John Parrott
Career finals -- Ranking finals : 18 ( 9 titles , 9 runners-up )
Table:
Outcome

No.

Year

Championship

Opponent in the final

Score

Runner-up

1.

1988

The Classic

Steve Davis

11–13

Winner

1.

1989

European Open

Terry Griffiths

9–8

Runner-up

2.

1989

World Snooker Championship

Steve Davis

3–18

Winner

2.

1990

European Open (2)

Stephen Hendry

10–6

Winner

3.

1991

World Snooker Championship

Jimmy White

18–11

Winner

4.

1991

Dubai Classic

Tony Knowles

9–3

Winner

5.

1991

UK Championship

Jimmy White

16–13

Runner-up

3.

1992

Strachan Open

James Wattana

5–9

Winner

6.

1992

Dubai Classic (2)

Stephen Hendry

9–8

Runner-up

4.

1992

UK Championship

Jimmy White

9–16

Winner

7.

1994

International Open

James Wattana

9–5

Runner-up

5.

1994

European Open

Stephen Hendry

3–9

Winner

8.

1995

Thailand Classic (3)

Nigel Bond

9–6

Runner-up

6.

1996

Welsh Open

Mark Williams

3–9

Winner

9.

1996

European Open (3)

Peter Ebdon

9–7

Runner-up

7.

1997

European Open (2)

John Higgins

5–9

Runner-up

8.

1997

German Open

John Higgins

4–9

Runner-up

9.

1998

Thailand Masters

Stephen Hendry

6–9

With reference to the following table as well as the supplementary paragraphs provided at the end.

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The 1988 Mercantile Credit Classic was the ninth edition of the professional snooker tournament which took place from 1-10 January 1988 . The tournament was played at the Norbreck Castle Hotel , Blackpool , Lancashire . Steve Davis won his fifth Classic title , beating John Parrott 13-11 in the final .
The Classic was a professional snooker tournament , which began in 1980 and ended in 1992 . It was originally a non-ranking event , but became ranking in 1984 . Steve Davis won the event six times and was the last champion .
Steve Davis , OBE ( born 22 August 1957 ) is an English retired professional snooker player from Plumstead , London . He dominated the sport during the 1980s , when he reached eight World Championship finals in nine years , won six world titles , and held the world number one ranking for seven consecutive seasons . He is also remembered among the wider public for the 1985 World Championship final against Dennis Taylor , which was decided on the final black and still holds the record for the UK 's largest post-midnight television audience , with 18.5 million viewers . Davis won a total of 28 ranking events , placing him fourth on the all-time list . In addition to his six world titles , he won the Masters three times and the UK Championship six times , for a total of 15 Triple Crown titles , behind only Ronnie O'Sullivan ( 19 ) and Stephen Hendry ( 18 ) . During the 1987-88 season , he became the first player to win all three Triple Crown events in a single season , and remains one of only three players ( along with Hendry and Mark Williams ) to achieve this . The first player to earn over £1 million in the professional game , he earned a total of £5.5 million in career prize money . He compiled a career total of 355 competitive century breaks , including the first officially recognised and first televised maximum break in professional competition , at the Classic in 1982 . Named the BBC 's Sports Personality of the Year in 1988 , he remains the only snooker player ever to win the award . Davis ' dominance of snooker ended with the emergence of Hendry in the 1990s , but he continued to compete at a high level over the next two decades . He won the Masters in 1997 , reached the final of the UK Championship in 2005 , and was still a top-16 player when he turned 50 during the 2007/2008 season . In 2010 , aged 52 , he made a record 30th ( and final ) appearance at the World Championship , and defeated reigning world champion John Higgins to become the oldest world quarter-finalist since 1983 .
The 1989 ICI European Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from January to February 1989 at the Casino de Deauville in Deauville , France . John Parrott won the tournament , defeating Terry Griffiths 9-8 in the final .
The European Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament that has been staged periodically since 1989 as the European Open . Between 2005 and 2008 it was known as the Malta Cup and was the sole ranking tournament in Europe outside the British Isles , before being discontinued . In 2016 , the event was resurrected and rebranded the European Masters .
Terrence Martin Griffiths , OBE ( born 16 October 1947 ) is a retired Welsh snooker player and current snooker coach and pundit . He became World Champion in 1979 at the first attempt , and was runner-up in 1988 . He achieved the notable feat of reaching at least the quarter-finals of the World Championship for nine consecutive years from 1984 to 1992 . He also won the Masters in 1980 and the UK Championship in 1982 , making him one of only eleven players to have completed snooker 's Triple Crown . He was known for his slow , cautious , yet elegant style of play .
The 1989 World Snooker Championship ( also referred to as the 1989 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 15 April-1 May 1989 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England . Steve Davis won in the final 18-3 against John Parrott , which remains the biggest margin of defeat in the sport 's modern era . This was Davis ' sixth and last world title , and also his last appearance in a World Championship final . The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy .
The World Snooker Championship is the leading snooker tournament both in terms of prestige and prize money . The first championship was held in 1927 and was won by Joe Davis . Davis won the first 15 championships before retiring from the event , undefeated , after his 1946 success . In the 1950s snooker went into a period of decline and the championship was not held after 1952 , although an unofficial championship was held until 1957 . In 1964 the championship was revived on a challenge basis and in 1969 the championship became a knock-out event again . Since 1977 it has been played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England . The tournament is currently played over 17 days and ends on the first Monday in May . In the modern era ( since 1969 ) , the best record is that of Stephen Hendry , who won the title seven times . Steve Davis and Ray Reardon both won six times while Ronnie O'Sullivan has won five titles . The current champion is Judd Trump , whose 2019 win was his first .
The 1990 ICI European Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in March 1990 at the Palais des Sports in Lyon , France . John Parrott won the tournament , defeating Stephen Hendry 10-6 in the final .
Stephen Gordon Hendry MBE ( born 13 January 1969 ) is a Scottish former professional snooker player and current commentator for the BBC and ITV . One of the most successful players in the history of snooker , he has won snooker 's most prestigious tournament , the World Snooker Championship , a record seven times and holds the record for most seasons as world number one ( 9 ) . His first world title in 1990 , at the age of 21 , made him the youngest-ever World Champion , a record that he still holds . Hendry also won six Masters titles ( including five consecutively ) , and five UK Championship titles . His total of 18 Triple Crown tournament wins is surpassed only by O'Sullivan 's 19 . One of only three players to have won all three Triple Crown events in a single season , Hendry is the only player to have achieved the feat twice , in the 1989/1990 and 1995/1996 seasons . He shares the record for the most ranking titles ( 36 ) with Ronnie O'Sullivan . A prolific break builder , he recorded a total of 775 career century breaks , and made 11 officially-recognised maximum breaks in professional competition . He was awarded an MBE in 1994 , and voted BBC Scotland 's Sports Personality of the Year in 1987 and 1996 . In May 2012 , after featuring in his 27th consecutive World Championship , he announced his retirement from the game , bringing to an end his record 23 consecutive seasons in the top 16 of the world rankings .
The 1991 World Snooker Championship ( also referred to as the 1991 Embassy World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 20 April and 6 May 1991 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield , England . Stephen Hendry was the defending champion , but he lost in quarter finals and fell to the Crucible curse , becoming another champion who was unable to defend his first world title . John Parrott won his only World Championship title by defeating Jimmy White 18-11 in the final . It was the third time that White had lost in the final after 1984 and 1990 . The tournament was sponsored by cigarette manufacturer Embassy . The highest break of the tournament was 140 , made by Jimmy White .
James Warren White , MBE ( born 2 May 1962 ) is an English professional snooker player who now competes with an invitational tour card . Nicknamed The Whirlwind because of his fluid , attacking style of play and popularly referred to as the People 's Champion , White is the 1980 World Amateur Champion , 2009 Six-red World champion , 2010 and 2019 World Seniors Champion , 2019 Seniors 6-Red World Champion and 1984 World Doubles champion with Alex Higgins . White has won two of snooker 's three majors : the UK Championship ( in 1992 ) and the Masters ( in 1984 ) and a total of ten ranking events ; he is currently tenth on the all-time list of ranking event winners . He reached six World Championship finals but never won the event ; the closest he came was in 1994 when he lost in a final frame decider against Stephen Hendry . He spent 21 seasons ranked in snooker 's elite top 16 . In team events , he won the Nations Cup and the World Cup with England . He is one of a select number of players to have made over 300-century breaks in professional competition . White was also the first left-handed player , and the second player overall , to record a maximum break at the World Championship .
The 1991 Dubai Duty Free Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in October 1991 at the Al Nasr Stadium in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . John Parrott won the tournament , defeating Tony Knowles 9-3 in the final .
The Dubai Classic ( also known as the Dubai Duty Free Classic for sponsorship and marketing purposes ) was a professional ranking snooker tournament . The last champion was Ronnie O'Sullivan .
Anthony Tony Knowles ( born 13 June 1955 , in Bolton , Lancashire ) is an English former professional snooker player . He was a three times semi-finalist in the World Professional Snooker Championship in the 1980s .
The 1991 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 23 November and 1 December 1991 at the Guild Hall in Preston , England . The televised stages were shown on BBC . The highest break of the televised stages was 142 made by Martin Clark and the same for the non-televised stages was 137 made by Mark Bennett . John Parrott won his first and only UK Championship by defeating Jimmy White 16-13 in the final .
The UK Championship is a professional ranking snooker tournament . It is one of snooker 's prestigious Triple Crown events , along with the World Championship and the Masters . It is the second-biggest ranking tournament , after the World Championship . Ronnie O'Sullivan has won the tournament a record seven times , followed by Steve Davis with six titles and Stephen Hendry with five . Ding Junhui is the reigning champion .
The 1992 Strachan Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament , that was held from 2-7 March 1992 at the Thorbury Leisure Centre , Bristol , England . This tournament was a one-off ranking event sponsored by the well known billiard table cloth company . It carried a slightly lower points tariff and a considerably lower prize fund than the main ranking events and as such was boycotted by several of the top players . James Wattana won the tournament by defeating John Parrott nine frames to five in the final . Peter Ebdon made a maximum break in qualifying against Wayne Martin .
The Strachan Open was a professional snooker tournament held between 1992 and 1994 . It had varying ranking status during its history .
James Wattana ( Thai : เจมส์ วัฒนา ; born January 17 , 1970 , as วัฒนา ภู่โอบอ้อม Wattana Pu-Ob-Orm , then renamed รัชพล ภู่โอบอ้อม Ratchapol Pu-Ob-Orm in 2003 ) is a Thai professional snooker player who now competes in ranking tournaments with an invitational tour card . A professional between 1989 and 2008 , and again since 2009 , Wattana reached his highest ranking position - world number 3 - for the 1994/1995 season . He has won three ranking tournaments , the 1992 Strachan Open and the Thailand Open in 1994 and 1995 , and has finished as the runner-up in a further five ranking events . He twice reached the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship , in 1993 and 1997 . When he was defeated in the semi-finals in 1993 by Jimmy White , it was only Wattana 's second appearance in the final televised stages at the Crucible Theatre , his first being the previous year when he lost in the second round to the eventual winner Stephen Hendry .
The 1992 Dubai Duty Free Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in October 1992 at the Al Nasr Stadium in Dubai , United Arab Emirates . Defending champion John Parrott won the tournament , defeating Stephen Hendry 9-8 in the final .
The 1992 UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Guild Hall in Preston , England . The event started on 13 November 1992 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 21 and 29 November 1992 . It was the last UK Final to be staged over two days and to use the best of 31 frames format . The highest break of the televised stages was 136 made by James Wattana and the same of the non-televised stages was 147 made by Peter Ebdon . In a repeat of the previous year 's final Jimmy White won his first and only UK Championship title by defeating defending champion John Parrott 16-9 in a reverse of the result in 1991 , winning back-to-back ranking events after victory in the Grand Prix a month earlier .
The 1994 International Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 13-19 February 1994 at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth , England . John Parrott won the title by defeating James Wattana 9-5 in the final . The defending champion Stephen Hendry was defeated by Alan McManus in the quarter-finals .
The Scottish Open is a ranking professional snooker tournament held in Scotland . The tournament had many name changes in its history , as the tournament was formerly called International Open , Matchroom Trophy and Players Championship . Apart from a hiatus in the 1990/1991 and 1991/1992 seasons , the tournament remained a ranking event until 2003/2004 . In the 2012/2013 season the tournament was added back to the calendar as part of the Players Tour Championship minor-ranking series . The most recent champion is Mark Selby . On 29 April 2015 , Barry Hearn announced it would return to the main tour in 2016 at the Emirates Arena Glasgow , as part of a new Home Series with the existing Welsh Open and new English Open and Northern Ireland Open tournaments .
The 1994 Humo European Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 11 and 17 December 1994 at the Schijnpoort Arena in Antwerp , Belgium . Defending champion Stephen Hendry won the tournament , defeating John Parrott 9-7 in the final .
The 1995 Singha Thailand Classic was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 30 September to 7 October 1995 at the Riverside Montien Hotel in Bangkok , Thailand . John Parrott won the tournament , defeating Nigel Bond 9-6 in the final . The defending champion Alan McManus was eliminated by John Higgins in the last 16 round .
Nigel Bond ( born 15 November 1965 ) is an English professional snooker player . Bond has competed on the main tour since 1989 , and was ranked within the world 's top 16 players between 1992 and 1999 , peaking at 5th for the 1996/1997 season . He reached the final of the World Championship in 1995 , where he lost 9-18 to Stephen Hendry , and won the 1996 British Open , defeating John Higgins 9-8 . Having reached the final of three other ranking tournaments , Bond won the 2011 Snooker Shoot-Out and , in 2012 , defeated Tony Chappel to win the World Seniors Championship . He retained his place in the top 64 until 2015 .
The 1996 Regal Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 27 January-3 February 1996 at the Newport Leisure Centre in Newport , Wales . Steve Davis was the defending champion , but lost in the third round to Drew Henry . Mark Williams defeated John Parrott 9-3 in the final to win his first ranking title .
The Welsh Open is a professional ranking snooker tournament , a part of the Home Nations Series . It replaced the Welsh Professional Championship , which started in 1980 and was only open to Welsh players . Since the tournament 's creation in 1992 , Mark Williams has been the only Welsh player to win the championship ( in 1996 and 1999 ) . John Higgins holds the record for the most wins , with five Welsh Open titles . Ronnie O'Sullivan has won four titles , while Stephen Hendry has won the tournament three times . Shaun Murphy is the reigning champion .
Mark James Williams , MBE ( born 21 March 1975 ) is a Welsh professional snooker player who is a three-time World Champion , winning in 2000 , 2003 , and 2018 . Aged 43 when he triumphed in May 2018 , he became the second oldest winner of the World Championship at the Crucible ( Ray Reardon was the oldest winner in 1978 , aged 45 ) . Often noted for his single-ball long potting ability , Williams has earned the nickname The Welsh Potting Machine . Williams has been ranked the world number 1 for a total of three seasons in his career ( 1999/2000 , 2000/2001 , and 2002/2003 ) . His most successful season to date was 2002/2003 , when he won the acclaimed treble of tournaments ( known as the Triple Crown ) : the UK Championship , the Masters , and the World Championship . In doing so , he became only the third player , after Steve Davis and Stephen Hendry , to win all three Triple Crown events in one season . In addition , he is the first player ( and to date , the only player ) to win all three versions of the professional World Championship - the World Snooker Championship , the Six-red World Championship and the World Seniors Championship . The first left-handed player to win the World Championship , Williams has won 22 ranking tournaments overall , including two UK Championships ( 1999 and 2002 ) , making him fifth on the all-time list . He has also won the Masters on two occasions ( 1998 and 2003 ) . His form began to decline after his second World Championship title in 2003 ; he then dropped out of the top 16 following the 2007/2008 season , but he regained his place for 2009/2010 . Having failed to win a tournament from 2011 until 2017 , he proceeded to win three events in 2018 , including his third World Championship . Williams has compiled more than 470 century breaks during his career , as well as two maximum breaks in competition .
The 1996 European Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 February to 3 March 1996 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre in Valletta , Malta . John Parrott won the tournament , defeating Peter Ebdon 9-7 in the final . The defending champion Stephen Hendry was eliminated by Joe Swail in the last 16 round .
Peter David Ebdon ( born 27 August 1970 ) is an English professional snooker player . He was World Champion in 2002 , beating Stephen Hendry 18-17 in the final , and won the UK Championship in 2006 and seven other ranking events between 1993 and 2012 . He was also a losing finalist in the World Championship in 1996 and 2006 . Ebdon turned professional in 1991 and beat six-time world champion Steve Davis 10-4 in the first round of the 1992 World Championship .
The 1997 European Open was the 1997 edition of the European Open snooker tournament , held from 23 February to 2 March 1997 at the Mediterranean Conference Centre , Valletta , Malta . John Higgins defeated John Parrott by nine frames to five ( 9−5 ) in the final to claim his sixth ranking-event title . In the semi-finals Higgins defeated James Wattana and Parrott beat Ken Doherty . The tournament was the seventh of ten WPBSA ranking events in the 1996/1997 season , following the International Open and preceding the Thailand Open .
John Higgins , MBE ( born 18 May 1975 ) is a Scottish professional snooker player . Since turning professional in 1992 , he has won 30 ranking titles , including four World Championships and three UK Championships , as well as two Masters titles , making him one of the most successful players in the history of the sport . In terms of world titles in the modern era , Higgins is fifth behind Stephen Hendry ( 7 ) , Steve Davis ( 6 ) , Ray Reardon ( 6 ) and Ronnie O'Sullivan ( 5 ) . His 30 career ranking titles puts him in third place behind Hendry ( 36 ) and O'Sullivan ( 36 ) . Known as a prolific break-builder , he has compiled more than 750 century breaks in professional tournament play , second only to O'Sullivan . He has also compiled 9 competitive maximum breaks , placing him third behind O'Sullivan ( 15 ) and Hendry ( 11 ) . For 16 consecutive full seasons from 1996/1997 to 2011/2012 , Higgins never fell below 6th in the world rankings , and was world number 1 on four occasions . In 2010 , the News of the World tabloid newspaper carried out a sting operation in a hotel room in Ukraine , which claimed to show Higgins and his then-manager arranging to lose specific frames in future matches for money . Although an investigation cleared Higgins of match-fixing allegations , it found that he had brought the sport into disrepute by failing to report , and giving the impression of agreeing with , an invitation to breach the sport 's betting rules . The WPBSA banned Higgins from professional competition for six months and fined him £75,000 . He returned to the tour midway through the 2010/2011 season . After his return to snooker , Higgins added a third UK Championship title and claimed his fourth world title in 2011 .
The 1997 German Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 8 and 14 December 1997 at the Atlantis Rheinhotel in Bingen am Rhein , Germany . This was the third edition of the tournament to be held as a ranking event . John Higgins won the event for the second time , defeating John Parrott 9-4 in the final .
The German Masters is a professional ranking snooker tournament , which was first held in 1995 . Judd Trump is the reigning champion .
The 1998 Beer Chang Thailand Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 7-15 March 1998 at the Imperial Queens Park Hotel in Bangkok , Thailand . Stephen Hendry won the tournament , defeating John Parrott 9-6 in the final . The defending champion , Peter Ebdon , was eliminated by Parrott in the quarter-finals . This win gave Hendry his 29th ranking title , surpassing the previous record of 28 held by Steve Davis .
The Thailand Masters was a professional snooker tournament . Previously known as Asian Open and Thailand Open , it was a ranking tournament from 1989/90 to 2001/02 . An event called the Thailand Masters also formed part of the World Series in 1991/92 , with Steve Davis beating Stephen Hendry 6-3 . The final champion was Marco Fu .