent cue action. He broke my heart when he beat Jimmy White in 92.

[@COATES77241]

O'Sullivan is a child mentally compared to Hendry. Simply come to grips with his moods by walking around the table to recompose himself. Hendry was a far superior player than O'Sullivan ever will be.

[@AnilSingh-nl4ok]

the best

[@mrmartin2237]

@@johnmccaughey2722 The English like an underdog and an entertainer. Hendry and Davis weren't entertaining, but Alex Higgins, Jimmy White and Ronnie O'Sullivan were.

[@mrmartin2237]

@@johnmccaughey2722 Man, you have a real chip on your shoulder. The English always preferred Alex Higgins to Davis. They made Higgins the people's champion. Jimmy White was more entertaining than Hendry, but Hendry was a better player that's all.

[@asimilyas234]

Levels to this.

[@user-ri4dt2zq9q]

Спокойный Хендри и импульсивный О'Салливан, красавцы!👍

[@igorbrick9548]

Жаль Хендри не играет сейчас. Его спокойная манера подкупает. Смотрел турниры 90-х, у большинства игроков тех лет манера игры как в русском биллиарде с резкими ударами. По-моему, Хендри положил начало совсем другой манере, которой сейчас следуют все современные игроки.

[@joseph1845]

@@igorbrick9548 It's cool that Russian people watch our sport!

[@tigrantigran3381]

Да хорошие были времена, а сейчас мгновения.

[@melodi996]

@@joseph1845 we watch it on Eurosport, though KZbin is definitely easier to find old plays!

[@joseph1845]

@@melodi996 Cool!

[@1010thechamp]

1995 and 1996 was Hendry's peak, the mid 90s he was THE best ever.

[@paulr6881]

I tend to agree definitely the best all round player ever.People say Hendry played in a weak era but do I see a Mr O'Sullivan playing in this match as well?🤣I know Ronnie was early on in his career here before I get all the comments pointing that out.

[@Zendrig]

Which tennis player would you compare him to?

[@fraser_mr2009]

there i no way that eve ronnie could compete with him at this point he lacked discipline. ronnie did not play safety then. he looked like a plyer that needed to be coached. later he played like hendry.

[@karlforster4282]

Alain robidoux was better

[@michaeltrumph121]

@@paulr6881 Do you even know what an ""all round player" means, you dummy ?!? All round player means a player that is world class in all departments of the game: long potting, potting, breakbuilding, safety, tactical play. Hendry was anything but an all round player. His safety and tactical play were average at best. All round players are Ronnie (post 2004), Higgins, Selby.

[@jamestoni]

Hendry the master.

[@SC-jh9qp]

If anyone deserved to win here it was Hendry, what a string of victories: Higgins; White; McManus; O'Sullivan!

[@bannedone3ice138]

Absolutely!!

[@sugs1191]

That's a tough line up. And idiots say it was a weak era

[@nansuskurop3923]

Stephen Hendry during his prime and the rising star Ronnie O Sullivan.

[@happyfeet4506]

2 gladiators battling it out in the arena. Fascinating stuff when they were both on top of there games trying to outplay each other.

[@everythingbobbywolfe]

To be fair, this was hendry's best. Ronnie was still working out his mental demons (which he had yet to overcome, but is far better at dealing with now) and was no where near his peak.

[@jonieboy5490]

135k £ in ‘96 really is a huge sum of money….well done S.Henry!

[@user-xk5ms5vc8z]

1990 -2000年这10年是斯诺克最好的10年，也是奖金最高的10年

[@user-xk5ms5vc8z]

goat🐐

[@vinnnywong52]

25 years later, both players exchanged their bodies 😆

[@tixxstixx]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@streetspirit956]

Remarkable how quick Ronnie used to play. One pull back on the cue and hit.

[@ruipinto3499]

Apart from technical squils snooker is a inteligence chalenge, no a run for who is gonna decide quicker...

[@awelonstudio]

Sorry to say it was unwatchable for me. Adds came up about every 4min. Come on KZbin that just to much. 😤👎👎.

[@samuelkades1]

Alguém poderia me explicar o Por quê dessa falha de O'Sullivam nos 24 minutos? Não comprendi.

[@0xXKARLOSXx0]

he touched one of the reds with his body

[@kartiklamba9487]

Do you have Ronnie vs Neigel Bond 1996 Masters?

[@FishnChips136]

Outside of the play , the one thing that struck me was that not one time did the referee have to remind someone to " turn off your mobile phone". I guess progress sometimes isn't so great afterall.

[@ALKingSky]

Every legend has a learning curve, this is a GOAT in the making. If Ronnie wins so hard so early, I doubt that he would perfect his craft became who he is today.

[@editorphillip9065]

Sometimes I feel like the algorithm knows me on a level I'm not ready for yet.

[@boeing747god4]

Iooooooioooooooooooiiioooioooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooiooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@taff6987]

You can bet your life on that bud, and only getting better and better....if you like that sort of thing! I certainly do not! Would you believe me if I told you that your phone can actually control your mind, thoughts and even your actions! Yes it's that advanced. Facebook admitted in a court of law that they knowingly did experiments on people to see if they could change their mood etc...I.e make them happy, make them sad, make them procrastinate etc. Scary, your phone/device should be used as a tool. Pay close attention to what your phone is offering up to you on a daily basis. It's all about screen time! Why you may ask? For the same reason it always is....for the MONEY! The longer you spend on the phone the more adverts you see. I hate what tech has done to humanity. Ciao👋🏼🎱

[@DormantIdeasNIQ]

That shot a 7:15(Hendry), the commentator called a stroke of good fortune!!! I saw that shot when Sullivan could have taken it and he went for a safety move instead... commentator should have said Sullivan phcked up!

[@jozinaldoalves4497]

Sullivan.. por ter errado algumas bolas fáceis, se abalou emocionante.. enquanto o adversário permaneceu, concentrado. por isso aconteceu esse massacre...

[@spanishpeaches2930]

95/96 was the only time Hendry had the ascendency over Ronnie in head to head terms. After this era Ronnie went slowly ahead and it now stands 30/20 to ROS.

[@fnd4znnschan958]

Hendry 13-11 Ronnie it was after 1999. He leads the h2h 3-2 at the crucible.

[@spanishpeaches2930]

@@fnd4znnschan958 I didn't phrase my comment correctly. What i meant was that it was during that 18 month era Hendry dominated Ronnie who couldn't get a win run. I'm having to go from memory because it was at least a year since i trawled through the stats

[@galgadsmith]

1:10:28 ronie move blue ball with cue

[@SuperChalkster]

nice spot

[@XaviRonaldo0]

I think we can objectively call RoS the GOAT now but I still say Hendry at his peak was better than Ronnie at his

[@josepaschoal8718]

NOSSA O JOGO DE BOLA 9 É MUITO MELHOR É MAIS EMOCIONANTE ESSE DE BILHAR ESNUQUER MUITO CANSATIVO, PREFIRO O BOLA 9 DA GOSTO DE ASSISTIR O EFREM REYS O MELHOR DE TODOS.....

[@kshgarg1]

As compared to today's standards, this table was very very slow.

[@mariacristinamoronividal2511]

Este é "o jogo"

[@aloisberger8891]

When Hendry was the boss

[@josepaschoal8718]

DEPOIS DE ASSISTIR O EFREM REYS , O RESTO É TUDO IGUAL ...

[@craigsaunders7037]

There's a moral to be learnt here somewhere . Maybe it's if you have a sore foot you don't have a leg to stand on .

[@jimboslice314]

I didn't actually see one shot in that 11minutes because my blinking was in sync with the shots

[@damienspurs147]

Why do they show 3 hours of this match and other classic matches from the 80s the only show less than 10 minutes 😏

[@tonynaccarato4751]

Ronnie most talented player of all time, Stephen greatest player of all time, Davis greatest in the 80's, top 5 of all time.

[@zedearl5181]

Spot on! Totally agree with you

[@grayeves3309]

Ronnie is the best ever played in a harder era then hendry has most records over hendry now. Ronnie 1 hendry 2

[@tonynaccarato4751]

@@grayeves3309 there both class players, nice people all around, lovely to watch around the snooker table.

[@sugs1191]

@@grayeves3309 harder era is a bit misleading imo.

[@tonynaccarato4751]

@MIKE RUSBY 3D mike your right, ronnie is the greatest, stephen was a little older, and in the 90,'s, that made the difference. Both incredible players, iv'e been playing and following snooker since 1963.

[@aaahtex902]

**HENDRY = UNCANNY!!!**

[@user-xk5ms5vc8z]

goat🐐

[@cerebroambulante5749]

Quem veio depois do baianinho no flow ? Kk

[@rickdangerous5606]

early on... anyone else wonder why Hendry didn't see the obvious dead combination into the corner? at 6:00 he should have shot at it like he did instead at 6:43

[@stanleytane2417]

The colour is a problem the ball's look alike or is it my old TV lol

[@causeitso]

@@stanleytane2417 they all does look alike indeed 😅

[@michaelnivens6267]

Hendry the great

[@user-xk5ms5vc8z]

hendry is goat 🐐

[@bgk7]

I wonder who was number two at the time?

[@maxkennedysnooker2450]

Why is this a premiere?

[@dnbmania]

They are treating you

[@droceretik]

Premiere means the first time posted on youtube even though the match was played over 24 years ago plus to of the greatest players ever. The only thing we could want is better image quality but I would rather have these videos than not.

[@maxkennedysnooker2450]

@@droceretik I know what a premiere is but like bruh I just don't get why its a premiere because it is so old

[@maxkennedysnooker2450]

@Alex Lancaster well there is there’s the champion of champions and loads more snooker tournaments

[@bannedone3ice138]

He looked totally different then.

[@phildre1974]

This must be the tuna sandwich era for Ronnie

[@saiwahchu5209]

Please be always quickly right immediately now

[@alenaborokova8883]

Koľko tu majú rokov? 🤩

[@user-kv8qm7uj2j]

Ronnie “the chicks” O’Sullivan and Stephen “the cueguy” Henry!😊

[@barrymcmahon7945]

LOVED WATCHING THIS CLASSIC MATCH, BUT HAD TO STOP WATCHING BECAUSE OF ALL THE ADVERTS JUST SPOILED IT. You tube has to stop all of these adverts during the video

[@paulwebsterekdahl1909]

Why is it out of focus?

[@kenori1783]

Syakitat game of zulu camba

[@consciouslifestyle9018]

1:52:08 - "I am a winner, I am a wiener, and I know it, everybody knows it. I win every match. I am invincible."

[@alinneterhorst886]

O Sullivan bem novinho...

[@johnutting9615]

While Ronnie is still playing what has happened to Hendry?

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

Nerve health deterioration. He retired early but this year, tried a comeback that failed, so far.

[@martinquinn3382]

Chubby Ronnie ! 😜

[@davidprince4144]

Ronnie may or may not have won. There may or may not have been a 147, but one thing's for certain; there was at least one century break!

[@garycooper3363]

Nonsense comment

[@TheJohnCooperShow]

Ronnies only won about half ofvall his masters finals

[@mrloop1530]

But has been in 13(!!) of them

[@TheJohnCooperShow]

@@mrloop1530 he used to bottle it in the finals

[@ianfortean7808]

@Washed up bottle job ROS He should have won the Davis and Higgins finals too. He has has a bit of a mental issue with finals. Just look at last season. 5 finals, didn't turn up for four of them and threw the other away.

[@stuartosborne1299]

@@ianfortean7808 yea he let jordan brown win the welsh final

[@ianfortean7808]

@@stuartosborne1299 anyone who took on a blue like he did in the final frame clearly doesn't mind losing.

[@denisdaly1708]

I would say Higgins was more talented. In that he had much greater imagination, and courage. But then he always played drunk, and lacked temperament. Hendry was the opposite, talented, but an incredible temperament and focus. O'Sullivan was in-between them both, insanely talented, and over the years has developed the temperament.

[@69elvisrocks]

Higgins was no match for Davis or Hendry.

[@sugs1191]

Higgins never played drunk in the 90s btw

[@onadirlima6476]

hgv no.me4

[@PrincessClick1]

Who was that other guy? Ronnie something?

[@thememaster7]

If you didn't cough, you were weird.

[@ahmedaslam7916]

Lol

[@haleemtech4000]

the quality is 8k

[@pierrecollet6363]

Who are in the flowered coffins placed around the tables? Past dead referees?

[@jozinaldoalves4497]

Tem razão.. parece mesmo....!!!

[@davidcarp1034]

uncalled foul at 206:30

[@146-]

Well spotted, eagle eye👍 hendry move the green ball!!!

[@mattiv.7223]

Fourth 😃

[@mehmoodalam8123]

N

[@behzadtabrizi9468]

گر صبر کنی ز غوره حلوا سازی. اّقای وفائی شما را روزی در فینال با پیروزی خواهم دید. فقط تمرینات و ایمان به دستانتان نهچیز دیگری نضر روضه قربانی کردن گوسفندان بیزبان. خیر اشتباه است. پاینده ایران عزیزمان.🙏👌💖💖💯💢

[@paulwebsterekdahl1909]

Why is this video so badly out of focus?

[@maymay-bv2zf]

#

[@shikihufu4610]

Third

[@samsimow9426]

😳😳😳🤥😫😫

[@luizcarlosbrasil7397]

Jhúhhhh

[@darjeelingbro876]

Typical ronnie the rocket in an as young mr bean.

[@drwho8565]

Chubby O'Sullivan

[@dhz-gaming4591]

First

[@Ultimategamer-nb3qb]

Just saying

[@TheBigfatmatt]

29th

[@CaribSurfKing1]

Hendry wins….yet…loses

[@dereklee5071]

Sick fools when is kids responsible for parents actions

[@ledballone]

last

[@TheBigfatmatt]

Lol

[@sergiochamblas1267]

Péssima imagens

[@aleksanderspopovitch7072]

Pois é... Parece que quanto mais antiga a gravação, pior é a imagem... Não tenho certeza...

[@justinmorgan2126]

filmed with a potato.. ah well...

[@user-oh9xd2vk2l]

كمك كحكك

[@almostanengineer]

I’m starting to think this game is paid for by bad companies, first cigarette companies, and when they got banned, it’s now gambling. 🤔

[@aaahtex902]

**Color on high camera shows red balls as GREEN!!!** = **BAD**

[@frankobarressi7919]

Went to see a snooker match between Jimmy white and I think it was Dennis Taylor. OMG I can’t believe how boring it was. I’d rather shave my testicles with a lawnmower than sit through that again.

[@bobtan2574]

Ronnie ‘s match is boring, pls post match from Peter Ebdon

[@electrotecinstall7086]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@cocktail7426]

aids in every two minutes make the video just annoying😬 and are unskipable