John Higgins

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John Higgins is a Scottish professional snooker player. He has won 31 ranking titles, placing him in third position on the all-time list of ranking event winners, behind Ronnie O'Sullivan (40) and Stephen Hendry (36). Since turning professional in 1992, he has won four World Championships, three UK Championships and two Masters titles, for a total of nine Triple Crown titles; this puts him behind only O'Sullivan (23), Hendry (18) and Steve Davis (15), and level with Mark Selby. A prolific break-builder, Higgins has compiled over 900 century breaks in professional competition, including 13 maximum breaks, second only to O'Sullivan's 15. He is also the oldest player to make a maximum break in professional competition, having set the record at the 2024 Championship League when he was aged 48 years and 268 days. He has reached the world number one ranking position four times. Alongside O'Sullivan and Mark Williams, he is one of the three players known as the "Class of '92", who all turned professional during the 1992–93 snooker season.

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Crucible departure 'inevitable', says Higgins John Higgins has tasted glory at the Crucible four times, but the Scottish snooker great sees the World Championship moving soon. BBC Sport - Published 15 hours ago
Watch: John Higgins v Gary Wilson in their Welsh Open semi-final Ian Hunt introduces live coverage of the second semi-final from the Venue Cymru. BBC Sport - Published on February 17, 2024
Watch the whole of Wilson's 'remarkable' 147-break Watch the whole frame as Gary Wilson knocks in a maximum 147 clearance in frame two of his Welsh Open semi-final against John Higgins. BBC Sport - Published on February 17, 2024

Higgins beats Allen to reach Welsh Open semis Five-time Welsh Open winner John Higgins beats world number three Mark Allen at Llandudno. BBC Sport - Published on February 16, 2024
Higgins loses as Wilson to play Saengkham in final John Higgins misses out on a Scottish Open final date with defending champion Gary Wilson after losing to Noppon Saengkham. BBC Sport - Published on December 16, 2023
Higgins and holder Wilson reach Scottish Open semi-finals Home hope John Higgins and holder Gary Wilson reach the Scottish Open semi-finals along with Zhou Yuelong and Noppon Saengkham. BBC Sport - Published on December 15, 2023

Allen beats Higgins to set up Trump final Mark Allen reaches the Champion of Champions final with a 6-2 win over John Higgins. BBC Sport - Published on November 18, 2023
Higgins thrashes Ding to book semi-final spot John Higgins thrashes Ding Junhui 6-1 in their Group One decider to reach the Champion of Champions semi-finals. BBC Sport - Published on November 16, 2023
O'Sullivan through as Selby & Higgins lose Mark Selby and John Higgins suffer surprise exits in the International Championship, while Ronnie O'Sullivan cruises into the quarter-finals. BBC Sport - Published on November 8, 2023
Trump stuns Higgins with comeback to reach final John Higgins says he feels like "he's been hit by a truck" after Judd Trump wins four straight frames for a 6-5 win in the English Open semi-finals. BBC Sport - Published on October 7, 2023

Higgins and Allen knocked out of British Open John Higgins and Mark Allen are the latest big names to exit the British Open early in Cheltenham. BBC Sport - Published on September 27, 2023
Being out top 16 would create questions - Higgins John Higgins fears dropping out of snooker's top 16 if he does not improve next year, which would lead to "a few questions". BBC Sport - Published on April 27, 2023
Selby & Higgins level in compelling quarter-final Mark Selby fights back to draw level at 4-4 with fellow four-time champion John Higgins in a compelling World Championship quarter-final. BBC Sport - Published on April 25, 2023	Selby beats Wilson to set up Higgins quarter-final Mark Selby beats Gary Wilson 13-7 to set up an intriguing World Championship last-eight tie against fellow four-time champion John Higgins. BBC Sport - Published on April 24, 2023
'Oh no!' - Higgins fluffs 147 chance John Higgins laughs off a missed red on the way to a possible 147 break, as he wrapped up a 13-2 win against Kyren Wilson to reach the Snooker World Championship quarter-finals. BBC Sport - Published on April 23, 2023	Watch: World Snooker Championship - Kyren Wilson v John Higgins Watch live coverage of the second round of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. BBC Sport - Published on April 22, 2023
Higgins targets fifth Crucible title Four-time world champion John Higgins believes he's capable of a fifth title at the Crucible as snooker's showpiece event begins on Saturday. BBC Sport - Published on April 13, 2023	O'Sullivan, Trump & Higgins progress in Welsh Open World number one Ronnie O'Sullivan, Masters champion Judd Trump and five-time winner John Higgins win to reach the third round. BBC Sport - Published on February 15, 2023
Watch: The Masters first round - O’Sullivan v Brecel & Higgins v Lisowski Watch Ronnie O’Sullivan face Luca Brecel & John Higgins play Jack Lisowski in the First Round of The Masters at Alexandra Palace, London. BBC Sport - Published on January 8, 2023	Watch: UK Snooker Championship - Robertson, Brecel & Higgins in action Watch Neil Robertson, Luca Brecel & John Higgins in the UK Cazoo Snooker Championship in York Barbican. BBC Sport - Published on November 12, 2022
World Snooker Championship: Watch Ronnie O'Sullivan's 'genius' clearance Watch as Ronnie O'Sullivan makes a "genius" clearance to win the 18th frame of his semi-final against John Higgins at the World Snooker Championship. BBC Sport - Published on April 30, 2022	World Snooker Championship 2022: Ronnie O'Sullivan extends semi-final lead over John Higgins Six-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan pulls 15-9 ahead of John Higgins to move within two frames of his eighth World Championship final. BBC Sport - Published on April 30, 2022
World Championship - Ronnie O'Sullivan takes control of semi-final Ronnie O'Sullivan wins the final frame of the second session on a re-spotted black to lead John Higgins 10-6 in their World Championship semi-final. BBC Sport - Published on April 29, 2022	World Snooker Championship 2022: John Higgins and Judd Trump eke out quarter-final leads Four-time world champion John Higgins eked out a 5-3 lead against Jack Lisowski in an error-strewn opening to their World Championship quarter-final. BBC Sport - Published on April 26, 2022
World Snooker Championship 2022: Snooker's Class of '92 are 'better than ever' says John Higgins Snooker's Class of '92 are "better than ever" says John Higgins, who features alongside Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams in Tuesday's World Championship quarter-finals. BBC Sport - Published on April 25, 2022	World Snooker Championship 2022: John Higgins goes through Four-time champion John Higgins is made to work hard for his 10-7 first round win over Thepchaiya Un-Nooh at the World Championship in Sheffield. BBC Sport - Published on April 20, 2022
Tour Championship: Neil Robertson beats John Higgins to win final Neil Robertson makes a superb comeback from 9-4 down to beat John Higgins 10-9 and retain the Tour Championship title in Llandudno. BBC Sport - Published on April 4, 2022	Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan advising children not to play snooker 'a disgrace', says John Higgins John Higgins calls Ronnie O'Sullivan's comments telling young children not to take up snooker a "disgrace" and a "dreadful" way to speak about the sport. BBC Sport - Published on December 8, 2021
UK Snooker Championship 2021: Shaun Murphy out, John Higgins and Kyren Wilson through Former winner Shaun Murphy suffers a monumental shock in the first round of the UK Championship, losing 6-5 to Chinese amateur Si Jiahui. BBC Sport - Published on November 24, 2021